====== LIVE tab ======
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===== Usage =====
[[:App:Live|App: Live TV tab]]\\ 
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**Basic controls:**
    - Launch the HDHomeRun app to start watching TV
    - Pressing the {{fa>arrow-up}}**up** or {{fa>arrow-down}}**down** arrows on remote or keyboard, or hover mouse over the right hand side to bring up the channel selector.
    - Click or tap on the screen (or press the select button on a remote) to bring up the user interface
    - **Channel Slice** – select a channel on the channel list, use the left/right arrows or drag the channel to the left to enable Channel Slice. Non-DVR subscribers will have access to 24 hours of guide data. DVR subscribers will have access to 14 days.
    - **[[:DVR]] subscribers** – click the DVR Menu icon on the far right of the on-screen-display (or press Back/Escape) to get to the DVR main menu.

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**Playback controls and action bar buttons:**

  * **Volume {{fa>volume-up}} -** control volume (on action bar depending on platform)

  * **Rewind {{fa>backward}} -** 10 second rewind. Left arrow/key.
  * **Big step backward :** Down arrow/key will rewind 10 mins (not on action bar, recording playback only)

  * **Play {{fa>play}}/ Pause {{fa>pause}} -**  Enter/Select on a remote, Spacebar on a keyboard

  * **Fast-forward {{fa>forward}} -** 30 second seek forward. Right arrow/key.
  * **Big step forward :** Up arrow/key will seek forward 10 mins (not on action bar, recording playback only)

  * **SAP -** Secondary audio programming (action bar only)

  * **CC {{fa>cc}} -** Closed  caption (subtitles) (action bar only) 
    * <wrap info>Android and Fire TV will default to captions being on by default if the option is set int he Android/Fire TV system settings. To change the default, you must change it in the Android/Fire TV system settings.</wrap>

  * **Zoom {{fa>sort?rotate=90}} -** zooms picture to fill screen, such as for programs that are a different aspect ratio (action bar only)

  * **Record {{fa>dot-circle-o}} -** Records current program.

  * **Search {{fa>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.

  * **DVR menu {{glyphicon>list}} -** action bar button, back button on the remote, or escape

  * <wrap info> If your keyboard has dedicated multimedia keys, those will also work.</wrap>

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**Search:** \\
{{fa>search}} Typing numbers or letters while on live TV will open the search option. 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.

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