Firestick No Signal

[HIgolfers]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?

[roob1]

Firestick, Settings, My Fire TV, Restart.(while fire stick is plugged in)

[Bill14564]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?

- Make sure the TV is looking for a signal from the HDMI and not the antenna (you probably already did this but I would hate to overlook something)
- Try plugging the firestick into another TV to make sure the firestick output is good
- Try plugging a firestick from another TV into this one to make sure the power cord and the HDMI input are good

[HIgolfers]

Firestick, Settings, My Fire TV, Restart.(while fire stick is plugged in)

Can’t get to settings. Can’t get past the No Signal message.

[JerryP]

Can’t get to settings. Can’t get past the No Signal message.


I think you should retry what Bill14564 was suggesting, from your tv remote you want the menu device settings, scroll thru each one until your fire stick pops up.

[Caymus]

Did you check the batteries?

[Babubhat]

They do crap out. Lots of sales now. Found Roku much better. Check slick deals.net

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[MSchad]

Can’t get to settings. Can’t get past the No Signal message.

To reboot without going through settings, hold down the ok button and the pause/play button simultaneously for 5 or so seconds until you get a powering off message. It will reboot and come back on.

[keepsake]

While you were gone there was likely a power outage. Unplug stick and attempt to access settings.

[RouseysMom]

Does the fire stick have power? If you have it plugged into the USB port on the TV for power you may want to try plugging into its own outlet. Let it “charge up” a bit then attempt the input search for the fire stick on TV.

[Two Bills]

This is useful for some Fire Stick problems.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXChAZQjyts

[retiredguy123]

Roku sticks are on sale for half price at Best Buy and Amazon, $24.99. In my opinion, they work better than the Firestick.

[Joncar11@sbcglobal.net]

Unplug the TV and Plug in again and restart. I had that problem and it was the TV that had to be restarted.

[retiredguy123]

Does the fire stick have power? If you have it plugged into the USB port on the TV for power you may want to try plugging into its own outlet. Let it “charge up” a bit then attempt the input search for the fire stick on TV.
I have found that it is usually a good idea to use a plug-in house current USB device to power the streaming stick instead of the USB port on the TV.

[Newbeginnings]

Roku sticks are on sale for half price at Best Buy and Amazon, $24.99. In my opinion, they work better than the Firestick.

I changed all my fire sticks to Roku sticks, much better product..

[Priebehouse]

Roku sticks are on sale for half price at Best Buy and Amazon, $24.99. In my opinion, they work better than the Firestick.

We tried Fire Stick and found Roku sticks much easier and more reliable.

[airstreamingypsy]

I wouldn't change the Firestick for ROKU, I have 5 Firesticks and they work flawlessly. I wonder if, during a power blip, the TV went on a different HDMI port. Unplug TV and Firestick. (Firestick power should be from wall outlet, not USB back of TV). Plug all back in. Use big circle to power up Firestick, and use TV remote to change HDMI to find it. It's also possible that power outage/surge killed TV. I had one die from a power surge here, now all my electronics are in UPSes.

[Tjjc1932@icloud.com]

Maybe look for a reset button on firestick or. Go to their website

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?

[Just jimmy]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?
Mine did the same thing. Brand new fire stick. Next day worked fine. We have xfinity. No clue what happened. Doesn’t help you but maybe it will start again.

[Rheinl271]

Have encountered that a few times when the stick hasn’t been used in a while. Unplug the power source to the stick and plugging back in seems to reboot it ok.

Will have to try the reset from the remote someone suggested here next time.

[sborlove]

Pull the firestick out and unplug power. Wait 10 seconds. Do the same to the tv. Then plug back in. Should be back up and running.

[braguy]

Unplug the TIVO ! Wait a few minutes and plug back in!
Should reboot the Cable connection

[ron32162]

unplug from the power for 30 sec plug power back in then hit the home button

[HomerSimpson]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?

There was a solar flare 11/6/22 that locked up a bunch of our electronics. Had to cycle power on the router and the smart TV. Other issues I can't remember now, but just cycle power on everything and see what happens.

[JerseyBK]

Hey...if you haven't already tried this, it could be that your TV is on the wrong input. The remote should have an Input button, which switches between the different HDMI inputs on the TV. Try switching through the inputs, wait a few seconds, and see if the Firestick shows up. Good luck!

[HRDave]

Did you check your TV inputs? Sometimes they get messed up and the TV will change to an unused input.
Make sure you have the TV inputs on the HDMI input the Firestick is plugged into.

