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I'd like to update the first post with a link to some instructions to help people get their remote controls in order. I'll put a link to the wiki for remapping the included remote but I've also heard people are using the Flirc or are using CEC to gain functionality. Does anybody have a link to instructions on how to do either of these or if not could somebody write up some simple instructions that noobs could follow that I could link to?

Thanks.

Unfortunately CEC will vary from TV to TV. The basic idea is:

1) Verify your TV model actually has CEC (for Samsungs it may be called Anynet)

2) Find out where you activate CEC in your TV (for my Samsung it's under Tools)

3) Is your device listed? My PS4 and now the Fire show up in that menu. I select the Fire and I get some sub-menu to select things like "Amazon Fire Tools". It doesn't really matter which one I select for my TV, either way my TV's remote is now sending controls to the Fire. (Or more precisely: my TV is now controlling the Fire via the HDMI connection.)

If your device is not listed, you may want to try a different HDMI cable. Google for more info.

4) Press every single button on your TV's remote and write down if they do anything on the target device. Expect some of them to make no sense whatsoever. (On my Samsung, the hyphen/dash button = Return on the Fire. This is why you have to try every single button, even if some obvious ones like Play work as expected.)

5) If you're a universal remote user, you can now spoof your TV's remote signals onto your universal remote. Between this and the xbmc keymap addon, things are tolerably functional, if limited. I had to add some steps in my Fire activity to navigate my TV's Tools menu and engage the CEC. (Silly looking but works).

As Koying said, it would be great if Amazon and Logitech worked something out for us Harmony users, but I think even then the flirc sounds like a superior option.