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New Roku voice remote power button doesn't turn on tv until several tries
However, my old 'non-voice' roku tv remote works on the first time. It's almost like the voice remote is 'asleep' and needs to wake up before it actually sends a command for the first time. This is...
The problem has been resolved - Apparently, it was the tv's power saver mode, which (for some reason) didn't recognize the voice remote's first couple of commands. Turning this off resolved the issue. I still don't understand why the older 'non-voice' remote was not affected.
