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SKVH
Newbie
2 years ago

LG TV - hit the ROKU remote (not LG TV remote) and now it talks ... like stating the volume number

I have read the same question posed.... I have the same issue.. I had hit * 4 times... multiple times over multiple days.... I have gone into settings.  I know it happened one day when I hit a few bu...
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makaiguy
Community Streaming Expert
2 years ago

SKVH-

It COULD be this:

  • VOICE ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROKU MENUS, BUTTON PRESSES, ETC.
    A feature called Screen Reader (formerly Audio Guide) announces where you are in the Roku menus for the benefit of the visually impaired. At some point you may have hit the * key on your Roku remote four times in a short period of time. This is a shortcut that toggles the Screen Reader / Audio Guide feature on and off, so four quick presses of the * key should toggle this feature back off.

    To deactivate Screen Reader use menu path Settings > Accessibility > Shortcut (in the Screen Reader or Audio Guide section) > Disabled

BUT -- I've never had a Roku connected to a non-Roku TV cause the TV volume setting to be announced audibly.  The visual display of volume setting and any audible announcement likely are coming from your TV, not your Roku.  You might want to check your LG TV settings.

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Strega2
Roku Guru
2 years ago

IR remotes are very simple devices and they try to keep everything separated by giving each brand sperate codes, but sometimes if there is some interference (light), or multiple buttons get pressed, or the remote is aimed so products barely see the signal, or someone moves, and then something gets confused and product B interprets a button press on product A’s remote as some completely different command on product B.

I experience it around once a year.  Then I grab product B’s remote and figure out how to undo whatever happened.  It happens to my parents too and it confuses them that this can happen with product B’s remote safely hidden away.  (Which I need to find to undo it.)