What application did you try?
This one worked on my phone but the control is in the notification area which PPM doesn’t have.
This one also worked on my phone and the control is via an app but it won’t open in PPM.
I just tried both on my phones (that unfortunately are all very similar so I don’t have a huge sample)
The first indeed rotates some applications, but on neither of my phones managed to rotate the ones I suspected it wouldn’t.
The second is curious. I can see it actually rotates the screen, but it appears to be doing so by displaying a rotated and scaled copy above the normal application that’s still showing in portrait (with additional ads everywhere). Not sure how it’s done, but it’s sluggy as hell, and manages to crash in seconds.
Yup. I just installed an app : youku to watch Chinese tv shows and it’s home screen defaulted to portrait mode. It’s such a hassle to navigate! Fortunately once I have chosen the show to watch, it automatically changed to landscape. I have to pre-select the show on my mobile in order to retrieve it at history in ppm app!
Good news!
I think I found a working workaround.
This app works and so far worked well on 2 of the apps I use.
So with this, it’s technically possible for PPM to force landscape or even support portrait 
@Philips_Support_P What do you think? You can perhaps check what this app does. You can even add an option to use PPM in portrait mode although that might be too much work since you’ll need to support portrait on all Philips custom UI like the launcher 
But anyway, I think this app is the key. A working workaround and a possible source for a permanent fix 
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Thanks for the heads-up, I’ll check it out!
Hi, did you use this app? I try, but I can’t find the way to activate the service. And, if I want to pay, I have to use the unreachable Google Store from the PPX.
How did you do?
Best regards.
Emmanuel
You don’t need to pay and it’s working with the free version. I can’t remember exactly but I think the permissions you need cannot be triggered within the app. You need to go to the android hidden menu and look for the special permissions and allow the app with it. There’s also an option in the app to enable the selected orientation at boot.
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I install Set Orientation (Aptoide) and it works like a charm.
I consider the problem is solved for me.
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Since I upgraded to 1.0.27, some of my personal Apps (Eurosport Player, Proximus Pickx, VOOmotion) stopped working properly. Either they don’t start anymore or they start in ‘Smartphone’ phone mode iso TV mode (the UX is turned in Portrait and not in Landscape) which makes them very very difficult to use…
Did someone experience the same and/or find a fix to this.?
Install and run ‘Set Orientation’. Set landscape and presto!
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Looks like this is an unintended effect of changing the scaling of the UI. Sadly, this will differ app by app so the best workaround for now is to use the orientation apps. Hopefully, Philips will find a way to force landscape by default.
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Yes, changing the dpi from 160 to 320 misleads apps into believing they’re running on a phone with a high-res display rather than a tablet or a TV. This is a problem within the apps. We’re looking into a workaround, but I don’t have a timeline for it yet.
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Have the same problem with “Magenta Sport” (German Sports App)
Try this:
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Hi @Guy, which version of Proximus Pickx are you running ? My PPM arrived yesterday, but when i launch Pickx found on Aptoide, i only get a black screen, which disappears after 15 seconds.
Hello Lorenzo, sorry for the late reply but I was on holidays
In fact, I experienced the same as you have with the latest version of Proximus Pickx. Went to other App Store to get an older version, managed to install it, but got same result… so tried again and again with other versions but without success. I must admit that I’m not a Android folks as I usually use Apple products. So at the end, I’ve connected my Apple TV and can use Proximus Pickx recently made available on this platform. The only downturn of that version is that there is no access to Recording’, but at least I can watch Proximus TV through the Picomax. I also installed VOO app on both Picomax and Apple TV. Same results: Apple TV works while Picomax App does not 
The only TV app which works directly from Aptoide is Molotov which is a French TV viewer and recorder. you need to have a subscription but it is quite unexpensive (3,99 per month). You have to tweak it as it requires to be ‘housed’ in France for paying the subscription but this is really easy to solve and allows you to view the channels and recordings from anywhere in Europe.
Hopes it helps,
Best regards,
Guy
Hi Guy, thanks for the feedback. When i find a working version of Proximus Pickx i will let you know.
Hi there, I got my PPM last week. I’m also disappointed to see Proximus Pickx isn’t working. And I don’t have an Apple TV 
Let us know if you find another way to watch Proximus TV on the PPM…
Cheers.