I was just able to get what seems to be the last fire tv in amazons surplus through their prime now app. I set it up everything went fine then I clicked to update it and it did the normal update process until I looked up and saw a black screen. I unplugged the unit and replugged it and now all I get is amazon logo then black screen. Is there anyway to fix this I was really excited about having the last fire tv. Something I just discovered is that I can still connect wirelessly to the unit via adb.. I just restarted it. I dunno if this can help anything.
PROBLEM SOLVED faulty hdmi cable... This cable was sent to me from mono price about a week ago as a replacement for another defective cable.. sigh...
danknasty said:
PROBLEM SOLVED faulty hdmi cable... This cable was sent to me from mono price about a week ago as a replacement for another defective cable.. sigh...
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To fix the black screen/blank screen, we use the following steps to troubleshoot it:\
Your FireTV went to sleep and you just need to wake it up. You can wake up your FireTV by pressing the “Back” button on the remote.
Try the Fire TV Remote Shortcuts to see if one of them will wake up your Fire TV.
On the [easyazon_link identifier=”B00NO8JJZW” locale=”US” tag=”arizonacaorg-20″]Fire TV Remote[/easyazon_link], hold the REVERSE (or “rewind”) button and the UP button at the same time for 10 seconds. Your FireTV should start switching through the different video display modes (or resolutions). You can expect the light on your TV to change colors and/or blink. When it switches to a display resolution that works, press the SELECT button to select that mode. This will fix your display issue if your fireTV happens to be set to a video resolution not supported by the TV you have it plugged into.
Your FireTV needs to be reset to the factory default settings. To do this, press BACK and REVERSE and RIGHT and SELECT to get your FireTV to prompt you to do a factory reset.
Your FireTV is deceased. If you tried #1 and #2 above, perhaps your Firestick has perished.
You could be forcing a screen resolution such as [easyazon_link identifier=”B00V0923TG” locale=”US” tag=”arizonacaorg-20″]1080p[/easyazon_link] 60Hz. Try changing the display settings back to Auto, No Scaling (by hooking the FireTV to a [easyazon_link identifier=”B01CF3L3RS” locale=”US” tag=”arizonacaorg-20″]TV[/easyazon_link] that it’s known to work on).
Press SELECT & PLAY (Hold the buttons down for 5 or 10 Seconds) to restart your FireTV / firestick.
I hope it will help you out.
Anyone using the new Shield with a Harmony Hub? I have it all set up, the controller works great, I now have only one to replace 4. However, it works via bluetooth... so when you ask Echo to 'turn on the Android Box', she can't get the Shield to turn on. She can turn everything off, just not on... When I get home this evening, I will try to edit the activity so that the Android Box never turns off... it doesn't consume much energy, so shouldn't be a problem & it should be primed to come on with the voice command.
Funny thing is, that with one press of the button on the remote, all turns on perfectly... Anyone else who has it working, please let me know.
how did you set it up, scan for wifi or manually? I haven't gotten around to it yet but on the nvidia forums people have said it doesn't map the OK button properly. OK and select are apparently concurrently sent by the shield remote, but the Harmony only uses select. some apps use OK while others use select. some have mentioned setting it as the Nexus player instead.
as for your question, like I said I haven't set up my shield yet but with my fire TV I can tell Alexa to turn it on and all my components turn on properly. if the fire TV is asleep hitting any button on the Harmony (mapped to a fire TV command) will wake it
Is there difference between shield one and two?
I have a hub working fine with shield 1. It is just a stand alone hub...no remote was included and entire setup was done via the harmony phone app. It turns on/off perectly along with my TV and home theater receiver using either the app or with my Amazon echo: "Alexa, turn on shield"....lol, I love it!
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Is there difference between shield one and two?
I have a hub working fine with shield 1. It is just a stand alone hub...no remote was included and entire setup was done via the harmony phone app. It turns on/off perectly along with my TV and home theater receiver using either the app or with my Amazon echo: "Alexa, turn on shield"....lol, I love it!
