Amazon Fire TV for Dummies - Paul McFedries

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Résumé :

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Foolish Assumptions 2

Icons Used in This Book 2

Beyond the Book 3

Where to Go from Here 3

Part 1: Getting Started?5

Chapter 1: Understanding Streaming Media 7

Introducing Streaming 8

Getting Clear on Streaming Media Devices 9

Understanding How Streaming Works 10

More about buffering 11

Streaming and data usage 12

Knowing What You Need to Stream: Apps and Hardware 13

Chapter 2: Getting to Know Fire TV 17

Getting Acquainted with Fire TV 17

Understanding What Fire TV Does 18

Fire TV components 19

How Fire TV works 20

Figuring Out Which Fire TV Device You Need 21

Learning What Fire TV Can Do 25

Watching movies and TV shows 25

Accessing other types of media 25

Watching and recording over-the-air TV 26

Connecting devices 26

Controlling your TV with Alexa voice commands 26

Controlling your smart home 26

Chapter 3: Setting Up Fire TV 27

Changing Your TV's Input Source 27

Setting Up Fire TV Stick or Fire TV Stick 4K 28

Connecting Fire TV Stick to your TV 29

Setting up Fire TV Stick 31

Setting Up Fire TV Cube 35

Positioning your Fire TV Cube 35

Getting to know your Fire TV Cube device's Alexa hardware 36

Connecting Fire TV Cube to your TV 38

Setting up Fire TV Cube 39

Setting Up Fire TV Edition 42

Part 2: Watching Fire TV?45

Chapter 4: Learning Fire TV Basics 47

Getting to Know the Alexa Voice Remote 48

Touring the Fire TV Alexa Voice Remote 48

Touring the Fire TV Edition Alexa Voice Remote 50

Checking Out the Fire TV Mobile App Remote 52

Installing the Fire TV mobile app 52

Pairing your mobile device with Fire TV 54

Touring the Fire TV mobile app remote 55

Navigating the Fire TV Interface 57

Navigating with the Alexa Voice Remote 58

Entering text with the Alexa Voice Remote 59

Navigating with the Fire TV mobile app 62

Entering text with the Fire TV mobile app keyboard 62

Introducing Voice Control of Fire TV 64

Issuing voice commands using the Alexa Voice Remote 64

Issuing voice commands using the Fire TV mobile app 65

Learning some useful voice commands 65

Looking Around the Fire TV Home Screen 66

Chapter 5: Watching Live TV 69

Getting Live TV through an Antenna 70

Connecting your antenna 70

Scanning for channels 71

Checking channel signal strength 72

Getting Live TV Using a Third-Party App 73

Managing Live TV channels 74

Adding a live TV channel to your favorites 74

Hiding a live TV channel or app 76

Filtering live TV channels 76

Watching Live TV 77

Seeing what's on now 77

Navigating the live TV channel guide 78

Checking out the Live tab 80

Controlling live TV playback 81

Chapter 6: Streaming Movies and TV Shows 83

Installing a Streaming Media App 84

Searching for Movies and TV Shows 85

Searching the Amazon catalog 86

Searching within an app using Fire TV 88

Using an app's search feature 90

Streaming on the Cheap with Free Services 90

Subscribing to TV and Movie Streaming Services 91

Buying or Renting a Movie or TV Show 93

Watching a Movie or TV Show 93

Controlling playback 94

Setting playback options 96

Peeking at cast or music info 96

Viewing mobile content on your Fire TV Stick device 98

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Biographie:
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Paul McFedries has been involved with computers for more than 40 years. He has been a programmer, database developer, consultant, and website developer, and now devotes his time to helping others understand technology. His 95-plus books, covering everything from Amazon Alexa to web coding, have sold more than four million copies worldwide....