On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote:
Dane: The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
Now that I’ve had mine up and running for a little longer than 24 hours I’m
probably in a better position to reply to this eMail than I was Yesterday.
Firstly a note to anyone in Australia or outside the US or UK who may be
thinking of going down the Echo path, is it worth it? Well yep, I reckon it is
and even better is the fact that setup requires no hacks or cracks to be
applied as was previously the case.
Your Echo will still think you’re somewhere else - Mine thinks I’m in Seattle -
but I can still get standard time for my local location, this can be set easily
in settings, in my case I chose the Australian time zone and the NSW Eastern
Time region, works fine!
If you’re in Australia then probably one of the best places to get an Amazon
Echo is from eBay, they sell for as little as around $100 Australian depending
on the model you want.
I had my Echo 24 hours after I ordered it, the eBay store I bought from
dispatched the item using Australia Post Express Post.
The first thing I had to do was to find a wall adapter to make the supplied
power supply compatible with our AC mains socket, that done it was just a
matter of plugging the supply into the mains and connecting to the Echo, the
power lead plugs into the bottom of the Echo and protrudes from the rear of the
unit.
Echo will say “Hell” and I think she tells you you’re in setup mode so you know
you can proceed with the setup which is all done from the Amazon Alexa home
page.
For those using Echo now and who have it set up the home page is well worth
exploring if you haven’t done so already, so much there to tweak and see.
Even though I’m in Australia I’ve had little trouble having my Echo recognise
the voice commands I’ve issued.
There’s a lot I can’t use but a hell of a lot I can, I can use Spotify Premium
with Echo however I can’t use Amazon’s Unlimited Music Service.
Radio is an oddity I have to admit, I can’t get Echo to tune into many stations
using voice commands however I can manually have Echo tune into stations if I
use the Tunein interface from the Echo Home Page so go work that one out, if
anyone manages to listen to radio 2GB in Sydney Australia with their Echo then
I’d be interested to know how you did it with voice commands?
The Echo can be paired with an amazon remote controller, has anyone done this?
I’m a little disappointed with the Bluetooth facilities offered, yes you can
stream to Echo using Bluetooth so that’s nice and handy if you want to use Echo
as a speaker for your mobile device etc but I’m surprised that Echo can’t
stream the other way - say stream the output using Bluetooth to a pair of
Bluetooth headphones etc.
To summarise, this purchase was well worth the while for me and I’m sure I’m
going to be served well for many years to come, I may even consider buying one
of the other Echo models such as the Dot, the Tap can be connected to a stereo
or television, is that right?
On 2 Feb 2017, at 2:15 pm, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> wrote:
II am enjoying mine (I have the one that is known as the Tap) mostly listen to
music on it...but it can do other things like tell you the weather, tell you a
joke (haven't tried that yet) am sure there's lots of things you can ask her to
do!
Tom Kaufman
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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane
Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 10:05 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Subject: Amazon Echo Alexa
Hi!
For those of you who have one of these - can’t say what it is again or the device
will get upset when its name is called <smile> - then I sincerely hope you’re
enjoying your as I am mine.
Unfortunately Australia isn’t one of the support country’s for the product yet
- I’m in Seattle apparently - so I still need to do a little tweaking.
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