HD LED SMART TV USER MANUAL
Tip: If you are using an antenna with a 300-ohm twin-lead cable, you need to use a to-75-ohm adapter (not provided) to adapt the twin-lead cable to a connection that is compatible with the TV’s antenna input.
Tip: If you receive your TV stations through a set top box from a cable or satellite TV provider, connect it to the TV using the best connection method available. From most to least desirable:
If the best connection available on your device is AV or composite video output, connect it to the TV using a composite AV cable (not provided). Composite AV cables typically have three RCA-type plugs on each end, color coded as follows:
Connect each plug to the corresponding connector on the device and on the TV.
Note: Select models have an AV Input that looks like a headphone jack. Use the breakout cable (included) to adapt this input to the three RCA-type plugs on your composite cable.
Connecting external equipment with an HDMI® cable
If possible, connect your devices using HDMI® cables (not provided). They help to provide the best video quality and also carry audio signals, so that only one cable is needed. For better picture quality, we recommend that you use cables designated as High Speed HDMI® Cables.
Tip: You might need to configure the device to send its signal through its HDMI® connector.
You can connect headphones or an analog sound bar (not provided) to the TV’s headphone jack.
Tip: Inserting a plug in the headphone jack disables the sound from the TV’s built-in speakers.
Warning: Loud noise can damage your hearing. When using headphones, use the lowest volume setting on your headphones that still lets you hear the sound.
Select models also have an audio line out connection that is not affected by TV volume or mute settings and does not disable the TV speakers. Use this connection when you want to use your amplifier or sound bar to control the TV volume. To turn off the TV’s built-in speakers, in the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Audio TV speakers and change the setting.
Select Roku TVs come with the Roku Enhanced Voice Remote. On these models, you can connect headphones to the jack on the left side of the remote.
Tip: Inserting a plug in the remote’s headphone jack disables the sound from the TV’s built-in speakers or attached receiver or sound bar. The volume and mute controls on the right side of the remote adjust the volume level of the connected headphones.
Warning: Loud noise can damage your hearing. When using headphones, use the lowest volume setting on your headphones that still lets you hear the sound. You might notice that connecting headphones to your remote shortens the remote’s battery life somewhat.
You can enjoy Dolby Audio™ multichannel sound from your TV if you connect a digital amplifier or sound bar (not provided) in either of two ways:
Digital optical audio out (S/PDIF) – Connect a TOSLINK optical cable (not provided) from the TV to the Optical input on your receiver or sound bar.
HDMI® ARC – Connect an HDMI® cable (not provided) from the HDMI (ARC) connector to the HDMI® input on your receiver or sound bar. This connection uses the Audio Return Channel (ARC) feature of the HDMI® specification to output sound from the TV to a compatible device. To use this feature, you must configure the TV to enable HDMI® ARC, as explained in Enable HDMI® ARC.
If you want to watch streaming content and take advantage of the cool features of your Roku TV, connect it to the Internet through a wireless modem/router or a wireless access point (not provided). The TV has a built-in wireless LAN adapter.
Note: The TV supports only its internal wireless network adapter—it does not support the use of a USB network adapter.
Select 4K models have wired in addition to wireless network connectivity. To use the wired network connection, connect an RJ-45 Ethernet cable (not provided) from the jack on the back of your TV to your network router or switch. The wired connection supports both 10 Base-T and 100 Base-T Ethernet.
Note: Certain remote buttons and features vary by model. Your remote might not have all buttons or features listed.
just below the purple pad, then you have a Roku Voice Remote.Enhanced Voice Remote.
Roku voice remotes have additional capabilities as noted in the following table..
If your TV has this style of panel button, you can perform the following functions:
If your TV has this style of panel buttons, you can perform the following functions:
If your TV has this style of panel button, you can perform the following functions:
If your TV has this style of panel buttons, you can perform the following functions:
If your TV has this style of panel buttons, you can perform the following functions.
Note that the order of the buttons might vary from model to model. Examine the panel button labels to determine your TV model’s layout.
If your TV has this style of panel buttons, you can perform the following functions.
Note that the order of the buttons might vary from model to model. Examine the panel button labels to determine your TV model’s layout.
If your TV has this style of panel buttons, you can perform the following functions.
Note that the order of the buttons might vary from model to model. Examine the panel button labels to determine your TV model’s layout.
Note: A paid subscription or other payments may be required for some channel content. Channel availability is subject to change and varies by country. Not all content is available in countries or regions where Roku® products are sold.
