- Mar 22, 2011 Their non-DVR boxes have autotune. It's also a useful feature if you have kids or older people who like specific programming that certain times, so you can set a whole days worth of autotune so people don't have to worry about fumbling with the remote to watch the recording. Does TiVO have autotune + DVR?
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- The DVR recognizes from the program guide information that this is a live broadcast and warns you that it may extend past the designated end time. Use the Left/Right arrow keys to choose the Stop Recording option. Choose a 15 minute, 30 minute, or 60 minute extension time. Arrow down to Extend Recording and press OK on the remote control.
DVR (available by subscription) If you have DVR, you can control live TV using the Command. Buttons on your remote, like you would a DVD player. To record a show, simply press REC. Access your DVR by pressing DVR. On your remote. Toggle HD Auto Tune on or off from the Settings page under the. Display section. Press the DVR and select Daily Schedule for the Schedule List. Select the scheduled event that is missing to view whether the event was deleted, skipped, or canceled. Unplug the CM-7000PAL DVR from the AC electrical outlet, plug the CM-7000PAL DVR back in and power it on.
If you're sick of paying for satellite and cable TV and want to cut the cord completely, an HDHomeRun tuner from SiliconDust is something you need to consider. It's extremely Windows-friendly, easy to setup and potentially the heart of your cable-free home television experience. Here's how you get started.
Products used in this guide
- The box: HDHomeRun Connect Duo ($100 at Amazon)
- The cable: Coax Antenna cable (From $8 at Amazon)
What is the HDHomeRun?
You'd normally plug an OTA antenna or cable box into your TV to get your entertainment fix, but the HDHomeRun is a little box that the antenna goes directly into instead.
It takes in the digital TV signal and then distributes it across your home network via the Ethernet connection on the box. That means any device that's compatible with HDHomeRun apps can view live, free-to-air TV over your local Wi-Fi network.
There are a few different models available, including one that's compatible with cable subscriptions for 'cord shavers' rather than cutters. For the most part, though, the HDHomeRun is appealing because it's a great way to get free television all over your house and on your PC and mobile devices.
It's also compatible with a number of DVR software providers, such as Plex, allowing you to record live-streamed live TV as well.
How to set up the HDHomeRun on your Windows PC
The first step is to connect up the box correctly. Everything you need comes in the box, all you need to provide is a connection to your antenna. If you're using an internal antenna, it will connect to the HDHomeRun directly, if you have a roof antenna you will need a separate coax cable.
- Attach the coax cable from your antenna to the input on the rear of the HDHomeRun.
- Connect the Ethernet cable to your HDHomeRun and an output on your router.
- Hook up the power cable and watch the lights come on to make sure everything is OK so far.
That's everything you need to do with the box. The rest of the setup takes place on your PC.
- Head over to my.hdhomerun.com.
- The site should automatically detect your box.
- Download the installer for Windows (or Mac, if that's your thing).
- When the install wizard launches, click on the digital antenna tab.
Click scan to look for available TV channels.
After a little time the channel list will populate, as seen below.
After these steps, you can set up your DVR if you already have one in place. To get down to watching TV, just hit finish.
You're all set to watch TV on your local network using any of the official or third-party apps available that support the HDHomeRun. If you're using Windows 10 on a PC or on Xbox One, you can grab the official app from the Windows Store.
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The HDHomeRun is an incredible product which works with so many different apps and services that makes it one of the most versatile products for cutting the cord. The Connect Duo is the most affordable way to get started.
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HDHomeRun Connect Duo
Get rid of cable without any drawbacks
The HDHomeRun allows you to get rid of cable but retain benefits like a DVR while letting you also watch TV on just about any device you own.
The Connect Duo gives you access to two channels across devices at any one time, but the HDHomeRun system can chain multiple tuner boxes together so if you find you need more available channels you can simply chain them together.
Additional Equipment
The HDHomeRun is the heart of the setup and has everything you need to get going in the box. Other than that, a good antenna and the right cable to hook the two together is all you need.
ClearStream 2MAX antenna(From $49 at Amazon)
The best OTA antenna for most people and it can be mounted both indoors and outdoors for added flexibility.
