Fire stick extension cable

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mobileron said:

Sticks can struggle when using the tv usb.

I have an old TV (c.2012) and an old ish (2017) fire stick. The fire stick refuses to work when getting power from the TV - it does power on, and actually gives me a low power or similar error message on the TV. So I have it plugged into a mains-USB adapter. Perhaps newer firesticks require less power, or newer TVs dish out more juice.

Agree that a 4 gang adapter/extension is the answer. I always take one when travelling - then you need one foreign plug adapter and get all your UK devices working on the 4 sockets on the adpaper.  

Jenni_D

My firestick is presently plugged in to an old Logik 24" TV (which I also use as a 2nd monitor for my laptop) and uses the USB port for power ... no problems at all. Mine is the 2nd gen Fire TV Stick released in October 2016.

https://www.aftvnews.com/how-to-identify-which-model-and-version-of-amazon-fire-tv-stick-cube-edition-that-you-have-updated-2020/#stick2

I agree with your last sentence - that's the simplest workaround when travelling.