Typical connected Home screen
1. Home screen menu—shows options available to you when you are on the Home screen.
2. Highlighted option—press OK on the remote to select.
3. TV input tiles—select an input to watch the connected device.
4. Streaming channel and app tiles—select a tile to go to the indicated streaming channel or application. You can add any number of channels from the Roku Channel Store.
5. Direct access tiles – shortcuts to often used features.
6. Options hint—press 
on the remote for options when this symbol is present.
7. Next screen hint—press the RIGHT arrow on the remote to see the next screen.
Typical non-connected Home screen
1. Home screen menu—shows options available to you when you are on the Home screen.
2. Highlighted option—press OK on the remote to select.
3. TV input tiles—select an input to watch the connected device.
4. Direct access tiles – shortcuts to often used features.
5. Options hint—press 
on the remote for options when this symbol is present.
6. Next screen hint—press the RIGHT arrow on the remote to see the next screen.
Your TV has a single status indicator. It goes on and off and blinks in different ways depending on the status of the TV, as shown in the following table:
TV CONDITION | STATUS INDICATOR | MEANING |
|---|---|---|
On (screen is active) | Off | Screen is communicating that TV is on. |
Screensaver (screen is active) | Off | Screen is communicating that TV is on. |
Off (no power) | Off | TV is not connected to power. |
Off (standby) | On | TV is connected to power and is ready to use. |
Starting up from off state | Slow pulsing blink until startup completes | TV is doing something. |
On (receiving update from USB) | Slow pulsing blink until update completes | TV is doing something. |
Remote command received | Dims on/off once | TV has received your command. |
Network connection lost | Two short blinks, pause, repeat | TV was connected and paired with a Roku account and now has no network connection. |
Powering down to standby mode | Slow pulsing blink until the TV reaches standby. | TV is doing something. |
Changing channels
to jump to the previous channel. Press again to return to the channel you were watching before you pressedFavorite Channels in non-connected mode
You can quickly change from surfing among all channels or only your favorite channels. First, you have to mark one or more channels as your favorites.
Mark your favorite channels
In non-connected mode, you can make any channel a favorite whenever you’re watching Antenna TV channels.
. At this point, you’ll see two options:
symbol appears adjacent to the channel to indicate that it is now a favorite.Surf only your favorite channels
Your favorite channel list remains in effect even if you turn off or unplug your TV, until you switch back to all channels.
Note that when you press OK to view the program information banner while watching a show, a symbol appears below the channel number.
Surf all channels again
In non-connected mode, you can switch back to all channels whenever you’re watching Antenna TV channels.
Remove a channel from your favorites
In non-connected mode, you can remove a channel from your favorites whenever you’re watching the Antenna TV input.
symbol adjacent to the channel disappears.To view the Smart Guide, press the LEFT arrow. The Smart Guide opens showing the name of the current program highlighted, and a lot more information.
Navigating the Smart Guide
To switch to a program that is currently in progress, highlight it, and then press OK.
To return to the current time after navigating to a different time slot, press REPLAY 
.
To return to the currently airing program without causing a channel change, press BACK.
To see More Ways to Watch, highlight any show that has a purple asterisk (
), and then press .
Favorite channels in the Smart Guide
Turn off favorite channels
Requirements
Enabling Live TV Pause
Using Live TV Pause
Whenever you use any of the Live TV Pause features, the TV momentarily displays a progress bar:
Notes about Live TV Pause
Use the Settings menu to adjust overall TV settings. Press 
to go to the Home screen, and then navigate to Settings > TV picture settings.
You can adjust the following overall TV picture settings from the Settings screen:
Note: This setting does not affect the HDR or Dolby Vision notification that always appears in the program information banner. Press OK while watching a show to open the program information banner.
to display the Options menu where you can adjust the input’s settings while watching a live picture and listening to the sound from that input.Tip: You don’t have to go to the Settings menu first—you can display an input’s
Options menu and adjust its settings whenever you are watching the input by pressing .
Typical Options menu
To adjust the settings on the Options menu, press the UP or DOWN arrow to highlight a setting, and then press the LEFT or RIGHT arrow to change the setting. You’ll see the changes you make right away in picture appearance or audio quality.
Tip: When you highlight a setting, the header text explains the effect of its current value. When you begin to adjust a setting, the other options are hidden so you can see more of the screen. Even though the other settings are hidden, you can move the highlight up or down to adjust the other settings. As soon as you press the UP or DOWN arrow, the other settings become visible again
Note: Some streaming channels assign the button to a different function, meaning it will not open the Options menu. In these cases, use a different channel, such as The Roku Channel, to configure options. The selected settings remain active for all streaming channels.
