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-====== Installing the HDHomeRun app for Google TV or Android TV ====== +====== HDHomeRun for Google TV or Android TV ====== 
-<btn type="success" size="s" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|See all app topics]]</btn>+<btn type="success" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:app|See all app topics]]</btn>
  
 <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="Advanced users only"> +<panel type="success" title="Scan for channels"> 
-Need to sideload or load a beta version?  +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.  
-  * [[https://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_view_android.apk|Stable APK]] + 
-  * [[https://download.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/hdhomerun_view_android_beta.apk|Beta APK]]+  * **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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-<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):
  
-</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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-<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 ==== ==== Section 1 ====
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-==== Section 2 ==== 
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-Section 2 
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