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  • 2021-02-04 (xsd:date)
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  • Does the Roku Player Have a 'Secret Screen'? (en)
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  • In early 2021, readers asked Snopes to look into widely-shared videos that purported to reveal a secret screen on the Roku player, a popular streaming device. On Dec. 14, 2020, TikTok user @cam.nicole17 posted a short clip that showed her pressing a series of buttons on the Roku remote control, reminiscent of a video game cheat code, and appeared to show her bringing up a secret screen at the end of that sequence. She explained the process in a voiceover, saying: Did you guys know that on your Roku TV, there is a secret screen, and I'm going to show you how to do that now. So you'll do the 'Home' button one, two, three, four, five [times]; forward, forward, forward; back, back; and there's your secret screen. Over the ensuing weeks and into early 2021, dozens of other TikTok users recorded themselves replicating the process, borrowing @cam.nicole17's voiceover audio. The process is authentic, and Roku players really do have a secret screen which can be accessed by pressing the following sequence of buttons: Home five or more times; Fast forward exactly three times; Rewind exactly twice. Snopes tested the process on a 2020 Roku Ultra, but it appears to work on various models. The screen, which contains a list of relatively technical maintenance actions like Factory reset and Update software, is even labelled Secret Screen, as shown below: (en)
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