IPTV

[blue cigar]

I had to reset my 4k stick the other day…suddenly started freezing after a few clicks…couldn’t get anything out of it…works like a charm again now…

Forgive my ignorance, does that mean reset to factory settings then loading the passwords etc back on?

 

[mosssideblue]

Forgive my ignorance, does that mean reset to factory settings then loading the passwords etc back on?

It does. It sounds daunting but is relatively straight forward and does cure a lot of issues people seem to get. I had to do it several months ago and not had a problem since

 

[waspish]

Forgive my ignorance, does that mean reset to factory settings then loading the passwords etc back on?

Factory setting will delete everything once done go through the setting up like you just bought a new firestick

 

[Rory Bluelow]

I haven't had any issues with the firewood stick since I hardwired it with an ethernet cable.
Balls to vpn's as well. Don't they slow you down?

I’m not a techie but my normal home broadband speed from Vodafone is 75mps download if I connect my Surfshark vpn it goes up to 150mps. Everything on my firestick 4k IPTV service works better/faster with my vpn. I’m baffled but happy :)

 

[Zubrman]

Plug it in at another friends house to see if it's the firestick then work backwards from there.

How does walking backwards from his friend's house help? He might bump into something on the way and hurt himself.

 

[stonerblue]

Anyone experiancing a niggle with their firesticks when in use with Sky Q2. When we revert back to Sky from our firestick the sound goes of. The only way to get the sound back is removing the Samsung main box power lead and then plugging it back in, or alternatively removing the firestick itself from the box and plugging it back in.

We have tried different HDMI sockets, removed headphone leads, rebooting system, but all to no avail. It's a minor niggle as we can return the sound as above but wondered if anyone else was experiancing this issue? Anything in settings we can alter? It's a Samsung TV with external socket box, Amazon Firestick and SkyQ2

Have you checked the 'CEC' settings on tv and Sky box? Are you running sound through an amp?

 

[stonerblue]

Might be heading towards resetting firestick to factory settings and reload everything again

I'd clear cache and data first then sign back into iptv player

 

[stonerblue]

I haven't had any issues with the firewood stick since I hardwired it with an ethernet cable.
Balls to vpn's as well. Don't they slow you down?

Been telling everyone to hardwire their box. Didn't know you could do it with firestick

 

[stonerblue]

Forgive my ignorance, does that mean reset to factory settings then loading the passwords etc back on?

You'll have to download the player again i think

 

[mosssideblue]

Been telling everyone to hardwire their box. Didn't know you could do it with firestick

Bit of a weird one this. I have 500mbs Fibre from Talk Talk and the EERO 6 router. I get about 400mbs to both my Firestick and Firecube using wifi, so I exeprimented and hardwired the firecube direct to the router. The hardwired connection is just 90mbs which I believe when googling is the limit of the EERO 6 . So back on wifi or me

 

[Edghill OG]

If you want to hardwire the Firestick buy a gigabit USB ethernet adapter and OTG cable. Don't buy Amazon's official one as it isn't gigabit and limited to 100mbps. I have a 2nd Generation Cube and 4K Max Stick attached this way and get speeds of around 330mbps hardwired. It's better having it hardwired even if you are sacrificing a bit of speed.

If your device is a number of years old...upgrade it! My uncle was faffing around with a first generation one the other day and I couldn't believe how slow it was. Told him to bin it. Even if you don't have a 4K tv get either the standard 4K, 4K Max or 2nd/3rd Gen Cube. They're quicker and futureproof yourself for when you do come round to investing in a better tv.

 

[kippaxwarrior]

I am happy to pay for Sky , BT, Amazon etc what really fucks me off is I cannot see my team live on the box when they are in a 3pm kickoff at the other end of the country but Pablo of Rio de Janeiro and Leif of Sweden can see it all. Broadcasting cunts.

That's the government who enforce the 3pm Saturday blackout not broadcasters

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

That's the government who enforce the 3pm Saturday blackout not broadcasters

Thank you
govt cunts

 

[manimanc]

Think i'll be getting my 4k firestick chipped up before long.
Virginmedia just told me they'll be increasing my bill by £21.50 a month.
Viva the revolution.

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Think i'll be getting my 4k firestick chipped up before long.
Virginmedia just told me they'll be increasing my bill by £21.50 a month.
Viva the revolution.

Increased by £21.50 a month...full package including midget porn?

 

[fulabeer]

Standard 100mb ethernet is fast enough for ANY stream available.
Ethernet is also much more stable than wi-fi.
I'm now on the new Fire Cube 3 and that is still using 100mb ethernet (built in) and can stream anything at the full rate.
I think you only need faster ethernet if you are running a server/NAS.

 

[Two Gun Bob]

Have you checked the 'CEC' settings on tv and Sky box? Are you running sound through an amp?

The hdmi cec setting is set to the on position mate and the sound is just running through the Telly.
TV is samsung qled 95 in combo with sky 2

Be nice if we could get to the bottom of it as it's more a nuisance value than anything else, having to remove power and replace it back everytime. Stumped with this.

 

[SilverFox2]

I have a 4k stick on one tv and a lite on the other, both work perfectly well. I can't see it makes any difference. (other than the 4k reception which I'm not bothered about).

For me PQ has been improved using a 4k firestick.
Technically all HD channels can retain all their originally received pixels to pass to my TV which because it is also HD shows its picture as the network delivers it.
My older firestick is not HD so all HD channels I receive discard most of their original pixels, get processed then send them to the TV which guesses discarded pixels to show an SD to HD conversion.
Obviously this makes all HD channels no better than if they were received as an SD channel.
Secondly the 4k can connect to the mains rather than be powered solely by a TV USB port.

 

[SilverFox2]

Standard 100mb ethernet is fast enough for ANY stream available.
Ethernet is also much more stable than wi-fi.
I'm now on the new Fire Cube 3 and that is still using 100mb ethernet (built in) and can stream anything at the full rate.
I think you only need faster ethernet if you are running a server/NAS.

Am I wrong in assuming that say 100 mb is the total download speed?
I know that if my family are all using say mobiles and I'm using the firestick it splits our download to total say a maximum of 100.

 

[JASR]

Increased by £21.50 a month...full package including midget porn?

He’s been short changed