Can't view bbc iplayer

[pedleybrian]

Hi I am a newbie and have a motorola xoom tablet , using wi-fi I can view the net and stuff , I downloaded the BBC IPLAYER Icon from my APPS Icon , the BBC Iplayer site loads up and I can see the differant programs I chick on one to play and get the message , you can't run this programe from 3G you need WI-FI , I check and I am connect to my rooter . Now if I go to my sons house and connect to his rooter the BBC IPLAYER palys no problem . If I go back home and don't connect to my rooter but instead put my sim card in the card reader slot , I can connect 3G and now if I connect to BBC IPLAYER it will run no problem even though it told me , I can't run BBC Iplayer on 3G , can any one help this talet novice please.

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[ggrant3876]

Hi I am a newbie and have a motorola xoom tablet , using wi-fi I can view the net and stuff , I downloaded the BBC IPLAYER Icon from my APPS Icon , the BBC Iplayer site loads up and I can see the differant programs I chick on one to play and get the message , you can't run this programe from 3G you need WI-FI , I check and I am connect to my rooter . Now if I go to my sons house and connect to his rooter the BBC IPLAYER palys no problem . If I go back home and don't connect to my rooter but instead put my sim card in the card reader slot , I can connect 3G and now if I connect to BBC IPLAYER it will run no problem even though it told me , I can't run BBC Iplayer on 3G , can any one help this talet novice please.

Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join us. Not familiar with the player since I'm in the US but several things I'd try is to change the channel on your router, restart the router and see if there is a software update for the router. If none of this helps, I'm sure one of our UK members will be along soon.

[cazza]

Hi and welcome to the forum. I'm in the UK and to be honest, I just access iplayer through the browser rather than the app you should find that way it will play with 3g and wifi. I would also do as ggrant suggests

[pedleybrian]

Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join us. Not familiar with the player since I'm in the US but several things I'd try is to change the channel on your router, restart the router and see if there is a software update for the router. If none of this helps, I'm sure one of our UK members will be along soon.

Thank you

[jr27]

Strange. My UK XOOM wont actually launch the iPlayer app, it just goes blank and directs to the website. Generally seems ro play OK from there but little point in having the app, it becomes just a shortcut

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[zigackly]

Like others above, I personally don't use the iPlayer app; I set the user agent to desktop in the settings of my browser, which is Dolphin HD, and use the BBC iPlayer website from a short cut on my homescreen.

[ggrant3876]

Strange. My UK XOOM wont actually launch the iPlayer app, it just goes blank and directs to the website. Generally seems ro play OK from there but little point in having the app, it becomes just a shortcut

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Welcome to the forum. Glad you decided to join us.

[cazza]

Welcome from me

[jr27]

Thanks for the welcomes

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[MarkyPancake]

It's crazy that the iPlayer is compatible with Gingerbread, which is probably mostly on smaller, less powerful devices, yet it's not compatible with any later Android versions, which is what features on more powerful devices that are better suited for viewing video content.