Urgent: Hello, I wanted to warn you that you displayed your network settings in the video. I'm no hacker, but I world think a hacker could use that info if they wanted..??
My menus were different than yours, so it was hard to follow some of your directions. Once before, I had tried turning off the thing that shuts you down for not saying "yes I'm still watching". That only worked on the roku channel. But your directions actually worked! Thank you, thank you! Once I realized your hints worked I came back to give you the thumbs up you deserve.
The cycle scrollable ads setting was missing on my 3810x-streaming stick software update checked today last update 5/23/24 I tried the other settingd but no luck. Any thoughts?
Thank you for helping everyone protect their privacy. The ad banner removal at the end seems to be a problem for a number of people including me. I don’t know if it’s possible to help or if ROKU got wise and made it harder to remove. If you are collecting info on an attempt to find another way of helping people remove it here is what I tried. I am using an old Emerson tv with a ROKU Ultra LT. After getting to the secret menu I changed the Cycyle Home Screen banner ad server to Demo 3 and restarted the Roku by going to system->power-> system restart. It rebooted and the ad was still there. I repeated the same steps alternating from Production, QA-QA3, Staging-Staging4, Demo1-Demo3. Thank you for your advice.
Im just SOOOO happy about the "bandwidth saver" I like the TV on low while I sleep and it shuts off and i have spent hours trying to figure out why?! Thank you!!!!
Everything went great, except the ad on the right side is still there. Also, an ad in the bottom left-hand corner for peacock 99 cents for two months. I checked and rebooted twice. It shows scrollable ads as always disabled, but the blasted things won't go away. Thanks for the tips! 🎉
On the subtitles menu, a tip for you is to have it turned on for replay. If you haven't heard or understood what someone says, rather than have to keep rewatching the same bit of film over and over to get what is being said, subtitles on on replay will show you what they are saying.
I use that one too….stumbled upon that setting quite by accident. But I still can’t remove the large square on the Right where Roku promotes movies. Home button 5 times, then the directional arrows was a “no go”. Even when I slowed down the video & wrote down each command (settings, network, remotes & devices, settings, secret screen 2)… just didn’t work for me. But more importantly, I’m much happier with my updated privacy settings!
I have been considering getting ROKU, but with just me and my older brother. We have stuck with DirecTV. I love my DVR...Thanks for the video.. I will save it.. hugs
Screensaver is actually a good thing as some TVs can get burn in from sitting on a single screen too long. Turning it off is a bad idea. It doesn't take that much for system resources to use.
It depends on type of TV you have. Not all types of TVs are at risk of burn in. That said a lot of people these days have OLEDs and those you absolutely have to worry about burn in.
@@Grasshopper-MediaPlasma….🤔Must have low watch time on it. Enjoy it while It’s still working especially if you were the person that probably shelled out 3 to 5 grand they costed when they were brand new. Remember don’t store them laying down.👍
Nice, cheers. Personally I turn Auto-adjust display refresh rate on, on mine. I find it provides much smoother playback with less stuttering, at least on my ancient TV in the lounge. The downside is the glitches you mentioned, it often takes a moment while the TV adjusts to the new input and outputs a black screen for up to a couple of seconds, which can be quite irritating when watching content with ads, as it will happen each time a new one loads. I find the improved playback quality worth it the minor irritation, in my use case.
Me too, what I really wish is that they couldn’t start campaigning til 6 months before the election, like in Australia - THAT would be GREAT, instead of 2 years of that mess
Thank you so much for the info! 😊 I had to go back into "secret menu" and change the ad banner settings to Demo1 in order to remove the ad, so my roku may be a bit different. But again, thank you. And btw... I'm digging your channel name. 😄👍
I don't have the power option in the settings you went thru.. I had everything else and did all you suggested. Where might I find that power setting ??? Thanks.. liked and subscribed.. your awesome !!!
Thanks so much! All made sense it’s unusual for my poor little pea brain and what I usually can understand. Thanks! Now how can I get a list of the live tv guide channel list. One that’s easy to understand so I can make a favorites list for my user unfriendly hubby? I need it too until I get used to it! Again thanks to you!
