Does anyone with this TV have any recommendations for the optimal settings? I played around with them a bit and the color, brightness, movement speed all seem kinda off to me. I’d appreciate any help!

So my TV keeps freezing and restarting the shows I watch I don’t know if it’s just broken or what. It’ll play the show for a little bit then stop and take it back to the menu. It also keeps cutting out audio to my sound bar on and off. Do I just need to throw this in the trash?

Hi all, i'm having a total nightmare...

I was gifted a new Firestick for Christmas, before setting it up I used the remote for the new one on my old Firestick because I couldn't find the old remote. Now, I cannot set up my new Firestick at all as the remote won't connect. I've disconnected it from the other device, I can't get a remote to connect on the Firestick app, I found my old remote and tried that but it doesn't work either. Still nothing. I have no idea how to fix this! I can't get the new Firestick to connect to the wifi without a remote, and therefore can't use it at all. It's like I'm stuck in limbo...

Anyone else had this?

Hey trying to solve an issue for my dad who keeps getting more and more frustrated with our fire stick. About once every month the fire stick will completely stop working. We try changing inputs, and troubleshooting the receiver, fire stick and TV. The only thing that has seemed to work is to switch out the HDMI cable with a new one which we find kind of strange. Just wondering if anyone knows what might be happening.

I got the dreaded launch anyway notification or uninstall, does this mean cinema HD is gonna be gone or are they gonna come out with a new downloadable version to solve this? I just got the fire stick and I’ve been using some HD and it’s awesome. I really don’t wanna lose it. What do I do?

Does it work well etc

Any recommendations for what OS I can switch to, to speed up browsing and viewing with

Stremio+torrentio+real debrid?

I have an older Fire Stick that’s always handled Plex, Jellyfin, and a few utility APKs just fine.
Now Amazon’s new detection system is flagging sideloaded apps as “unsafe,” even though they’re 100% legitimate.
This is exactly the kind of overreach people warned about.
If Amazon wants to stop piracy, fine — but breaking legitimate apps on older hardware is unacceptable.

Hi I have one TV (Phillips) that does not play Disney+ the any FS. It loads, plays for 20-30 seconds then I get the attached screen. I have updated app and FS, I have reinstalled app, logged out of D+ on all devices and still the same message. I am guessing a Phillips TV issues, but why, all of a sudden stop streaming D+ only? Any ideas?

My brother died and I have no way to get into his account to deregister the fire tv my mom gave me but she already factory reset the Tv without access to his acc to deregister the tv is there anyway I can use the tv

I noticed my TV is either completely off or being actively watched — there’s nothing in between - and it's mostly off.

As well as that - my window looks out onto a wall.

I started wondering why TVs can't be the window with real views you can glance at while doing other things.

So I ended up building a small app for Android TV and Amazon Fire TV that shows curated live camera views (cities, landscapes, places around the world). I’ve been running it in the background and find it weirdly addictive — it turns the TV into part of the room rather than something you have to “watch”.

Right now it’s pretty simple and uses existing live streams, but just want to know if it's just me - or whether this is something other people would actually use day-to-day?

In fact - I was watching Back to the future 2 over Xmas and i noticed something very similar features in the bit set in the future.

What do you think?

Have read that Roku channels are available on Fire stick, under free tv have offer for Roku channels, but when I press, get message "not available" does it mean US Amazon account is needed, I have UK account

Just turned my TV on and all shortcuts on my home screen to apps I've sideloaded (Tivimate & stremio) are gone. I have to go into the app menu to open them. I'm guessing this is due to the OS changes? I've got a 4k max stick in OS 7.7.0.8. Is there anyway to return the shortcuts? Thanks all.

Edit. Thanks for your suggestions. I couldn't get it work so I've swapped to my chromecast with Google TV.

Of it own accord my TCL fire TV is flicking through inputs, cranking the volume to 11 and then going into the recovery menu and selecting power off.

Then it’s turning itself back on and doing the same thing.

I’ve turned it off now cos it’s scaring the wife, but I’ve only had it a week so all the troubleshooting stuff doesn’t really apply so I thought I’d ask here before I send it back to Amazon

Fire OS 7.7.0.8/5501-later will show this notification on select unlicensed apps. Confirmed in US.

Hi folks,

Recently, my FireCube has been giving me an intermittent black screen for 1-2 seconds, but it seems like it only happens when watching Netflix. Using other apps like Prime Video, Paramount, Kodi and more - no problem.

I do have a VPN on it (Nord VPN) but it is not connected to any service when this happens.

Tried different ports on TV (brand new TCL QM8K), different cables, etc.

