Re: Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

Right which is easy enough with SF. It's a thing though if you do for 
what ever reason end up with loads and loads of files. But the advantage 
of Zooms and the Olympus LS-100 is that they recorde into folders. 
Unlike the 14. Which records to the rute recorder folder but you must 
then move them into either of the 3 folders later or 1 buy 1 as you 
record or nabb them all off the card on your PC. By the way do the Zooms 
keep your place? That's 1 other beef I have with the 14. It pops you out 
of everything when you deactivate it. Not sure of the 100.



On 2/3/2017 8:05 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Again I never saw that as a problem, all starting a new recording did 
was create a new Wave file so all one had to do when editing was to 
joint the two wave files together.




On 4/02/2017 11:34 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah yes that's still true. Yeah the H1 was kinda interesting. Thing 
was you can't pause a recording. You can only stop and then start a 
new 1.



On 2/3/2017 7:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Oh yeah, before I forget.  If I'm recording something noisey such as 
a train going by then I turn the levels right down, the levels are 
controled by their own separate up/down buttons and of course you 
can monitor what the H1 is picking up through headphones.




On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without 
sighted assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local 
quire's anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my 
headphones on.


I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept 
my work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all 
I am doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done 
is use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks 
which are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, 
so that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus 
SL14, which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for 
recording a band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, 
as I said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it 
and coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record 
their stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

these devices are updated quite regularly and - so long as we users 
provide feedback - then I guess the developers will have plenty to work 
with.


On 4/02/2017 1:07 PM, Tom Kaufman wrote:

Have tried a few: Cat Facts, Dog Facts; I've also tried News Briefs (I think Amazon calls 
these "Flash Briefs" obviously I can't vouch for how any of this stuff works in 
Australia, but here some of them work okay; some work better than others!  I've tried TV 
Shows and TV Info.  I'll tell you that these work better with the main TV networks (CBS, 
ABC and NBC) if you throw something at it that's a little off the beaten path, it doesn't 
quite know how to handle that yet!  But it's my guess that Amazon will improve on these 
things; hopefully they will!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 6:57 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20 questions,
Mystery Radio Theatre etc.



On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:

Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
Tom

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?


On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:

Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
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 
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  wrote:

II am enjoying mine (I have the 

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Tom Kaufman]

The Tap does sound good; while I won't say it has that big booming base, it's 
not bad!  I've not heard the Echo (what I am told is that the Echo doesn't do 
stereo (don't know why Amazon did that) but the Tap definitely does give you 
stereo sound!  I'd put it in about the same class as the JBL Flip 2, if  you 
know what those sound like!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 7:20 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

Interesting, in a review I just read they say that the Amazon Tap sounds 
better than a lot of Bluetooth speakers available on the market today? 
They compared it with the Bose Soundlink Mini. Ah well, won't be long 
until I'm able to hear one for myself and - if the author of the review 
says it sounds even better than the Echo - then it must sound pretty 
damn good, the Echo doesn't sound bad at all - and I'm used to B T7, 
A7 and all them nice things . -



On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
> Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
> battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
> Tom
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>
> And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?
>
>> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
>>
>> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
>> Tom Kaufman
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> 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 
>> 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 

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Tom Kaufman]

Have tried a few: Cat Facts, Dog Facts; I've also tried News Briefs (I think 
Amazon calls these "Flash Briefs" obviously I can't vouch for how any of this 
stuff works in Australia, but here some of them work okay; some work better 
than others!  I've tried TV Shows and TV Info.  I'll tell you that these work 
better with the main TV networks (CBS, ABC and NBC) if you throw something at 
it that's a little off the beaten path, it doesn't quite know how to handle 
that yet!  But it's my guess that Amazon will improve on these things; 
hopefully they will!
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 6:57 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20 questions, 
Mystery Radio Theatre etc.



On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:
> Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
> battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
> Tom
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa
>
> And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?
>
>> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
>>
>> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
>> Tom Kaufman
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> 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 
>> 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  wrote:
>>>
>>> II am enjoying 

Re: Using the H6

[Dane Trethowan]

Again I never saw that as a problem, all starting a new recording did 
was create a new Wave file so all one had to do when editing was to 
joint the two wave files together.