AmazonBasics Coaxial TV cable(From $8 at Amazon)
You don't need anything fancy, and starting at just $8 for 8 feet, this is a good cable to grab to hook up your antenna and HDHomeRun.
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Unlike some other services such as Plex or HDHomeRun DVR, NextPVR is completely free to use. There are no restrictions, but if you like it you can certainly donate to the developer (and you should.)
Essentially, it's another way to get your live TV and DVR features onto your Windows PC if you're using OTA channels. You can also hook it into Kodi, which is extra useful, but here we're just going to look at how to get up and running with NextPVR.
Download NextPVR and assemble your equipment
It goes without saying that the first thing to do is download and install NextPVR for Windows. Hit the link below to get started.
Autotune Download
The next thing you'll need is some form of network attached tuner. For the purposes of this guide, we're using the HDHomeRun Connect. You'll need to make sure you set up your individual tuner before you start setting up NextPVR.
Setting up NextPVR
Once you've installed the NextPVR software, you'll have to go and set it all up yourself. The screen above is what you'll be looking at, and the first thing you need to do is right click and select settings.
There are many things to tweak, but to get going you'll need to click on the devices tab.
You'll see something like the image above. In my case, I see multiple entries for HDHomeRun because NextPVR is recognizing each individual tuner on the device. Double click on the correct one, and in the next box, you'll have the option to scan for channels. Even if your tuner has done this at set up, do it again here to populate the information and EPG data into NextPVR.
How To Set Auto Tune Dvr App
Now, when you go back to the main interface you'll be able to click on live TV or TV guide and get right into watching shows within the NextPVR application.
Setting up DVR
To get going with recording shows you'll need to head back to settings as detailed above and click on the recordings tab. It's here where you can customize your DVR.
The only thing you absolutely have to do is choose a destination drive either on your PC or network to save shows. You also get options to decide how much padding you want on either side to guarantee you get the start and finish (because you can't trust TV channels to be on time), and you can customize the naming format of the files so it's easier to keep seasons of shows organized.
Once you've recorded a show, the NextPVR app will let you watch it by selecting from the recordings tab. How to put allegro in dev c download.
MPEG2 Decoder
When I first set up NextPVR I was unable to get any video, despite audio coming through. The message was that I needed an MPEG2 decoder, and even though I had the Microsoft one installed from the Store, that didn't seem to be compatible with NextPVR. If you're having similar issues, there's an easy fix.
MPEG2 is specifically important here in the case of live TV since that's the format you need to decode and view it on your PC. The one to get seems to be the 'ffdshow' decoder, which you can find at the link below. Once it's installed on your PC, you can select it under the decoders tab in settings and you should now be good to get live TV.
Watching TV and scheduling recordings
Now that you're set up, the fun part begins. Your TV guide should be populated, and you can begin watching shows. If you just jump right in to live TV, you'll have basic but familiar controls on hand. You can pause, rewind and fast-forward live TV and go up or down a channel right from the toolbar in the player. What you can't do is just hit record and have it save the current show. It's also worth noting that whenever you hit live TV, you'll immediately go back to your last viewed channel.
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Recordings have to be scheduled from the TV guide, and it's fairly straightforward. Selecting a show from the guide provides a number of options, and specifically for recording you've got two main ones: Quick record and record.
Quick record will use your default settings and record that one show. The record option provides a more thorough experience as shown above. Here you can choose to record just once or all new episodes in a season, as well as alter your default padding at the beginning and end. This is particularly useful for something like a live sports event where it could easily overrun.
You can also tell NextPVR how many recordings to keep, either one or all. If you want to save the whole series, you can, but if you want it to automatically only keep the new episode, that's no problem either.
The bottom line
This guide only scratches the surface of what you can do with NextPVR. There's a lot more you can tweak, as well as being able to play music, pictures, and DVDs. This covers the basics of getting set up to watch and record live TV, and you'll have a solid experience with NextPVR.
The app seems limited to run only up to 1920 x 1200, so there's no HiDPI support, but that's probably the only real critique. It's a very powerful, full-featured application that you can either use on its own or integrate with something like Kodi.
If you're a NextPVR pro with any tips to share, be sure to drop them into the comments.
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