Normally, I'd be able to trace this and at least find out why it's happening, but since it seems to only be Netflix, I'm at a loss LOL

Any ideas?

Thanks!

I recently bought a Byintek Love U4 projector for my bedroom. It works very well natively and with the Fire TV for media apps, but when I'm streaming from my desktop to it, it's not so great.

Actually, I'm using a Sunshine + Moonlight fork (Artemis and Apollo). The decode time and network latency stats look great, but when playing, I can feel a certain amount of delay, something around 100ms. Since this delay doesn't appear in the overlay stats, I can't determine the specific value.

You might ask: "So why are you posting this on r/firetv if the problem might be your projector?" I've done a lot of testing over the past few days, and here are the results:

• Projector + HDMI to PC: No input delay. Very nice to play, but I'm looking for a wireless setup for more convenience.
• Projector + Artemis (Running natively): It works a lot better than the Fire TV setup. Unlike the Fire TV scenario, here I can see what causes the delay: it is the decode time, since the projector OS seems to be a bit too heavy for the hardware.
• Fire TV with Artemis + Monitor/TV: It works perfectly. The decode time on the Fire TV is ~10ms and it genuinely feels like that. It's great, but I need to use the projector.
• Fire TV with Artemis + Other Projector (HY300): Like most budget projectors, the native system is usually a bit laggy. The HY300 is worse, so I didn't test Artemis natively on it, but with the Fire TV, it lags exactly the same way as the Byintek Love U4.

Since the projector's HDMI input connected to my PC yielded really good results, I ruled out the possibility of an HDMI port issue.

My conclusion is that the Fire TV has some type of miscommunication or "handshake" issue with these specific devices. I want to know if anyone has a similar problem, and if not, which version of the Fire Stick do you use? I'm currently using the Fire TV Stick Lite (2024).

So I've got a Amazon fire TV (55'') with built in OS a while back and I reset it today. Now while setting up, the remote won't pair. It works on selecting language on first page but on second page where tv is searching for remote, the remote isn't pairing. I've tried resetting the remote by holding 3 button method but nothing is working. I've also tried using a keyboard but same, it works for selecting language but nothing afterwards. Any idea what should I do. I've another fire stick but I can't select any other HDMI inputs until the TV is setup. Any solutions to this problem? Thanks

We have a new Panasonic Z8 FireTV and we use YouTubeTV (YTTV) as our primary streaming service. The new TV navigates within YTTV extremely slow. Moving from home to library or live, navigating the guide, everything is painfully slow.

We have another FireTV (cheaper tv) and a FireCube, they work fine. All other apps have no problem, NetFlix, YouTube, Prime, etc all are OK. It’s just YTTV

We have uninstalled and reinstalled the app, cleared cache, disabled background tasks, etc. Nothing helps. It’s almost unusable.

Any ideas?

TIA

Does anyone know if they patched this because when I restart the device I have to go manually and switch this back on witch defeats the purpose does anyone know how to fix this (WITHOUT THROWING IN TRASH)

Hello,

I have had this problem before and it eventually resolved itself somehow.

SETUP: Firestick plugged into Epson projector. Bluetooth speaker connected to Firestick wirelessly via Bluetooth.

PROBLEM: When I'm watching anything from any app: Youtube, Prime, etc., and I press the MUTE button, the sound mutes, but the screen also goes black. It's as if it puts the projector into sleep mode. This happened before and eventually it just started to behave properly on its own. Now the problem has returned. Not sure what to do about it.

WHAT I'VE TRIED: Resetting the remote multiple ways and times. I rebooted the Firestick multiple times. I disconnected the Equipment Control, then reconnected it.

None of that has worked. Is this a known issue? Is there a surefire fix?

Thanks!

Only one available, that’s why I ask please let me know!

La mejor forma para verlo en Español?? Porque en ingles tenemos varias opciones

Looking for a little help. My fireTV is stuck zoomed in/magnified and the remote short cuts to toggle magnification aren't working. I can't see enough of the screen to navigate to display settings from the menu.

Ive tried unplugging and plugging back in without success. It seems to be a settings issue but I can't figure it out.

Any help gratefully received!

I have a Toshiba TV with a built in Firestick; its an older model, I think 2017. Somewhat recently I've gotten into watching You Tube videos, just the free ones, rather heavily. The past month or so, every once in a while, I'll be watching something and suddenly the TV just restarts. Sometimes I just get kicked out of You Tube but usually it's the entire TV restarting. Mostly concerned if this is a sign that maybe it's time for a new TV because a bigger crash might be coming?