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Amazon Firestick Install

I have attempted to install an Amazon Firestick in my coach. The Firestick requires that it be inserted into an HDMI port on a television and to be plugged into an outlet. Our coach has three TVs inside the coach; the drop-down win the living room of the coach, one one the passenger side on the side of the pantry, and one on the elevator in the bedroom. The only TV that I have been able to access the rear of the Samsung televisions is the one on the televator. Since we do not watch TV in the bedroom, I want to install the Firestick on one of the two living room TVs. A Foretravel technician told me to install the Firestick on the Key Digital HDMI switcher that controls four HDMI ports. I have done that but do not know how to switch the HDMI switcher to access the Firestick. I am sure this is operator ignorance. I would rather just plug the Firestick into an HDMI port on a television, and I would be good to go. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Jim and Vicki Martinson
2018 Foretravel Realm LVB
2020 Ford Escape Titanium Hybrid Toad

Re: Amazon Firestick Install

Reply #1 –
 If you are not using one of the direcTV units you can plug the stick in the back of the HDMI switcher that the dtv unit was plugged into. To then access the stick you would take your TV remove and push the button for the dtv receiver you are replacing it with.

On my switcher there is a button on the front that I can push and it then changes the inputs for that one TV

In my coach the first one if very front TV, then Pantry TV, then Outside TV and last one is bedroom TV
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Re: Amazon Firestick Install

Reply #2 –
On the other hand, everyone needs to know how to make technology changes, so this could be your reason to learn how to get to the inside of the TV cabinet. Use a HDMI extension to bring the port outside the cabinet.