HDHomeRun for LG smart TVs
Installing the HDHomeRun app for LG smart TVs
LG has not approved the HDHomeRun app for any TV model outside of the US.
LG has not approved the HDHomeRun app for release on newer TVs in the US.
- US models from 2016 till 2021 should allow for installation.
- Some of the higher end US models from 2022 might allow for installation.
Install the app
Search and install
- Use the “Search” option, or go to the “Apps” section.
- Select the search field.
- Type in “HDHomeRun”.
- Select the “HDHomeRun” icon.
- Click the “Install” button.
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:
- 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 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).
Basic controls
- 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
Troubleshooting
Cannot fast-forward or rewind on live TV
This is unfortunately a known limitation due to how the LG video player works, where seeking does not work if the player does not know when the video ends (which doesn't exist on a live channel). Seeking will work on recordings.