I recently upgraded to an Ultra connected to my Samsung HDTV via HDMI. When I switch the HDTV input from cable to Roku I find that Roku is in the middle of playing a movie - always the same movie! How do I disable this? I want to switch to Roku and go to its home page. Thanks.
A couple of things could be going on.
First, a Roku device doesn't really care if the HDMI port to which it's connected is active. That means you can change the input on the TV to another input and the Roku will keep streaming, if it was already streaming. So, when you're done watching Roku, it's always -- always, I repeat -- a good idea to exit to the Home screen via the Home button. Simply changing the input, or turning off the TV doesn't stop the Roku from streaming.
Note: Depending on the CEC settings and capabilities of the TV plus the Roku device settings, turning off the TV can stop the Roku from streaming. This is not always default behavior, depending on the TV.
The power button on a Roku remote is NOT for the Roku. Roku devices don't actually power off. The power button on a Roku remote is for the TV and only for the TV.
Might what I've provided give you enough information?
^Thanks, I have disabled CEC on the Roku because it caused a conflict with the Verizon FiOS remote. Will try to remember to exit to home screen before switching out of Roku.
I still see this happening quite often. I'll have been watching Netflix via Roku, then turned off my Samsung TV. Next day, I turn on TV and watch cable for a while. If I then switch to Roku, it is in the middle of playing a movie from my Plex server. Typically, it will be whatever last movie I added to my Plex library.
I've disabled CEC on the Samsung TV. I don't see that Roku has an option to "auto-play" and I don't see Plex having a setting for "auto-play" either.
Any idea how I can turn this off? Thanks.
