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IronGiant10
Reel Rookie
5 years ago
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IR location for Roku Ultra 2020 model

I'm trying to set up my Roku Ultra to use RF. I've been tried unsuccessfully to place an IR sensor over the IR location on my 2020 Roku Ultra but can't seem to find it. There is another post with som...
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  • Tivoburkee's avatar
    Tivoburkee
    5 years ago

    With a mrf-350 base station and the IR repeater in the proper place, having the software set to RF only should have worked also. So there's no IR coming out of the front of the remote, and it's communicating with base station by RF, then the base station turns it into IR and sends out the repeater cable to the front IR sensor of the roku. 

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IronGiant10
Reel Rookie
5 years ago

Sorry I guess I need to clarify here. Yes, I'm aware IR and RF are two different things :)

I'm trying to place an IR emitter on the Roku IR sensor. I have IR emitters on all my other components so I can control them with RF and not worry about line of sight issues. The emitter connects to the URC base station. I'm just having trouble locating the IR sensor on the Roku Ultra is all. 

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atc98092
Community Streaming Expert
5 years ago

Ah. Ok, now it makes sense. I wouldn't think the placement of the IR blaster would be very critical. My Premiere came with an IR remote, and it would work pretty much anywhere within the room I used it, without pointing it right at the Roku. The IR would bounce off the wall as long as the room wasn't too well lit. I realize the IR blaster has a more limited range, but I would expect it to work if it were placed anywhere near the front panel. I just used a very bright LED light and looked at the front of my Ultra 4640 and could not detect anything behind the panel. I would guess it's opposite of the Roku label on the front left side, so likely closer to the right side of the panel. 

  • IronGiant10's avatar
    IronGiant10
    Reel Rookie
    5 years ago

    No worries, I didn't explain the issue clearly. The company I used to do my home theater installation said it takes some trial and error moving around the IR emitter but after messing with it a lot and not getting it to work, I figured I would reach out to the community to see if anyone had a similar issue and could pinpoint the location of the IR sensor on the Roku Ultra. The roku remote is great and works well and my universal remote also works to control the roku but it doesn't have that RF functionality and convenience. 

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      IronGiant10
      Reel Rookie
      5 years ago

      I found out that my URC universal remote wasn't programmed for IR and RF so it didn't matter where I was placing the emitter on the Roku - it wouldn't have worked without the proper remote programming. I had the AV company fix the issue with the remote programming so it will control the Roku using RF. The attached pic shows where the tech placed the emitter in case anyone else runs into this issue using a universal remote to control a Roku Ultra

       

       

       

      • Tivoburkee's avatar
        Tivoburkee
        Community Streaming Expert
        5 years ago

        With a mrf-350 base station and the IR repeater in the proper place, having the software set to RF only should have worked also. So there's no IR coming out of the front of the remote, and it's communicating with base station by RF, then the base station turns it into IR and sends out the repeater cable to the front IR sensor of the roku.