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It really really really makes me wish for the days of the past where you had 11 channels total and one remote. Made life so much easier.
I have the Roku and it requires two remotes.
The only positive about it is that its easy to push the DVD button.
You need a technie kid to help you figure this out - although I believe this is the way the" Roku's" are made to work.
Yes, it is really STUPID to have this set up in a memory care unit but then that is the ... common sense we are often subjected to - in society in general (none).
No thought whatsoever for common sense solutions / making things work.
I see this type of 'decision making' all the time in many areas of life ...
I presume the set up likely has everything to do with costs and how the entire facility is set up = to save money as that is usually how decisions are made.
How about getting a computer and watching You Tube tv?
I know there are other ways around the TV set. Many people watch it on their computers. Not that that would be any easier. Isn't an 'air antenna' the same as ... wireless?
I don't know what I am talking about.
Hope someone else can clear this up.
Gena / Touch Matters
We have the voice remote for our Roku, and it works most of the time, but if we said, "I want to watch -- oh, um -- that PBS show with the animals -- um -- "Big and Small Critters"... it's not going to work.
The current smart TVs with their one or even two remotes, is enough to drive someone my age absolutely over the top. I'm 81. I finally have got good enough to be friends with the "new" TV, which likely means its about at the end of its life, given how long the disposable electronics of the current era last.
The one remote does a lot of "stuff" but wow, what a learning curve. And the buttons all so close together on one little remote, that a hand recently lotioned (or, let's be honest, having eaten potato chips) will just slide off some central button onto the next, and poof.....you're in a whole other world.
I don't know how our elders operate these things, but I do know that typically, at my brother's ALF, people gave up their TVs, used the central common room TV, and it was so hard for them to operate that one that the staff would take the remote into the office, and do the TV channel changes FOR them half the time.
I sure hope you have good luck here, and post the secrets.
So many variables like streaming TV versus cable/satellite TV but that's how all mine work. If the facility has a old Roku it might not have the microphone in remote, tell them to switch it out for one that does. (20 bucks online).
I think the easiest solution, if you can eliminate the need for a non-Roku remote is to have a Roku remote with voice activation: https://www.roku.com/products/accessories/roku-voice-remote
p.s. I have a Channel Master indoor antenna attached to one of my Roku TVs. It works great. How it will work for her will depend on where she is located. https://www.channelmaster.com/collections/indoor-tv-antennas
Roku Voice Remote (Official) for Roku Players, Roku Audio, and Roku TV™ https://www.walmart.com/ip/613211282
I have DISH TV. I use those plastic wire ties ("P" ties), to connect both remotes together (back to back) securely. Pull them tight and trim the excess plastic tips off and lightly sand the sharp corners off. Mom won't be able to take them apart without wire cutters. The new "double remote" will be big enough to handle and not easy to loose!
I'd be complaining to the Executive Director about this daily. It's THE most senseless thing I've ever heard! You've got poor VegasGuy going into the facilty 6-8 times a DAY to switch channels for his loved one, for crying out loud! UNACCEPTABLE.
If you find tech confusing find a younger tech savvy relative to help (my joke on tech how-to is “first find a 13 year old”)
If she were capable of controlling her Roku TV from her smartphone, that would be even better. But if she can't work the remotes, she probably isn't capable of using the smartphone for this.
https://www.hellotech.com/guide/for/how-to-use-roku-without-a-remote#:~:text=To%20use%20your%20Roku%20player,and%20tap%20the%20remote%20icon.
There It's also a Roku community where one can ask questions
https://community.roku.com/t5/Remotes/Can-I-pair-two-remotes-to-the-same-Streaming-Stick-I-have-an-extra-identical-one-to-use/td-p/604939
Anyway, I am too exhausted to find an easier way, I do not think their is.
Nothing is simple anymore. Older people aren’t always able to catch onto newer technology.