Very helpful video. Thank You! I have a Samsung QLED 4K smart TV and a 4K Roku Streambar. But the streambar picture quality is no where close to the 4K quality of the TV itself. I am hoping I have the Display Type set wrong. Wish Me Luck!!
Hey Doc. The ad banner on my homepage is still there, even though I double checked the settings and restarted the Roku twice. I even powered the Roku stick, and TV, off and powered them back on, and the ad banner is still there. I’m using a recent Roku 4K streaming stick connected to an LG OLED 65 inch TV. Is there a certain amount of time that has to go by for this change to take effect? Please advise.
I will definitely give you a thumbs up on this one thank you for this I've used Roku for years and didn't think about any of this. Any idea how to clear the cache on the Disney Plus app so it will stop starting the next episode at the end where it left off?
I just bought my husband a Roku, I’m not interested in it . But, I better learn everything I can about it. I had a bad feeling about this. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you !
It would have really helped to let us know when you were backing out of a screen. A lot of times I’m obviously looking up at my screen following along and when you start talking about a different thing/subject… I have to go back and watch to see if you clicked left back over into the other list or other screen. Get what I’m saying? It kind of sounds confusing . Anyhow thanks for the video learned a lot.
Roku used to have a setting that was somewhat hidden that would force the Roku to use a lower bit rate. Frankly 1Mbps gives a picture that is quite suitable for me. Unfortunately Roku discarded that feature. My internet has a monthly download limit and once that is hit the speed is reduced to something similar to dial up modem. I have to use satellite internet because there is no wired internet available to my house. I live on an island which is paradise. But the monthly limit can be used up in one evening of watching Roku which is always running at the fastest rate it can get.
Thank you so much this really helped, I did turn off the cycle, gaming, remote, auto pairing, and the cycle gaming remote auto update, because we have no gaming system in any of our TV was at the right thing to do
i just purchased 2 roku cameras to monitor my elderly mom at her house. I live in a different town and i put her cameras at her house and a few that i bought for my house on the roku smart home app on my iPhone. In one screen i can see moms and my cameras all at once. My mom has a lady that takes care of my her during the day. She knows the wifi and password at my moms house. My question is......if she downloads the Roku smart home app on her phone, can she put my moms cameras on her phone when she's at her own house and start logging in to see on her phone with the app, who's at my moms house and eavesdropping and such when not at moms house?
Thanks for the Roku tips! I’ve wanted to get rid of the ad on the right side of Home! 👍👍 I have Firestick & Roku & use both. I’m in Houston in US but use my VPN for UK & Australia. Thanks for all you do!! Cheers!
Care to say more? I live on the border with Canada so get Canadian TV OTA but would love to get all of their programs (other stations). Is there a setting via Roku to do that? Sounds like you do for UK and Australia. Thanks for any guidance.
Thanks for the help! That banner thing gets on my nerves! When there is new movie or show and they put it in the box, it's like your remote moves faster and always lands on it.
Great video, though I wasn't able to remove the ads on my home screen (Hisense Roku tv). Not sure why, but "Demo3" didn't remove the ads for me. After cycling through each option (demo1-3, stagging1-3,qa1-3, etc.) and restarting afterwards, the ads still remained. Maybe the option to change it is in another secret option page (As the secret options you mentioned were "secrete option page 2", on mine.), but I was unable to change "Ad banner channel: production" on this option page.
Hi - great video! I have a QUESTION: I don’t seem to have the “Power” setting in the lineup you have been “Software Update” and “Guest Mode”. My system is all up to date. Thanks for your help.
I did not have the Power option either. I have the Roku Ultra something... Every now and then I would get the pop up question of "Are you still watching" or something like that and it gave me the option of clicking on "Yes" or "Don't ask again"...after a few times, I figured out to just click on Don't ask again and it has been a long time since I've seen it so I do not remember the exact wording. Anyway, that's how mine is...
The very last one you did with removing the ad on the home page, worked but didn't work. It removed the ad but left a blank box. I thought it would remove that space all together. Oh I see you had the blank space also....
