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-====== Installing the HDHomeRun app for Windows PC ======
+====== HDHomeRun for Windows PC ======
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 <lead>Installing the HDHomeRun app for Windows PC</lead>
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-  - Launch the app from your device's home screen.
+<panel type="success" title="Scan for channels">
-  - The first time you open the app you will need to grant the app permissions to talk to the HDHomeRun hardware on your local network, then press "Retry" if needed.
+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 [[: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**
+    - 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).
+</panel>
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