Hello,
I have an Amazon Fire TV Stick that I would like to use in the car. I have an old AT&T 4G LTE Elevate hotspot as well and my head unit is a Pioneer NEX-4000 which has HDMI, 2 USB ports, etc.
One of the USB ports goes to my phone to charge it in its mount. I have the other going to a 4 port Netgear self-powered usb-hub which has the wifi hotspot and the Fire Tv STick plugged into it. Obviously the Fire TV stick is also plugged into the HDMI.
To not drain my car battery, I have taken the battery out of the 4G LTE Elevate Hotspot and just run it on USB. That way when I shut the car off it turns off, as well as the Fire TV stick. However, I think the USB hub is slightly underpowered to run both. The Amazon Fire TV Stick will never restart, but the LTE Elevate Hotspot does intermittently, sometimes 30 seconds after I start the car, other times not until 5 or 10 minutes later. I was thinking to move the Fire TV Stick off this USB and just plug it directly into the cigarette lighter of the car. If I do that, however, it appears it stays on even when the vehicle is off. Is it safe to assume this will ultimately drain the battery if I leave the car off overnight or for a few days? Or does the Fire TV Stick shut-down automatically so as to preserve the battery.
Your thoughts are appreciated!
Beofotch
Hello, I was curious if the amazon firestick worked in your pioneer nex 4000. Also curious if WiFi is needed to mirror your cellphone. Thanks
Related
What up everyone. So I picked up the MHL adapter from MonoPrice and it works great.....BUT I have to turn the phone to Airplane mode for it to work properly. Let me explain, when I plug everything in and start seeing the phone mirroring on the TV I get static or no signal every few minutes. It gets annoying. The screen on the phone is okay during this which is weird. I tried this on 2 TV's, switched HDMI cables, switched MicroUSB cables and the problem remains. However, when I put the phone in AirPlane Mode it never happens and I can watch movies on the TV flawlessly. My question to you guys is, is this normal? Is my phone defective? Is the MHL cable defective?
Hi,
Got my FireTV stick yesterday,
Seems to power fine via the USB port of my Sony Bravia TV.
Even games play quite fluently.
Sometimes the menus are a bit sluggish compared to the regular FireTV, but I guess this is normal due to the relatively slow CPU.
Was wondering if it somehow could still be underpowered and if I would miss out on performance. Is there any way to tell if it is getting enough power?
Check the specs of your TV to see how many miliamps its USB ports have, as long as its equal or more to the requirements of the fire TV you should be ok... it is possible that it can run at lower amperage, but is not good for the hardware, and you should use a proper power source.
I got mine yesterday as well and ignored the advice to use the supplied power supply.
I just used the 1,0 Ah USB port of my Samsung TV. Seems ok, only a warning at start so far.
Without a separate power unit this little stick is really a hidden addon for the TV
It can be powered via just the usb and the tv?
Pony1 said:
It can be powered via just the usb and the tv?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah works for me too, just powered thru the USB port of my Philips TV.
Work fine for usb power from tv as well.
Some old tv have low power usb port then give unstable performance. But with newer tv then it is fine
Hi, ive registered with this forum to ask for some information on the Amazon Firestick. I am thinking of buying a fully loaded stick from Ebay in the UK. My main question is i have a UMC 40 inch TV with a usb and Hdmi port but its not a smart tv. Will the Firestick work or do i need a smart tv. Any help would be appreciated Thanks
No SmartTV needed, only HDMI is mandatory of course. USB power can (or better should) be done with the USB power supply of the stick, so also USB must not be used from the TV and can be left free for other devices which need to be connected directly to the TV.
Calibaan said:
USB power can (or better should) be done with the USB power supply of the stick, so also USB must not be used from the TV and can be left free for other devices which need to be connected directly to the TV.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
= Plug the FireTV Stick into the wall for power, don't plug it into a USB port on your TV for power.
I use my tv's USB port for power with no ill effects. We don't use the USB port for anything else, and it means we don't have to have yet another device plugged into the wall. It does mean that the Fire TV boots up every time the TV turns on, but it boots fast enough that this has not been a distraction.
stealthdave said:
I use my tv's USB port for power with no ill effects. We don't use the USB port for anything else, and it means we don't have to have yet another device plugged into the wall. It does mean that the Fire TV boots up every time the TV turns on, but it boots fast enough that this has not been a distraction.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It might work fine for you and other people, but in general, TV USB ports are not reliable as a power source. That might vary from brand to brand, however, it should be noted that an inconsistent power supply or one that doesn't meet the manufacturer's specifications can be bad for the unit over time.