On 4/02/2017 11:34 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
Ah yes that's still true. Yeah the H1 was kinda interesting. Thing was 
you can't pause a recording. You can only stop and then start a new 1.



On 2/3/2017 7:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Oh yeah, before I forget.  If I'm recording something noisey such as 
a train going by then I turn the levels right down, the levels are 
controled by their own separate up/down buttons and of course you can 
monitor what the H1 is picking up through headphones.




On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local 
quire's anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my 
headphones on.


I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks 
which are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus 
SL14, which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for 
recording a band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as 
I said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: .aiff file

[Dean Masters]

Yes, VLC does play the file.

Thanks,
Deanb

-Original Message- 
From: N K Shackelford

Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 11:36 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: .aiff file

Good luck. Let me know if it plays your files.
Nance

On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 8:50 PM, Dean Masters  wrote:



I have downloaded VLC. I will install it tomorrow and see what it will do.

Dean

-Original Message- From: N K Shackelford
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2017 6:36 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List
Subject: Re: .aiff file


I usually use Switch Sound File Converter for that, but I really think 
that

VLC Media Player will do it. I do have the set-up file for that program if
you want it. I don't have Switch Sound File Converter on this computer, 
but

I'm thinking it converts the .aiff file to .mp3, but I don't know about
that garage band stuff at all. Let me know about the VLC.
Nance


On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 5:26 PM, Dean Masters 
wrote:

Someone sent me a file that is in the .aiff format. He also sent the file
in garage band format. I have a windows 7 64 bit PC. Is there some 
program

I can use to play or convert either file? I need to listen to this file
this weekend to learn a song for barbershop chorus practice on Monday.

Or is there a web site where I can convert the file?

Thanks,
Dean





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Re: Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

Ah yes that's still true. Yeah the H1 was kinda interesting. Thing was 
you can't pause a recording. You can only stop and then start a new 1.



On 2/3/2017 7:13 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Oh yeah, before I forget.  If I'm recording something noisey such as a 
train going by then I turn the levels right down, the levels are 
controled by their own separate up/down buttons and of course you can 
monitor what the H1 is picking up through headphones.




On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local 
quire's anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones 
on.


I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks 
which are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus 
SL14, which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for 
recording a band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as 
I said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

Interesting, in a review I just read they say that the Amazon Tap sounds 
better than a lot of Bluetooth speakers available on the market today? 
They compared it with the Bose Soundlink Mini. Ah well, won't be long 
until I'm able to hear one for myself and - if the author of the review 
says it sounds even better than the Echo - then it must sound pretty 
damn good, the Echo doesn't sound bad at all - and I'm used to B T7, 
A7 and all them nice things . -




On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:

Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
Tom

-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?


On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:

Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
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 
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  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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Trethowan
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2017 10:05 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
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  - then I sincerely hope you’re 
enjoying your as 

Re: Using the H6

[Dane Trethowan]

Oh yeah, before I forget.  If I'm recording something noisey such as a 
train going by then I turn the levels right down, the levels are 
controled by their own separate up/down buttons and of course you can 
monitor what the H1 is picking up through headphones.




On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local quire's 
anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones on.

I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks which 
are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus SL14, 
which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for recording a 
band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as I 
said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
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Re: Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

Yes sir I did mean the Zoom. As was clarified later. Sorry I missed this.


On 2/3/2017 5:58 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

By H6 are you talking Zoom, Olympus or something else?



On 4/02/2017 8:34 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
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Re: Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

Thanks. Can you drop box me a file to hear? You did once when you had 
trouble burning 1 to a CD but that file turned out to not be 96 KHZ 24 bits.



On 2/3/2017 6:19 PM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local quire's 
anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones on.

I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks which 
are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus SL14, 
which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for recording a 
band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as I 
said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

Cool. Yes the Zooms record to 1 folder if you do stereo. if you get into 
multy then each recorder gose into seprate folders and each mike is put 
into it's own file. Axept channals 1 and 2. But these may also when you 
use that bit with the 2 XLRs.