I had a thumb stick with some movie backups. (Legit backups not pirated.) Today when I plugged it into Roku it said I had to agree to let the apps access and see what was on the thumb drive. If I didnt agree the thumb drive wont work.
Unchecking personalized ads doesn't keep them from collecting data from you. It just means they won't use that data to show you ask that you're more likely to be interested. I pretty much don't see the ads, but if I am going to see them, I would rather see ads that I might be interested in.
It does, though usually it's just a different route you have to take. I'm pretty sure the categories are different between the different types of roku devices as well.
Here in the USA, I click on SETTINGS and scroll up/down to ZIP CODE and enter my zip code and that's it... I believe the UK calls them a POSTCODE...I would say try entering that but there are only numbers to choose from on mine, no letters...so I do not know how that would work. Sorry.
@dannab3660 thanks for your reply. After the tv was reset back to the factory settings and the correct postcode entered every time, we realised it was the online account that was registered over in the U.S
I followed your instructions to get rid of the big ad banner and it didn't work. The big ad banner is still there. I went thru the steps multiple times and it's still there.
I was so excited to finally find a way from keeping my TV show from stopping and going back to the Roku menu. I fixed it last night but sadly today while I was gone, the show stopped. I like to leave it on for noise for my dog while I'm gone. 😢
Unfortunately demo3 and demo1 both still resulted the ad on the left side. Even after reboot. I guess this info is already outdated. Thank you still for your help.
one problem for those with a smart tv. most of this stuff is not available to change. Roku has figured out how to force things on us. If you have separate roku device the settings are there but not on my new smart tv. you can adjust certain features and turn off screen saver but the the ad issue, nope. like the ad 2 minutes into this video, inescapable. Everyone insures getting a piece of the gold. really though ive not found I get one bit less ads in my streaming or better or acceptable ads.
The main setting I was hoping to be able to fix was whatever one keeps making my roku disconnect from whatever ap I am streaming in ( netflix,hbo, prime, etc) it's incredibly agitating for it to disconnect if I am sitting and watching a show, pit it on pause to run to the kitchen or answer the phone, and have it disconnect from the ap and go back to my home screen. Any help?
😳 I do not know if he meant turn everything off for a minute and turn it all back on... Or just log out of the Roku App, turn it all off and back on and log back into the Roku App... Or to actually do a System Restart in the Settings/System Menu. I am too scared to try a System Restart because I am afraid it would set it back to the Factory Setting and I would have to download all of the Apps again...and I definitely do not want to do all of that again! My GUESS would be log out of Roku, turn it all off and turn it all back on and log back into Roku. But, again, that is just me guessing... 🤷♀️
It seems like whatever I talk about in my home next minute I getting a commercial this is invasion of my privacy. I'm going to find out who is recording me and send a law suite
I have a roku tv. Have never ever connected it to internets, but it’s now showing new ads on the side. Am curious how it received those ads. Very peculiar.
Is there any setting to disable the ad when you pause a video. I like to stop it and look at the cast in a movie or look at a detail I'd like to see. The ad usually is in the way.
I have the 4K Roku box, maybe 3 yrs old, they stopped offering updates for my device, accidentally found that in an old email or I wouldn’t have known! But it’s not letting me uncheck the voice recognition??
I have a 32" onn. Roku bought this year. I also have a "honey well" air purifier. When I run the air purifier on low, regardless if the t.v is on or even plugged in the t.v plays music at such a low level, I thought I was going nuts for weeks. Until figured out where the constant mix of neverending music was coming from. Help me!
@@nickimontie , It probably does matter which. I have a tv with roku already on there, and also have the plug in roku, and they have slightly different menus.
You still get adds, but they won't be personalized. If you want personalized adds, they will "spy" on things you watch/like/ect and then you will see more of those adds. Kinda like when Google will tailor adds to things you search.