To use the Picture settings menu, first press to display the Options menu. Then select Picture settings.
Picture settings menu options
Tip: To dismiss the Picture settings menu, just wait a few seconds without pressing any buttons. Or press again to dismiss the menu immediately.
Sound settings – Dolby® Audio Processing.
Each TV input has separate settings for fine tuning sound quality. All of the settings in this menu apply only to the currently-selected input. To access the DAP settings, first press to display the Options menu, then select Sound settings.
Tip: Some streaming channels assign the button to a different function, meaning it will not open the Options menu. In these cases, use a different channel, such as The Roku Channel, to configure Dolby® Audio Processing. The selected settings remain active for all streaming channels.
Sound settings – DTS® TruSurround / DTS® Studio Sound (select models only)
Sound settings – Sonic Emotion™ Premium (select models only)
Sonic Emotion™ settings
As you use your TV, you might find that you need to add a TV input tile that you did not add during Guided Setup. To add a TV input:
to return to the Home screen. Notice that the input has been added to the top of the Home screen.You can add streaming channels by searching in the Roku Channel Store. New streaming channels are added to the bottom of the Home screen.
Rather than trying to remember that your Blu-ray™ player is connected to HDMI 1 and your game console is connected to HDMI 3, you can rename the TV inputs to match the connected device.
Note: Renaming an input also changes the icon associated with it.
To rename an input, you can either:
Rather than using the predefined names and icons, you can set a custom name and icon. To do so, scroll up or down to highlight Set custom name & icon, and then press OK. Follow the instructions on the screen to enter a name and select an icon for the input.
Press to return to the Home screen. The new name and icon are now in effect
It’s easy to remove unused TV inputs and unwanted channel or app tiles. For example, if you never use the HDMI 3 input, or if you don’t like the weather app you added from the Roku Channel Store, you can remove them from your Home screen.
Note: You also can remove the Antenna TV tile if you never use the TV tuner. But be aware that removing the Antenna TV tile also deletes the channel list. You’ll have to set up the TV tuner again next time you want to view Antenna TV. Instructions for setting up the TV tuner can be found in Setting up Antenna TV.
to return to the Home screen.When you add a TV input tile, it’s added at the top of your Home screen. When you add a new streaming channel, it’s added at the bottom of your Home screen.
You can easily rearrange the order of the tiles on the Home screen to suit your viewing preferences. For example, you might want Antenna TV to be the first tile in your Home screen. But if you mostly watch one streaming channel, you might want its tile to be the first one on your Home screen.
to display a list of options for the type of tile you selected.
Note: A paid subscription or other payments may be required for some channels. Channel availability is subject to change and varies by country. Not all content is available in countries or regions where Roku® products are sold.
4. Use the arrow keys to move the highlighted tile to its new position. As you move the tile, it pushes other tiles out of its way.
5. Press OK to lock the tile into its new position.
6. Repeat these steps to move other tiles until you have arranged your Home screen to your liking.
Only in connected mode, another way to customize your TV is to change its theme.The theme establishes the look and feel of the TV through colors, designs, and fonts. Some themes require payment.
To change the theme, from the Home screen menu navigate to Settings > Theme > Change theme. In the Themes screen, choose from the following options:
To change enable or disable Featured themes, from the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Theme > Custom settings, and then, press OK to set or clear the check box next to Enable featured themes. When Featured themes is enabled, the TV automatically switches to featured themes—like certain holiday-inspired themes —for a limited time whenever Roku makes them available, and then switches back to your selected theme when the featured theme expires. When off, the TV uses your selected theme.
Only in connected mode, you can change what your TV displays after a period of inactivity.
To change the screensaver, from the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Screensaver > Change screensaver. In the Screensavers screen, choose from the following options:
To disable your screensaver, or to change the inactive time before it starts, from the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Screensaver > Change wait time. Select the desired option, and then press OK.
When you set up the TV tuner as described in Setting up Antenna TV, the TV adds all the channels with good signals that it can detect in your area. It’s likely that you now have more channels than you want in your channel list.
To edit the channel lineup, from the Home screen, navigate to Settings > TV inputs > Antenna TV > Edit channel lineup. You’ll see a screen listing all of your channels.
