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AaronW2021
Reel Rookie
4 years ago
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Setting up Roku Speakers as FRONT with StreamBar Pro

I have a Roku TV paired with the Roku StreamBar Pro.  I recently got a pair of Roku Speakers (9020X) but when I go through the setup / pairing, the only option I have is to set them up as REAR / SURR...
  • RokuDanny-R's avatar
    RokuDanny-R
    3 years ago

    AaronW2021 

    Thanks for the post.

    Please be aware front speakers are supported with Roku Streambars as of Roku OS 10.5, allowing you to create systems up to 5.1. If your Roku Streambar is connected to Roku TV and running OS 10.5 or later and you do not see the option to add front speakers, check that your Roku TV and Streambar are updated to the latest OS version.

    For more information about how to check for a system update, visit our Support page here: Update the software on your Roku

    Please keep us posted what you find out.


    Thanks,
    Danny

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RokuDanny-R
Retired Moderator
3 years ago

AaronW2021 

Thanks for the post.

Please be aware front speakers are supported with Roku Streambars as of Roku OS 10.5, allowing you to create systems up to 5.1. If your Roku Streambar is connected to Roku TV and running OS 10.5 or later and you do not see the option to add front speakers, check that your Roku TV and Streambar are updated to the latest OS version.

For more information about how to check for a system update, visit our Support page here: Update the software on your Roku

Please keep us posted what you find out.


Thanks,
Danny

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DaveMichel
Reel Rookie
3 years ago

As of my post almost two months ago, I had updated the software to the current version (I don't know the version number - I live about three hours from the system).

My use case is one StreamBar (not the Pro) and two Roku speakers. I want dialog in each.

I have tried installing the speakers as front, and as rear. Neither option worked for getting dialog in both of the speakers as well as the StreamBar.

  1. When the Roku speakers are installed as front, the StreamBar goes mute (this didn't happen when I first installed the system). Can I revert to the version of software that worked? That would solve this issue.
  2. When the Roku speakers were installed as rear, I could find no way to get dialog routed to them. Does OS 10.5 allow routing dialog to the rear speakers when there are no front speakers? If so, that would solve this issue.
  • MadLadDad's avatar
    MadLadDad
    Newbie
    3 years ago

    Came here with the same question and I have to say this is really disappointing. Roku, there are a lot of us out there that don't want rear speakers. We want to add a dedicated front left and front right to our streambar. Combined with the sub, this would make for a fantastic 3.1 experience.

    If this was possible, I would buy the speakers today, but having the Streambar turn off if the speakers are moved to the front is unacceptable. The Streambar should adjust to a true center channel in this use case.