![]() ![]() If you don’t like watching movies on headphones, but need to be respectful of others in the house, Night is for you. Night Mode is a handy feature for night owl movie fans, analyzing the sounds in a program and making soft sounds like whispers louder while softening louder sounds like explosions. Off returns your sound to normal and Leveling enables a consistent volume across your viewing experience. Here you’ll find three options: Off, Leveling, and Night. Select the Advanced Sound Settings option. To turn on Sound Leveling press the * button during playback. But Roku knows your pain and introduced Sound Leveling to its model devices. There’s nothing worse than having your eardrums blown out by a brutally loud commercial. Stack your favorite channels up to for speedy viewing. This brings up an options menu which includes a “Move Channel” selection. However, you can change the placement of your channel tiles whenever you want by placing your cursor over the channel you want to move and pressing the * button on the remote. When you first get your Roku and start adding channels it’s easy to think they’re stuck in the order they get added in. Photo via Roku 10) Reorder your channels how you want them You’ll still be able to remove the Roku when you move, but the device itself will be kept out of view, leaving you with a tidy media center. Simply buy some velcro with a sticky back from a craft store and attach it to your TV and Roku Ultra. Most Roku devices hide comfortably behind your TV plugged into an HDMI cable. However, if you have an older model Roku, or a newer Roku Ultra, and don’t want it sitting out on your entertainment center, velcro can be your friend. From here you can set limits to match your households needs or budget. To activate the menu press Home five times, Rewind three times, and then Fast Forward two times. Roku users can activate a special debug menu that lets you set limits on what bit rate your content streams at. Photo via Roku 8) Set your own streaming bit rate on the Roku override menuĭo you live with the horror of a data cap? Streaming hours of HD video can take a big bite out of your data limits, so if you’re streaming on a budget try this handy hack to lower your data usage. For users with large digital libraries, this feature makes it worth looking into Roku’s high storage models. These devices can handle a remarkable number of files, including 4K MKV files. Users with an Ultra or Roku TV can plug their external hard drives directly into the devices to stream their personal digital libraries on the Roku Media Player. This hack is just for Roku Ultra and Roku TV owners, thanks to these device’s handy USB ports. 7) Play your personal content from an external hard drive Better yet, it saves you from renting a movie if it’s playing on a streaming service you have downloaded. ![]() This makes it easy to quickly price check a rental or digital download. When you search for a movie or a TV show, Roku search will show you what apps the title is streaming on, and what they cost. ![]() Sure, you can use it to find new apps and channels or actors filmographies, but its biggest power is saving you money. Roku’s smart search feature is one of the most surprisingly powerful features on the entire device. Photo via Roku 6) Use smart search to find anything that’s available ![]() This is also a blessing when your kids or roommate loses your remote for the hundredth time. Select channels from a list on your phone instead of browsing the menu on your device, rewind, change subtitles. The Roku remote app is available on both Android or iOS, giving users full control over their Roku as long as your phone is on the same Wi-Fi connection. 3) Navigate Roku channels on your phoneĮvery Roku device comes with a remote, but if you want the best possible experience without buying a top-of-the-line Roku, use its mobile app. There’s just one downside: Even if you have a Roku TV, this feature doesn’t work on game consoles or any other HDMI connected device. This will transfer the audio from your TV to your headphones. Simply turn on the app, connect it to your Roku, plug in your headphones, and hit the “headphones” icon on the remote screen. However, this feature is available to everyone with the Roku app. Top-of-the-line Roku devices come with a remote that includes a headphone jack for private listening. Photo via Roku 2) Watch silently at night with Roku remote headphone jack ![]()
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