Or whatever a new one today might be called. Especially in light of the fact that I'm installing an Apple TV Model A 1625 right now! It's one of the ones with no optical audio output.

I'm sure anyone who has installed one of these sticks can tell me what I need to know about it much more quickly than I can unbury it from online sources!

I was referred to this client by a guy who works with my son. The guy works in IT, so network issues are his.

He's going to supply a Fire Stick or whatever it is. My part of things, the IR control system, consists of a URC MX980 and MRF350. The system's main parts are an Aventage RX-A850, Dish Network Hopper 3, Vizio 70" TV, and a couple other components that don't matter to this discussion.

There's A LOT of information available online about the Fire Stick, but nothing as simple as "uses IR remote" or "controlled via Bluetooth." I'm looking to see how the stick will be controlled in this system.

The IT guy has given us a network switch in the system area.

Hope he likes using two remotes, cause he will be. BT

Skip the firestick and go with Amazon Fire TV. You can control it with IP or you can use a third party USB to IR dongle.

You can also hardwire the LAN, and it has better processing power in case he ends up installing Kodi on it to transcode videos using VLC on the fly.

I have both. Spend the extra 20 bucks or so and get the FireTV, not the stick. The stick is wifi only, the FireTV is both so use Ethernet and as mentioned above control via IP.

IP control? I did not know that. Thanks.

Don't suppose you have a link to the docs handy.

Frederick

I don't have any documents/drivers. At a recent project in Arizona i installed my first/only Amazon Fire TV box. I had done some IR control research myself assuming it would be IR but then the programmer handled it with IP control.

This article at CEPRO talks about a company that has a driver. [Link: cepro.com]

This is the companies page for Amazon Fire TV... Fusion Research [Link: fusionrd.com]

I would imagine that they aren't the only ones with a working driver at this point so you might be able to find something else.

This is a good thread about IR control. [Link: remotecentral.com]

Thanks much.

Frederick

FWIW: The fire tv, at least the latest one with current firmware also supports CEC control, if that is an option you want to use. Of course, CEC is a YMMV, as you probably already know!

You can control the stick via IP.

Any "STICK" you use power it with an adapter otherwise if you power it via the USB port and the TV's off state removes power from the USB well the stick needs to boot up before it can be used.

RTI has a driver for it, and Fusion makes one as well. From what I understand Savant is close to one, and I am sure URC is looking at it. Another cool feature is that if you have an Amazon Echo / Dot in the home the remote for FireTV will work with Alexa as well.

Great for prime members or for those that don't use a lot of Apple apps/iTunes. Great for original series (Amazon) and other related stuff.

Currently I picked up a Firestick for $15 last year (holiday season) and wasn't sure if I would even use it but figured it wasn't much to lose. Turns out I used it a lot while traveling for work and could stream on most hotel internets (did pick up an extension cord). If a hotel has a portal, it will provide the login screen on the tv.

If you have a 4K tv then you need the more expensive firestick. Then installe Kodi on it and enjoy watching tons of quality content! This should help

I love when someone digs up a pre June 2018 thread. My replies in them were so much more... what’s the words I’m looking for? LOL