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 ====== HDHomeRun for LG smart TVs ====== ====== HDHomeRun for LG smart TVs ======
-<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 LG smart TVs</lead> <lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for LG smart TVs</lead>
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 +**LG has not approved the HDHomeRun app for any TV model outside of the US. \\
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 +LG has not approved the HDHomeRun app for release on newer TVs in the US.**
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 +  * US models from 2016 till 2021 should allow for installation.
 +  * Some of the higher end US models from 2022 might allow for installation.
 +</WRAP>
  
 ===== Install the app ===== ===== Install the app =====
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-<panel type="success" title="Step 1">+<panel type="success" title="Search and install">
  
-Step +  - Use the **"Search"** option, or go to the **"Apps"** section. 
- +  - Select the search field. 
-</panel> +  - Type in "HDHomeRun". 
- +  - Select the "HDHomeRun" icon. 
-<panel type="success" title="Step 2"> +  - Click the "Install" button.
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-Step+
  
 </panel> </panel>
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   * **Scan for channels using the HDHomeRun app:**   * **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]]:**   * **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**     - 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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-  * While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit to clear visible controls from the screen):+  * While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit/escape to clear visible controls from the screen):
  
-  * **Up{{fa>arrow-up}} / Down{{fa>arrow-down}} -** Opens the right-hand Slice Guide for channel changes (or the grid guide if you disable the Slice Guide in settings)+  * **{{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
  
-  * **Left{{fa>arrow-left}} / Right{{fa>arrow-right}} -** Seeks when viewing a recording or when you have paused live TV and have a buffer to rewind and fast forward through+  * **{{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
  
-  * **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.+  * **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+  * **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 ====+==== Cannot fast-forward or rewind on live TV ====
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-section 1+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. 
  
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-==== Section 2 ==== 
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-Section 2 
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