1) Run the HDHomeRun setup program
Note: When running through the setup program,
you may be asked to install .NET version 2.0 and a video viewing client
called VLC. If you do not have these prerequisites, the wizard will automatically
download and install these for you.
2) After the setup program is finished
it will open up the HDHomeRun Setup window. In this window, make sure
the HDHomeRun Firmware and HDHomeRun BDA Driver are up to date. The Install
All button will be available to you to click on if they are not.
Now click on the Lineup tab and enter your Zip/Post Code and select
your Signal Source, which will be "Digital Cable". The Lineup ID may be
left blank. Next, click on Finish to close the window.
3) The next step is to scan your cable for available
QAM channels.
- Click on Start -> All Programs -> HDHomeRun -> HDHomeRun Setup
- The HDHomeRun Setup window will open up again. Click
on the Lineup tab again. Your Lineup Configuration should be the same
as before. Next click on the Channel Editor button.
4) Now that you have the available channels, open up
your internet browser and go to the TV listings line-up wizard and
then proceed to bring up your cable provider's digital cable lineup.
- Back in the Channel Editor window, you will attempt to view each
channel to see which ones are available to you. Once you click
on View, it will open up the channel in VLC player. For every channel
that you find that is viewable, look on the TV listings wizard
for the corresponding
channel to identify it. You may also enter the name of the channel into
the Guide Name field. Note that some of these channels are not in
high
definition, while some are. You will have to identify them properly
and enter the correct information into the grid.
- Once you fill in the
Guide Name, next to it is the "Type" field: Normal
is for a channel listed on the TV listings line-up wizard, Music is for a music channel,
and Special is for your On Demand channels or other unlisted channels.
- In the last column is the "Enable" field, if you decide that you would
like to enable a channel for viewing then you should click on it to enable
it, otherwise it will be disabled and will not be viewable. It is
recommended to Save after every change you make in the Channel Editor.
5) Once your done filling out the Channel Editor and
have saved it, click on the Advanced button. Now you will notice a new
column that appears called "Remap". If you notice, only the channels
that you have enabled have a set of numbers in them.
6) The next step is to import an existing SnapStream.net
channel lineup that includes the QAM channels that you plan to tune to.
Click on "Import Lineup" (make sure to keep the lineup type as "Digital" in
the drop-down list).
7) Go through the channel lineup wizard,
eventually selecting a channel lineup that includes all of the channels
that you wish to tune via QAM (in my case, I select Cable -> Comcast Houston
Digital -> Premium Tier).
Click
on finish at the end of the import process. Next, check the channels
that you will tune via QAM. After checking the channels
that you wish
to tune, click
on "Import" at the bottom of this screen.
8) Now look at your Channel Editor and
at the Remap column. We will use the Bravo channel as an example.
The numbers in this set are 2-80-1. Now look on the SnapStream.net page
again, locate the Bravo channel. The 2 from the set of numbers will
replace the current Physcial Channel that is preset. The 80 from the set
of numbers will be entered into the Major Channel field, and the 1
will be entered into the Minor Channel field. Repeat these steps for all
the channels that you have enabled.
We have created our mapped custom lineup. Next we will
add the HDHomeRun tuners to Beyond TV by going through
the setup wizard.
9) After you have installed/upgraded
to Beyond TV 4.6.1 (as instructed to do in step 2), make sure Beyond TV
is completely shut down, and click on: Start -> All Programs -> SnapStream
Media -> Beyond TV -> Beyond TV Setup Wizard. Click "Next" in the setup
wizard until you get to the "Video Source" screen.
Highlight "Add a New Source" and click "Next".
10) Select "Antenna (Digital), click "Next".
11) Select either of the "SiliconDust HDHomeRun
Tuner 1010..." from the drop-down list and choose "Next".
12) On the next screen choose, "Select an existing
lineup" and press "Next".
13) Select the lineup that you just
created in the SnapStream.net import wizard, which will be named "Custom
Lineup" if you did not rename it, and press "Next".
14) Select "stop autoscan" and check
the checkboxes for each of the channels that you wish to include. Press "Next".
15) If you would like to add a second
QAM tuner, you must repeat steps 9 - 14 above.
16) Step
through the rest of the setup wizard and finally, launch Beyond TV.
From the SnapStream.net Program Guide
within Beyond TV, press the 'U' key, which will force a guide update. Doing
a guide update will import the new channel information associated to the
QAM channels into the program guide.
17) That completes the procedure of
setting up the HDHomeRun with Beyond TV 4.6.1. If you experience any issues
during this procedure, feel free to contact technical support by submitting
a ticket to SnapStream Media or you may visit SiliconDust's
Support Page.
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The
HDHomeRun Clear QAM tuner card is a dual tuning device that, unlike
typical TV tuners, hooks into your home network rather than directly
into a PC. Once connected to
your network, the HDHomeRun then communicates with and sends video
to any PC on the LAN. Multiple HDHomeRun devices can be present on
a single network.
