HDHomeRun for Xbox game consoles
Installing the HDHomeRun app for Xbox One, Xbox One S, Xbox One X, Xbox Series S, and Xbox Series X consoles.
Install the app
Download the app
- Go to the home screen on the Xbox.
- Navigate to the “Search” icon at the top of the screen.
- Type in “HDHomeRun”. You may only need the first few letters before results start showing up.
- Select the green HDHomeRun icon.
- Select the “Install” option
- The HDHomeRun icon will show up on the home screen as a recent addition, and will also be listed under the “My Games & 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:
- 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
Xbox specific settings
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Troubleshooting
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