It then dawned on me as I looked across the room at a packet of cheap pound shop batteries. It wasn’t until I raised the remote up to eye level that I noticed that there was a slight chalky residue on the connectors of the battery compartment. When I took the battery cover off the Fire TV remote it looked completely normal. No, it wasn’t Amazon’s fault for building inferior products, it was actually my own fault and partly the fault of cheap pound store batteries that litter the UK. It wasn’t through trawling internet blogs and YouTube videos that I found this solution, it was actually from inspecting the remote carefully. I went through an array of different fixes to try and get this remote working again but then finally I had a brainwave and managed to bring the remote back to life. Related: You can now control your Fire TV Device with the New Amazon Echo Dot (5th Gen). Then out of nowhere, the remote suddenly kept disconnecting then died completely showing no signs of life. I’ve owned every Fire TV since October 2014 and, up until last week, it handled everything I’ve threw at it. If you’ve felt the annoyance of your Fire TV Voice Remote suddenly not connecting then I know how you feel. Okay, so let’s get to Solution 2 of ‘My Fire TV Remote Won’t Connect!’.
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Luckily, a quick and completely free fix.ĭon’t forget to check out help & tips in the comments at the end: You can also leave any questions you have, plus there’s tons of useful FireTV hacks. If you’ve already tried a shiny new set of batteries and it’s still not working then you might have the same issue I had with the remote.
Signal interference is definitely an issue with some Fire TV remotes. This need for new batteries is especially true when your Fire TV is next to a complicated TV setup… think AV, Speakers, WiFi Router all piled up next to each other. Related: Has your Amazon Fire TV Box or Fire TV Stick become slow? See My Fire TV Slowdown Solution. Unopened new batteries are often the key to this power-hungry remote. I’ve tried switching in batteries from other remotes that are all working fine, but with no success. Well my friend, the Fire TV remote is a fickle beast and only likes new fully charged batteries before it will re-connect to your Fire TV Stick or Box. I know, you’re already thinking “ I’ve already changed the batteries twice… gimme a break…” Update: The most probable cause for your Fire TV remote not working is going to be the batteries. I know you don’t want to hear it, but trust me.
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