Switching Fire TV 4k Remote from fire tv stick to pi 4 to vice versa

sharadjjw · July 27, 2020 at 8:19 PM

so i recently installed libreelec on my kodi 4b 8 gb on an lg 4k tv which also has the fire tv 4k stick attached to it and when i want to use the 4k fire tv remote with the pi 4, i first have to fo in fire tv settings, unpair it from there, then connect and pair in kodi and then when i have to use it with fire tv, the reverse.

Is there an easier way to use the same remotes with fire tv and pi 4 without going through all this rigmarole?

**blueribb** · July 27, 2020 at 9:27 PM

Bluetooth restricts “pairing” to one device at a time, so it is not possible for a Bluetooth remote to control more than one device simultaneously.

**Nicolas** · July 27, 2020 at 10:49 PM

Maybe you can use your TV's remote via CEC to Control your Rpi4.

Regards

Nicolas

**Da Flex** · July 28, 2020 at 12:55 AM Official Post

Technically it's possible. Idea: Pair your RC with the RPi, attach a Bluetooth adapter to the RPi and pair your Fire TV stick with that adapter. Someone successfully did an IR-to-IR project, which could be helpful for Bluetooth, too: click.

sharadjjw · July 31, 2020 at 11:26 AM

thank you for your observations and suggestions, i see now that there is no easy solution due to bluetooth pairing limitations...thanks a lot