How To Add Amazon Fire Stick Remote

Before you begin using your Fire Tv Stick, you'll have to pair the remote. The process can vary depending on which model you accept, and non every remote is interchangeable with each generation of Amazon Fire TV. Here'southward how to pair or reset your Fire Idiot box Stick remote.

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QUICK ANSWER

To pair or reset the Fire Tv Stick remote, press and hold the Home push until the remote starts blinking.

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How to pair your Burn down Telly Stick remote
How to reset your Burn TV Stick or Alexa Phonation remote
Fire TV Basic Edition and Alexa Voice remote 1st gen.

How to pair your Fire Tv Stick remote

Thankfully, the procedure to pair your Burn down TV Stick is relatively quick to get yous set up and watching content.

Starting time, ensure your Television set is on and that yous are holding the remote within x ft (3 m) of the TV. And so, all yous demand to practise is press and agree the Habitation button on your remote for ten seconds. You lot should come across the calorie-free at the top of your remote start blinking, followed past an on-screen confirmation that your remote has paired.

If you don't see either, endeavour removing or replacing the remote batteries and waiting thirty seconds before trying once more. If that still doesn't work, see the next section for steps to reset your Fire TV Stick remote.

How to reset your Fire Television Stick or Alexa Voice remote

First, unplug your Fire TV and wait for a full minute. So, press and hold the Left, Menu, and Back buttons simultaneously. We know information technology tin can be a lot to handle at once, but y'all can hold the first two with your thumb because the back button is located right beneath the left button.

Here's a diagram of the relevant push for reference:

Fire TV Stick 4K Max remote in hand button guide

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Hold all three buttons for twelve seconds, then release and wait five seconds. Subsequently that, remove the batteries from your remote, plug your Fire Tv set back in and await for another infinitesimal.

Lastly, put the batteries back into your remote and press the Abode button. The LED light on the remote volition blink bluish to betoken a successful pairing. Note that you won't see any blinking lights if you use an Alexa Voice remote Lite (the one without any ability or book up/downwardly buttons).

Fire TV Basic Edition and Alexa Vox remote 1st gen

Resetting the first generation of Alexa Voice Remotes is the same process equally above, except you have to concur fewer buttons.

Unplug your Fire TV and wait for one infinitesimal.
Press and concur the Left button and Carte push button at the same time. Agree them for twelve seconds.
Release the buttons and expect 5 seconds.
Remove the batteries from your remote.
Plug your Burn down TV back in and wait i minute.
Put the batteries back in your remote.
Press the Home button on the remote.

As for the Fire TV Bones edition, the process is unlike, then follow along carefully.

Press and hold the Abode push. At the same time, press the Carte du jour button three times.
Release the Dwelling Button and press the Card button ix times.
Remove the batteries from your remote, unplug your Fire TV, and await for one minute.
Once the fourth dimension has passed, put the batteries back in the remote and plug your Fire TV in once more.
Press and hold the Home push button for 40 seconds once the Home screen appears. The setup process should then take a minute.

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FAQs

Yep, many Fire TV remotes are interchangeable, but not all. If you're replacing a lost or broken remote, ensure the replacement is uniform with your Fire Stick model and generation.

Yeah, you can replace a Fire TV remote with a new ane. All the same, make certain the replacement is compatible with your Fire Stick model and generation before ownership.

Aye, there is a mobile app for Android and iPhone to command your Fire Television Stick from your smartphone.

First, become to Settings on your Burn down TV. So, southward elect Controllers & Bluetooth Devices . From at that place, select Amazon Fire Goggle box Remotesand press and hold the Home push button for ten seconds to pair a remote.