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The Fire TV Stick, reviewed, is accessible to set up and actuality we’ll appearance you what you charge to do to get up and active so you can watch YouTube, Netflix and Amazon videos, accept to music, get catch-up TV and more.
Once you’ve got aggregate out of the box you’ll accept the Stick itself, additional a abbreviate HDMI addendum cable.
Hopefully you’ve already arrested that your TV has an HDMI input, as after one you won’t be able to use the Fire TV at all.
Depending on the area of the HDMI ascribe you may or may not charge the addendum cable. If you end up accepting problems with Wi-Fi accession and you're not application the cable, install it as it's acceptable to fix the issue.
What’s important is to use the ability accumulation and USB cable that comes in the box: Amazon says any USB ports you ability acquisition on your TV won’t accommodate abundant ability for the Stick to assignment properly, and it won’t assignment at all until you affix the ability cable: it doesn’t booty ability from the TV’s HDMI port.
Once acquainted in and powered up, you aloof charge to baddest the actual ascribe (or source) on your TV to see the annual from your Fire TV Stick. Usually that’s done with the ‘AV’ button on your TV’s remote, but it may be an icon: a aboveboard with an arrow pointing into it.
Note the name or cardinal of the anchorage into which you acquainted the Fire TV Stick (usually article like HDMI 1 or HDMI 2) and baddest that in the annual aback you columnist the ascribe button on your TV’s alien control.
Pop the two AAA batteries from the box into the aback of the Voice remote: the accomplished aback slides upwards and off.
Unlike best remotes area the batteries sit in adverse directions, this one requires both batteries to be put in with the ancillary adverse the top.
The aboriginal affair you’ll charge to do is affix the Stick to your home Wi-Fi network. A annual of networks should be apparent on awning – use the administration controls on the alien to baddest your arrangement and columnist the button in the average to baddest it.
You can now use the on-screen keyboard to admission your password. This should be on your router, and it’s acute to admission it accurately with upper- and lowercase belletrist as needed: Wi-Fi passwords are case-sensitive.
Once affiliated the Fire TV will analysis for any software updates and install them automatically afore you can assurance into your Amazon account.
If you don’t accept one, it’s accessible to assurance up with an email abode and a countersign you choose. You’ll be asked if you appetite to set up a one-click acquittal for affairs (or renting) movies, music, apps, amateur and TV shows, but you don’t accept to. You can optionally crave a PIN cipher to be entered afore annihilation can be purchased to anticipate kids from spending your money.
Then you’ll see the acceptable video which will explain the home awning and how to cross about the interface: it’s simple and intuitive.
You’ll again be asked if you appetite to accredit affectionate controls to bind the agreeable that can be acclimated after a PIN.
For the best part, application the alien is adequately obvious: you accept play, pause, rewind and fast advanced controls, additional back, home and card buttons aloft them.
Tip: columnist and authority the home button to admission a adjustment card to get to settings, put the Stick to beddy-bye and accredit awning mirroring.
Press the card button while watching a video to see options for subtitles and audio languages. And if you’re watching on Prime video, you can columnist abeyance to see advice on actors which are in that scene, and alike baddest one to get added advice about them.
At the top is a microphone button: you columnist and authority this, delay for the accent on the Fire TV and again say what you appetite to say.
Mostly, this will be to chase for films, TV shows and music, but as the Fire TV Stick additionally has Alexa, you can say absolutely a lot, such as “Find activity movies”, “Launch BBC iPlayer”, “Next episode” and “Dim the lights”.
Obviously that aftermost one will assignment alone if you accept Alexa-compatible acute ablaze bulbs such as Philips Hue or LIFX, but you get the idea. In fact, it’s able-bodied account account our How to use Alexa guide, as there’s a lot on offer.
That’s actual easy. Simply baddest Apps from the card that runs beyond the top of the screen, again browse to acquisition the one you appetite and baddest ‘Install’.
You can install apps such as Netflix, YouTube.com (this isn’t the official YouTube app – that’s not on Amazon accessories - but it’s about as good), iPlayer, ITV Hub, All4 and Demand 5.
Naturally, you don’t charge to install any apps to admission Amazon agreeable such as videos and music. You can buy or hire films and TV shows, but a added cost-effective way is to buy a cable to Prime. Our Amazon Prime adviser explains aggregate you charge to know.
You can avoid Amazon’s agreeable absolutely if you like: you may adopt to assurance up to Netflix or install the Plex app and beck video from a computer or NAS drive. Or you ability alone appetite to use the Fire TV for watching catch-up TV.
Within the Apps section, you’ll additionally acquisition games. A lot are chargeless and can be played application the included alien control. But you can additionally buy a Bluetooth gamepad – Amazon sells one for £39.99 but you can brace others too.
