Fire up the amazon fire tv remote app on your phone and use that to control the fire tv.
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Get help pairing your fire tv remote.
It s the remote for the 4k fire stick and we decided to re pair it with the bedroom tv.
Try using the fire tv remote app.
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Since these remotes are different from the ones you re probably used to figuring out why your fire stick remote suddenly stopped working can be difficult.
The fire tv remote app turns your mobile device into a remote control that enhances the fire tv experience with simple navigation a keyboard for easy text entry quick access to your apps and games plus voice search.
Unplug your fire tv device from the power cord or adapter then plug it back in.
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If you re having trouble pairing the fire tv remote app with your fire tv this guide offers some solutions that may help.
Or you just ran out of batteries at midnight and there are no spare batteries.
The remote with a new one or a third party remote then try checking if it works with your particular fire tv model.
Pair additional fire tv remotes.
The fire stick and other fire tv devices use remotes that are a little different from most of the other remotes around your house.
Use your mobile device like a fire tv remote.
Occasionally you may find that your fire stick is not working.
The amazon fire stick comes with many features and there are many third party apps you can install to extend its functionalities.
Make sure bluetooth is enabled on your phone and use it as a remote.
If power cycling the fire tv and changing the batteries doesn t work let us see if it is the fire tv or the remote that isn t responding.
You may either see a blank screen issues with streaming content or the remote to control the features won t work.
The d pad on the app needs to be smaller it should be at the bottom of the screen for people with smaller hands like my wife and there needs to be more options that would be on a basic remote like a sleep button or volume control but overall this.
You can still control the device using the amazon fire tv remote app.
This doesn t have to render your firestick device useless.
Move your remote closer to your fire tv device within 10 feet 3 m.
Reset your fire tv remote.
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