Inteset IReTV USB IR Receiver & USB Y Cable for use with F-TV, with the Inteset INT422 & Harmony Remotes (Remote not Included)

So, for starters, this kit does exactly what it claims to do. It’s great at it actually. This comes with a BIG HOWEVER Not the fault of Inteset, but NEWER gen Firesticks have issues. I have both an older gen Firestick and a newer gen that has volume control on the remote. The older one works PERFECTLY with this kit, but the newer one has issues. It will accept a few commands then if you watch the light on the receiver, it basically locks up. It’s not the fault of the receiver. I’ve figured out that a lot of data passes through the Firesticks usb bus even when not in use. This causes the bus to run at max capacity whenever you do anything with the Firestick. Not an issues with the original remote because it’s not usb, but with this design flaw, it makes it hard to use a usb ir receiver. Again, this isn’t a problem on older gen Firesticks. Works perfectly. It’s only an issues with the newer gen Firestick. Idk if this is on purpose from amazon or just a design flaw but it severely hampers usb performance.

Product works as expected, but the USB data can be overwhelmed (locking up the IR receiver with a solid blue light) if you try using a hardwire ethernet adapter in line with the IR receiver. Attaching the add-on adapters in either order did not change anything, this IR receiver requires that the Firestick I have use WiFi as the link to the internet. My Firestick is the Amazon Fire TV Stick 4K (newest model 2024) with AI-powered Fire TV Search and Wi-Fi 6. I have no experience with the included OTG cable as I heeded the advice in other reviews and opted to buy a different cable (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07FY9Z9GD?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title). The key mapping on the URC system I am using (very similar and partially plagierized from a previous review) is as follows; Up (FireTV) = UP (Xbox 360) Right (FireTV) = RIGHT (Xbox 360) Down (FireTV) = DOWN (Xbox 360) Left (FireTV) = LEFT (Xbox 360) OK (FireTV) = OK (Xbox 360) Back (FireTV) = B/LIVE TV (Xbox 360 Home (FireTV) = XBOX (Xbox 360) Menu (FireTV) = Y/GUIDE or Guide (Xbox 360) Skip Back (FireTV) = REW<< (Xbox 360) Play/Pause (FireTV) = PLAY (Xbox 360) Skip Forward (FireTV) = FWD>> (Xbox 360) Closed Captioning (FireTV) = PAUSE (Xbox 360) twice In addition, the following codes also have the intended effect, without buttons on the FireTV remote. Chapter Skip Forward (FireTV) = >I SKIP (Xbox 360) Chapter Skip Back (FireTV) = I< REPLAY (Xbox 360) STOP (Xbox 360) 0-9 (Xbox 360)

After messing with it for a week, including several discussions with Inteset support, found that it would not work at all. I spent several years in IT writing code, and while I don’t do that anymore, it’s a skill I still have. I usually have no trouble setting up complex, electronics, but this thing simply does not work. What really made me angry was that Inteset support finally told me after several days that their device doesn’t work with Amazon Fire Sticks despite the product description clearly stating it does. I complained to Amazon, but I see that Fire Stick compliance is still listed in the description. Scammers. They are just scammers. DO NOT BUY.

I can confirm that this complete IR emitter kit (ir emitter, y cable & universal remote) will indeed allow you to control your firestick with a URC mx - series (complete control: 890 & 990) remote control. IR codes were manually learned in from the inteset universal remote to the URC remote for the devices control mapping. Works successfully in IR and RF.

I bought this to (finally) control my Firestick with a Harmony remote. The flimsy Y-cable broke when inserting a micro-USB connector during one of my many connection attempts, and tge IR receiver easily loses its cap (lost star). Any replacement micro-USB Y-cable will do for this to work, HOWEVER I discovered that the remote IR reveiver somehow did not work with the original (grey) Firestick micro-USB charging cable that I had used. I suspect that cable also transmits data, and somehow messes up what the IR receiver tries to do. What you need is a very basic, charging-only USB power cable. For those of you mapping XBox360 commands for the Firestick: X: menu, B: back, GuideXBox: Home (hold it to send your Firestick to sleep); up, down, left, right, OK, rewind/fast forward work. Note that the IR receiver works on many devices (such as a PC, or a Dreambox) as a simple USB device.

If you want to integrate streaming into a real home or business automation system (not alexa or Google) this is a must have. You can control Roku via IR or IP. Apple TV via IR, but the firestick only works with RF. In order to control it via IR, this unit gives you the interface. It then responds to Xbox IR commands, or you can use the inteset universal learning remote and use their code. This works perfectly. I wish there were codes that give us alpha keyboard letters. Numbers work, but it's still a pain to have to scroll around for letters. Can't say enough good things about this product.

Works great on my nvidia shield. Works as designed.

I bought eight sets of these to control my 4K Firesticks with a universal IR remote. The reason for these is my house has a whole house audio amplifier and HDMI ARC or CEC doesn't work to control volume only IR. This was the simplest solution. I used my JP1.X software (Remote Master) to program my URC remotes using the special Xbox protocol. Things functioned for the first day or so, but then the USB IR receiver would have a solid blue light and wouldn't respond to the remote. A simple power reboot (unplug y-cable) resolved it. This started happening on my other TVs. I noticed a couple of the y-cables getting hot and melting the housing where the circuit resides. I contacted Inteset and then set a couple replacements, but they too locked up as well after a couple days. I contacted them again and they said they have sold 10000 of these without issues. Why now? I ended up buying eight simple OTG cables (4 for $10) and swapped out the Interset y-cables. So far I haven't had any issues. The USB IR modules work fine with this setup. Another note. I also tried 2A USB adapters in place of the 1A units provided with the Firesticks. The Inteset y-cables still failed. In summary, USB IR modules good. Y-cables junk. Buy the USB IR cables separately.

Easy install and helped slow internet connection work faster

I'm using this with my 4K FireTV Stick and my Logitech Harmony 700 Remote, using the codes for the MS Xbox 360. It works with most apps I've tried, but, a select few may have issues. In particular, these apps only seem to accept the "Back" button from a genuine FireTV remote, not using the IR Adapter. I don't know why. To help others out, these are the most effective mappings I found for use with the FireTV: Up (FireTV) = DirectionUp (Xbox 360) Right (FireTV) = DirectionRight (Xbox 360) Down (FireTV) = DirectionDown (Xbox 360) Left (FireTV) = DirectionLeft (Xbox 360) OK (FireTV) = OK (Xbox 360) Back (FireTV) = B (Xbox 360). "Live TV" also seems to work. Home (FireTV) = PowerTogger (Xbox 360) Menu (FireTV) = Y (Xbox 360) Skip Back (FireTV) = SkipBack (Xbox 360) Play/Pause (FireTV) = Play (Xbox 360) Skip Forward (FireTV) = SkipForward (Xbox 360) In addition, the following codes also have the intended effect, without buttons on the FireTV remote. Rewind (Xbox 360) Fastforward (Xbox 360) Stop (Xbox 360) 0-9 (Xbox 360) A (Xbox 360) - Brings up Search