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chucklesp
Newbie
6 years ago

Can't enter capital letters on Streaming Stick Plus

I recently switched to Spectrum, and installed the SpectrumTV app on my Roku Streaming Stick Plus. Spectrum REQUIRES a capital letter in a password, but when I got to the password entry dialog, the interface on the Stick+ shows nothing but a horizontal row of letters (also a space and and a backspace), plus 3 buttons that let me choose Numbers ("123"), Letters ("ABC") or Special Characters (!#$, or whatever). No provision for entering a capital letter. 

My other ROKU has a different interface for entering a string, with an Up/Lower Case button, so there's no problem with such a password restriction.

I contacted Spectrum, but (surprise!) they weren't willing to change their password restrictions for one customer. At first, I blamed Spectrum for the problem, thinkin that the alphanumeric entry interface was their issue, but when I used the other Roku to navigate to the same password entry dialog, and saw that the interface was peculiar to the device, I realized that Spectrum was only using whatever password entry interface supplied by the underlying Roku device.

Any suggestions? I would be astonished to learn there was no way to enter capital letters on the Stick+, and this may be cockpit error, but I could find NO way to switch to capitals on the Stick+.

  • I figured it out!!!! I too thought the same thing until I played with it. 
    here’s how when you come to the letter that needs to be capitalized just simply hit the arrow up button and it will select the capital letter you need. If u notice the letter shown above each letter you stop on is capitalized. That is why just hit arrow up! I hope this helps everyone!! 

    • medpharm's avatar
      medpharm
      Reel Rookie

      I have no arrow up button on the keypad using Roku streaming Stick+

      • MLW7's avatar
        MLW7
        Newbie

        Pressing the up arrow above the word "ok" on the ROKU remote worked for me.

    • tmefoy's avatar
      tmefoy
      Reel Rookie

      when I come to a letter I want capitalized and hit the up arrow, it simply moves to the letter above it (such as "f" to "r" instead of making a capital F).  Hitting the asterisk key has no effect, as well.

      • tmefoy's avatar
        tmefoy
        Reel Rookie

        ok, I got it now.  You mean use the up arrow on the TV screen, not the up arrow on the Roku stick.

  • renojim's avatar
    renojim
    Community Streaming Expert

    Try pressing the * button on the remote.  I think that switches case.

      • Strega's avatar
        Strega
        Roku Guru

        It's been a while but I could have sworn that my Roku keyboard had a shift key just like any other keyboard.  I'm sure it had a normal shift key  (ie: arrow pointing up) at the far left of the keyboard and a caps lock key (arrow with a check box) at the right side of the keyboard.

    • LLD's avatar
      LLD
      Newbie

      I also have the Streaming Stick +  and had the other one before.  The have the same issue, with not able to get a capital letter.   I hit the* button and it did not do anything to give me a Capital letter.

      The * did not give me a Capital letter.

    • bersz's avatar
      bersz
      Newbie

      Hitting * did change letters to capital!