How to Use Your Phone as a Fire Stick Remote This might also help you reset a remote that isn’t working. You can do this here by pressing the menu button with the three lines on your remote and then the select button in the middle of the ring on your remote. If you’ve reached your limit, you will need to unpair one of them. You can add up to seven remote controls to your Fire Stick.
Next, select Add New Remote Your Amazon Fire TV will search for discoverable remotes and display them in a list.Then put your remote in pairing mode and select it when it appears on screen.
Note: If you are pairing a third-party remote, scroll down and select Other Bluetooth Devices and then Add Bluetooth Devices.
You can do this by pressing the right directional button on your remote until the gear icon on the right is highlighted.
Skip to the next section to find out how to use your phone as a remote and then complete the following steps to pair a new remote. Note: If you don’t have a Fire TV remote that works, you can also use your smartphone to add and remove remotes.
If you have another set of batteries, you might want to replace them at this point.
The left directional button is the left side of the ring on your remote, the menu button has three horizontal lines, and the back button has a rounded arrow pointing to the left. Then press and hold left, menu, and back on your remote for 12 seconds.Unplug your Fire Stick from the power outlet for 60 seconds.Finally, insert your batteries and press the home button. Next, remove the batteries, plug your Fire TV device in and wait 60 seconds. Then press the left, menu, and back buttons on your remote for 12 seconds. To reset a Fire TV remote, unplug your Fire TV device from power for 60 seconds. If that doesn’t work, try resetting your remote by following the steps below: How to Reset an Amazon Fire Stick Remote