Thanks for this video. At 5 mins you are wrong on what you are describing “screen reader” as. You may want to correct this so as to help people who are visually impaired. 🙏
As far as the themed background…. Pay close attention to them!!! Chose a theme and notice there are hidden movie character and objects in the moving screen. I have fun starring and trying to figure them out… wait a month and if you have figured them all out choose another. You can google the screen and get the answers to see if your right.
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That last one doesn't work
Urgent: Hello, I wanted to warn you that you displayed your network settings in the video. I'm no hacker, but I world think a hacker could use that info if they wanted..??
The video is for online ROKU Network settings, I have a ROKU TV and the settings are different.
@@menotyou1234 they are only my settings on my internal network, no worries
My menus were different than yours, so it was hard to follow some of your directions. Once before, I had tried turning off the thing that shuts you down for not saying "yes I'm still watching". That only worked on the roku channel. But your directions actually worked! Thank you, thank you! Once I realized your hints worked I came back to give you the thumbs up you deserve.
Ruth I did how he showed to turn off the are you still watching prompt but still get them.
The cycle scrollable ads setting was missing on my 3810x-streaming stick software update checked today last update 5/23/24 I tried the other settingd but no luck. Any thoughts?
I did step by step. There's still an ad on the right hand side. Thank you for this channel.
Same here
Same here, even after reboot
Same Here as well
I have Samsung 2011 tv.. I don’t have ads now🎉
Yep,me too. Didn't work for me.😢
Thank you for helping everyone protect their privacy. The ad banner removal at the end seems to be a problem for a number of people including me. I don’t know if it’s possible to help or if ROKU got wise and made it harder to remove. If you are collecting info on an attempt to find another way of helping people remove it here is what I tried.
I am using an old Emerson tv with a ROKU Ultra LT. After getting to the secret menu
I changed the Cycyle Home Screen banner ad server to Demo 3 and restarted the Roku by going to system->power-> system restart. It rebooted and the ad was still there. I repeated the same steps alternating from Production, QA-QA3, Staging-Staging4, Demo1-Demo3.
Thank you for your advice.
I am so glad I came across you channel here on YT. Now I can go thought my apps and menus with out having to mute my sound, Thanks alot.
Yes...me too!!
Im just SOOOO happy about the "bandwidth saver" I like the TV on low while I sleep and it shuts off and i have spent hours trying to figure out why?!
Thank you!!!!
i tried all 3 demos and the ad is still there, you do have a nice informative channel here and i subscribed
They removed the option to remove the scrollable ads
Everything went great, except the ad on the right side is still there. Also, an ad in the bottom left-hand corner for peacock 99 cents for two months. I checked and rebooted twice. It shows scrollable ads as always disabled, but the blasted things won't go away. Thanks for the tips! 🎉
Forced arbitration has to be made illegal ! WHERE is the I DO NOT agree button !
On the subtitles menu, a tip for you is to have it turned on for replay. If you haven't heard or understood what someone says, rather than have to keep rewatching the same bit of film over and over to get what is being said, subtitles on on replay will show you what they are saying.
I use that one too….stumbled upon that setting quite by accident. But I still can’t remove the large square on the Right where Roku promotes movies.
Home button 5 times, then the directional arrows was a “no go”. Even when I slowed down the video & wrote down each command (settings, network, remotes & devices, settings, secret screen 2)… just didn’t work for me.
But more importantly, I’m much happier with my updated privacy settings!
I have been considering getting ROKU, but with just me and my older brother. We have stuck with DirecTV. I love my DVR...Thanks for the video.. I will save it.. hugs
Screensaver is actually a good thing as some TVs can get burn in from sitting on a single screen too long. Turning it off is a bad idea. It doesn't take that much for system resources to use.
Also Very good for falling to sleep on radio apps like Tune In Radio.
It depends on type of TV you have. Not all types of TVs are at risk of burn in. That said a lot of people these days have OLEDs and those you absolutely have to worry about burn in.
@@wildbill4496oleds?
