How to Set Up a Roku Box or Streaming Stick

How to Fix Up a Roku Box or Streaming Stick

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Ready to set up upward a Roku box or streaming stick? Well, you've come to the right place for more aid. Having tested and reviewed the best Roku devices, we know all about what awaits you for your next steps. And we even did a factory reset to one of our test units, then nosotros could walk y'all through the whole procedure of getting your new Roku up and running.

Yous could become virtually this in a number of ways, subsequently plugging your Roku in and powering it on, but you're going to need a phone or computer for setting up your Roku business relationship (which can't be done via the Roku).

1. Connect the Roku to a Tv (or plough on your Roku TV).

The Roku Streaming Stick 4K in a TV — (Prototype credit: Henry T. Casey)

2. Select a language on the Welcome screen.

3. Select whether you have a wired or wireless Net connectedness. Your Roku may automatically detect this part.

The setup process will be slightly different for Ethernet and Wi-Fi users, just Roku will walk you lot through the adjacent few steps either manner.

4. Permit Roku notice your display type.

Roku TV detection screen — (Prototype credit: Hereafter)

If the Roku detects your resolution correctly, keep it. Otherwise, change information technology.

five. Your Roku remote will now endeavour and pair with your Goggle box. Examination your volume and power buttons to make sure information technology worked.

Roku TV remote screen — (Image credit: Hereafter)

6. Enter an e-mail address for your new Roku account. You could as well make an account from the Roku account cosmos page, or enter a pre-existing account email address here. , follow the instructions, and let the site have it from at that place.

Roku account email input screen — (Image credit: Future)

7. Open the link in the electronic mail Roku sent you.

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8. Follow the business relationship setup process. Yous'll be entering your payment info, selecting apps you lot want, accepting or declining free trials and more.

Roku will give you the opportunity to add channels, if you like. Just click on whichever ones yous want to add, and ignore whichever ones you don't. If y'all don't add them now, you tin always add together them after.

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Once you finish setting up your account online, your Roku will brainstorm to download all the channels that you selected.

(optional) 7. Download the Roku app for iOS or Android . It serves as a secondary remote, and can likewise aid you add channels and edit your watch list.

8. Await for your Roku to update and click Right on this screen.

Roku will now update each aqueduct, as well as the system software, if necessary. This process volition take a few minutes, merely you'll only take to practice it in one case.

That's it! Your Roku should exist upwards and running. If non, try unplugging it, plugging it back in over again and running the setup process from scratch.

Roku Home screen — (Image credit: Futurity)

See our complete Roku User's Guide for more Tips, Tricks and Solutions.

Henry is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the by six-plus years. Prior to joining Tom's Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Magazine. He'due south as well covered the wild earth of professional person wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.