Paul McFedries - Amazon Fire TV For Dummies

Amazon Fire TV For Dummies

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1. Chapter 8

1. Chapter 1
2. Chapter 2
3. Chapter 3
4. Chapter 4
5. Chapter 5
6. Chapter 6
7. Chapter 7
8. Chapter 8
9. Chapter 9
10. Chapter 10
11. Chapter 11
12. Chapter 12

Many of the gadgets we use every day dont look all that sophisticated from the outside, but theyre brimming with hidden features and options. Think of the average smartphone, which to the uninitiated (if such people still exist) looks like a shiny block of glass and metal, but is really a computer more powerful than the supercomputers of yesteryear. Think of Alexa, Amazons voice assistant, which seems like the very definition of simplicity Alexa, bark like a dog but can do some truly amazing things (as I explain in my book Alexa For Dummies [Wiley]).

The pile of deceptively simple electronics also includes Amazons Fire TV devices. The most basic of these devices the Fire TV Stick and Fire TV Stick 4K look like nothing more than oversized thumb drives, while the Fire TV Cube looks like it could play the role of an airplanes black box flight recorder in a TV movie. But within these nondescript exteriors lie some sophisticated hardware and software that can do some amazing and surprising things.

So, yep, the basics of Fire TV are readily mastered, but to get at the hidden depths and power of Fire TV, you need a guide. Amazon Fire TV For Dummies aims to be that guide.

This book takes you on a complete tour of Fire TVs capabilities, features, tools, and settings. In this book, you find everything you need to know to get the most out of your Fire TV investment.

Amazon Fire TV For Dummies boasts 12 chapters, but you dont have to read them from beginning to end you can start wherever you want. Use the table of contents or index to find the information you need, and dip into the book when you have a question about Fire TV.

If your time is very limited (or youre just aching to start bingeing that new hot show), you can also ignore anything marked by the Technical Stuff icon or the information in sidebars (the gray-shaded boxes). Yes, these tidbits are fascinating (if I do say so myself), but they arent critical to the subject at hand, so you wont miss anything critical by skipping them.

Finally, within this book, you may note that some web addresses break across two lines of text. If youre reading this book in print and want to visit one of these web pages, key in the web address exactly as its written in the text, pretending as though the line break doesnt exist. If youre reading this as an e-book, youve got it easy just click the web address to be taken directly to the web page.

This book is for people who are new (or relatively new) to using the Fire TV media-streaming device. Therefore, I do not assume that youre a Fire TV expert, a Fire TV connoisseur, or a Fire TV authority. However, I do assume the following:

• You have a TV thats compatible with Fire TV (see ).
• You know how to connect devices to that TV.
• You have a running Wi-Fi network with an Internet connection.
• You know the password for your Wi-Fi network.
• You have either an iOS or an Android mobile device (that is, a smartphone or tablet).
• You know how to install and operate apps on your mobile device.

Like other books in the For Dummies series, this book uses icons, or little pictures in the margin, to draw your attention to certain kinds of material. Here are the icons that I use: