Sunday, December 13, 2015

Fire TV (w/ KODI) Quick User Guide

Welcome to your new Amazon Fire TV.  Amazon's GUI is very well designed and intuitive to use.  This post will instead help you to quickly enjoy KODI and its many video add-ons.

Basic Fire TV Setup

Step 1. Insert batteries into the remote

Step 2. Plug the Fire TV Stick to into an HDMI port (included extender may or may not be needed)

Step 3. Attach power cable to Stick

Step 4. Switch TV input to the appropriate HDMI port

Step 5. At the this point you should see the screen below.  Push the “RETURN” button on your remote to setup your WIFI connection.

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Step 6. After WIFI setup the next step requires you to setup an Amazon account.  To enjoy the many benefits of Fire TV, it is recommended that you set up an Amazon account.  The account is free.  If you already have an Amazon account, just sign in.

Step 7. Once you’re signed in, the Fire TV home screen should appear

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Step 8. Your device has Fire Starter installed, which is basically a “start menu” for KODI and any other apps you may install in the future.  To invoke the start menu, simply press the “HOME” button again when you’re on the home screen, and Fire Starter menu will pop up.

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Step 9. Navigate over to the KODI icon with your remote and hit the “SELECT” button.  This will launch the KODI app.

IMPORTANT:
At any time you may hit the “HOME” button to return to the home screen.  A second press of the “HOME” button will take you to Fire Starter.
 

KODI Basics (Video only)

The home screen for the KODI app looks like this:

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Navigate over to “add-ons” just underneath the “VIDEO” menu and hit “SELECT”.  The next pop-up shows up all the video add-ons or channels that you have currently installed on your device.  At the bottom of the list is an option is to get more add-ons (“Get more…”).  FYI because there are so many add-ons, the easiest way to get that menu option is to push the up button a couple of times to wrap around to the bottom.  To watch a channel simply hit the “SELECT” button.


About the Channels

There are thousands of channels to choose from so it’s impossible to describe every single one of them.  Feel free to explore and find the right channels for yourself.  You may want to start with some of the channels shown below.

Popular channels for Movies and TV shows:
Genesis
IceFilms
FilmOn
ProjectFreeTV

Popular channels for Sports:
SportsDevil
NBCSports Extra
WWE
UFC


For a complete list of all available channels please visit the following for more information:

IMPORTANT:
NEVER clear the cache under Amazon Settings as this will remove the KODI app. 

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