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-====== LIVE tab ======
+====== App: LIVE tab ======
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+**Remote Control or Keyboard:**
-**Basic controls:**
+  * While no controls are visible on screen (Press back/exit/escape to clear visible controls from the screen):
-    - 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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+  * **{{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
-**Playback controls and action bar buttons:**
+  * **{{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
-  * **Volume {{fa>volume-up}} -** control volume (on action bar depending on platform)
+  * **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.
-  * **Rewind {{fa>backward}} -** 10 second rewind. Left arrow/key.
+  * **BACK -** Exits to the Recorded/Discover/Tasks/Settings screens
-  * **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.
+**Touch screen / mouse:**
-  * **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)
+  * Touch anywhere on Live TV to bring up the on screen controls and action bar.
+  * Press any empty space to dismiss the controls and action bar.
-  * **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)
+<wrap info> If your keyboard has dedicated multimedia keys, those will also work.</wrap>
+----
-  * **Record {{fa>dot-circle-o}} -** Records current program.
+**Action Bar:**
-  * **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.
+  * **{{fa>volume-up}} VOLUME -** control volume.
+      * <wrap tip>When using a remote control or keyboard, select the volume icon and press select/enter to mute/unmute, and press up/down to change the volume</wrap>
-  * **Back to Menu {{fa>close}} -** action bar button, back button on the remote, or escape
-  * <wrap info> If your keyboard has dedicated multimedia keys, those will also work.</wrap>
+  * **{{fa>backward}} REWIND -** 10 second step
+  * **{{fa>play}} PLAY / {{fa>pause}} PAUSE**
+  * **{{fa>forward}} FAST-FORWARD -** 30 second step
+  * **{{fa>dot-circle-o}} RECORD -** Records current program if user has the optional [[:DVR]] service.
+  * **GUIDE -** Grid-style TV guide.
+  * **SAP -** Secondary audio programming (other languages, descriptive audio, etc)
+  * **{{fa>cc}} Closed Captions -** Toggles Closed Captions/subtitles on/off
+  * **{{fa>sort?rotate=90}} Zoom/Fullscreen -** zooms picture to fill screen, such as for programs that are a different aspect ratio OR places the HDHomeRun app into full-screen mode
+  * **{{fa>close}} Back to Menu -** Exits to the Recorded/Discover/Tasks/Settings screens.
+  * When using a remote or keyboard, if you keep going RIGHT you will be able to select the Slice Guide search and filter options, described below.
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+**Slice Guide:**\\
+{{ :slice_options.jpg?direct&300|}}
+  * {{fa>search}} **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. 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.
+  * {{glyphicon>star-empty}} **FAVORITES -**
+  * {{mdi>undo-variant}} **RECENT channels -**
+  * {{fa>newspaper-o}} **NEWS filter -**
+  * {{mdi>football}} **SPORTS filter -**
+  * {{glyphicon>film}} **MOVIES filter -**
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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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