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There are many sources suggesting that you cannot use a universal remote with Amazon Fire TV line of streamers. This is because none of the Fire TV products including the original Fire TV Box, Stick, Pendant, and Cube do not have a built-in infra red (IR) receiver like most consumer electronic A/V devices. Thus, universal remotes which use IR won't work with the Fire TV. Instead, you must control the Fire TV with Amazon’s proprietary remote.
Until now, there were no complete options available for single remote control of all devices when using the Fire TV. To address this issue, Inteset Technologies provides a simple, USB-based, plug-and-play IR receiver that is compatible with the Amazon Fire TV product line called the IReTV. Now you can control all of your equipment with one universal remote. The IReTV works directly with with both the Inteset Int-422 and Logitech Harmony line of universal remotes.
If you have the Amazon Fire TV Cube, Stick, or Pendent device, you’ll need the Inteset USB Y cable that facilitates a USB data and power connection from the single micro USB port available on the Cube, Stick and Pendant. Setup is as shown in the diagrams below.
If you have the original Fire TV box, simply plug the IReTV into the USB port of the Fire TV as shown in the diagram below. Position the IR receiver end of the IReTV in a location that is line-of-site from where you'll be using the remote. Note that the Fire TV may be positioned behind closed doors, or behind the TV.
Programming the Inteset Int-422 for use with the IReTV and Fire TV is no different than the setup for use with any other device:
- Press the Device key on the remote you wish to program the Fire TV (ie: A, B, C, or D).
- Press and hold the SET button on the remote until the signal LED (red light) blinks twice, then release the button.
- Enter the five-digit setup code for the Fire TV which is: 02049
- The LED blinks once as each digit is entered. If the code is valid, the LED will blink twice quickly.
You can view the button mappings of the Inteset Int-422 remote for the Fire TV here.
Programming the Logitech Harmony for use with the IReTV and Fire TV is no different than the setup for use with any other device. Follow the remote’s instructions for Device Setup included with the Harmony. Note that Inteset is currently working with Logitech to add the IReTV/Fire TV to the Harmony device database. In the meantime, when prompted to enter the manufacture and device to set up, enter Microsoft and Xbox 360 (the IR codes sent from the remote to control the Fire TV use the same IR codes as for the Xbox 360).
You can view the button mappings of the Harmony remote for the IReTV and Fire TV here.
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Did you know that you can control your Fire TV Stick (or pretty much any HDMI device that has its own remote) with the remote control for your TV?!
No more wasting time digging through couch cushions for that tiny little remote.
You no longer have to stress about the fact that these tiny little remotes are toddler magnets.
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And no more cluttered end tables, with fifty different remotes.
Nope.
That’s all in the past now, because I have learned the coolest secret. Read on to find out how you can ditch all those little remotes for good.
Somewhere in the move to our new house, we misplaced the remote for one of our Fire TV Sticks.
Now, this isn’t normally a big deal.
We’ve temporarily lost the remotes to our Fire TV Sticks in the past, so we’ve just used the app on our phones until we tracked down the actual remote.
Well, since cancelling our TV service last week, I decided to try and plug in our remote-less Fire TV Stick in order to get our streaming services back up and running in our bedroom.
I wasn’t really thinking too much about it and figured I could just use my phone as the remote.
What I failed to realize was that the Fire TV Stick was still using the wi-fi name and password from our previous home, so it was stuck on the “Network Connection Lost” screen. I couldn’t use my phone to control the Fire TV Stick and set up the wi-fi because the Fire TV Stick was not connected to the same wi-fi as the phone.
Vicious cycle.So I decided to do some Googling. I read about all sorts of craziness: Turning your phone into a hot spot, switching your wi-fi name and password to what it was at the old house, tricking the Fire TV Stick, using two devices, and so on.
My head started spinning and I was about to give up.
But then I found a random comment on the bottom of a discussion board that talked about something I hadn’t seen before: CEC. And, better yet, the original poster came back and said that it worked like a charm.
CEC?
I was intrigued, so I did a little bit of research.
CEC stands for Consumer Electronics Control and it basically means that your TV has the capacity to control things that are plugged into your HDMI ports and vice versa.
You might have noticed sometimes that when you turn on your Blu-Ray player, your TV automatically switches to the correct input. Or maybe your TV turns on when you hit a button on your Fire TV Stick remote. This is CEC at work, and you can use this feature to your advantage to streamline your remote situation or to replace a lost remote. In three simple steps, you can put CEC to work for you!
STEP ONE: Find the CEC Function on Your TV
The biggest chore in using CEC is finding it in your TV menu. A lot of companies call it something different, so take a minute and put your TV manufacturer’s name along with “CEC” into your search engine and see what happens. This step is helpful because knowing what your TV manufacturer calls the CEC function on your TV might help you find it more quickly on your TV menu.
For example, I googled “Magnavox CEC” and I started seeing a bunch of articles and documents mentioning “Fun-Link”. I was a little bit skeptical, because I had NEVER seen that on my TV before. But, sure enough, after checking what seemed like every menu possible on our TV, I found it.
STEP TWO: Enable CEC
Once you find your TV’s CEC menu, you just want to make sure that the CEC function is turned on and enabled.
STEP THREE: Choose an HDMI Port
Enabling CEC is not quite enough. In fact, you might have noticed that the CEC function was already turned on when you finally found it on your TV. So this last step is the most important.
There will probably be another option within this same CEC portion of your TV menu that will allow you to turn on CEC for specific HDMI ports. I went ahead and turned it on for all of the ports, but you can just turn it on for the port that houses the device you want to control. (Do you see the “Device List” option at the bottom? My TV was able to search for devices plugged into the TV that work with CEC and activate them that way as well. So your TV might have that option, too.)
And that’s it! After you’ve enabled CEC on your TV and turned it on for the appropriate HDMI port(s), you can ditch the tiny Fire TV Stick remote that keeps getting lost in the couch cushions and just use your TV’s remote control. It’s that simple.
“But Stephanie, my TV is pretty old. I doubt I have the CEC function.”
If your TV is new enough to have an HDMI port, I would highly suggest giving this a try anyway.
The TV in our living room is a flat screen, but it is pretty old (almost ten years). I was extremely skeptical that it would have the CEC function, but I decided to take a look anyway. Sure enough, it had a crazy name like AquosLink and never mentioned CEC, but it was there!
So there you have it! I am excited to start saving a bunch of remote-hunting time now that I’ve figured out this neat little trick.
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But now, I’m curious…was I just late to the party? Does everyone know about this already? Leave me a comment below and let me know!