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HDHomeRun app
Using the app
App: LIVE tab
Usage
App: Live TV tab
Remote Control or Keyboard:
- 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
Touch screen / mouse:
- 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.
If your keyboard has dedicated multimedia keys, those will also work.
Action Bar:
- VOLUME - control volume.
- 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
- REWIND - 10 second step
- PLAY / PAUSE
- FAST-FORWARD - 30 second step
- 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)
- Closed Captions - Toggles Closed Captions/subtitles on/off
- 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
- 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.
Slice Guide:
- 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.
- FAVORITES -
- RECENT channels -
- NEWS filter -
- SPORTS filter -
- MOVIES filter -
Grid guide:
App: RECORDED tab
Usage
App: Recorded tab
In the RECORDED tab you can find all recordings made by all of your connected HDHomeRun DVR storage devices on your local network, if you have an HDHomeRun DVR subscription. Recordings are organized by “All recordings”, “Shows”, and “Movies”.
The DVR system remembers where you stopped watching and will let you resume on another device. For example, if you were watching a recorded movie on your TV via your Xbox One, you could stop the video, go into another room, and resume watching on your iPad.
Episode view:
When viewing a TV show, news program, or sports with multiple entries, then you will see a list view below the program summary. On the left-hand side you will see a selection by season or year, which also includes “Upcoming” and “Recent” sorting options:
- Upcoming - live and future airings of that program.
- Recent - most recent recordings, sorted by newest, for that program.
Selecting/clicking a program will play that program. Pressing the right arrow on a remote control, or clicking the right arrow icon on the ride-hand side of that row, will show additional options for that recording:
- If the selected program will air in the future, you will also see time, date, and channel number for those future airings. Selecting those airings can set up a one-off recording.
- Auto-record - will open the series recording options
- Watch from start - will start the recording from the beginning (in the case the the program was already being watched).
- Delete recording - will delete that specific recording from the DVR storage device.
Deleting a recording:
Pressing to the right of a row will open a menu of actions to take on that recording. Select delete and this will present three options:
- Delete / Do not re-record- Deletes the recording and prevents that episode/movie from being recorded again, unless specifically selected for recording in the guide (using “Record this airing”)
- Delete / Allow future recordings (re-record) - will re-record a specific movie or episode at a later time if you still have a recording task for that program. Useful in case a given recording had an issue, such as if a programming error occurred or a storm had caused reception issues.
If you delete the actual file off of your DVR storage, instead of deleting the recording through the HDHomeRun app, it will behave like the “Allow future recordings” option.
Setting recordings
App: DISCOVER tab
Usage
App: Discover tab
DISCOVER:
The DISCOVER tab breaks down into four views/filters:
- NOW - Shows programs that are currently live on TV. Scrolling down will view more programs that are live. Scrolling to the right will bring up additional programs (24 hours for normal users, 14 days for DVR subscribers).
- Shows - Filters to just TV shows.
- Movies - Filters to just movies.
- Sports - Filters to just sporting events.
Users can also use the search box to look for specific programs.
Selecting a program will bring up information for that program, where they can switch to that program (if live) or set a recording.
Scrolling to the right in the NOW view will bring up additional programs (24 hours for normal users, 14 days for DVR subscribers).
Scrolling down will show more programs for that time slot.
Episode view:
When viewing a TV show, news program, or sports with multiple entries, then you will see a list view below the program summary. On the left-hand side you will see a selection by season or year, which also includes “Upcoming” and “Recent” sorting options:
- Upcoming - live and future airings of that program.
- Recent - most recent recordings, sorted by newest, for that program.
Selecting/clicking a program will play that program. Pressing the right arrow on a remote control, or clicking the right arrow icon on the ride-hand side of that row, will show additional options for that recording:
- If the selected program will air in the future, you will also see time, date, and channel number for those future airings. Selecting those airings can set up a one-off recording.
- Auto-record - will open the series recording options
- Watch from start - will start the recording from the beginning (in the case the the program was already being watched).
- Delete recording - will delete that specific recording from the DVR storage device.
Deleting a recording:
Pressing to the right of a row will open a menu of actions to take on that recording. Select delete and this will present three options:
- Delete - will confirm the deletion and permanently delete the recording from your DVR storage.
- Re-record - will re-record a specific movie or episode at a later time if you still have a recording task for that program. Useful in case a given recording had an issue, such as if a programming error occurred or a storm had caused reception issues.
- Cancel - will back out of the deletion process.
If you delete the actual file off of your DVR storage, instead of deleting the recording through the HDHomeRun app, it will behave like the “Re-record” option.
Search:
Content in the DISCOVER tab can be searched, which is useful for finding currently airing programming, as well as future programs for setting recordings.
Recording status marks:
If you have a DVR subscription and are using the recording features, the following marks will appear on upcoming programming details:
- Red dot - will record
- Gray dot - second showing of something scheduled to record. If the red dot channel fails at the time of recording, a gray dot channel can be used as a “backup”.
- Green tick - already recorded and exists on the DVR
- Gray tick - recorded and deleted, which tells the DVR to not re-record, unless the individual episode is selected for recording. This “don't re-record” history can be reset by asking the support team: Support ticket
App: TASKS tab
Usage
App: Tasks tab
The TASKS tab will show you all upcoming DVR recording tasks, if you have a DVR subscription, including series recordings and one-shot recordings. You can cancel upcoming recordings by deleting the task (this won't delete any existing recordings for that timer), as well as change the priority order of series recordings.
- Info - Selecting a program row while the whole row is highlighted will show details about that program, the recording settings, and have options for deleting the upcoming task.
- Change priority - While a row is highlighted and pressing left, then select, will allow you to change the priority of series recordings. Press arrow up to move up, press arrow down to move down, and press select when done. The higher in the list, the higher priority. Single-shot programs will always have highest priority.
- Delete upcoming task - While a row is highlighted and pressing right, then select, will delete the upcoming recording task. It will not delete any recordings for that program, if any had already been made (this can be done from the RECORDED tab).
Upcoming:
Recording status marks:
The following marks will appear on upcoming programming details and tasks:
- Red dot - will record
- Gray dot - second showing of something scheduled to record. If the red dot channel fails at the time of recording, a gray dot channel can be used as a “backup”.
- Green tick - already recorded and exists on the DVR
- Gray tick - recorded and deleted, which tells the DVR to not re-record, unless the individual episode is selected for recording. This “don't re-record” history can be reset by asking the support team: Support ticket
Download
- Windows:
- Android:
- iOS:
- App for iPhone/iPad (opens iTunes Store)
- Mac:
Additional platforms are supported by using the official HDHomeRun add-on for the Kodi media player.
Want more options? HDHomeRun devices are supported by a number of third party applications.