{"id":1614,"date":"2021-06-04T10:33:40","date_gmt":"2021-06-04T17:33:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2021-06-14T16:38:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T23:38:05","slug":"fire-tv-tips-beyond-the-default-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/2021\/06\/04\/fire-tv-tips-beyond-the-default-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire TV tips \u2013 beyond the default experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here&#8217;s a useful summary of extra features for Fire TV devices. I&#8217;ve wondered about frame rates when my video stream goes fuzzy. Also, what to do (besides cycling power) when the device crashes \u2013 becomes unresponsive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Gizmodo &gt; &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/gizmodo.com\/11-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-do-on-your-amazon-fi-1846999024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">11 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know You Could Do on Your Amazon Fire TV<\/a>&#8221; by David Nield (June 3, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Use Alexa Hands-Free<\/li><li>Set Up User Profiles<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bring Up Diagnostic Information (remote buttons trick)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Well, that tip \u2013 about getting diagnostic information via a trick using the remote&#8217;s buttons \u2013 did not work on my 3rd gen pendant-design Fire TV with 4K Ultra HD (2017). May not work for others as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What did work was downloading (on June 4) the (free) &#8220;Developer Tools Menu Shortcut for Fire TV&#8221; app from the Amazon Appstore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I learned of this app from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Beebom.com > &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/beebom.com\/check-actual-streaming-resolution-on-fire-tv-stick\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Check the Actual Streaming Resolution on Fire TV Stick&#8221;<\/a> by Arjun Sha (February 6, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 AV Forums > Video Streaming Boxes &amp; Services > &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avforums.com\/threads\/amazon-fire-tv-stick-4k-developer-tools-options.2212549\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Question > Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K &#8211; developer tools options<\/a>&#8221; (Jan 22, 2019)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Control the Fire TV from Your Phone (app)<\/li><li>Restart Your Device from the Remote (buttons trick)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Protect Your Privacy (settings)<\/li><li>Customize the Home Screen<\/li><li>Tune Into Your Ring Video Feed<\/li><li>Use Your Echo Speakers for Sound<\/li><li>Add a Mouse and Keyboard (Settings &gt; Bluetooth )<\/li><li>Browse the Web (hmm \u2026)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a useful summary of extra features for Fire TV devices. I&#8217;ve wondered about frame rates when my video stream goes fuzzy. Also, what to do (besides cycling power) when the device crashes \u2013 becomes unresponsive. \u2022 Gizmodo &gt; &#8220;11 Things You Didn&#8217;t Know You Could Do on Your Amazon Fire TV&#8221; by David Nield [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,163],"tags":[164,52],"class_list":["post-1614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-streaming-device","tag-fire-tv","tag-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1614"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1630,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1614\/revisions\/1630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.digivideoplus.com\/dv_blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}