u/doloresgrrrl

I turned on my television with a fire stick that is a few years old, and the home screen opened normally but there was audio of a man singing a song in a Middle Eastern language. The song continued playing until I navigated to a specific channel and program. When I selected the program the music stopped and has not come back.

It was very weird. Combined with the fact that I live in a very rural area in Colorado with literally no Middle Eastern neighbors for at least an hour drive away I have no idea what just happened. No one else in my household would have been streaming Middle Eastern music, and we were watching Red Sox highlights on YouTube when we turn the television off last night.

I unplugged the fire stick, and turned my internet router and everything else off for a few minutes. Seem like a good thing to do.

I found a post on another subreddit from about 2 years ago describing a similar situation. No one had any idea why, except that a few people also had similar happen.

Do any of you have any idea what caused this? So o randomly strange

I found a post here from about 2 years ago with a similar situation. Edit to add that no one had any idea why, except that a few people also had similar happen.

I turned on my Samsung television with a fire stick that is a few years old, and the home screen opened normally but there was a man singing a Middle Eastern song. The song continued playing until I navigated to a specific channel and program. When I selected the program the music stopped and has not come back.

It was very weird. Combined with the fact that I live in a very rural area in Colorado with literally no Middle Eastern neighbors for at least an hour drive away I have no idea what just happened. No one else in my household would have been streaming Middle Eastern music, and we were watching Red Sox highlights on YouTube when we turn the television off last night.

Do any of you have any idea what caused this?

I had a Fujitsu Airstage AS**24KP** installed last fall. I live in an area that is currently dealing with a lot of wildfire smoke and I am hoping I can reduce the smoke coming in the house by setting the indoor units to fan mode.

Does that seem reasonable? The unit filters are clean.

I feel like I should know this but my installer warned me away from doing anything with the system and remote besides heating and cooling. I haven't used auto or fan mode at all. I'm hoping that fan mode will recirculate the indoor air rather than drawing from the outside.

Thank you for your help! I am still learning this system, and trying not to worry about breaking anything in spite of my installers worries.. It's working great and I'm so glad I got it installed!