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61Seagrave
Reel Rookie
6 years ago
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Copy settings to multiple devices

I've gone 'all-in' with Roku, and am setting up 6 devices (2 Roku TV's, 4 Roku Ultras, and 2 Streaming Stick+).

Anyway, I've got everything working just great, but I was wondering if there was a way to 'copy' one devices settings and then 'paste' it into the other devices. I understand that credentials for pay services will need to be authorized on each one...no problem there. But is there some easy way to get my Home screen layouts and channel lineups to look exactly alike?

TV & Player Setup
  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    6 years ago

    If they are all linked to the same Roku user account, they will all have identical channels installed. If a channel is added or removed from one, the same happens on all of them. However, each device is permitted their own tile layout on the home screen. No, there's no way to copy that between devices. And yes, you'll need to enter login credentials for each device individually for each channel that requires it. 

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  • AVDesignGuy's avatar
    AVDesignGuy
    Newbie
    3 years ago

    A HUGE feature for Audio Video techs & consumers alike would be home screen management from the online Roku account.  This lack of easily making multiple players have same apps and layout is a major advantage to using Roku's chief streaming player competitor (ATV).

    For consumers who buy players 1 at a time, perhaps it's not such an important feature (although I still believe it is), but for technicians setting them up, this makes the difference between installing 10 Streming players in 1-hour install (ATV) or several hours install (Roku) -- Which of course also means the installation cost to the client is significantly more for Roku.

    The ideal way of this working would be from either a computer or an app to be able to:

    1) Push out the Home Screen layout from 1 player to all players

    2) Edit players Home Screens individually (as opposed to the syn feature that when enabled, adds and deletes apps across all devices_ I may not want my Kids & guest bedroom roku players to have the Playboy channel app on it for example)

    3) Lock the Home Screens so no one can delete apps

    4) Ability to Enter login credentials for streaming service providers at the account level that syncs with all players

  • atc98092's avatar
    atc98092
    Community Streaming Expert
    6 years ago

    If they are all linked to the same Roku user account, they will all have identical channels installed. If a channel is added or removed from one, the same happens on all of them. However, each device is permitted their own tile layout on the home screen. No, there's no way to copy that between devices. And yes, you'll need to enter login credentials for each device individually for each channel that requires it. 

    • Joemama's avatar
      Joemama
      Newbie
      5 years ago

      That is so annoying for a household with many TVs ...  please Let me know if there’s a way to do this or if this has been updated

      • atc98092's avatar
        atc98092
        Community Streaming Expert
        5 years ago
        Joemama wrote:

        That is so annoying for a household with many TVs ...  please Let me know if there’s a way to do this or if this has been updated

        Nope, no way to do so. You get all the same channels on every Roku device linked to the same account (assuming the device supports that channel), but you'll have to enter the credentials on each set and arrange the home screen tiles as desired.