It is an unfortunate side effect sometimes of a Firestick Update that your remote will become unpaired with your stick. When this happens, it can be a pain at times to fix. Well we're here to help. To resolve this issue there are a few steps you can try. Most of these are fairly simple and will typically work. Follow the steps below and your remote should be working with your stick in no time!
Assuming neither of those options work there is still more we can do. The rest of this will be a little more in-depth and hopefully will work. The next option we have is to pair the remote with the firestick again. At times because they communicate via blue-tooth they will drop connection or as stated above from an update. To sync your remote with a Firestick please follow the steps below.
It should be noted that the firestick will pair up to seven devices via bluetooth. The final option is to do a complete unpair and reset of the Firestick Remote. Then the remote will need to sync it back with your firestick. In order to do this please follow the steps below.
At this point your remote should work with your firestick again. If the remote is still not working with your Firestick try pointing the remote directly at the stick and see if it picks up the single that way. Download Article Download Article This wikiHow teaches you how to pair a new remote to an Amazon Firestick. You can easily pair a new Amazon remote to an Amazon Firestick by pressing and holding the Home button on the remote. Or, if your TV supports HDMI Consumer Electronics Control (HDMI-CEC) you can also connect an HDMI-CEC compatible remote by enabling HDMI-CEC on your TV's settings.
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Advertisement About This ArticleThanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read 313,295 times. Is this article up to date?Can a Fire Stick work with a different remote?Amazon's smart streaming device the Fire TV Stick allows up to seven remote controls to be paired to the TV. It also works with third-party remote controls and a smartphone app, which lets your smartphone become a remote.
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