Features, settings & updates

[RokuERey]

Hi Community users,

We really do appreciate your feedback about these changes and moderation on the OTA Live TV section.

We have communicated this case to the appropriate team for further investigation. We don't have much information or ETA about this, but we'll make sure to report back here.

Best regards,

Rey

[gs100]

Hi Rey

Any news on this as it is very difficult to navigate the ota TV guide when unable to hide unused channels?

[RokuEuniceL]

Hi @gs100,

Greetings from the Roku Community!

We understand you are having problems being unable to see the hide channel option on OTA channels. We would be happy to look further into this issue, but we need more details. Please provide us with the following information:

1. Roku device model, serial number, device ID, and software OS/version (these can all be found in Settings > System > About).
2. Does this issue occur on a specific channel? If so, what channel and what version or build is it? (This can be found by selecting the channel on the Home screen and pressing the * button.)
3. Tracker ID when this issue occurs (when you see this issue, press the Home button five times, followed by the Back button five times, and provide us with this ID).
4. Steps to reproduce the issue you are seeing.

Once we have this information, we will be able to investigate further.
Best regards,
Eunice

[gs100]

Hi Eunice

This seems to be a problem for many people since a recent update.

R43+
C258GB
X00200S1GU9C
12.5.0 build 4172-AF

ID 9C-411-442

The option to hide channels is now missing when pressing the * button to select options for the broadcast tv

Kind regards
Graham

[RokuERey]

@gs100,

We're sorry for the delay in our solutions about this. Our team is currently working on this case, and the information you provided has been added.

We'll need your patience and understanding in the meantime. Thank you.

Regards,

Rey

[Bobblehat]

Thanks for investigating this. Please see my answers below.

1.

Device one:

Model: TCL 32RS530K

SN: X020000CE980G

Device ID: S0MXV00E980G

SW OS/Version: 12.5.0 build 4172-F9

Device two:

Model: TCL 43RP620K

SN: X0080041D0RR

Device ID: S082H001D0RR

SW OS/Version: 12.5.0 build 4172-C5

2. Occurs on all OTA channels

3. This is a missing/removed feature from last OS, not a bug, so no Tracker ID

4. No longer a menu in settings to delete OTA channels from the guide. Pressing * in guide does not open a menu to hide channel.

Regards,

Brian

[RokuJanadeeK]

Thanks for providing this information, @Bobblehat.

No worries; we have already collected the data to be forwarded to our appropriate Roku team for review. Since this may be a complex issue, we might need a huge amount of patience and understanding as our team performs an in-depth investigation on this one. Rest assured, the thread will be updated if we already have information to share.

Thanks,
Janadee

[gs100]

Thank you for your reply.

You ask for patience but my mother has dementia  we had hidden most channels leaving the few that she watches visible in the guide to make it easy for her to use.

Now there are over a hundred channels in the guide she is unable to use the TV at all causing a great deal of distress.

While your engineers work on this can you please roll back to the previous software version so the TV is usable for her please.

Many thanks

[RokuCarly]

Hi, @gs100.

We appreciate your input and your patience as we work on this. 

Please be aware that we don't have the option to downgrade your OS version. Thanks!

Let us know if there's anything else we can be of assistance with. We'd be glad to continue doing so.

Kind regards,
Carly

[Seagull]

1 - Hisense R43B7120UK / X00200Y24JC5 / S004S3C24JC5 / 12.5.0 Build 4172-AF

2 - As stated by others, the issue is the removal of the option to hide channels from the live TV / Freeview channel guide. As such, there is no version or build.

3 - n/a

4 - Settings, TV inputs, live TV = no option to hide channels