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Navigating the Home Screen
Overview of the Hisense Roku TV Home Screen
The Hisense Roku TV Home screen is your starting point for you to view or listen to content. The menu is on
the left and grid tiles are on the right. The grid tiles represent physical TV input tiles (HDMI 1, HDMI 2 HDMI 3,
Composite), a TV tuner tile, app tiles that have been factory installed or added from the Channel Store and
channel tiles (for example, Netflix, Crackle and so on) that represent streaming content providers.
‘Connected’ Mode versus ‘Unconnected’ Mode
In ‘Connected’ mode (that is when your TV is connected to the Internet and linked to a Roku account), the Home
screen menu includes selections for:
• Movies
• TV Shows
• News
• Search
• Channel Store
• Settings
If you do not want to use the Movies, TV Shows and News features, you can hide them by turning on the Parental
controls setting. See the ‘Parental Controls’ section for instructions.
In ‘Connected’ mode, your TV will also automatically receive the latest software updates.
In ‘Unconnected’ mode, (that is when you have never connected your TV to the Internet and linked it to a Roku
account), you will only see a limited menu of options (Home and Settings) and tiles for your TV inputs and Roku
Media Player.
You can still use the TV to view live broadcasts (not streaming content) without connecting it to the Internet and a
Roku account; however, in order to maximize your TV viewing experience, we recommend that you connect to the
Internet.
Types of Tiles that Appear on the Home Screen Grid
• Physical TV input tiles: When you select a tile that represents a Physical TV input,a live video and audio
feed displays. When you select an input tile, the TV switches to that particular input and displays the video full
screen.
• TV tuner tile: If you select the TV tuner tile, (if available and not blocked by parental control) a live video and
audio feed displays from the tuner’s current channel. Selecting the TV tuner tile displays the tuner’s current
video feed full-screen, or if blocked by parental controls, displays a PIN entry overlay. You must enter the
correct PIN to display the channel’s audio and video signal.
• App tiles: When you select an App tile (for example, Pandora®), the application launches.
• Channel Tiles: When you select a Channel Tile (for example, Hulu Plus™ or Focus™), the content for that
particular channel launches.
Navigating the Home Screen Grid
The Home button on your remote immediately returns you to the Home screen whether you are watching streaming
TV, live TV or in any other area.
The Back button takes you the previous selection and eventually to the Home screen.
Use the remote control Directional pad (D-pad) to navigate the grid. From the Home screen menu, press the D-pad
right to move into to the grid and then use the 4 D-pad directional buttons to move up, down, right or left.
The tile that is highlighted is the one that you have selected. Press the OK button on your remote to launch it.
Customizing the Home Screen Grid
There are several ways that you can customize the Home screen grid to suit your preference including moving
tiles, removing tiles and adding tiles.
Moving tiles
By default, TV input tiles are located at the top of the screen grid and app and streaming provider tiles are at the
bottom. If you prefer a different layout, then you can move the tiles to suit your preference.
To move tiles on the grid:
1. Using the D-pad buttons on your remote, select the tile that you want to move.
2. Press the STAR (*) button on the remote control.
A Hisense Roku TV Media Player menu displays.
3. Use the D-pad up/down buttons to select Move channel.
4. Press OK on your remote to select Move channel. The pop-up menu goes away and the Home screen grid
reappears with the selected tile surrounded by a border that shows arrowheads pointing in all valid movement
directions.
5. Use the D-pad arrow buttons to move the tile to the new location. As the tile moves, it displaces other tiles to
make space for itself.
6. Press OK on your remote to assign the tile to its current location in the grid.
Removing tiles
You can remove any tile from the Home screen grid except for the offline Roku Media Player tile that appears if
your TV has never been connected to the Internet or linked to a Roku account.
To remove a tile:
1. Using the D-pad buttons on your remote, select the tile that you want to remove.
2. Press the STAR (*) button on the remote control.
A pop-up window (that is labeled based on the name of the tile you have selected) displays.
3. Select Remove channel.
A Confirm Channel Removal window displays
4. Select Remove.
The tile is removed.
Adding tiles
The steps for you to add tiles varies based on whether you want to add streaming provider/app tiles or TV input
tiles.
Adding Apps/Streaming Provider Tiles
To add an App or Streaming Provider tile to the Home screen grid:
1. Go to the Channel Store.
2. Find and select the desired channel or application.
Navigating the Home Screen
Figure 19. Home screen