Channels & viewing

[Ablckdiamd]

For 3 days ,been trying to connect my antenna with my Roku stick BUT there is no " TV INPUT" listed on the settings menu in order for me to get my local channels. I went back 3x to check but there is no tv input listed. How am I supposed to get my local channels using 1 remote instead of 2 going back and forth,turning 1 on and 1 off? Why didn't my device come with a " TV Input to list on the settings menu? What can I  do ?

[renojim]

You can't get your local channels on any Roku device that isn't a TV without some streaming provider ($$$) that provides them and has an accompanying app.  Any reference you see to "inputs" or "antenna" is strictly for Roku TVs.  Sorry, but unless you want to pay for a provider, you'll need two remotes.  Roku devices that aren't sticks that plug directly into a TV without the need for an HDMI cable work with many universal remotes, so that would be a way to only have to use one remote.

[Strega2]

I don't understand the reference to turning one on and one off. I use my TV remote, my Roku remote (as well my Blu Ray Remote, AVR remote, satellite remote etc.) as needed. Nothing really needs to be turned off.

The TV generally needs to be on all the time to do video. The Roku remote has a power button but that button actually is for the TV anyway - the Roku is not turned on and off with that button. (Some other devices like Blu Ray players, etc. are likely to have power buttons of their own, but you shouldn't need to ever touch one just to switch inputs on your TV. Exception, sometimes a buggy implementation of HDMI-CEC can cause a device to keep grabbing your TV's attention when you don't want it to. If that happens, consider turning HDMI-CEC off.)

Connecting a Roku to a TV does not change or "take over" the TV. It's still a TV, with it's own features (such as multiple inputs and an antenna/tuner) that just happens to have some device(s) attached to it.