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-====== Installing the HDHomeRun app for Google TV or Android TV ======+====== HDHomeRun for Google TV or Android TV ====== 
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 <lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Google TV or Android TV</lead> <lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Google TV or Android TV</lead>
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 <panel type="success" title="Download the app"> <panel type="success" title="Download the app">
-Google TV +{{ :google_tv_install.mp4?direct&600x338}} 
-  - Use the "Search" tab, or go to the "Apps" tab and then select the search field +**Google TV:** 
-  - Type in "HDHomeRun" +  - Use the **"Search"** tab, or go to the **"Apps"** tab. 
-  - Click the "Install" button+  - Select the search field. 
 +  - Type in "HDHomeRun". 
 +  - Select the "HDHomeRun" icon. 
 +  - Click the "Install" button. 
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-Android TV with the old style launcher +{{ :android_tv_install.mp4?direct&600x338}} 
-  - If your Android TV device has the old style launcher, you may need to open the "App Store" directly. +**Android TV:** 
-  - Select the search option +  - Use the **"Search"** tab 
-  - Type in "HDHomeRun" +  - or go to the **"Apps"** tab to open **"Google Play"**. 
-  - Click the "Install" button +  - Select the search option. 
 +  - Type in "HDHomeRun". 
 +  - Select the "HDHomeRun" icon. 
 +  - Click the "Install" button.
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 <panel type="success" title="Launch the app"> <panel type="success" title="Launch the app">
 The HDHomeRun app will now be available next to your other apps on your home screen and under the "Apps" tab. The HDHomeRun app will now be available next to your other apps on your home screen and under the "Apps" tab.
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 +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. 
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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**
 +    - 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).
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 ===== Basic controls ===== ===== Basic controls =====
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-step+  * While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit/escape to clear visible controls from the screen):
  
-</WRAP>+  * **{{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
  
-===== Google TV/Android 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 ===== ===== Troubleshooting =====
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-Section 2 
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