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Saturday, January 6th, 2024 7:05 PM

No direct tv stream on Fire TVs

Back in May I purchased a new Insignia Fire TV with the express intent of getting away from my satellite dish and associated cabling. While not the smoothest transition it did work fine so I purchased a second Fire TV for another room. Just before Christmas the first tv stopped receiving Direct TV Stream. I did the associated updates and even called tech support. The best they could offer was a genie box. Genie box never worked, even after resetting passwords. But I still had one TV that was receiving the stream - until 2 nights ago. Now neither TV will receive the stream. (Edited per community guidelines)? Is this a hardware/software issue with the Fire TVs, or is it on Direct TV Stream? I might buy it if it were a single tv but both - within a couple weeks of the other? 

Giving SERIOUS consideration to cancelling this service since I can't get any answers to why two tvs suddenly fail to receive Direct TV Stream. BTW, I can receive Peacock and Netflix with no problem at all.

ACE - Expert

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22.9K Messages

1 year ago

In general, the 'smart' TV app hasn't been the best (usually the issue is with Samsung TVs). It is suggested to use a dedicated streaming box (Roku, etc.), doesn't have to be the DIRECTV STREAM specific one (Gemini, not Genie as that is for satellite only).

To be sure on Fire TV compatibility:

Get Info on Compatible Devices | DIRECTV Customer Service & Support

ACE - Sage

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46.4K Messages

1 year ago

What sort of error message(s) do you see when trying to stream DirecTV?

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1 year ago

One common error message is "this channel is not in your line-up" or something to that effect - before I have even selected a channel.

3 Messages

1 year ago

@Juniper, Both tvs are Amazon Fire. They were purchased from Best Buy under their Insignia brand.

3 months ago

The app has stopped working on Fire TVs. I even tried plugging a fire stick into my Fire TV (insignia) and open the app from the stick. Same problem, won't even load.  
Everything else works fine, and the app still works on my non-fire TVs. 


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