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Amazon Fire TV Blaster

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Amazon has Amazon Fire TV Blaster for $19.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on orders of $25+.

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  • Requires Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen and later) with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire TV Stick 4K, or Fire TV (3rd Gen) and any Echo smart speaker or smart display
  • Fire TV Blaster is not compatible with Fire TV Stick (1st Gen), Fire TV (1st Gen), or Fire TV (2nd Gen). Fire TV Blaster is also not compatible with Fire TV Edition televisions or soundbars

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  • About this deal:
    • This price is $15 lower (43% savings) than the list price of $34.99.
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 3.9 from over 2,800 Amazon customer reviews.
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Amazon has Amazon Fire TV Blaster for $19.99. Shipping is free w/ Prime or on orders of $25+.

Thanks to Community Member SLdeal17 for finding this deal.

Features (source):
  • Requires Fire TV Stick Lite, Fire TV Stick (2nd Gen and later) with Alexa Voice Remote, Fire TV Stick 4K, or Fire TV (3rd Gen) and any Echo smart speaker or smart display
  • Fire TV Blaster is not compatible with Fire TV Stick (1st Gen), Fire TV (1st Gen), or Fire TV (2nd Gen). Fire TV Blaster is also not compatible with Fire TV Edition televisions or soundbars

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Written by powerfuldoppler | Staff
  • About this deal:
    • This price is $15 lower (43% savings) than the list price of $34.99.
    • Please read the Forum Thread for more deal discussion.
  • About this product:
    • Rating of 3.9 from over 2,800 Amazon customer reviews.
  • About this store:

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Model: Fire TV Blaster - Add Alexa voice controls for power and volume on your TV and soundbar (requires compatible Fire TV and Echo devices)

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karazi
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You can program your own with an Arduino type thing if you are inclined enough. First you capture the IR codes from an existing remote then you program a new transmitter with said captured codes and voila. However if your AC didn't come with a remote then you're barking up a whole other tree.
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Have you considered a kid?
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"Fire TV Blaster is also not compatible with Fire TV Edition televisions or soundbars."

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I have one. Temperamental to set up BUT look at the directions on the reviews for steps to mitigate. Well worth it once configured correctly!!
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"Fire TV Blaster is also not compatible with Fire TV Edition televisions or soundbars."
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Quote from TodayOnly :
"Fire TV Blaster is also not compatible with Fire TV Edition televisions or soundbars."
Can this control AC via IR? I am looking for something that can send specific IR signals to the A/C like I can tell Alexa to Turn Down AC by 5 degrees, so it would "push" down button 5 times by replicating IR commands? Maybe we can trick it to do it if this has learning commands for AV equipment?
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Can this control AC via IR? I am looking for something that can send specific IR signals to the A/C like I can tell Alexa to Turn Down AC by 5 degrees, so it would "push" down button 5 times by replicating IR commands? Maybe we can trick it to do it if this has learning commands for AV equipment?
You can program your own with an Arduino type thing if you are inclined enough. First you capture the IR codes from an existing remote then you program a new transmitter with said captured codes and voila. However if your AC didn't come with a remote then you're barking up a whole other tree.
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Quote from fordy1227 :
I have one. Temperamental to set up BUT look at the directions on the reviews for steps to mitigate. Well worth it once configured correctly!!
I still have to say turn off Fire TV for it to turn off my Samsung tv. Weird.
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Can this control AC via IR? I am looking for something that can send specific IR signals to the A/C like I can tell Alexa to Turn Down AC by 5 degrees, so it would "push" down button 5 times by replicating IR commands? Maybe we can trick it to do it if this has learning commands for AV equipment?
I have a couple of these devices and they work really well for basic control, should work for your AC. You may need to use in conjunction with the IFTTT app to set "triggers". I had to do that to make it work with my motorized shade that is now Alexa enabled since it would not work with the generic device option within the app that's included with the IR blaster. IR range isn't that great, you'll want to have it within 8-10 ft of the AC unit. If the URL below is blocked, search Amazon for Smart IR Remote Control,All in One IR Blaster Control, Universal Infrared Remote Control for TV DVD Air Conditioner STB etc,Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1
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I've got a Vizio sound bar (the "basic" but nice $50 slick deal from a little while back) and would like a better way to control the volume on it. You can teach it to respond to your TV remote volume presses but it gets to be a pain when the TV and sound bar volume levels are out of sync. I just want to be able to use voice control but don't have any other Amazon/Alexa devices (just Google Home/Smartthings). This advertises being able to control your sound bar but it can't do that without having some other Fire Device in your network? Seems strange.
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kuns88Feb 08, 2022 03:29 PM
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It doesn't seem to do much on its own…you need so many other things.
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Can this control AC via IR? I am looking for something that can send specific IR signals to the A/C like I can tell Alexa to Turn Down AC by 5 degrees, so it would "push" down button 5 times by replicating IR commands? Maybe we can trick it to do it if this has learning commands for AV equipment?
Perhaps look into the Harmony Hub. It can definitely do what you are interested in accomplishing. I found a new one for cheap on eBay a couple years ago. It handles anything IR and some Bluetooth. It also integrates with Home Assistant.

