Sorry for the badly worded title, but I can't figure out how to describe the problem. Here is what's happening:
I have my Fire tv stick on hdmi 1, and my raspberry pi 2 running openelec/kodi on hdmi 2.
When I try to switch to hdmi 1, the screen goes blank for about 3 seconds then switches back to hdmi 2 on its own. If I turn off my rpi2 (by unplugging its power) and then try to switch to hdmi 1, it will stay on hdmi 1 and I can watch my fire tv stick normally. As soon as I turn the rpi2 back on, the tv switches to hdmi 2 (or whichever hdmi port I have the rpi2 plugged into).
I am pretty sure the problem is with the fire tv stick and not with the rpi2, because I have other devices on other hdmi ports and they don't have any problems. I have already tried switching all my devices to different hdmi ports and it doesn't make a difference, the fire stick will always switch back to the rpi2's hdmi port as long as the rpi2 is on.
Anyone have any ideas? I have already looked through all the settings on kodi to see if it does something funny that would interfere with the fire stick but didn't notice anything.
Yeah, your title is pretty misleading. I thought your FireTV stick was falling out of the HDMI port.
Maybe change the topic title to "Fire TV Stick is disabled when another TV HDMI port is used".
Anyways, I would be willing to bet your paycheck that your problem is a poor power grounding issue on your Raspberry Pi. You may need to put a Cheater Plug on the Raspberry Pi power supply, or on your TV. Or, if there isn't a ground pin on your Raspberry Pi supply, you may need to flip the power supply plug 180 degrees in the outlet. Or, if you have a UPS back-up supply powering anything, you will need to have all the equipment connected to the UPS, or none of the equipment.
Something like that.
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Hey Guys,
Is it in any way possible to connect my Galaxy note to my Samsung tv, so that i can see exactly whats being displayed on the phone screen?
It may be silly, but my 3 year old son wants to play games on the tv with the accelerometer from the phone?
So i thought i could maybe connect the phone to my tv with a usb to hdmi cable, and display whats on the screen on my tv at the same time?
If such a cable exists, could you please point me in the right direction?
Thanks in advance...
google for mhl to hdmi
I have one of these...
http://www.play.com/Mobiles/Mobile/...sung+Galaxy+S+II+MHL+To+HDMI+&urlrefer=search
Works great. Note that unless your TV supports the MHL standard (and very few do), you will have to supply microUSB power to the cable (i.e. using the phone charger).
friedje said:
google for mhl to hdmi
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or check the thread currently 3 posts down from here titled "MHL recommendation"
My TV has a USB socket which provides power so I hook that up so my MHL cable and don't need to bring anymore equipment to the TV (power adapters/battery packs)
For some reason, when I connect my phone to my monitor, the screen shuts off and flickers back on when the phone is doing an activity; it never stays completely on unless I'm watching a movie or have a game open. I wanted to know if there was any way to fix this. I know it is not the MHL adapter nor is it the HDMI cable because I've tested both in a TV with picture and audio. I have also tried the HDMI cable going from my video card of my computer to the HDMI to DVI adapter, and that works without a problem as well. The only thing left that I can think of is the way the phone is outputting to HDMI and the DVI side isn't "shaking hands" so well. So please, someone help me out here.
Hello,
I have an Amazon Fire TV Stick that I would like to use in the car. I have an old AT&T 4G LTE Elevate hotspot as well and my head unit is a Pioneer NEX-4000 which has HDMI, 2 USB ports, etc.
One of the USB ports goes to my phone to charge it in its mount. I have the other going to a 4 port Netgear self-powered usb-hub which has the wifi hotspot and the Fire Tv STick plugged into it. Obviously the Fire TV stick is also plugged into the HDMI.
To not drain my car battery, I have taken the battery out of the 4G LTE Elevate Hotspot and just run it on USB. That way when I shut the car off it turns off, as well as the Fire TV stick. However, I think the USB hub is slightly underpowered to run both. The Amazon Fire TV Stick will never restart, but the LTE Elevate Hotspot does intermittently, sometimes 30 seconds after I start the car, other times not until 5 or 10 minutes later. I was thinking to move the Fire TV Stick off this USB and just plug it directly into the cigarette lighter of the car. If I do that, however, it appears it stays on even when the vehicle is off. Is it safe to assume this will ultimately drain the battery if I leave the car off overnight or for a few days? Or does the Fire TV Stick shut-down automatically so as to preserve the battery.
Your thoughts are appreciated!
Beofotch
Hello, I was curious if the amazon firestick worked in your pioneer nex 4000. Also curious if WiFi is needed to mirror your cellphone. Thanks
Hi, ive registered with this forum to ask for some information on the Amazon Firestick. I am thinking of buying a fully loaded stick from Ebay in the UK. My main question is i have a UMC 40 inch TV with a usb and Hdmi port but its not a smart tv. Will the Firestick work or do i need a smart tv. Any help would be appreciated Thanks
No SmartTV needed, only HDMI is mandatory of course. USB power can (or better should) be done with the USB power supply of the stick, so also USB must not be used from the TV and can be left free for other devices which need to be connected directly to the TV.
Calibaan said:
USB power can (or better should) be done with the USB power supply of the stick, so also USB must not be used from the TV and can be left free for other devices which need to be connected directly to the TV.
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= Plug the FireTV Stick into the wall for power, don't plug it into a USB port on your TV for power.
I use my tv's USB port for power with no ill effects. We don't use the USB port for anything else, and it means we don't have to have yet another device plugged into the wall. It does mean that the Fire TV boots up every time the TV turns on, but it boots fast enough that this has not been a distraction.
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I use my tv's USB port for power with no ill effects. We don't use the USB port for anything else, and it means we don't have to have yet another device plugged into the wall. It does mean that the Fire TV boots up every time the TV turns on, but it boots fast enough that this has not been a distraction.
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It might work fine for you and other people, but in general, TV USB ports are not reliable as a power source. That might vary from brand to brand, however, it should be noted that an inconsistent power supply or one that doesn't meet the manufacturer's specifications can be bad for the unit over time.
I tried it with other devices. Its a nice way to eliminate wires but I got random reboots and freezes. Never tried it with stick but some people report it works fine.
In general it might work with regular USB power from a TV USB port but I personally had problems with WIFI. It seemed that the stick did switch down WIFI speed (and probably slows down the CPU) when the power is restricted to a TV USB port but does run on full speed with the external power supply. Also those decoding problems during video streaming which is often reported here may come from insufficient power.
A USB port is specified to deliver 0.5A at 5V so thats only 2.5W power which is guaranteed and it´s only mandatory for devices like TV sets to deliver more power. So it makes sense that Amazon did deliver an external power supply knowing the power consumption of their stick My hint would be to check first with external power supply if the stick is running fine and how is streaming working with speed and quality than it is still possible to try only with the TV USB power and it can be compared if there are no negative perfomance issues. But I bet most people will attach the external power again.
my tv stick gets how when plugged in but there is no picture. Ideas? I've tried a different hdmi port, different tv and power cable already. I tried a known good fire tv stick and it works using the same setup.
Is there any kind of factory restore? I've tried resetting the video resolution using the remote short cut as well as the factory reset short cut on the remote and nada.
RMA it?
My video sometimes goes out if the HDMI cable isn't seated properly. I assume you've tried to adjust it? I think the HMDI port is soldered on kinda dodgy on mine.
My ftvs was acting up while I was using one t.v.'s usb port to power it up and keep rebooting before reaching fire starter seems no more such issue after I use the bundled usb power adapter
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