Computer Shopper - UK (2020-04)

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connect to your network and then leave
Samba enabled (with the toggle slider to the
right) and SSH disabled (slider to the left).
While SSH control can usually be helpful for
installing software remotely,LibreELEC is
such astripped-down andsleek OS that it
only allows softwareand updates to be
installed via the Kodi interface.
Once set up,you’ll need to install some
software to allow LibreELEC to use the TV
HAT. Select theAdd-ons section from the

left-handlistand then move to Search.

Entertvheadend,using either the onscreen

keyboard or aphysical USB one.Install the

item called ‘Services –Tvheadend Server 4.2’

(we foundtwo results, but both were forthe

same version of the same software,sojust

choose one). You’ll be offered achoice of

version to install, so select the most recent.

Once the TVHeadEnd Server has been

installed, you also need to install ‘PVR

clients –Tvheadend HTSP Client’.Again,we

found two results forthe same item, and it

didn’t matter which we installed.

To actually tune the TV HATtuner,you’ll

need to switch to another device.We’d

suggest alaptop or desktop PC, but you

could manage with atablet or phone.Open

aweb browser,enterlibreelec.local:9981

and hit Enter.This should take you to the

TVHeadEnd management web page; if not,

you might have to enter the actual IP

address of the Pi rather than the ‘.local’

⬆TVHeadEnd might look really confusing to start with, but follow our setup procedure and you’ll be done in acouple of minutes