Here is the Onkyo page about this app.
Here is the Amazon page about this app.
According to the data provided on the Amazon page this app was first available on May 7, 2012. So about 5 days before I found it there. There were 2 reviews and the Best Seller Rank was 3,971 in the Free section of the Appstore and 25 in the Music Player section of the Appstore.
It was easy to download the app to the Kindle Fire. It was no different than downloading any other app. What was not working was the app could not find the receiver on my network. I confirmed that my receiver was connected to my network by checking the USB input that showed the UWF-1 was connected to my Wi-Fi. Then I went to my computer and brought up my router's web interface to see what devices were connected. There I could see that the Kindle Fire, iPod and Nintendo 3DS were connected but not the receiver.
I turned the receiver off with the remote waited one minute and turned it back on with the remote. Nothing changed. I went to my PDF copy of the Instruction Manual for the TX-NR609. On page 58 under the Hardware Setup section regarding the Network there is a reference to Network Control and Control Port. You have to set the Network Control setting to Enable. In the On Screen Display you go Main Menu >> Hardware Setup >> Network >> Network Control.
Two notes; I did not change the Control Port setting at all. After you Enable the Network Control feature and Return to the Hardware Setup screen you will be asked to Save Changes. Doing so enables Network Control.
After this I turned off the receiver with the remote and noticed, as the Instruction Manual says, the NET indicator was dimly light when the unit was powered off. When I turned the receiver back on with the remote the Remote App still could not find the receiver.
As frustration started to set in I tried one last thing before going to the internet to find out how to fix this. I powered off the receiver by click the power button on the front of the unit. I then unplugged the UWF-1 from the USB port on the unit. I waited about 1 minute and then inserted the UWF-1 back into the USB port and powered on the receiver by clicking the power button on the front of the unit.
Before trying the Remote App I went back to the computer and refreshed the web interface to the router. Finally there was my receiver on the network! I turned on the Kindle Fire and loaded the Onkyo Remote App and there was my Onkyo TX-NR609 on the device selection list.
The coolest feature to me so far is the internet radio selection process. I use Pandora a lot and the album information displays on the Kindle Fire. You can easily change channels and move between services very easily. Much easier than with the On Screen Display navigation.
I will test it out over the next few weeks and maybe write a follow up on my impressions.
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