TV not recognizing Firestick

Yes, I changed the input and tried all 3 HDMI ports. So weird, you would think plugging it directly into the TV would work. It's like the TV won't recognize the port. Pretty cheap OEM TV. 

Why wouldn't it work on that TV? Whats the hdmi ports for?

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way2roll wrote:

Thanks for the responses. Aside from the firestick, it will scan and find cable channels when hooked up to cable but when I try and change the channels, it only gives me a blue screen. It's like the TV is either stuck in demo mode, or it only allows the input from the one cable and I need to switch things from a switch box. Problem is, there is no switch box.

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Maybe the switch they are referring to is the one in a cabinet that lets you switch from the: antenna, cable, or satellite.

Yep, good firestick. I took it out of the house. The TV simply won't recognize any other input than the cable for OTA. Despite changing the input on the TV, it's just a blue screen. Even when I switch input to Cable whicle hooked up to CG cable, it scans and finds channels but wont let me actually change the channels. It's weird, it scans, says 100 channels found and then a blue screen. Maybe the TV itself is just garbage. It's the OEM Connexx brand which I have never heard of. I think it's a division of Furrion and my experience with their stuff has not been great. 

So either the TV is just bad, or I am just not understanding something with how the input is being changed. But if I take a good firestick and plug it into an HDMI directly on the TV, logic tells me that despite any switch somewhere else, it should still recognize it.