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HOW TO: Control Amazon FireTV with ANY PUC or STB-C entry

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kallasr
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kallasr Posted: Sun, Mar 5 2017 5:05 PM

I have asked this before, but no answer was given, so I dug a little deeper into this and came up with a solution:

You Need FLIRC USB dongle and a PUC / STB-Cable.

1. Choose a device that you own (or at least the remote...) that you will not use with the Beovision/Beosystem that you attached your Amazon FireTV to.

2. Start FLIRC programme and teach the dongle the commands of your remote while on the Amazon FIRE TV setup screen (GO start the process).

3. Choose the PUC on your TV that matches the remote, change the name to Amazon FireTV.

You are done!

Some pics to illustrate the procedure:

 

 

 

As you can see I Chose WD TV live (remote) to control the Amazon FireTV using the FLIRC dongle attached to the USB port of the Amazon FireTV.

Ralf

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Stones replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 6:51 PM
Nice.

Or can you just choose any remote in the BV's PUC list and use that for learning the Amazon via the cable?
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kallasr replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 7:01 PM
Yes, any remote and learn this to usb flirc/Amazon FireTV.

Can be used for other systems as well that can be controlled via MCE remote etc. (See flirc website for supported sets).

Living Room: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-2 (Center), Beolab 9 (Fronts), Beolab 8000 (Rears), no Subwoofer. Screen: Sony KD-85XH9096
Dining Room: Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 4000 on stands, fed by Amazon Echo Show 8
Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 1 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55
Home Office: Beosystem 3, Beolab 7-4, Beolab 5000, Screen: Sony KD-55XH9005 on Beovision 7-40 stand, ML to Beosound 9000 MK3 and Beosound 5/Beomaster 5 (1 TB SSD version)
Bedroom: Sony KD-65XH9077, Beosound Essence MK II with Beolab 6002 and Beolab 11 (all white, wall-mounted)

In storage: Beolab 5000/Beomaster 5000 (1960s). 

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I've done this last year for my Openhour Chameleon 4K mediaplayer. 

Learning with the "Popcornhour" into the Flirc works flawless. 

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egges replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 7:47 PM

why, dear kallasr, the roundabout with the WD-device when you have the amazon-PUC with your BV (as you wrote in another thread)? i run the Fire TV with the flirc-dongle and my Beoremote 1. i've described the setup in the german forum last year, ca. september

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kallasr replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 7:49 PM
Which basic / starting remote setup did you choose in the flirc setup software?

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Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 1 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55
Home Office: Beosystem 3, Beolab 7-4, Beolab 5000, Screen: Sony KD-55XH9005 on Beovision 7-40 stand, ML to Beosound 9000 MK3 and Beosound 5/Beomaster 5 (1 TB SSD version)
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egges replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 8:00 PM

amazon, of course. i was close to desperation as long as i headed with the Beoremote directly to the dongle. the moment i attached the PUC-cable to the dongle and headed towards the Avant with the remote it was done in one minute. amazon's homebutton is on the blue button on my remote. good luck

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kallasr replied on Sun, Mar 5 2017 8:07 PM
Sorry egges, I was asking beobuddy....

Which IR receiver do I need for direct control of Amazon FireTV or where is the IR receiver of the Amazon FireTV?

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Home Cinema: Beosystem 4, Beolab 7-4 (Center), Beolab 1 (Fronts), Beolab 4000 (Rears). Projector: Sony VPL-HW55
Home Office: Beosystem 3, Beolab 7-4, Beolab 5000, Screen: Sony KD-55XH9005 on Beovision 7-40 stand, ML to Beosound 9000 MK3 and Beosound 5/Beomaster 5 (1 TB SSD version)
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kallasr:
Which basic / starting remote setup did you choose in the flirc setup software?

 

As far as I can remember I chose the Windows Media Center format.

The Chameleon is android based with Kodi installed. Kodi allows you to use extra external remotes, for instance a keyboard (MCE).

In this setup the FLIRC acts as an external keyboard.

So, after learning all the instructions and running Kodi once, the Chameleon can be controlled via the FLIRC and an external ir-eye on the BS3.

BTW. I can't recommend buying a Chameleon 4K. Softwaresupport stopped last year, runs on Android 4.xx and so Netflix for instance isn't even HD.

I use it only for own or downloaded (streaming) content, which handles the Chameleon very well.

 

 

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npastore replied on Thu, Jun 15 2017 9:00 AM

Hi Egges,

 

I am trying to set up the Beoremote One with the Fire TV + Flicr but no luck so far, could you post here the set up you have done step by step; that would be of immense help.

 

thank you!

 

Nico

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egges replied on Thu, Jun 15 2017 9:55 AM

hello back, i´ll try my very best:

connect the dongle with a computer (laptop is very helpful for being close to the TV except your PUC-cable were 20m long) and open the installation programme. do the set-up with your TV, PUC´s name on my Avant is "amazon Fire TV (via IR)". then target with the PUC-cable towards the dongle and with the Beoremote towards the TV (for that purpose i lowered the strength of Beoremote´s IR-signal). now you should be able to do the tour through the installation assistent. very important: don´t go with the Beoremote directly to the dongle, that way wasted half an hour of my lifetime!

 

good luck

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Have a look at this thread also:

http://archivedforum2.beoworld.org/forums/t/15616.aspx

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