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--- app:android [2025/04/29 22:09] – neds
+++ app:android [2025/05/16 02:11] (current) – neds
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-====== Installing the HDHomeRun app for Android devices ======
+====== HDHomeRun for Android devices ======
-<btn type="success" size="s" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|See back to all app topics]]</btn>
+<btn type="success" size="s" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|See all app topics]]</btn>
 <lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Android devices</lead>
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 <panel type="success" title="Download the app from Google Play">
-  - If you are viewing this web page on your Android device then you can click the download link to open the Google Play store directly: **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondust.view|Download link]]** \\ Otherwise, open the Google Play store app and search for "HDHomeRun".
+  - If you are viewing this web page on your Android device then you can click the download link to open the Google Play store directly: **[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.silicondust.view|Download link]]** \\ Otherwise, open the Google Play store and search for "HDHomeRun".
   - Click the installation button
 </panel>
-<panel type="success" title="Launch the app">
+<panel type="success" title="Scan for channels">
+The HDHomeRun will attempt to automatically scan for channels the first time it is connected to power, and will occasionally do a background scan every few days, but you may still need to run an initial channel scan.
-Launch the app from your device's home screen.
+  * **Scan for channels using the HDHomeRun app:**
+    -
+  * **Scan for channels using the [[:webui|web interface]]:**
+    - In a web browser that is on the same local network as the HDHomeRun (your PC, phone, tablet, etc), go to this address: **http://hdhomerun.local/lineup.html**
+    - Click on **"Detect Channels"**
+    - You can also hide or "Favorite" channels from this page. Click the gray star next to a channel number once to make it a "Favorite", then click it again to "Blacklist" the channel from the HDHomeRun app. Click again if you wish to return a channel to the default gray star (no setting).
 </panel>
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 </WRAP>
 </WRAP>
+{{tag>app}}

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