Adjacent to the list of channels is a miniature TV screen playing the highlighted channel’s picture and sound.
Highlight each channel you want to hide, and then press OK to hide the channel.
Tip: If you need to see or hear the highlighted channel, wait a couple of seconds for the TV to start playing the channel’s picture and sound. Also note that if you’ve enabled parental controls and the program on the current channel is blocked, you won’t see a picture or hear sound while editing the channel lineup.
Note: Repeating the tuner channel scan unhides all hidden channels.
Power on settings
Power on settings tell the TV what to do when you turn on the power. To configure the power on settings, from the Home screen, navigate to Settings > System > Power > Power on. Highlight the preferred power on location in the list, and then press OK.
Auto power savings
To help you save energy, your TV can automatically turn itself off after a period of inactivity or a period during which no signal has been detected. It is factoryconfigured to do both of these things, but you can change these settings if needed.
To configure automatic power off, from the Home screen menu navigate to Settings > System > Power > Auto power savings. In the Power settings screen, highlight the following options and press OK to turn them on or off:
Standby LED On/Off
Normally, the status indicator is lit whenever the TV is in standby mode. If you prefer the status indicator to not be lit in standby mode, you can turn it off. To do so, from the Home screen, navigate to Settings > System > Power > Standby LED, and then select Off.
After making this change, the status indicator still performs all other indication functions.
Fast TV start
Only in connected mode on TV models that are not Energy Star certified, you can enable Fast TV start. As you might expect, Fast TV start lets you start watching your
TV almost instantly after turning it on. But it also enables other convenient features, such as listening to certain music channels with the TV screen off and, only in the United States, the ability to turn on and control your TV using voice commands.
Be aware that enabling Fast TV start makes your TV use somewhat more power when it is powered off to standby mode.
Captions mode
The Captions mode settings specify when closed captions appear. Access caption settings from the Home screen by selecting Settings > Accessibility > Captions mode. At this point, you can choose among the following options:
Tips:
Note: Once enabled, the selected captions mode applies to all inputs that support captions and remains enabled until you turn it off
Captions preferred language
The Captions preferred language setting lets you select the language in which you want closed captioning to appear, when that language is available. If your preferred language is not available, then captioning reverts to the default language for the program, which usually is English.
Captions style
The Captions style settings let you control how closed captions look when displayed on your TV. Access caption style settings from the Home screen by selecting Settings > Accessibility > Captions style
Audio Guide settings
Audio Guide settings help users who are blind or visually impaired to configure the text-to-speech reader, enabling them to operate their TV more easily. Audio Guide uses voice prompts that speak volume and channel changes, menu options, and setting changes. Access Audio Guide settings from the Home screen by navigating to Settings > Accessibility
Parental controls enable you to control whether the members of your household can view certain kinds of broadcast TV programs. When a program or feature is blocked, you can unblock it by entering a parental control PIN that only you know.
Note: Parental controls block content from the TV tuner and from streaming options, if any, on the Home screen menu. Parental controls do not block content on other TV inputs or content from streaming channels you add to your TV.
Creating a parental control PIN
The first time you access the Parental controls screen, you must create a new parental control PIN. Thereafter, whenever you want to change parental control settings, unblock programming that has been blocked, change the PIN, or disable parental controls, you must enter your parental control PIN.
Tip: Your parental control PIN has nothing to do with your Roku account PIN. You can make them the same if you want—this is entirely your choice.
To create a new parental control PIN, from the Home screen menu navigate to
Settings > Parental controls. The screen displays a numeric keypad. Use the arrow keys and then press OK to enter a four-digit code. Then repeat the process to enter the same PIN again, just to make sure you correctly entered the PIN you want to use.
Important: If you forget your parental control PIN, the only way to recover is to perform a factory reset operation, as explained in Factory reset everything. Be sure to write it down in a safe place just in case.
Blocking Broadcast TV shows
For broadcast TV, parental controls use information embedded in the broadcast signal to determine whether to allow a program to be displayed. Parents can configure parental controls to block broadcast TV programs that meet or exceed a specific rating, so they cannot be viewed or heard unless the correct parental control PIN is entered.
Note: Rating standards differ by country.
Enabling parental control of TV shows
The first step in blocking TV shows is to enable parental control of TV shows.
This setting is provided separately to make it easier for you to turn parental control of
TV shows on and off without disturbing their settings. For example, your kids are going to summer camp for two weeks, and while they are gone, you don’t want to have to deal with unblocking shows that you want to watch by entering your parental control PIN. All you need to do is clear Enable parental controls, and all TV shows are unblocked. When the kids return, select Enable parental controls again, and all of your parental control settings are restored in a single operation.
