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HDHomeRun for Roku
Install the app
Download the app
- Press the Home button on your Roku remote and then scroll down to the “Search” option.
- Start to type in “HDHomeRun” using the on-screen keyboard. Normally you only need the first few letters, and the green HDHomeRun app icon should start to show up. When you see the green HDHomeRun icon, scroll to the left and select it.
- Select the “Add app” option and wait for the installation to complete. You can open the HDHomeRun app once done, or you can go to the home screen and open the HDHomeRun app from there.
Launch the app
The HDHomeRun app icon will show up under the “Home” option on the home screen, next to any other apps you have installed.
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 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
No audio
Roku Ultra 4850 (released 2024), a Roku Ultra 4802 (released 2021), Roku Ultra 4800 (released 2020) To hear audio, you need a TV, AV receiver, or soundbar that can decode Dolby Digital or AC3 audio over HDMI. Most modern TVs can do this, though we’ve noticed a few Samsung TVs cannot. All Roku televisions should be able to play audio without any trouble.
Roku audio settings:
- Go to the Roku home screen
- Then navigate to “Settings” → “Audio”
- Select “Streaming audio format” and change it to “Dolby”
- Go back to Audio and select “Digital output format”
- and change “Digital output format” mode to “Custom” → “Dolby” → “Dolby Digital”
If you are still having issues: While watching live TV in the HDHomeRun app, press the * button and see if your “Volume mode” is set to “off” (this might not always be required, depending on the Roku model)
If you still cannot get audio to work, please open a Support ticket and we will help you.
ATSC 3.0
- The following models support ATSC 3.0 content:
- Roku Ultra 4850 (released 2024)
- Roku Ultra 4802 (released 2021)
- Roku Ultra 4800 (released 2020).
- Older Roku models, non-Ultra models, and LT models do not support playing ATSC 3.0 channels.
- DRM-restricted ATSC 3.0 channel support is being worked on and is not yet supported.