Sideclick for Fire TV

This is a great add-on for the Fire TV remote. I have a Fire TV hooked up to a TCL TV and after playing around with the settings and HDMI CEC settings on the TV, I came to accept that the Fire TV remote just couldn't do it all. I can get my TV to power on when the Fire TV wakes from sleep, but couldn't get the TV to turn off when the Fire TV (and I) went to sleep. That and there was no way to control the volume without the original TV remote. Bouncing between two remotes was fine, but when half asleep and having finished my stories for the night, I was looking for a way to put the TV to sleep so I could go to sleep. The Sideclick keeps my thumb in control, and removes the need to dig around for another remote, half asleep, in the dark. Looking around and doing some searches brought me to the Sideclick. Currently, it is pretty much the only add-on remote for the Fire TV, and I am fine with that. It works great. It was easy to program. It actually took me longer to decided what I wanted each button to do than it did to program the buttons. Power and Volume were givens, but that left me with 5 others buttons to my TV as I wish. I was a little worried that remote would add extra bulk or width to my existing remote, but once I got it hooked up and started controlling my TV with a single remote, the joy overshadowed my initial concerns. With the Sideclick, my remote is still smaller than my iPhone 7 Plus, which has been at the command of a single thumb for a while now. The only complaint (if you could call it that...maybe more of a personal issue that I have) is that the buttons on the far left side of the FireTV remote are very close to the raised edge of the clip that holds the remote in the Sideclick. The back and rewind buttons on the Fire TV remote are very close to the raised edge of the plastic holder, making it a little harder to just slide my thumb across or find the buttons I once knew to be at the edge, but as I watch my stories I can just ask Alexa to go back or rewind using my nearby dot.

Holy cow would you look at this someone finally thought "Hmm having 2 or 3 remotes is a real pain... were is remote 1? Were is 2? Argh too many remotes and I just wanna watch Netflix!"Its about time someone finally made a solution to the age old problem of "Why do we need so many darn remote for one thing?", well as soon as I found out this was a thing I bought it and I never have been more happier.Programing the thing is pretty easy you hold the buttons you put the other controller you want to copy said action to in front of the thing and bam! Your done!My current setup is a TV with a soundbar and just to Turn on the TV, then the Sound bar and then finally the Fire stick would be 3 controllers. this thing cuts that down to 1 and it does the job perfectly.Not only is it stylish but it looks like one of those things that should of been part of the controller to begin with, the best part is like I said, it just works, that's the best part, no numbers to input to program every single device just copy each action you want from each controller and your ready to have a good time watching anything from a good Netflix series to some really long YouTube Lets plays or even some Jabroni streaming on Twitch all with just ONE REMOTE, one to rule them all.I have a button for Volume up and down, one to Switch TV Inputs, one to Turn on the TV, One to Turn on the Sound Bar, and one to Switch the Sound Bar's input, everything is just like I wanted it.So you want to make your life easier? Buy this already if your dealing with 3 or 4 Remotes, its worth it.

I was hoping this would relieve me of at least one TV remote and it accomplishes just that. Programing it for TV power on/off, volume up/down/mute and channel up/down and also input selection was very easy and all works well. Glad I took a chance with this sidekick to make using my Amazon Fire TV remote more effective. I do recommend this product.Side note: My Amazon Fire TV box has to be disconnected from power source (I pull plug from back of the Fire TV box) and then reconnected each time after I turn off my TV. This gets a little annoying. There should be an on/off switch or some other way to keep it booted up for the next time it is used. It will also occasionally freeze up to maybe buffer (?) program I am watching but when it again snaps back into the program at least it will be from the same spot where if froze up so I do not miss any of the programing - just delays it. Delays have lasted for just 30 seconds to 90 seconds. I don't really want to exchange the Fire TV box and have to reprogram my settings and apps so I just keep disconnecting power supply daily and wait thru the freeze ups. Anyone have a solution for these problems?

I tried the Philips Amazon TV remote first, but the problem is that remote does NOT fit the newest Fire 4K TV stick and my receiver is old enough (but still serviceable) that Philips did not have IR codes that would work. This one worked perfectly. The documentation doesn’t exactly explain this, but the box contains two clips - one for the earlier thinner Fire TV remotes and another for the newer, fatter ones. The second worked for a brand new Fire TV stick. As for the receiver, this one learns from your prior remote so no mucking about with remote code profiles and codes. Worked great and you can program each button to do what you want. The only criticism that I have is that it could be a bit longer with a couple of more buttons, which I could have used, but the fact that it works is good enough for me. Recommended.