To enable parental control of TV shows:
Blocking based on US TV ratings
Most broadcast US TV shows—other than movies—contain rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to view. The ratings are divided into two groups that function independently:
Within each of these groups, the ratings interact such that if you block a particular level of content, the TV also blocks all content with a higher rating. Conversely, if you unblock a particular level of content, the TV also unblocks all content with a lower rating. For example, if you block TV-PG programs, the TV also blocks TV-14 and TVMA programs. If you subsequently unblock TV-14 programs, TV-PG programs are also unblocked, but TV-MA programs remain blocked.
Similarly, within the main group, content types can be individually blocked. For example, you can block just coarse language in shows with a TV-PG rating. If you do, then the TV also blocks shows with coarse language in the higher ratings (TV-14 and TV-MA). Subsequently unblocking coarse language in TV-14 ratings does not unblock coarse language in TV-MA programs, but it does unblock coarse language in TV-PG programs.
To block TV shows based on US television ratings:
Blocking based on US movie ratings
Most movies in the US are rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, or MPAA, so the ratings are known as MPAA ratings. TV broadcast signals carry movie rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to see. The ratings are:
Unlike US TV ratings, there are no individual content types within the ratings. But like TV ratings, blocking movies with a particular rating also blocks movies with a higher rating, and unblocking movies with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
Tip: Blocking movies with an NC-17 rating also blocks programs with the nowobsolete X rating, which can still occur in the program data of older movies.
To block movies based on MPAA ratings:
Blocking based on Other ratings
Your TV can block programs having ratings that had not been defined when the TV was manufactured. It does this by detecting a new Rating Region Table in a program and then downloading the new table and displaying its rating in the Parental controls.
When the TV downloads a new Rating Region Table, it adds a new option to the list of rating types: Other ratings. If you see this option in the Parental controls screen, you have tuned to a station that has implemented a new rating table. Once the new rating table has been downloaded to the TV, it remains in the TV until it is factory reset, and you can configure blocking based on the new ratings.
New Region Rating Tables can have independent rating levels, or rating levels that interact in the same ways as the built-in US TV and MPAA Movie ratings.
Tip: If your TV downloads a new Region Rating Table, you’ll have to experiment with its settings to understand how to use it
Blocking based on Canadian English ratings
Canadian-English language and third-language programs that are broadcast in
Canada are rated by the Action Group on Violence on Television, or AGVOT. TV broadcast signals carry rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to view based on content containing violence, language, sex, or nudity. The ratings are:
Blocking content with a particular rating also blocks content with a higher rating, and unblocking content with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
To block programs based on AGVOT ratings:
Blocking based on Canadian French ratings
Canadian-French language programs that are broadcast in Canada are rated by Québec’s Ministry of Culture and Communications. TV broadcast signals carry rating data that enables parental controls to block shows that parents don’t want others to view based on content containing violence, language, sex, or nudity. The ratings are:
Blocking content with a particular rating also blocks content with a higher rating, and unblocking content with a particular rating also unblocks movies with a lower rating.
To block programs based on Canadian-French ratings:
Blocking unrated programs
Some broadcast TV shows and movies do not have an assigned rating, and are considered to be “Unrated”. Whether or not such programs contain content that is objectionable to you cannot be determined. However, you can choose to block such programs.
To block all unrated broadcasts:
Tip: Blocking programs that have not been assigned a rating does not block programs that specifically have been assigned a US TV rating of “None” (for example a broadcast of a local town council meeting). Programs that do not have an assigned rating display Rating NA (for “not applicable,” meaning a rating is not needed).
In the absence of other ratings for a program, the parental controls do not consider the MPAA US movie rating N/A (MPAA rating not applicable to this content) and NR applicable content not rated by the MPAA) to be ratings. In these cases, the TV handles the program as though it is unrated, blocking the program if Unrated programs blocking is enabled
TV show is blocked
When a program is blocked by parental control settings, the TV displays a blocked message:
1. Press OK to select Unblock and display a PIN pad.
2. Use the arrow keys to enter your parental control PIN code, and then press OK to select Unblock everything.
After unblocking shows that have been blocked, all blocking is disabled for two hours or until you turn off the TV.
Changing the parental control PIN
Resetting parental controls
Tip: Resetting parental controls also erases your parental control PIN.
