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dgweiss
Level 7
‎03-05-2020 07:29 PM

How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Need to change to English and don't know how. When I started it it came up foreign

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Tivoburkee
Community Streaming Expert
‎03-05-2020 08:37 PM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Look for reset button, or pinhole and do a factory reset of the device. If its a stick you will have to re-pair the wifi remote. When the roku is bouncing, start pressing anf holding the pairing button in the battery compartment, when stops bouncing, release for a bit and start pressing again until you get confirmation its paired. First thing it has you do is pick language. 

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LRhodes
Level 7
‎05-22-2020 12:13 PM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Language choice never comes up. I did all the steps to pair at least 5 times. The language choice still doesn't appear.

 

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Cheri4
Level 7
‎05-28-2020 05:15 AM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

I’m having the same problem. Anybody out there have a solution?

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renojim
Community Streaming Expert
‎05-28-2020 12:07 PM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

How about Settings->System->Language?  You should be able to translate what's shown now into those 3 words.

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AlexNorwood
Level 8
‎07-26-2020 11:29 AM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Got mine at Sam’s, and is also set to Spanish

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AlexNorwood
Level 8
‎07-26-2020 11:50 AM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

start by downloading the Google translate app. Select camera and walk up to your tv screen to see what menu items say in english

go ahead to that link site, setup account.

then install Roku Phone app and link with that code

find the word “idioma” change to english

whew

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jty2020
Level 7
‎11-08-2020 05:44 AM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Look up on your computer german word for language. Look thru settings and find the language

word in german and change to English, or the same for Spanish to find English. It worked for me, just 

took some time, not unlike getting some customer service help that always takes time.

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nubn1der
Level 7
‎11-08-2020 01:28 PM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Configuración-> Sistema-> Idioma

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jstack11
Level 7
‎12-17-2020 03:58 PM

Re: How do I change the language to English? It came up foreign and I can't fix it

Thanks. I had no idea "idioma" meant language! 

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