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jagster66
Binge Watcher
5 years ago
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How to remove free antenna channels that my Roku TV picked up?

Just got my new Roku tv set up and am wondering if there is a way to remove free antenna channels that my tv picked up? I see how to remove off of the streaming side but it doesn't seem to work the same on the antenna side.

  • To remove all antenna channels so you cant see any OTA (over the air channels), navigate to the Live TV tile/app, press *button, and select Remove Input.  To re-enable input, navigate to Settings..TV Inputs..Inputs not being used.

    To remove individual antenna channels, navigate to Settings..TV Inputs..Live TV..Hide Antenna Channels

    Then select which channels you wish to hide when viewing Antenna Live TV.

     

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  • AvsGunnar's avatar
    AvsGunnar
    Community Streaming Expert

    To remove all antenna channels so you cant see any OTA (over the air channels), navigate to the Live TV tile/app, press *button, and select Remove Input.  To re-enable input, navigate to Settings..TV Inputs..Inputs not being used.

    To remove individual antenna channels, navigate to Settings..TV Inputs..Live TV..Hide Antenna Channels

    Then select which channels you wish to hide when viewing Antenna Live TV.

     

    • jagster66's avatar
      jagster66
      Binge Watcher

      Thank you for the reply. It did help but now that I have messed around a bit more with this tv, I am not AS excited about it as I was before. Reasons being:

      1. We like to use a regular antenna for many of our local channels and I THOUGHT we were really getting a lot of free over air channels from the antenna. Plus the fact fact that the box says "Enhanced Digital Tuner" but when I have the internet turned off, we only get 3 to 5 local channels with each directional change. So that really has not helped us at all. We were getting 7 to 8 on old tv that went out last week.

      2. I can not figure out how to turn the internet off so we can watch those 3-5 channels without turning my whole internet off, which will not work as I use my laptop almost constantly for school and work. Is there a way to just turn it on and off when we want, without turning my whole internet off? I have searched here for this and did find the one long thread about the person wanting to turn it off due to dangers. I don't want it off permanently but do need to be able to turn it off to watch the locals.

      • AvsGunnar's avatar
        AvsGunnar
        Community Streaming Expert

        Well, when connected to internet using the Live TV input of the RokuTV, that is really only providing the Guide Info (the TV scheduling for the various channels).  If you are disconnected from internet, should not decrease the available channels acquired from your Antenna. (you just won't be provided any info from the guide as to what is playing on the channel or schedule info.)  You may just need to get a more powerful antenna to connect to the TV to receive more channels. 

        If you do not mind having to enter your password each time you want to use the streaming capabilities of your RokuTV, you can just navigate to Settings..System..Advanced System Settings..Reset Network Connections..Network Reset.

        This will reboot your TV and disconnect it from your network (and thus, internet).  You then just select the Live TV tile to watch your OTA channels but will most likely find this an undesirable way to watch as no program guide will be available and you will be limited to using the up and down arrows to switch channels (no guide=no quick scrolling through channels).   This will be same result no matter how you disable the internet to the TV.

        Another way to disable internet to specified devices is to change some settings within router similar to Parental Controls or managing DHCP clients. (Use your RokuTV MAC address, not IP address which can change, when defining rules).  Of course you will have to login to your router admin each time to enable and disable access as required. (Unless you have a newer router that has an accompanying App to control connected devices such as a Pause or Block feature).

        Are you needing to disable internet to save on streaming bandwidth?  I am sure any bandwidth used while watching OTA is minimal as, again, just used for guide info.

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    • Fisher2's avatar
      Fisher2
      Newbie

      I do NOT have the option "To remove individual antenna channels, navigate to Settings..TV Inputs..Live TV..Hide Antenna Channels" on my set! Now what?

      I have a 65S535-CA with the latest software downloaded

      • AvsGunnar's avatar
        AvsGunnar
        Community Streaming Expert

        Fisher2 

        There is no "Hide Antenna Channels" in the Settings Menu anymore.  There is only a "Hide Streaming Channels".  Hide Antenna Channels has been changed to "Manage Channels".

        In order to Hide antenna channels, you have to do them individually, or through the Manage Channels menu selection.

        In order to Manage Channels, three (3) methods...

        1. When on antenna TV (called Live TV by default), press the * button on your Roku remote, select "Manage Channels", then "Edit Channel Lineup".  Then press OK to select (checkmark) all the channels you want to hide.

        2. When in the Live TV guide, navigate to the left so the channel number is highlighted, and press the * button on the Roku remote.  You can either select "Hide this Channel" or again, "Manage Channels" which will provide you the same menu as method 1 above.

        3. From Settings/TV Inputs/Live TV/Manage Channels select Manage All Channels.  This will take you again to the same Manage Channels menu mentioned above which allows you to select the antenna channels to hide.