Turn the TV on without the remote

If it is a Roku, this page is the remote — no app, no account, no pairing. For every other brand, the list further down is the real answer.

Your phone must be on the same Wi-Fi as the TV. The TV is on your private network, so no website can reach it — the buttons below fire from your browser, which is why this works at all and why it cannot work from cellular data.

Find it on the TV under Settings → Network → About, or in your router's client list. It is saved in this browser only.

Go straight to a channel

Channel IDs are fixed here because a browser cannot read the TV's own list back (the device sends no CORS headers). An ID that has changed launches nothing rather than the wrong thing — if a button does nothing, open the channel by hand once and use the pad instead.

Pad

No remote, any brand — in the order worth trying

  1. The buttons on the TV itselfAlmost every set has them: a small joystick or nub underneath the panel near the centre or bottom-right, or a button row on the back-left. A press usually powers on; holding it usually opens the menu where you can change input.
  2. HDMI-CEC from something already plugged inPower on a PlayStation, Xbox, Chromecast or Fire Stick and the TV will usually wake AND switch to that input by itself. This is the fastest route when a console is connected, and it needs no phone.
  3. Cast to itChromecast built-in or AirPlay from a phone will wake many TVs and open the app directly.
  4. The manufacturer's phone appRoku app, SmartThings (Samsung), LG ThinQ, Vizio Mobile, Fire TV app, Google TV app. The TV has to already be on Wi-Fi.
  5. This page, if it is a RokuNo app install, no account. Needs only the Roku's local IP address and a browser on the same Wi-Fi.

What actually works per platform

PlatformThis pageHow you control it
Roku / Roku TV Yes Open HTTP API (ECP) on port 8060. No pairing, no account, no app.
A Roku TV can be powered on over the network. A Roku STICK cannot power the TV — the stick has no control over the panel. Use the TV buttons or HDMI-CEC for that.
Android TV / Google TV No Google TV app, or the v2 remote protocol on ports 6466/6467 — which needs a TLS pairing handshake with a code shown on screen.
Not usable from a browser: the pairing handshake needs raw TLS. The Google TV app is the practical answer.
Fire TV No Fire TV app over Wi-Fi, or ADB on port 5555 if developer options are enabled.
Samsung No SmartThings app. The older port-8001/8002 websocket route needs an on-screen accept and is firmware dependent.
LG webOS No LG ThinQ app. The SSAP websocket on port 3000 requires on-screen pairing.
Vizio SmartCast No Vizio Mobile app. The local API needs a PIN-pairing step to issue a token.
Apple TV No Remote in the iOS Control Center.

Roku is the only one with an open local API. Every other brand needs its own app or an on-screen pairing code, and no web page can do that for you.

Nothing is sent to us. The IP stays in your browser, the button presses go straight from your phone to your TV, and this server never touches either.