How to Connect Bluetooth Soundbar to Roku TV

Unlike other TV sets, Roku TV sets are still lagging behind in connecting other brands of soundbars with Roku TV via Bluetooth option, so if you are also troubled by this question How to Connect Bluetooth Soundbar to Roku TV? you are not alone

Many Roku users want to connect their Roku TV and other brands’ surround sound systems via Bluetooth option.

But because Roku’s private listening feature does not directly allow any other brand’s soundbar to be connected to Roku TV, Roku users have to resort to HDMI or other connectivity options.

In future iterations of Roku TV, there’s a possibility that Roku might incorporate Bluetooth connectivity or introduce a private listening feature. This potential enhancement could allow you to directly connect soundbars from various brands to your Roku TV.

But at the moment we are going to see those possible ways, with the help of which you will be able to connect your soundbar to Roku TV, so let’s know those ways one by one.

You can connect your Roku TV to other Bluetooth soundbars with the help of a Bluetooth transmitter/receiver, you will need the Roku app, and Bluetooth transmitter/receiver for this

How to Connect Bluetooth Soundbar to Roku TV [ Step-by-step Guide ]

First of all, let us see the process of connecting the soundbar to Roku TV with the help of the Roku app.

Roku App is available for all smartphones, you can download and install it for free from Google Play Store, it is also very easy to connect it to Roku TV.

Below is a step-by-step process to understand the process of connecting the soundbar to Roku TV with the help of the Roku app:-

Step 1:- First of all, install the Roku app on your smartphone and connect your phone to the same WiFi network to which the Roku TV is already connected.

Step 2:- Now connect your soundbar to your smartphone via the Bluetooth option

Step 3:- In the Roku app on your smartphone, go to the Devices option and connect your Roku TV.

Step 4:- Tap on the Private Listening option in the Roku app of the smartphone, after the Private Listening option is on, it will now happen that the audio of whatever you play on Roku TV will go through the smartphone to your soundbar

Step 5:- Play your favorite show on Roku TV and you will hear its audio through your soundbar

Apart from this, you can also connect your soundbar to your Roku TV with the help of a Bluetooth Transmitter Receiver.

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If you do not want that every time you have to connect your Roku TV to the soundbar via smartphone, then you can also adopt the option of Bluetooth Transmitter Receiver for this.

A Bluetooth Transmitter Receiver is an external device that connects to your Roku TV via RCA or auxiliary outputs.

After connecting this external device to Roku TV, it will happen that your Roku TV will have Bluetooth, after which you will be able to directly connect your soundbar through this receiver.

You can follow the steps given below to connect your Roku TV and Bluetooth soundbar through an external Bluetooth Transmitter Receiver:-

Step 1:- First of all, you have to connect your Roku to a good Bluetooth Transmitter Receiver, for this you can use ZIIDOO Bluetooth 5.0 Transmitter and Receiver.

Step 2:- Now connect the Bluetooth transmitter to your Roku TV. You can connect the transmitter via RCA or the auxiliary output of Roku TV.

To use the RCA option, you will need the MORELEX RCA to 3.5mm Female 3.5mm Female to 2RCA Male Stereo Audio Cable 3.5mm

Step 3:- Next, you have to connect the USB charging port of the transmitter through the charger or the USB option located on the Roku TV

Step 4:- After connecting the transmitter to Roku TV, turn on the soundbar and pair it with the transmitter connected to Roku TV.

Step 5:- After successfully pairing your soundbar with Roku TV by following the instructions provided by the transmitter, you are free to play your favorite shows on Roku TV