I tried it with other devices. Its a nice way to eliminate wires but I got random reboots and freezes. Never tried it with stick but some people report it works fine.
In general it might work with regular USB power from a TV USB port but I personally had problems with WIFI. It seemed that the stick did switch down WIFI speed (and probably slows down the CPU) when the power is restricted to a TV USB port but does run on full speed with the external power supply. Also those decoding problems during video streaming which is often reported here may come from insufficient power.
A USB port is specified to deliver 0.5A at 5V so thats only 2.5W power which is guaranteed and it´s only mandatory for devices like TV sets to deliver more power. So it makes sense that Amazon did deliver an external power supply knowing the power consumption of their stick My hint would be to check first with external power supply if the stick is running fine and how is streaming working with speed and quality than it is still possible to try only with the TV USB power and it can be compared if there are no negative perfomance issues. But I bet most people will attach the external power again.
Sorry for the badly worded title, but I can't figure out how to describe the problem. Here is what's happening:
I have my Fire tv stick on hdmi 1, and my raspberry pi 2 running openelec/kodi on hdmi 2.
When I try to switch to hdmi 1, the screen goes blank for about 3 seconds then switches back to hdmi 2 on its own. If I turn off my rpi2 (by unplugging its power) and then try to switch to hdmi 1, it will stay on hdmi 1 and I can watch my fire tv stick normally. As soon as I turn the rpi2 back on, the tv switches to hdmi 2 (or whichever hdmi port I have the rpi2 plugged into).
I am pretty sure the problem is with the fire tv stick and not with the rpi2, because I have other devices on other hdmi ports and they don't have any problems. I have already tried switching all my devices to different hdmi ports and it doesn't make a difference, the fire stick will always switch back to the rpi2's hdmi port as long as the rpi2 is on.
Anyone have any ideas? I have already looked through all the settings on kodi to see if it does something funny that would interfere with the fire stick but didn't notice anything.
Yeah, your title is pretty misleading. I thought your FireTV stick was falling out of the HDMI port.
Maybe change the topic title to "Fire TV Stick is disabled when another TV HDMI port is used".
Anyways, I would be willing to bet your paycheck that your problem is a poor power grounding issue on your Raspberry Pi. You may need to put a Cheater Plug on the Raspberry Pi power supply, or on your TV. Or, if there isn't a ground pin on your Raspberry Pi supply, you may need to flip the power supply plug 180 degrees in the outlet. Or, if you have a UPS back-up supply powering anything, you will need to have all the equipment connected to the UPS, or none of the equipment.
Something like that.
I've used a firestick (I believe it's a FS2) for a long time and love it. But my home wlan bandwidth has become congested making it difficult to watch streaming movies without some annoying stuttering.
Is there a way to connect an Ethernet cable directly to the firestick to speed data to it? I looked at my firestick and there seems to be no Ethernet port I could connect a cable to. Is there a trick I could use so it doesn't have to depend on a wireless connection?
maybeme2 said:
I've used a firestick (I believe it's a FS2) for a long time and love it. But my home wlan bandwidth has become congested making it difficult to watch streaming movies without some annoying stuttering.
Is there a way to connect an Ethernet cable directly to the firestick to speed data to it? I looked at my firestick and there seems to be no Ethernet port I could connect a cable to. Is there a trick I could use so it doesn't have to depend on a wireless connection?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The official Amazon Ethernet Adapter work fine with a 2nd generation stick.
I use a wii usb adapter I got at gamestop for 1.99, works with everything but you will need a charging OTG adapter (unless the amazon one has it integrated)
Thank you both. I'll explore the suggested options.
Take advantage of the speed and reliability of wired internet. Easy to set up – simply connect the Amazon Ethernet Adapter into the USB port on your Fire TV and plug in an Ethernet cable directly from your router.
[/COLOR]
maanvi02 said:
Take advantage of the speed and reliability of wired internet. Easy to set up – simply connect the Amazon Ethernet Adapter into the USB port on your Fire TV and plug in an Ethernet cable directly from your router.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Please don't revive a dead thread just to increase your post count. Also, you just repeated the obvious answer.