[Electronics-Talk] Fire Stick Third Generation

[Aaron Spears]

You'll set it up on your own yes, but it does not automatically detect 
your WiFi usually unless Amazon Sidewalk is available near enough to get 
it connected long enough to learn that info from another of your own 
Amazon devices. However, when you first power it on, after you've got 
the TV set to receive from the HDMI port the Firestick is on, if you 
can't do that on your own right now, replace your HDMI cable going to 
your cable box or Direc TV or what ever with the Firestick temporarily 
so that you don't have to change the input source on the TV at all. Once 
set up, your Alexa Voice Remote may be able to initiate input source 
changes so you could move the Firestick or your other inputs elsewhere 
and still be able to access everything. To start Voiceview Screen Reader 
hold back and menu, that's the second row of buttons 3 wide as you come 
from the bottom, the left-most and right-most buttons together for about 
10 seconds to be good and sure you waited long enough.


Allow your firestick about a minute to make sure it got all the way 
booted up. If it works you'll hear a dling noise and it'll say Voiceview 
on and start to teach you how to use it.


I don't remember which generation the Alexa Voice remote starts with, 
but if you have an Elxa Voice Remote, you can hold the button above the 
big round d pad in and speak to it to do things by voice. You can change 
inputs by saying Switch to HDMI 2 for instance, but that requires your 
TV to support commands over HDMI, as this does not work by sending IR 
signals from the remote to the tv in the traditional way. To be honest, 
if you did end up with a Firestick that does not support this yet your 
TV does, you might want to exchange firesticks, as this is very handy 
for blind users.


You probably have 2 rows of buttons that are 3 wide below the d pad, 
then a vertical rocker button that's volume up/down, and a round button 
at the bottom which is mute. Above the d pad in the center from left to 
right is a lonely button which is the microphone, and just above that is 
a little hole that is the microphone itself. In top left corner is a 
button that will power the tv on or off if your tv allows that. You may 
not have the same remote.


If you google things like firestick voiceview screen reader tutorial for 
firestick third generation, it will most likely get you a very helpful 
tutorial that should teach you the remote and how to set it up.


Cheers:
Aaron Spears, AKA Valiant8086 General Partner at Valiant Galaxy Associates "we make (VERY GOOD AUDIOGAMES) for the blind comunity" http://valiantGalaxy.com

On 12/30/2021 2:43 PM, Leslie Fairall via Electronics-Talk wrote:
> Hello everyone:
>
> I received a Fire Stick Third Generation for Christmas and would like 
> to set it up. I'm assuming I do not need sighted assistance, but I 
> definitely could use step-by-step instructions. Once I plug the stick 
> into the TV and the wall outlet, what do I do next? Will my wifi 
> automatically see the Stick or do I need to do something else? Any 
> help would be appreciated. Thanks.
>
>