[2024 Solution] How to Pair Roku Remote Without Pairing Button?

The Roku remote is an important tool for interacting with your Roku streaming device, and bringing you to the world of entertainment in clicks. However, under the circumstance that you are trying to pair the remote with your Roku TV, but finding the pairing button nowhere can be really frustrating. This guide is going to inform you how to pair Roku remote without pairing button, also determine the differences between Roku remotes and where their pairing button is.

Different Kinds of Roku Remote

There are three kinds of Roku Remote available in the accessories store of Roku, including Roku Simple Remote, Roku Voice Remote and Roku Voice Remote Pro.

Roku Simple Remote

Roku Simple Remote is the basic remote controller for Roku TV. Powered by a pair of AAA batteries, it sends command signals by an IR (Infrared) beam light. In other words, the remote that comes without a pairing button is the Roku Simple Remote, because it doesn’t need any pairing procedure and can command a Roku TV directly.

Roku Voice Remote

Roku Voice Remote is an advanced remote controller for Roku TV. Also powered by a pair of AAA batteries, it gets its name by the feature of voice command. Therefore, Roku Voice Remote has to send complex signals instead of simple command signals, and as a result, it uses wireless networks as the medium of transmission for signals, and has a pairing button on it.

Roku Voice Remote Pro

Roku Voice Remote Pro is the ultimate remote controller for Roku TV. Powered by a built-in rechargeable battery, it also possesses a lost remote finder that you can easily find anywhere in your house. Since it is the enhanced version of a Roku Voice Remote, it also uses a wireless network as the medium of transmission for signals, and does have a pairing button on it.

How to Pair a Roku Remote Without a Pairing Button?

You don’t need to actually “pair” a Roku Remote which doesn’t have a pairing button, since it uses IR beam to send command, all you need to do is point the IR beam light to the IR receiver of your Roku TV, also make sure that the path that the IR beam travels is clear.

There is a chance that the IR receiver of your TV is experiencing technical problem, so you might need to get close enough to send command signals. Despite that, you don’t really want to do that all the time while enjoying your holiday, so there is something else you could try in the following paragraph.

Where is the Pairing Button for a Roku Voice Remote?

The pairing button for a Roku Voice Remote Pro is on the back side or the remote, so does its status LED light.

The pairing button for a Roku Voice Remote is located inside the battery’s hatch, which is a small little clicker by the status LED light.

Possible Reasons that a Roku Remote Doesn’t Work

There are many possible reasons that a Roku remote doesn’t work, and here we just take out the Roku Simple Remote as an example, since it is the one without the pairing button.

Possibility #1. You Didn’t Point IR Light to Receiver on TV

Since the IR beam can be treated as laser, it goes in a straight line and you should always make sure that the IR light is pointing to the IR receiver on your Roku TV.

There is a chance you might hardly find the IR receiver on your Roku TV, and all you need to do is look for a little tinted window on the monitor side, that will be the IR receiver.

Possibility #2. IR Beam Has Been Blocked

If you have things in front of your TV, a coffee table lets say, you should always make sure that it doesn’t block the path that the IR beam travels. Once you blocked the IR beam, your Roku TV has no way to receive any commanding signals from your Roku Simple Remote.

Possibility #3. IR Light or Receiver Has Problem

If your either your Roku Simple Remote or the Roku TV has problems with their IR sending and receiving modules, you cannot remote control your Roku TV with the remote. In this case, you should first troubleshoot the problem, and then change the remote or take your Roku TV to a repair shop.

How to Remote Roku TV Without Remote?

Since Roku TV comes with a streaming service, you do need to have it connected to Wi-Fi network to make it work. Wi-Fi connection can also be a good medium to get your Roku TV under control. All you have to do is get out your smart phone, download and install a Roku remote app, get it paired and you will be able to use your smart phone to control your Roku TV.

Personally I recommend Remote for Roku TV app by BoostVision, for the sake of stability, multifunctionality and user-friendliness.

After you have downloaded and installed the app, you just need a few setups to pair it with your Roku TV.

Step 1. Make sure your smart phone is connecting to the same Wi-Fi network as your Roku TV does, and if not, go to the settings interface of your phone to make the change.

Step 2. Click the Tap to Select area.

Step 3. Choose your Roku TV on the detected devices list.

Step 4. Click the Connect button and the connection between your smart phone and your Roku TV will be automatically established.

After the pairing procedure, you will be able to remote control your Roku TV with your smart phone, and ignore the inconveniences of an IR remote controller.

Conclusion

How to pair a Roku remote without pairing button is now very clear. The only Roku remote that doesn’t have a pairing button is the Roku Simple Remote, which uses IR beam to send command signals. In this article, we have discussed the possible reasons why a Roku Simple Remote doesn’t work, and also brings out solutions.

How to Pair Roku Remote Without Pairing Button FAQ

Q: How do I manually pair my Roku remote?

If you own a Roku Simple Remote, you don’t need to pair it, because it uses IR beam to send command signals.

If you have a Roku Voice Remote, you can find the pairing button inside the battery hatch.

If you have a Roku Voice Remote Pro, you can find the pairing button on the back side of the remote.

Click and hold the pairing button on the remote, until you see the status light blinking, then the remote will start its pairing procedure.

Q: What if my Roku remote doesn’t have a reset button?

When you have a Roku remote doesn’t have a reset button, or let’s say, the pairing button, it means you are using a Roku Simple Remote, that comes with an IR beam light, sending command signals directly to your Roku TV. In this case, you don’t need to reset or re-pair your remote.