[Loug56]

Clear App Data and Cache on Fire TV Devices
Go to Settings on your Fire TV.
Select Applications.
In Manage Installed Applications, select the app you are having trouble with.
Select Clear Cache, and then Clear Data.

[Samcat13]

I would never but a Roku. To limited on what you can do. I only but Firesticks or Android boxes.:clap2:

[Bill14564]

I would never but a Roku. To limited on what you can do. I only but Firesticks or Android boxes.:clap2:

In what way is Roku more limited than firestick?

[Professor]

Not trying to be a simpleton here, but you might try using the TV remote and make sure that the proper HDMI port is selected on the TV itself. We have one remote that is easy to bump the input selector on and once we reset the proper HDMI port that usually fixes the problem for us. Good luck.

[Bill14564]

If anyone is interested in the current score:

Use Firestick menu to reboot: 2
Reboot without using menu: 1
Power cycle firestick: 6
Power cycle TV: 4
Check HDMI input: 6
Try firestick on another TV: 1
Use Roku instead: 4

[retiredguy123]

I was at Best Buy today, and they were out of stock for the half priced $25 Roku sticks, but you can order them online. I just ordered one from Amazon. $25 is an excellent price for the Model 3820R Roku stick.

[Keefelane66]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?
Since you have other working Firestick swap cable and cords to Hitachi if it works you had a bad Firestick there on sale Amazon pre Black Friday $19

[mikeycereal]

Thinking about getting a Roku stick. Does Roku come with ads and if so, is there a simple way to disable? I have adblocker on my main computer that works great but my dumb smart TV throws short ads at me every 5 minutes that I have to click to close.

[Bill14564]

Thinking about getting a Roku stick. Does Roku come with ads and if so, is there a simple way to disable? I have adblocker on my main computer that works great but my dumb smart TV throws short ads at me every 5 minutes that I have to click to close.

Wouldn't ads or no ads be a feature of the stream you are watching? I have an ad blocker on my computer but that only affects the browser, not the stream it is showing. Are you watching the same thing (Hulu, Netflix, Disney) on both your computer and your dumb smart TV?

If the TV really is interrupting a streaming app (Hulu, Netflix, Disney) to insert an ad then I would definitely get a Roku or firestick and avoid the "smart" features of that TV and I would keep that in mind when I purchased my next TV.

[retiredguy123]

Thinking about getting a Roku stick. Does Roku come with ads and if so, is there a simple way to disable? I have adblocker on my main computer that works great but my dumb smart TV throws short ads at me every 5 minutes that I have to click to close.
It doesn't show pop-up ads, if that is what you mean. If you watch free content, there may be commercials during the program, like any free TV shows. Amazon is selling the Roku Model 3820R for $25, which is half the normal price. A good deal for a streaming stick that has everything you could need in order to access almost any streaming service.

[mikeycereal]

Thumbs up to my repliers and thanks.

[jedalton]

make sure you re on correct inputr

[jedalton]

make sure you re on correct input

[HRDave]

If anyone is interested in the current score:

Use Firestick menu to reboot: 2
Reboot without using menu: 1
Power cycle firestick: 6
Power cycle TV: 4
Check HDMI input: 6
Try firestick on another TV: 1
Use Roku instead: 4

Check TV Input??? 😎
C’mon Man!

[Bill14564]

Check TV Input??? ������
C’mon Man!

Not sure what you mean by "Check TV Input" but suspect you mean check where the TV is looking for the signal (antenna or HDMI or composite or ...). That was not forgotten, that was the intent of "check HDMI input."

[Burgy]

Try new batteries in the remote

[Keefelane66]

The Firestick has 5 parts: power supply, stick, dongle, power cable and remote it shouldn’t be hard to trouble shoot since the OP has other working units.

[ElLegal]

Have a Firestick on a Hitachi TV. Been working fine for 3 years. We stream with Internet from Century Link. We were away for a couple of weeks and when we came home this TV doesn’t work. TV turns on but then says No Signal. Other TVs in the house work fine so it’s not the Internet connection. Have tried the suggested fixes of unplugging the Firestick from the TV. That doesn’t help. Also tried plugging the Firestick into a different HDMI port and that didn’t work either.
Any other recommendations?
Sounds like you need to set tv to correct hdmi port.

[HIgolfers]

Thanks for recommendations. Switched out fire sticks from other TVs and one worked. But discovered that 2 out of our 3 fire sticks failed (one we had not used in a while so it may have failed a while ago and we did not realize it). So I ordered new fire stick. But these fire sticks were only 3 years old. Surprised they died that quickly. Caught a sale as noted by one of the TOTV posters, so thanks for heads up!