Limit ad tracking
You can limit Roku’s tracking of your usage behavior by limiting ad tracking. When you do, your TV will display ads that are not personalized based on your TV’s advertising identifier.
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From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Advertising .
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Highlight Limit ad tracking . Press STAR to view more information about this option. When you finish reading the information, press OK to close the More
Information window.
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Press OK to select the Limit ad tracking check box.
Note : If you perform a factory reset and then reconnect your TV, ad tracking is restored until you repeat these steps.
Microphone
Your Roku TV does not have a built-in microphone. However streaming channel providers can use the microphone on Roku Voice remotes (only on select models) or on your mobile device when the Roku mobile app is running. You can control whether streaming channels have permission to use the microphone.
Note : These settings affect only streaming channel access to the microphone. They do not affect your Roku TV’s Voice Search feature.
Channel microphone access
You can control which streaming channels have permission to use the microphone, giving you control over how the microphone is used by each streaming channel. The default setting is Prompt , so channels will not be able to turn on the microphone without your permission.
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To change microphone access settings:
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From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Microphone .
2.
Select Channel microphone access .
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Select one of the following settings:
• Prompt – Display a notification the first time a streaming channel requests the use of the microphone. When such a notification appears, you can select either Allow microphone access or Deny microphone access on a per-channel basis. If you choose to allow microphone access, you’ll be prompted to confirm your choice by entering a numeric code that appears on the screen.
• Always allow – Do not prompt, but always allow any streaming channel to use the microphone.
• Never allow – Do not prompt, but never allow any streaming channel to use the microphone.
Channel permissions
After granting or denying microphone access on a per-channel basis, you can reset channel permissions to enable them to follow the system-wide setting you specify
under Channel microphone access .
To reset channel permissions:
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From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Microphone .
2.
Select Channel permissions .
3.
Highlight Reset channel permissions , or highlight a specific listed channel, and then press OK to deny microphone access to all or to a specific channel.
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Smart TV experience
If you have connected your TV to the Internet, your TV prompts you to opt in to the
Smart TV experience when you first start watching TV programs. Regardless of your
decision at that time, you can change your decision later.
To change your Smart TV experience choices:
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From the Home screen menu, navigate to Settings > Privacy > Smart TV experience .
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Highlight the setting you want to change, and then press OK to enable or disable it.
• Use info from TV inputs – Authorizes Roku to collect and share information about what, when, and how you are watching and use this to make recommendations.
• Enable auto notifications – Displays brief notifications from the Smart TV experience across the bottom of the screen when recommendations are available.
Note : These settings do not affect recommendations for More Ways to Watch that you see in the Live TV Channel Guide when watching live TV channels.
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