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Shield 1 has IR, Shield 2 doesn't.
kellybrf said:
how did you set it up, scan for wifi or manually? I haven't gotten around to it yet but on the nvidia forums people have said it doesn't map the OK button properly. OK and select are apparently concurrently sent by the shield remote, but the Harmony only uses select. some apps use OK while others use select. some have mentioned setting it as the Nexus player instead.
as for your question, like I said I haven't set up my shield yet but with my fire TV I can tell Alexa to turn it on and all my components turn on properly. if the fire TV is asleep hitting any button on the Harmony (mapped to a fire TV command) will wake it
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Set it up by inputting the model number, after setup it asked me to pair via BT. My OK button is working well, as is the controller... I've done a load of setting up, kodi etc. & haven't had any issues with button maps. It still won't turn on by voice command, but that's not the end of the world.
I just got mine to work, I said "Alexa turn on shield" and both TV and shield came on.
So... my Shield 2017 got stuck in a loop of rebooting... it would turn on for a few seconds and then turn off again. Happened while I was watching youtube videos, once when watching stuff on Kodi and also when I had left it idle...
I tried disconnecting from the harmony in case that was the cause. Deleted some new apps I had installed... but eventually did a factory reset this morning before work. I'll check it again this evening for the same behaviour.
Anyone experienced similar?
Is anyone else having trouble with the select (OK) button working on the amazon video app? I can get into the app, but once I move over to select a show/movie, the OK button won't work.
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Is anyone else having trouble with the select (OK) button working on the amazon video app? I can get into the app, but once I move over to select a show/movie, the OK button won't work.
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yep, same here.
That was actually fixed a couple days ago. You will need to delete and re-add the shieldTV device inside Harmony to fix it.
Thanks I'll check it out.
I'm curious to know how you got the harmony hub to recognize the shield's Long press button functionality ?
IE: Long pressing the back button on the shield remote inside Kodi brings up the context menu.
[EDIT] -- PLEASE DISREGARD QUESTION ABOVE. Long pressing harmony remote Select/OK button replicates function.
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Shield 1 has IR, Shield 2 doesn't.
Set it up by inputting the model number, after setup it asked me to pair via BT. My OK button is working well, as is the controller... I've done a load of setting up, kodi etc. & haven't had any issues with button maps. It still won't turn on by voice command, but that's not the end of the world.
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Is there a way to have an activity launch an app? Ie when my shield turns on have it launch kodi?
launch kodi at turn on
Sean09 said:
Is there a way to have an activity launch an app? Ie when my shield turns on have it launch kodi?
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Hi Sean have you tried "ok google launch Kodi" when the shield is in standby mode?
I'm having some problems with my fire tv 2. It is rooted and on the latest rom found in this forum. The problem is with my unrooted fire tv 1, whenever I need to turn it on I can just press the remote and it will power on. With this new fire tv, pressing the buttons will not turn it on and when I turn on the tv and try it, it won't turn on as well. Only a small chance that sometimes hitting the button would turn it on. The only way that I usually turn it on is through unplugging and replugging the power cord. Is this a common issue and is there a fix? Thanks.
I always turn off power to all devices including the TV after using but on the Fire TV 2, the only option is to put it to sleep so I'm wondering is there a way to power it off completely or is it safe to put it to sleep and just unplug the power adapter?
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I always turn off power to all devices including the TV after using but on the Fire TV 2, the only option is to put it to sleep so I'm wondering is there a way to power it off completely or is it safe to put it to sleep and just unplug the power adapter?
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The sleep mode seems to basically be a black screensaver. The only true on/off is power/no power. And other whe flashing or saving something. There is no bad time to unpowering it.
Its an Android device. They sleep.
I always pull the plug.
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I always turn off power to all devices including the TV after using but on the Fire TV 2, the only option is to put it to sleep so I'm wondering is there a way to power it off completely or is it safe to put it to sleep and just unplug the power adapter?
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You can use TV usb port as fire tv's power source and when TV turned off, it's off too but it's going take time to boot when you turn on TV.
Can Amazon fire tv stick 4k automatically change input when is waken up from sleep and how to set this?
If pressing the home key doesnt do it already I doubt it. My tank and tv combo does it if I turn the tv on with home button on remote. Goes right to the launcher no matter what input I turn it off at. I think its mostly whether your tv can do it or not.
Oh yeah, make sure CEC is enabled on tv and fire stick.
Earlier when i have gaming console, my tv automatically change input when console is turn off and on.
Why now this dont work?