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-<lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Fire TV</lead>
+<lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Fire devices running Fire OS 5 or later.</lead>
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+**The official HDHomeRun app does not //currently// work on the 2026 model of Fire TV sticks, or the 2025 "SELECT" version of the Fire TV stick.**
+SiliconDust is working on creating a version of the HDHomeRun app for these new "Vega"-based Fire TV devices, but we currently don't have an ETA on when that work will be done.
+Fire TV devices that still run "Fire OS" (based on Android) are still fully supported.
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 ===== Install the app =====
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   - Press "Home" on the Fire TV remote and arrow over to the right till you see the icon of "three boxes and a plus sign".
   - Arrow over to the HDHomeRun icon and select it.
-  - Arrow up to the "Move to front" option.
+  - Arrow down to the "Move to front" option.
   - Now the HDHomeRun icon will always show on the Fire TV home screen.
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   * **Scan for channels using the HDHomeRun app:**
-    -
+    - Select the gear icon in the top-right corner of the "Live / Guide / Recorded / Discover / Tasks" screen
+    - Select **"Channels"**
+    - Select **"Scan Channels"**
+    - Wait for the scan to complete
   * **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**
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 ===== Basic controls =====
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-<btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app#using_the_app|See all app controls]]</btn>
+<btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-right">[[:app#using_the_app|See all app controls]]</btn>
-step
+  * While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit/escape to clear visible controls from the screen):
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+  * **{{fa>arrow-up}} UP / {{fa>arrow-down}} Down -** Opens the right-hand Slice Guide for channel changes (or the grid guide if you disable the Slice Guide in settings)
+      * While in recording playback, **{{fa>arrow-up}} UP / {{fa>arrow-down}} Down** will seek in 10 minute steps
-===== Fire TV specific settings =====
+  * **{{fa>arrow-left}} LEFT / {{fa>arrow-right}} RIGHT -** Seeks when viewing a recording or when you have paused live TV and have a buffer to rewind and fast forward through
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-step
+  * **SELECT -** Brings up the action bar with "Play/Pause" selected, so that you can press "Select" twice to quickly play or pause. From here you can navigate to the other action bar buttons.
+  * **BACK -** Exits to the Recorded/Discover/Tasks/Settings screens
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 ===== Troubleshooting =====
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-<btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:Troubleshooting|See all troubleshooting topics]]</btn>
+<btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-right">[[:Troubleshooting|See all troubleshooting topics]]</btn>
-==== Section 1 ====
+==== Not available on the "Select" ====
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-section 1
+The majority of Fire TV devices run an OS based on Android called Fire OS. The Fire TV Stick 4K that ends with "**Select**" in its name is a new and runs a different OS, and as such, the current official HDHomeRun app (and many other streaming apps) is not compatible with it.
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-==== Section 2 ====
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-Section 2
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