Connecting a Roku
Roku players and Roku TVs don't need a pairing code. Pick your Roku from the list and you're connected.
If it says your TV blocked the remote
Roku has a setting that decides what phone apps may do. Newer Roku software (Roku OS 14.1 and later) often starts with it on Limited, which lets apps see the TV but ignores every button.
- On your Roku, press Home and open Settings > System > Advanced system settings.
- Choose Control by mobile apps > Network access.
- Select Enabled (called Default on older Roku software). Don't choose Permissive: Roku says it lets devices outside your home network send commands.
- Limited: the app can see the TV, but the buttons, app list and app icons are refused.
- Disabled: the Roku refuses phone apps completely.
This is Roku's own setting. Roku explains it in its own help article, How to install the Roku remote app.
Roku software updates can switch this back to Limited; the same steps fix it. Then tap Try Again.
Turning a Roku TV on from your phone
Turn on Settings > System > Power > Fast TV start. Without it, a Roku TV in standby stops answering, and the app can only try Wake-on-LAN. Roku streaming players never fully turn off; their power button turns the TV off only when the player controls it over HDMI (CEC).
Volume on Roku players
Roku TVs and Streambars change the volume themselves. A Roku stick or box changes your TV's volume only over HDMI-CEC (Settings > System > Control other devices (CEC)) and only if your TV supports it; otherwise use the TV's own remote.