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Question of the Day: Are you keeping your Prime subscription?
Roku 3 tips and discussions.
- Thread starter Ronele
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I had it sent home in the UK and they posted it on to me.
Yes, the ones from the shops in the UK cost more but you usually get a few extra months of entertainment/movies thrown in.
Thanks a lot bud, just got my little box and was having trouble getting the US apps but your procedure sorted me
Anyone looking for a discounted Roku 3? I need to return one to Amazon but am struggling to find an easy route to get it back to them as UPS have declined. The device is as new with everything in the box as it arrived. My reason for returning is that the directional button on the remote is a bit sticky when pressing downward. My wife said she didn't notice but I am painful when it comes to something like that.
Amazon are going to bill me $99 for the replacement they shipped if I don't return this one so does anyone want to buy it for a grand? I will even courier it to your address for free.
Amazon are going to bill me $99 for the replacement they shipped if I don't return this one so does anyone want to buy it for a grand? I will even courier it to your address for free.
UPS declined to ship something? :wtf:
Hey Flash, sending you a pm now
They'll ship it, at my cost, which comes to R1545!!!
Cool, got it. Going to be away from my phone for a while but will definitely reply to you later this evening / tomorrow am.
Cool. Thanks!
Jola
Honorary Master
If you guys don't work something out, PM me. Will be in Gonubie this week.
Ok just noticed the roku3 broadcasts its wifi direct for the remote on the same channel as my wifi and I'm not digging the behaviour as there is bound to be interference. Has anyone found a way around this besides using an ethernet cable?
DominionZA
Executive Member
Change the channel your wifi is using?
I've tried that and the roku follows along to whatever channel you change to. Seems like it broadcasts on the same channel it's receiving on by desing but im not so sure
DominionZA
Executive Member
That's odd.
Are you actually experiencing any interference?
I have 5 Roku's in my house and 2 wireless access points (both dual 2.4 and 5) and not experienced any interference (about 2 years now).
I setup the box over the weekend so havent had much time with it yet, but bottom line is if the wifi networks are on the same channel that may result in interference. So am just trying to be kinda proactive on that one rather than waiting for problems
DominionZA
Executive Member
Don't think you need to worry about it dude.
You definitely don't need to worry about it.
Interference from? Personally, given the number of wifi connected devices I have in my house, I can't see how this would make even the slightest difference.
@kianm: There are many threads about the interference from the WiFi direct remote on Roku's own forums. Just google forums.roku.com WiFi direct interference etc.
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=65654
http://forums.roku.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=65654
Yes, but how many wifi routers do you have in your house? The Roku becomes a 2nd wifi router on the same channel. I think they do this to save on hardware costs, but I have had no problems and my TV is quite far from my wifi router.
If you have a dual band wifi router you can use the 5Ghz band for the Roku and apparently the Roku only uses the 2.4Ghz band for the remote. I haven't tried this because as I mentioned, I haven't had any problems on 2.4Ghz.