| Introduction |
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Chapter 1 Understanding Streaming Media |
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Getting Clear on Streaming Media Devices |
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9 | (1) |
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Understanding How Streaming Works |
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10 | (3) |
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11 | (1) |
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12 | (1) |
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Knowing What You Need to Stream: Apps and Hardware |
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Chapter 2 Getting to Know Fire TV |
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Getting Acquainted with Fire TV |
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17 | (1) |
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Understanding What Fire TV Does |
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18 | (3) |
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19 | (1) |
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20 | (1) |
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Figuring Out Which Fire TV Device You Need |
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21 | (4) |
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Learning What Fire TV Can Do |
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Watching movies and TV shows |
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Accessing other types of media |
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Watching and recording over-the-air TV |
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26 | (1) |
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26 | (1) |
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Controlling your TV with Alexa voice commands |
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26 | (1) |
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Controlling your smart home |
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26 | (1) |
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Chapter 3 Setting Up Fire TV |
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Changing Your TV's Input Source |
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27 | (1) |
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Setting Up Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Stick 4K |
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28 | (7) |
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Connecting Fire TV Stick to your TV |
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29 | (2) |
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31 | (4) |
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35 | (7) |
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Positioning your Fire TV Cube |
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35 | (1) |
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Getting to know your Fire TV Cube device's Alexa hardware |
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36 | (2) |
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Connecting Fire TV Cube to your TV |
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38 | (1) |
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39 | (3) |
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Setting Up Fire TV Edition |
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42 | (3) |
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Chapter 4 Learning Fire TV Basics |
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47 | (22) |
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Getting to Know the Alexa Voice Remote |
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48 | (4) |
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Touring the Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote |
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48 | (2) |
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Touring the Fire TV Edition Alexa Voice Remote |
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50 | (2) |
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Checking Out the Fire TV Mobile App Remote |
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52 | (5) |
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Installing the Fire TV mobile app |
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52 | (2) |
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Pairing your mobile device with Fire TV |
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54 | (1) |
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Touring the Fire TV mobile app remote |
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55 | (2) |
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Navigating the Fire TV Interface |
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57 | (7) |
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Navigating with the Alexa Voice Remote |
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58 | (1) |
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Entering text with the Alexa Voice Remote |
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59 | (3) |
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Navigating with the Fire TV mobile app |
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62 | (1) |
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Entering text with the Fire TV mobile app keyboard |
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62 | (2) |
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Introducing Voice Control of Fire TV |
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64 | (2) |
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Issuing voice commands using the Alexa Voice Remote |
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64 | (1) |
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Issuing voice commands using the Fire TV mobile app |
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65 | (1) |
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Learning some useful voice commands |
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65 | (1) |
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Looking Around the Fire TV Home Screen |
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66 | (3) |
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Chapter 5 Watching Live TV |
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Getting Live TV through an Antenna |
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70 | (3) |
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70 | (1) |
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71 | (1) |
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Checking channel signal strength |
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72 | (1) |
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Getting Live TV Using a Third-Party App |
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73 | (1) |
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Managing Live TV channels |
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74 | (3) |
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Adding a live TV channel to your favorites |
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74 | (2) |
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Hiding a live TV channel or app |
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76 | (1) |
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Filtering live TV channels |
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76 | (1) |
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77 | (6) |
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77 | (1) |
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Navigating the live TV channel guide |
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78 | (2) |
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Checking out the Live tab |
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80 | (1) |
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Controlling live TV playback |
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81 | (2) |
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Chapter 6 Streaming Movies and TV Shows |
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Installing a Streaming Media App |
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84 | (1) |
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Searching for Movies and TV Shows |
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85 | (5) |
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Searching the Amazon catalog |
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86 | (2) |
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Searching within an app using Fire TV |
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88 | (2) |
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Using an app's search feature |
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90 | (1) |
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Streaming on the Cheap with Free Services |
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90 | (1) |
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Subscribing to TV and Movie Streaming Services |
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91 | (2) |
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Buying or Renting a Movie or TV Show |
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93 | (1) |
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Watching a Movie or TV Show |
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93 | (10) |
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94 | (2) |
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96 | (1) |
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Peeking at cast or music info |
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96 | (2) |
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Viewing mobile content on your Fire TV Stick device |
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98 | (2) |
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Connecting Fire TV to a second screen device |
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100 | (3) |
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Chapter 7 Watching and Recording Shows with Fire TV Recast |
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103 | (24) |
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104 | (1) |
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Getting Ready for Fire TV Recast |
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105 | (1) |
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Positioning Fire TV Recast |
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106 | (1) |
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Setting Up Fire TV Recast |
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107 | (2) |
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Watching and Recording Over-the-Air TV |
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109 | (13) |
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Managing your over-the-air channels |
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109 | (2) |
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Watching over-the-air shows live |
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111 | (4) |
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Setting recording options |
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115 | (3) |
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Recording over-the-air shows |
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118 | (2) |
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Watching recorded over-the-air shows |
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120 | (2) |
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Managing Your Fire TV Recast |
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122 | (5) |
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122 | (1) |
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Adding external DVR storage |
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123 | (1) |
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Checking scheduled recordings |
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124 | (1) |
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Changing recording priority |
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124 | (2) |
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126 | (1) |
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126 | (1) |
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PART 3 GOING BEYOND THE BASICS |
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127 | (64) |
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Chapter 8 Getting More Out of Fire TV |
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129 | (34) |
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Connecting Bluetooth Devices |
