Features, settings & updates

[ahma]

am aware only need 2 as is for storage only thank you

[d51]

Bought new Roku Ultra and I still see the ad for the 2 gig Roku card. I thought the new Roku would not require the card. I see it's still loads up at times. Just an annoyance in confusion for me but everything works

[renojim]

The "new" Ultra (the 4800) doesn't have a microSD slot, so you may just be seeing the ad because of other Roku devices linked to your Roku account.

[musicislove]

Oh that is interesting @renojim I had not noticed that the latest Roku Ultra did not have a slot for the microSD card .

I just bought a Roku Ultra for a family member.

Anyway I got it up and running with ZERO problems!

Way to go Roku!

[RP_MTL]

I've read various posts online about microSD cards larger than 8GB not being recognized. I just installed an 8GB Class 10 card, which cost about twice much larger ones do, and it works fine. But it had me wondering if there might be a workaround to allow using larger cards.

I use Windows 10 and know that its Disk Management utility can remove the existing partition on a USB card (or stick) and create and format a new partition that can be much smaller than the card's full capacity. I wonder how the ROKU would behave if a 32GB partition was replaced with an 8GB one? I suspect it would work fine. If you don't feel comfortable messing with the partition on your microSD card then just ask some geeky friend to do it for you. I hope this works and avoids the need to buy a microSD card when you've already got one that's simply too big.

[RP_MTL]

Just to add ... the microSD slot on the older Roku3 is just below the HDMI input. The card needs to be inserted with the contacts facing up and there's a spring mechanism that the card locks into when it's pushed all the way in so the edge of the microSD card sits flush with the slot. I needed to use my thumbnail on the edge of the card to push it in far enough to it stayed in. To remove it I suspect I would push it further in again with my thumbnail and the spring mechanism would then push it back out of the slot. I think folks experiencing problems are just not pushing the card in far enough for the spring mechanism to keep it inserted all the way.

[atc98092]

It's not that larger cards are not recognized, although that is the case with some larger cards. It's that the Roku won't use more than about 2 GB of the card space, regardless of the card's capacity. So there's no benefit to using larger cards. 

[RP_MTL]

Thanks for the clarification, Dan. There's conflicting info on using larger cards so I thought it best to just stick to an 8GB. Note that it's a Verbatim 8GB microSD Class 10 card.

Russell

[jjmffca]

Yes, it's hidden beneath the HDMI receptacle, no label. Thx!

[JayZ714714]

Totally worked!  
gold little bars facing up toward the top of the Roku unit.