Roku TCL TV 49S405 User Manual

 
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Benefits of connecting 
Connecting brings out your TV’s full potential! 
Make any night a movie night 
Thousands of movies to choose from, across all major streaming movie channels like Netflix, Cineplex 
Store, Crackle, and more*. You’ll never run out of something new to watch. 
Get in the groove 
Stream endless hours of music from free and subscription-based channels like Spotify and VEVO. With 
almost instant access to thousands of music artists, your favorite beats are just as close...

 
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Mobile Private Listening on the Roku mobile app lets you listen to streaming programs on headphones 
(not provided) plugged into your mobile device*. 
Automatic Media Player Launch automatically starts the Roku Media Player when you insert a USB drive 
(not included) with a recognizable file system (such as FAT16/32, NTFS, HFS+ or EXT2/3). 
What is streaming? 
Streaming is viewing or listening to video or audio content that is sent over the Internet, or located on a 
network-connected...

 
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To play streaming content that is available on the Internet, you add streaming channels to your Home 
screen. To add a streaming channel to your Home screen, use the Streaming Channels option on the 
Home screen menu to go to the Roku Channel Store, and then select the streaming channel you want to 
add. The streaming channel is then added to your Home screen, and you can watch it at any time. 
For more information on using the Roku Channel Store feature, see Using the Roku Channel...

 
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Setting up Antenna TV 
In addition to the other entertainment possibilities of your Roku TV, you may also want to watch 
broadcast channels. On your Roku TV, you watch broadcast TV in much the same way you watch other 
entertainment choices. You select a tile—in this case, the Antenna TV tile—from the Home screen. 
The first time you select the Antenna TV tile, you have to set up the TV tuner. Setting up the TV tuner 
scans for active channels and adds them to your broadcast TV channel...

 
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Why does the TV 
need my time 
zone? 
The TV needs to know your time zone so that it can correctly display time information about the program you are currently watching. 
How do I set up the TV tuner? 
1. Make sure your antenna (not provided) or TV cable is connected to the TV’s ANT/CABLE input. 
2. On the Home screen, select the Antenna TV tile. 
3. Read the simple on-screen instructions, and then select Start finding channels. 
 
4. =f prompted, select your time zone. You’ll only need...

 
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6. Wait while your TV scans for broadcast (antenna TV) stations…  
 
… and then cable TV channels.  
 
Scanning for channels can take several minutes.  
Tip: If you get cable TV service through a set-top box (and don’t have your cable connected 
directly TV’s ANT input), you can save time by skipping the cable TV portion of the channel scan.  

 
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7. When the channel scans finish, the TV shows the number of channels it added. 
 
8. If you connected your TV to the Internet, you have the option of setting up Live TV Pause. 
Pausing Live TV explains how to set up and use this feature. =f you don’t want to set up Live TV 
Pause, or if this option is not available to you, select Done to start watching Live TV. 
Tip: Repeat the channel scan from time to time to make sure you are receiving all of the latest 
channels. Broadcasters add...

 
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Using your TV 
This section provides information on using the day-to-day features of your TV. 
Status light 
Your TV has a single status light on the front panel. It goes on and off and blinks in different ways 
depending on the status of the TV, as shown in the following table: 
TV condition Status indicator Meaning 
On (screen is active) Off Screen is communicating that TV is on. 
Screensaver (screen is active) Off Screen is communicating that TV is on. 
Off (no power) Off TV is not...

 
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Standby mode energy savings 
When you turn off your TV, it remains in a higher power mode for a few minutes, after which it goes into 
a very low power standby mode. If you turn on the TV again before it has entered the very low power 
mode, it turns on immediately. After the TV goes into the lower power standby mode, it takes a few 
seconds longer to start up. 
Watching broadcast TV channels 
To watch broadcast TV, select the Antenna TV tile in the Home screen. Your TV remembers the...

 
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Surfing favorite channels 
You can quickly change from surfing among all channels or only your favorite channels. First, you have to 
mark one or more channels as your favorites. 
Mark your favorite channels 
You can make any channel a favorite whenever you’re watching the Antenna TV input. 
1. Press the LEFT arrow to display the channel list. Notice that the words All channels appear at 
the top of the channel list. 
2. Scroll up or down to highlight a channel that you want to make a...