Shoutout to all the real connoisseurs still rocking the plasma panels in 2023! :D
@@Grasshopper-MediaPlasma….🤔Must have low watch time on it. Enjoy it while It’s still working especially if you were the person that probably shelled out 3 to 5 grand they costed when they were brand new. Remember don’t store them laying down.👍
Nice, cheers. Personally I turn Auto-adjust display refresh rate on, on mine. I find it provides much smoother playback with less stuttering, at least on my ancient TV in the lounge.
The downside is the glitches you mentioned, it often takes a moment while the TV adjusts to the new input and outputs a black screen for up to a couple of seconds, which can be quite irritating when watching content with ads, as it will happen each time a new one loads.
I find the improved playback quality worth it the minor irritation, in my use case.
Thanks!
Welcome
Great video all in all, thanks. I did the secret menu thing to get rid of the home screen ad but it just does not work.
yep, same for me. Roku must have made changes in their system.
I wish there was a way to get rid of those annoying political ads during political season.
Me too, what I really wish is that they couldn’t start campaigning til 6 months before the election, like in Australia - THAT would be GREAT, instead of 2 years of that mess
Yes!! And the drug ads also!
ummm. turn off the ads box... or weren't you paying attention.😂
When you first initialize it do not enter a location or home City then you will never ever ever ever ever get political ads dumbass
@@joelp3562 doesn't work
Great video! Unfortunately for me, the Demo3 setting didn't remove the ad on the home screen.
Same here. Restarted the system after doing the setting to Demo3 and even after the reboot, the ad is still there....
Same here
Same.
There is no way for it's removal, he is full of b.s.
@@Afterburner2ya I guess kinda sucks
Fantastic. I had no idea how to do this but my privacy and security are important so thanks for the help!
Hmm the last secret setting thing didn’t seem to work for me, ads are still on that screen.
Same here
It worked with one tv but not the other
Got rid of the ad! Thank you! Hooked up my antenna for locals, scanned them in but can’t figure out how to get to them! 😩
Thank you so much for the info! 😊 I had to go back into "secret menu" and change the ad banner settings to Demo1 in order to remove the ad, so my roku may be a bit different. But again, thank you.
And btw... I'm digging your channel name. 😄👍
I don't have the power option in the settings you went thru.. I had everything else and did all you suggested. Where might I find that power setting ??? Thanks.. liked and subscribed.. your awesome !!!
I didn't have the Power option either... 🤷♀️
I tried your method to get rid of the ads on the home screen, and the ads are still there.
Same for me.
Same for me
Thanks so much! All made sense it’s unusual for my poor little pea brain and what I usually can understand. Thanks! Now how can I get a list of the live tv guide channel list. One that’s easy to understand so I can make a favorites list for my user unfriendly hubby? I need it too until I get used to it! Again thanks to you!
Very helpful video. Thank You! I have a Samsung QLED 4K smart TV and a 4K Roku Streambar. But the streambar picture quality is no where close to the 4K quality of the TV itself. I am hoping I have the Display Type set wrong. Wish Me Luck!!
I am brand new to Roku and this video helped me.
Impressive improvement in response time changing channels
Awesome video brother. Thanks for sharing. Keep the content coming. Hope you have an incredible weekend. Cheers
Hide ad on homescreen not working. Still shows ad despite following this tutorial and restarting Tv. Great tips though. Newly subscribed. ❤
I tried to get rid of the advertising on all three of my Roku units and no success. I did everything you said. They are still there even resetting.
Hey Doc. The ad banner on my homepage is still there, even though I double checked the settings and restarted the Roku twice. I even powered the Roku stick, and TV, off and powered them back on, and the ad banner is still there. I’m using a recent Roku 4K streaming stick connected to an LG OLED 65 inch TV.
Is there a certain amount of time that has to go by for this change to take effect? Please advise.
I have the same setup and my ad banner is still there, too.
I will definitely give you a thumbs up on this one thank you for this I've used Roku for years and didn't think about any of this. Any idea how to clear the cache on the Disney Plus app so it will stop starting the next episode at the end where it left off?
I just bought my husband a Roku, I’m not interested in it . But, I better learn everything I can about it. I had a bad feeling about this. I just subscribed to your channel. Thank you !