Edit: Forgot to mention it works with Alexa out of the box.
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
Can this control AC via IR? I am looking for something that can send specific IR signals to the A/C like I can tell Alexa to Turn Down AC by 5 degrees, so it would "push" down button 5 times by replicating IR commands? Maybe we can trick it to do it if this has learning commands for AV equipment?
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Quote from karazi :
You can program your own with an Arduino type thing if you are inclined enough. First you capture the IR codes from an existing remote then you program a new transmitter with said captured codes and voila. However if your AC didn't come with a remote then you're barking up a whole other tree.
Of course A/C has remote, that's why I said replicate the IR command. Arduino might work but the problem is these things are not open, you can't make Alexa do something to trigger IR sensor without having a server sit in the middle to capture Alexa's action and convert it to AC. Hopefully one day we'll have open source voice command system.
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Quote from alwaysw :
Perhaps look into the Harmony Hub. It can definitely do what you are interested in accomplishing. I found a new one for cheap on eBay a couple years ago. It handles anything IR and some Bluetooth. It also integrates with Home Assistant.

Edit: Forgot to mention it works with Alexa out of the box.
You are right, I totally forgot about that. I had one before, but it was painfully slow, even turning on TV, changing inputs, etc was pain. Sometimes it would leave the input in wrong one and totally mess up everything. I had to return it because it wasn't worth the price, but I understand there were a lot of sales recently. I don't need to remote but just the IR Blaster and the hub.
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Quote from nocturnalmerkin :
I have a couple of these devices and they work really well for basic control, should work for your AC. You may need to use in conjunction with the IFTTT app to set "triggers". I had to do that to make it work with my motorized shade that is now Alexa enabled since it would not work with the generic device option within the app that's included with the IR blaster. IR range isn't that great, you'll want to have it within 8-10 ft of the AC unit. If the URL below is blocked, search Amazon for Smart IR Remote Control,All in One IR Blaster Control, Universal Infrared Remote Control for TV DVD Air Conditioner STB etc,Compatible with Alexa, Google Assistant

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product...UTF8&psc=1 [amazon.com]
Thank you for this, I think this is exactly what I needed, technically anything with IR should be able to be controlled by these fire blaster but they prefer to make it work with only those who support the ecosystem and not provide custom learning functions. I'll definitely grab one of these and give it a try. One of my AC is wifi connected, but it's kinda dumb, because I can tell Alexa to turn it on and off, but I can't tell it to set temperature or adjust fan speed. LG screwed up the implementation I think. It does have phone app that you can set the temperature/fan etc but can't do it via voice commands. So I was thinking of utilizing IR blaster to replicate remote control buttons, and map those to voice command.

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alwayswFeb 08, 2022 06:26 PM
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Quote from Ride_The_Sky :
You are right, I totally forgot about that. I had one before, but it was painfully slow, even turning on TV, changing inputs, etc was pain. Sometimes it would leave the input in wrong one and totally mess up everything. I had to return it because it wasn't worth the price, but I understand there were a lot of sales recently. I don't need to remote but just the IR Blaster and the hub.
I remember reading on some old forum threads that service was poor at some point years ago because everything got switched over to cloud-based. But for me, the thing just works and it's responsive. The only time it's slow is when I access the app to adjust some settings, and it checks the hub firmware upon loading.

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