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Get your Fire Stick remote paired to your TV again
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Is your Fire Stick remote unresponsive? If you want to manually restart your Fire Stick remote, you'll just need to unplug your TV or Stick and press a few buttons. We'll show you how to reset your FireStick remote for most generations, basic edition, and Alexa voice remote (first generation).
Resyncing Your Fire Stick Remote
To reset most Fire TV remotes, unplug your Fire TV from the power supply and HDMI. Press and hold the Left, Menu, and Back button for 12 seconds. Release the buttons. Remove the batteries, plug your TV in again, and then replace the batteries. Press the Home button to resync your remote.
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Unplug your Fire TV. Disconnect the power supply and HDMI cable to make sure it's fully off, and then wait at least 60 seconds. [1] X Research source
- You may need to reset your Fire Stick remote if it's no longer pairing, frozen , or if you have a replacement remote .
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Press and hold the Left, Menu, and Back button at the same time for 12 seconds. Left is the left quarter of the circular navigation button, Menu looks like three horizontal lines, and Back looks like a left-facing arrow.Advertisement
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Release the buttons. Wait at least 5 seconds before continuing to the next step.
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Take out the batteries. Open the panel on the back of the remote and carefully remove the batteries.
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Plug your Fire TV in again. It'll take a moment to turn back on. When it does, it'll say that the remote can't be detected.
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Put the batteries in the remote. This will turn the remote back on again.
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Press the Home button. This will sync your remote back to the Fire TV. The LED on the remote should blink blue.
- If the remote doesn't pair , press and hold the Home button for at least 10 seconds.
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While holding down the Home button, press the Menu button three times. The Home button looks like a house icon, while the Menu button has three horizontal lines.
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Let go of the Home button. This is the button with the house on it.
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Press the Menu button 9 times. This has three horizontal lines.
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Take out the batteries. Open the panel on the back of the remote and carefully remove the batteries.
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Unplug your Fire TV. Disconnect the power supply and HDMI cable to make sure it's fully off, and then wait at least 60 seconds.
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Put the batteries in the remote. This will turn the remote back on again.
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Plug your Fire TV in again. It'll take a moment to turn back on. You should see the Home screen.
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Press and hold the Home button for 40 seconds. This will start the setup.
- The setup should complete after 60 seconds.
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Unplug your Fire TV. Disconnect the power supply and HDMI cable to make sure it's fully off, and then wait at least 60 seconds.
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Press and hold the Left and Menu button at the same time for 12 seconds. Left is the left quarter of the circular navigation button, while Menu looks like three horizontal lines.
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Release the buttons. Wait at least 5 seconds before continuing to the next step.
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Take out the batteries. Open the panel on the back of the remote and carefully remove the batteries.
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Plug your Fire TV in again. It'll take a moment to turn back on. When it does, it'll say that the remote can't be detected.
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Put the batteries in the remote. This will turn the remote back on again.
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Press the Home button. This will sync your remote back to the Fire TV. The LED on the remote should blink blue.
- If the remote doesn't pair, press and hold the Home button for at least 10 seconds.
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