Is there any videos on how to add the addons such as a movie channel i got kodi on android tv thanks
Great video. Watched on my phone & made changes on TV as you coached. Thanks for helping improving our security. 😉
New to the channel!! Ty for all your great knowledge! We appreciate all your help!
It would have really helped to let us know when you were backing out of a screen. A lot of times I’m obviously looking up at my screen following along and when you start talking about a different thing/subject… I have to go back and watch to see if you clicked left back over into the other list or other screen. Get what I’m saying? It kind of sounds confusing . Anyhow thanks for the video learned a lot.
Awesome - that 3 hour continue watching pop up has been a pain in the you know what. Thanks for that tip.
Roku used to have a setting that was somewhat hidden that would force the Roku to use a lower bit rate. Frankly 1Mbps gives a picture that is quite suitable for me. Unfortunately Roku discarded that feature. My internet has a monthly download limit and once that is hit the speed is reduced to something similar to dial up modem. I have to use satellite internet because there is no wired internet available to my house. I live on an island which is paradise. But the monthly limit can be used up in one evening of watching Roku which is always running at the fastest rate it can get.
Hopefully starlink will offer unlimited to Islanders
Was so happy to hear about getting rid of the ad box but alas it didn't work. Ughhh! Tried several times. Followed every step. Sadness.
Thank you so much this really helped, I did turn off the cycle, gaming, remote, auto pairing, and the cycle gaming remote auto update, because we have no gaming system in any of our TV was at the right thing to do
Thanks for the great info. I did as much as i could on my old Roku device. I just wish you went a bit slower.
I watched his video on my phone and paused it to go thru each step on my tv...
i just purchased 2 roku cameras to monitor my elderly mom at her house. I live in a different town and i put her cameras at her house and a few that i bought for my house on the roku smart home app on my iPhone. In one screen i can see moms and my cameras all at once. My mom has a lady that takes care of my her during the day. She knows the wifi and password at my moms house. My question is......if she downloads the Roku smart home app on her phone, can she put my moms cameras on her phone when she's at her own house and start logging in to see on her phone with the app, who's at my moms house and eavesdropping and such when not at moms house?
If the caretaker has the log in and password info, I would say yes, she can watch the cameras and hear whatever is said, from her phone...
I couldn't get the last step to work. I not only have the ad on the right, but also one on left. Any thoughts? Thank you!
Thanks for the Roku tips! I’ve wanted to get rid of the ad on the right side of Home! 👍👍 I have Firestick & Roku & use both.
I’m in Houston in US but use my VPN for UK & Australia.
Thanks for all you do!!
Cheers!
Care to say more? I live on the border with Canada so get Canadian TV OTA but would love to get all of their programs (other stations). Is there a setting via Roku to do that? Sounds like you do for UK and Australia. Thanks for any guidance.
Why UK & Australia?
Thanks for the help! That banner thing gets on my nerves! When there is new movie or show and they put it in the box, it's like your remote moves faster and always lands on it.
I'm leaning towards the streaming soundbar I'm trying to cut the cord with cable it's too expensive . What are your thoughts on that one ?
I appreciate this information, thank you. I did have to stop is several times, guess I'm slower than you speak.
I got lost from fast explanations! I suppose I will register and try again! Thank you for your information!
Didn’t work to remove the big ad on the Home Screen and actually an additional add has shown up on the bottom left of my screen 🙈
Great video, though I wasn't able to remove the ads on my home screen (Hisense Roku tv). Not sure why, but "Demo3" didn't remove the ads for me. After cycling through each option (demo1-3, stagging1-3,qa1-3, etc.) and restarting afterwards, the ads still remained. Maybe the option to change it is in another secret option page (As the secret options you mentioned were "secrete option page 2", on mine.), but I was unable to change "Ad banner channel: production" on this option page.
Hi - great video! I have a QUESTION: I don’t seem to have the “Power” setting in the lineup you have been “Software Update” and “Guest Mode”. My system is all up to date. Thanks for your help.
There are slightly different displays for different rokus, like roku tv vs the roku device, so you might have to look around.
I did not have the Power option either. I have the Roku Ultra something...
