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--- dvr:activation [2023/04/29 01:16] – neds
+++ dvr:activation [2025/03/23 20:11] (current) – [Next step: Setting up a DVR storage device] neds
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 ====== How to buy and activate HDHomeRun DVR subscriptions ======
 <btn type="success" size="xs" icon="fa fa-chevron-left">[[:DVR|Go back to all DVR topics]]</btn>\\
-<lead>A **DVR subscription** can be purchased at our online shop and costs $35 per year. If you've bought a **[[:SCRIBE]]** or **[[:SERVIO]]** device then you will get a year of service along with the hardware, either as a new customer or added to your existing service. The subscription service includes 14 days of guide data. The subscription also keeps track of your upcoming recording "tasks", helps prevents duplicate recordings, prevents recording programs that you've already watched and wanted deleted, and helps orchestrate all of your DVR storage devices.</lead>
+<lead>A **DVR subscription** can be purchased at our online shop and costs $35 per year. The subscription service includes 14 days of guide data. The subscription also keeps track of your upcoming recording "tasks", helps prevents duplicate recordings, prevents recording programs that you've already watched and wanted deleted, and helps orchestrate all of your DVR storage devices.
-===== Buying DVR service =====
+The HDHomeRun DVR service is not required if you are using third party DVR software/service.</lead>
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-If you don't have HDHomeRun SCRIBE or SERVIO then you will need to first buy a year of the HDHomeRun DVR subscription service.
+=====New DVR service=====
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+==== Buying DVR service ====
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 <panel type="success" title="Step 1"><image shape="thumbnail">{{ :dvr:step_1_-_buy_dvr_subscription_1.png?direct&600|}}</image>Go to **https://shop.silicondust.com** and click on the DVR software activation link.</panel>
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-===== Activation =====
+==== Activation ====
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 <panel type="success" title="Part 1"><image shape="thumbnail">{{ :dvr:step_2_-_activate_service_1c.png?direct&600|}}</image>After purchasing the DVR subscription from the Silicondust shop website, you should receive an e-mail with your subscription information that looks similar to the image on the right. It will be titled "Your SiliconDust SHOP order receipt." Do not delete this email, instead store it somewhere safe.
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 <WRAP info>If registration is unsuccessful, please open a trouble ticket: https://www.silicondust.com/support/trouble-ticket/</WRAP></panel>
+</WRAP>
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-<btn type="success" size="lg" icon="fa fa-book">[[DVR:Storage|Step-by-step guide on selecting and setting up a DVR storage device]]</btn>
+<button type="success" size="lg" icon="fa fa-book">[[DVR:Storage|Step-by-step guide on selecting and setting up a DVR storage device]]</btn>
 </WRAP>
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