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130 | (6) |
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Pairing your Bluetooth devices |
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131 | (4) |
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Connecting to paired Bluetooth devices |
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135 | (1) |
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Unpairing a Bluetooth device |
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136 | (1) |
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136 | (3) |
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Adding a USB storage drive |
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136 | (2) |
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138 | (1) |
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Letting Your Kids Watch Fire TV |
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139 | (3) |
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Activating parental controls |
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139 | (1) |
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Configuring parental controls |
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140 | (2) |
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Making Fire TV Accessible |
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142 | (9) |
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Enabling the Fire TV features for the vision impaired |
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142 | (6) |
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Checking out the Fire TV features for the hearing impaired |
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148 | (3) |
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151 | (4) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (2) |
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155 | (4) |
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Touring the Amazon Music app |
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156 | (1) |
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Controlling music playback |
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157 | (2) |
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Viewing Your Photos and Videos |
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159 | (4) |
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Viewing photos and videos using Fire TV Edition Media Player |
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159 | (2) |
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Viewing photos and videos with the Amazon Photos app |
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161 | (1) |
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Running a Fire TV slideshow |
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161 | (2) |
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Chapter 9 Controlling Fire TV (And More) with Alexa |
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163 | (28) |
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164 | (2) |
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164 | (1) |
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165 | (1) |
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166 | (3) |
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Taking a tour of the Alexa app |
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167 | (2) |
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Giving Alexa access to your device microphone |
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169 | (1) |
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Connecting Your Alexa Device to Fire TV |
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169 | (1) |
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170 | (4) |
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Getting Alexa's attention |
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171 | (1) |
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Keeping Alexa's attention |
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171 | (1) |
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172 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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173 | (1) |
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Watching Movies and TV Shows with Alexa |
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174 | (5) |
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175 | (1) |
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Locating movies and TV shows |
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175 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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Playing movies and TV shows |
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176 | (1) |
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176 | (1) |
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177 | (1) |
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Movie and TV show info requests |
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177 | (1) |
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178 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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More Useful Alexa Requests |
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179 | (4) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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Calendar, reminder, and list requests |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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182 | (1) |
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Using Alexa to Control Smart-Home Devices |
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183 | (8) |
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Installing a Wi-Fi smart-home device |
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184 | (1) |
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Making automatic network connections with Wi-Fi Simple Setup |
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185 | (1) |
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Discovering smart-home devices using an Alexa skill |
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186 | (2) |
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Controlling a smart-home device |
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188 | (1) |
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Turning smart plugs on and off |
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189 | (1) |
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Working with smart lights |
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190 | (1) |
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191 | (44) |
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Chapter 10 Cutting the Cord: Ten Steps to Going Cable-Free |
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Step 1 Decide If You Really Want to Cut the Cord |
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194 | (2) |
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Step 2 Make a List of Your "Must-See" Shows (Or Not) |
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196 | (1) |
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Step 3 Figure Out What Equipment You Need |
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197 | (1) |
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Step 4 Check What's Available Over-the-Air |
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198 | (2) |
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Step 5 Make a Streaming Budget |
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200 | (1) |
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Step 6 Subscribe to Streaming Services |
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201 | (1) |
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Step 7 Set Up Fire TV Recast |
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202 | (1) |
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Step 8 Put It All Together with Fire TV |
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202 | (1) |
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203 | (1) |
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Step 10 Say Goodbye to Your Cable Company |
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203 | (2) |
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Chapter 11 Ten Things That Can Go Wrong |
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205 | (14) |
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Troubleshooting General Problems |
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206 | (2) |
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Restarting your Fire TV device |
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206 | (1) |
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Checking your Fire TV device for software updates |
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207 | (1) |
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Resetting your Fire TV device |
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208 | (1) |
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You Can't Connect to Your Wi-Fi Network |
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208 | (2) |
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You're Having Trouble Streaming Media |
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210 | (2) |
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The Fire TV Mobile App Can't Pair with Your Fire TV Device |
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212 | (1) |
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Your Fire TV Screen Is Blank |
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212 | (2) |
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You Don't Hear Audio During Playback |
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213 | (1) |
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You're Having Trouble Connecting a Bluetooth Device |
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214 | (1) |
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You don't see a Bluetooth device |
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214 | (1) |
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You can't pair with a Bluetooth device |
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215 | (1) |
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Your Fire TV Device Is Unresponsive |
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216 | (3) |
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You Changed Your Wi-Fi Network Password |
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216 | (1) |
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A Fire TV App Doesn't Work Properly |
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217 | (2) |
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Chapter 12 Ten Ways to Enhance Privacy and Security |
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219 | (16) |
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Make Sure Your Wi-Fi Network Is Locked Up Tight |
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220 | (2) |
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Stop Saving Wi-Fi Passwords to Amazon |
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222 | (3) |
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Delete saved Wi-Fi passwords via Fire TV |
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223 | (1) |
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Delete saved Wi-Fi passwords via Amazon |
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224 | (1) |
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Secure Your Amazon Account with a Strong Password |
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225 | (1) |
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Enable Amazon's Two-Step Verification |
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226 | (3) |
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Prevent Fire TV from Playing Previews Automatically |
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229 | (1) |
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Remove Content from Your Fire TV |
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230 | (1) |
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Prevent Amazon from Using Personal Data for Marketing |
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230 | (1) |
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Prevent Amazon from Tracking Your App Usage |
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231 | (1) |
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Prevent Advertisers from Tracking You |
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232 | (2) |
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Deregister Your Fire TV Device |
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234 | (1) |
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