Our Roku remote control batteries die in a week or less. I have read many posts on this, but have seen no solutions.
We have a ROKU model#4800X. Remote control has firmware rtn.4244.
The model # in the remote says RC-EL3, but on the TV "about" area says RC506.
We have never used the headphone option.
thank you for any help you can provide.
Bill
They do have a life. Meaning they will always, continually die sooner or later. But, if you stay home and watch tv using Roku every day, they will die sooner.
The biggest drain is if you use earplug headphones! Even worse, if you leave the earphones plugged in after you turn off the Roku!
I use those earphones all the time, so I invested in rechargable batterys.
I said right in my post that I do NOT use the headphone option.
Bump ?
I recommended the Roku box to my S-I-L because I've had excellent functionality with my Ultra. She now experiences this same phenomenon. Had her reboot the Box and Remote and it still runs batteries down very quickly.
I've never had this happen with my Ultra remote with headphone jack. Hers does not have this feature like you.
Any solution ?
BandC try popping the headphone connection in and out a few times. Perhaps the jack has a stuck connector that can be popped loose. The batteries in my 4800 remote will easily last 3-4 months with occasional use. Mostly my grandson uses it each school morning for about an hour, and then I use it each day to check for updates. I have the same remote on the same firmware as you do.
Thank you, I will try that.