Every now and then I would get the pop up question of "Are you still watching" or something like that and it gave me the option of clicking on "Yes" or "Don't ask again"...after a few times, I figured out to just click on Don't ask again and it has been a long time since I've seen it so I do not remember the exact wording.
Anyway, that's how mine is...
Do you have to do this to every roku you have, or just one and sets all roku sets?
Do it for each Roku Box".
The very last one you did with removing the ad on the home page, worked but didn't work. It removed the ad but left a blank box. I thought it would remove that space all together.
Oh I see you had the blank space also....
I'm still getting that ad on the home page after following instructions and rebooting.
Thank you I really enjoyed that
And it was so easy to follow along and I appreciate that
Are there any cameras built into the Roku hardware?
I couldn't get the last one. Home button 5 X. Etc etc. It didn't bring me to any secret menu. But I'm using a roku TV so it might be different.
I had a thumb stick with some movie backups. (Legit backups not pirated.) Today when I plugged it into Roku it said I had to agree to let the apps access and see what was on the thumb drive. If I didnt agree the thumb drive wont work.
Thank you so much! Hopefully my Roku will stop buffering!
I did what you said for the secret menu but it didn't work on getting rid of that ad on the right side of the screen.
Unchecking personalized ads doesn't keep them from collecting data from you. It just means they won't use that data to show you ask that you're more likely to be interested. I pretty much don't see the ads, but if I am going to see them, I would rather see ads that I might be interested in.
Seems as though the Hisense ROKU tv’s have different settings options & features
I have Hisense Roku tv. If I watch on the DVR, when I go back to Guide, it resets to All instead of Favorites. How do I keep Favorites?
It does, though usually it's just a different route you have to take. I'm pretty sure the categories are different between the different types of roku devices as well.
Any idea how to change the region on a roku tv ... bought 1 here in the UK, and it's all US apps and dollars
Here in the USA, I click on SETTINGS and scroll up/down to ZIP CODE and enter my zip code and that's it...
I believe the UK calls them a POSTCODE...I would say try entering that but there are only numbers to choose from on mine, no letters...so I do not know how that would work.
Sorry.
@dannab3660 thanks for your reply. After the tv was reset back to the factory settings and the correct postcode entered every time, we realised it was the online account that was registered over in the U.S
I followed your instructions to get rid of the big ad banner and it didn't work. The big ad banner is still there. I went thru the steps multiple times and it's still there.
Same problem! That appears to be a glaring error in the advice!
I love the screensaver its dope
I was so excited to finally find a way from keeping my TV show from stopping and going back to the Roku menu. I fixed it last night but sadly today while I was gone, the show stopped. I like to leave it on for noise for my dog while I'm gone. 😢
Get a cheap radio.
I use the RUclips app and have Playlists of several hundred songs and play that for my dogs while I run to town for a few errands.
Unfortunately demo3 and demo1 both still resulted the ad on the left side. Even after reboot. I guess this info is already outdated. Thank you still for your help.
I have an old ROKU tv. Couldn't find that secret menu. Still have the ad on the right
How to calabart this TV for screen fit size. My picture is way off I have tired all the basics steps .please help
Click on Settings, go right and scroll to Display Type, click it and choose one of those options...?
one problem for those with a smart tv. most of this stuff is not available to change. Roku has figured out how to force things on us. If you have separate roku device the settings are there but not on my new smart tv. you can adjust certain features and turn off screen saver but the the ad issue, nope. like the ad 2 minutes into this video, inescapable. Everyone insures getting a piece of the gold. really though ive not found I get one bit less ads in my streaming or better or acceptable ads.
I’ll watch this again & again . I’m learning w/my Roku Express & wondering if it’s worth it to have ? Just need more understanding .
THANK YOU! Wow the ads have been driving us nutty
1st time here, appreciate the info! Subscribed, commented and liked
Do you have a Roku channel
I appreciate that video you posted about the settings highly appreciated💯💪
The main setting I was hoping to be able to fix was whatever one keeps making my roku disconnect from whatever ap I am streaming in ( netflix,hbo, prime, etc) it's incredibly agitating for it to disconnect if I am sitting and watching a show, pit it on pause to run to the kitchen or answer the phone, and have it disconnect from the ap and go back to my home screen. Any help?
