Remote skips or jumps over multiple channels
My remote started to misbehave. The channel selection does not work. For a single button press, the cursor jumps or skips over 2 to 3 channels. This makes selecting what to watch impossible. Tried ne...
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Hi. Hope all's healthy by you. Before you go into some complex situation, or replacing the remote control.
Infrared remote controls send instructions to the tv and your Roku device by using frequencies assigned to them. Yes, your remote is a transmitter. Now...those frequencies are also within the same ballpark as the way newer electronic lights in your house/office/wherever are installed. So, try to shut off all lights in the area of your Roku. It doesn't have to be the lights in the same room as the Roku...those lights (ballasts, transformers and bulbs) transmit, so without pissing off the family, turn off as many as possible and then see if the issues are resolved with your remote. If so, turn on one light switch at a time...then try the remote to see if it still works. If you do find that the lights are the issue...replace with a standard electric light bulb if possible, or go to your local electrician supply house, and tell them you need to replace with a non electronic ballast or bulb. The guys at Depot, etc, won't understand.
NBCTV7477 wrote:Hi. Hope all's healthy by you. Before you go into some complex situation, or replacing the remote control.
Infrared remote controls send instructions to the tv and your Roku device by using frequencies assigned to them. Yes, your remote is a transmitter. Now...those frequencies are also within the same ballpark as the way newer electronic lights in your house/office/wherever are installed. So, try to shut off all lights in the area of your Roku. It doesn't have to be the lights in the same room as the Roku...those lights (ballasts, transformers and bulbs) transmit, so without pissing off the family, turn off as many as possible and then see if the issues are resolved with your remote. If so, turn on one light switch at a time...then try the remote to see if it still works. If you do find that the lights are the issue...replace with a standard electric light bulb if possible, or go to your local electrician supply house, and tell them you need to replace with a non electronic ballast or bulb. The guys at Depot, etc, won't understand.
Ah, no. IR doesn't use any frequencies at all, other than the infrared (below visible light) spectrum. And that's not "assigned" to anything. Roku WiFi direct remotes do use RF, which happens to be within the same frequency range as 2.4 GHz WiFi. For devices that use Bluetooth (only the Roku 2 XS had a Bluetooth remote), it too is in the same 2.4 GHz radio band, just using a different protocol.
You mention lights emitting RF, and that's true. But most of them emit a very weak signal and would not cause interference unless it's located extremely close to either the remote or the Roku.
