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HDHomeRun for Google TV or Android TV

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Installing the HDHomeRun app for Google TV or Android TV

Install the app

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Google TV:

  1. Use the “Search” tab, or go to the “Apps” tab.
  2. Select the search field.
  3. Type in “HDHomeRun”.
  4. Select the “HDHomeRun” icon.
  5. Click the “Install” button.

Android TV:

  1. Use the “Search” tab
  2. or go to the “Apps” tab to open “Google Play”.
  3. Select the search option.
  4. Type in “HDHomeRun”.
  5. Select the “HDHomeRun” icon.
  6. Click the “Install” button.

Launch the app

The HDHomeRun app will now be available next to your other apps on your home screen and under the “Apps” tab.

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.

  • Scan for channels using the HDHomeRun app:
  • Scan for channels using the web interface:
    1. 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
    2. Click on “Detect Channels”
    3. 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).

Basic controls

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  • While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit to clear visible controls from the screen):
  • Up / Down - Opens the right-hand Slice Guide for channel changes (or the grid guide if you disable the Slice Guide in settings)
  • Left / Right - Seeks when viewing a recording or when you have paused live TV and have a buffer to rewind and fast forward through
  • 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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App: Live TV tab

Remote Control or Keyboard:

  • While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit/escape to clear visible controls from the screen):
  • UP / 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, UP / Down will seek in 10 minute steps
  • LEFT / RIGHT - Seeks when viewing a recording or when you have paused live TV and have a buffer to rewind and fast forward through
  • 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

Touch screen / mouse:

  • Touch anywhere on Live TV to bring up the on screen controls and action bar.
  • Press any empty space to dismiss the controls and action bar.

If your keyboard has dedicated multimedia keys, those will also work.

Action Bar:

  • VOLUME - control volume.
    • When using a remote control or keyboard, select the volume icon and press select/enter to mute/unmute, and press up/down to change the volume
  • REWIND - 10 second step
  • PLAY / PAUSE
  • FAST-FORWARD - 30 second step
  • RECORD - Records current program if user has the optional DVR service.
  • GUIDE - Grid-style TV guide.
  • SAP - Secondary audio programming (other languages, descriptive audio, etc)
  • Closed Captions - Toggles Closed Captions/subtitles on/off
  • Zoom/Fullscreen - zooms picture to fill screen, such as for programs that are a different aspect ratio OR places the HDHomeRun app into full-screen mode
  • Back to Menu - Exits to the Recorded/Discover/Tasks/Settings screens.
  • When using a remote or keyboard, if you keep going RIGHT you will be able to select the Slice Guide search and filter options, described below.

Slice Guide:

  • SEARCH - Jump to slice search for program, network, or channel-based search. For keyboards or remotes with number pads, just start typing to trigger search. You can use this to switch to a specific channel number, channel name, or even show title. For example, using a remote with a keypad, you can enter “1004” + ENTER and it will switch to channel 1004.
  • FAVORITES -
  • RECENT channels -
  • NEWS filter -
  • SPORTS filter -
  • MOVIES filter -

Grid guide:

Google TV/Android TV specific settings

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  • Last modified: 2025/05/29 03:05