Yes, that is the setting at 7:15 (in the video) concerning the power menu. Uncheck the box which powers down after 20 minutes of inactivity.
The last item disabling ads does not work on any of my devices.
I just purchased a new TV this as very informative.
I wasn’t able to do some of your suggestions with my Roku!
Thank you! for the wonderful tips brother
Is there a way to set up all 4 TV's at once, instead of individually?
I would say no. Each Roku "box" has to be done individually.
How do you get headphones to work with ROKU? I have a TCL set and they don't work. Tried the settings with volume and headphone but still nothing.
Great info thanks. Do I have to do this on every roku box I own ?
@Florida Man Thx
Do you have any videos for the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4k?
Do you think Roku 4k Stick is better? How much gb ram memory does the Roku have? 1gb/2gb/???
How do you reboot? Very last thing you suggested to take the changes into effect?
😳 I do not know if he meant turn everything off for a minute and turn it all back on...
Or just log out of the Roku App, turn it all off and back on and log back into the Roku App...
Or to actually do a System Restart in the Settings/System Menu.
I am too scared to try a System Restart because I am afraid it would set it back to the Factory Setting and I would have to download all of the Apps again...and I definitely do not want to do all of that again!
My GUESS would be log out of Roku, turn it all off and turn it all back on and log back into Roku. But, again, that is just me guessing... 🤷♀️
At the end of your video---"click home button 5 times"--everytime I hit it, it went straight to "max". I tried to tap fast. One click-straight .
It seems like whatever I talk about in my home next minute I getting a commercial this is invasion of my privacy. I'm going to find out who is recording me and send a law suite
I have a roku tv. Have never ever connected it to internets, but it’s now showing new ads on the side. Am curious how it received those ads. Very peculiar.
Is there any setting to disable the ad when you pause a video. I like to stop it and look at the cast in a movie or look at a detail I'd like to see. The ad usually is in the way.
I have the 4K Roku box, maybe 3 yrs old, they stopped offering updates for my device, accidentally found that in an old email or I wouldn’t have known! But it’s not letting me uncheck the voice recognition??
you can get rid of ads any more
I did this when I got my roku. I always go right to privacy when I download anything and go thru everything
Some of these settings reset after an update, so I go through them every so often.
@@bigred9428 good tip
I have a 32" onn. Roku bought this year. I also have a "honey well" air purifier. When I run the air purifier on low, regardless if the t.v is on or even plugged in the t.v plays music at such a low level, I thought I was going nuts for weeks. Until figured out where the constant mix of neverending music was coming from. Help me!
I just did the sequence to get rid of the advert above your head and restarted my Roku but it’s still showing, what did I do wrong?
Same. I have my settings exactly as shown, resarted the system and it's still there.
@@nickimontie frustrating isn’t it?!
@@mystikskye Yes. I wonder if it matters which Roku device it is?
@@nickimontie ,
It probably does matter which. I have a tv with roku already on there, and also have the plug in roku, and they have slightly different menus.
You still get adds, but they won't be personalized. If you want personalized adds, they will "spy" on things you watch/like/ect and then you will see more of those adds. Kinda like when Google will tailor adds to things you search.
Thanks for this video. At 5 mins you are wrong on what you are describing “screen reader” as. You may want to correct this so as to help people who are visually impaired. 🙏
Outstanding video!!!! Keep up the great work, Sir Doc Squiffy❤🎉💯
As far as the themed background…. Pay close attention to them!!! Chose a theme and notice there are hidden movie character and objects in the moving screen. I have fun starring and trying to figure them out… wait a month and if you have figured them all out choose another. You can google the screen and get the answers to see if your right.
Setting it to demo3 did not get rid of the ad
Thank you so very much for providing me with this helpful information!
I enjoyed it but OK how can I do? What you just did with the remote up down way left down when you’re trying to delete the ads