On 2/3/2017 7:02 PM, Dane Trethowan wrote:

I don't have the H6 as yet, been meaning to get one for a while though.

'I've had a Zoom H1 for 7 years and I have a couple of Olympus 
recorders so - whilst I don't have a H6 - I can perhaps make a few 
comparisons which might be useful.


Yes the Olympus recorders do talk and that's convenient however I do 
find that rather offputting to be honest.


With the Zoom H1 I've just got so used to turning the unit on and 
pressing the Record button and again to stop recording.


After I've finished recording? Well its just a matter of turning the 
H1 off and connecting to the computer to copy the files across using 
USB 3.0 so the transfer speed is actually faster than that offered by 
the Olympus recorders.


I don't have to look for my content either like I do on the Olympus as 
the H1 - and I assume to the H6 - only records in one folder on the SD 
card.


I'm not too concerned about levels, I've been using the H1 long enough 
to know roughly where 0 DB level is and - if their are any significant 
level adjustments that need to be made - I use the Normalise function 
in my audio production suite to do the fixing.


Thankfully Digital recorders have plenty of headroom.

Anyway my thoughts for what they're worth.



On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local 
quire's anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones 
on.


I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks 
which are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus 
SL14, which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for 
recording a band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as 
I said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 


To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: Using the H6

[Dane Trethowan]

I don't have the H6 as yet, been meaning to get one for a while though.

'I've had a Zoom H1 for 7 years and I have a couple of Olympus recorders 
so - whilst I don't have a H6 - I can perhaps make a few comparisons 
which might be useful.


Yes the Olympus recorders do talk and that's convenient however I do 
find that rather offputting to be honest.


With the Zoom H1 I've just got so used to turning the unit on and 
pressing the Record button and again to stop recording.


After I've finished recording? Well its just a matter of turning the H1 
off and connecting to the computer to copy the files across using USB 
3.0 so the transfer speed is actually faster than that offered by the 
Olympus recorders.


I don't have to look for my content either like I do on the Olympus as 
the H1 - and I assume to the H6 - only records in one folder on the SD card.


I'm not too concerned about levels, I've been using the H1 long enough 
to know roughly where 0 DB level is and - if their are any significant 
level adjustments that need to be made - I use the Normalise function in 
my audio production suite to do the fixing.


Thankfully Digital recorders have plenty of headroom.

Anyway my thoughts for what they're worth.



On 4/02/2017 10:19 AM, Andy wrote:

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local quire's 
anual performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones on.

I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like 
mmyself who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my 
work on a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am 
doing is chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's 
great just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is 
something that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is 
use the Internal microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks which 
are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start 
really getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about 
£100 for each of the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so 
that's fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus SL14, 
which is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for recording a 
band, leaving the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as I 
said, a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and 
coming up with the goods for the people who want me to record their 
stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.

From Scotland with Love.









- Original Message - From: "Hamit Campos" 
To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it 
doesn't even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn 
phantum power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have 
you been able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 
have to be nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

Have you tried any "Skills" yet? I've tried a few such as 20 questions, 
Mystery Radio Theatre etc.




On 4/02/2017 10:18 AM, Tom Kaufman wrote:

Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
Tom

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?


On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:

Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman

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Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 5:25 AM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
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  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

-Original Message-
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 
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  - 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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halfwits in this world behind.





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Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the 

Re: Using the H6

[Andy]

Hi Hamit.

I've had my H6 for just over a year now and love it.

To be honest, I don't make too many menu adjustments without sighted 
assistance.


I do loads of local recordings of bands and recently, my local quire's anual 
performance and the quality of the H6 is astounding.


I can usually get the recording levels about right with my headphones on.

I wish it did talk because that would be fantastic for someone like mmyself 
who is total.


What I do get is a huge big kick when fully sighted people accept my work on 
a thumb drive or CD.  They think I'm fantastic, yet all I am doing is 
chancing it on a wing and a prayer.


The H6 is very consistant and will not let you down at all and it's great 
just how used to the device you get the more you use it.


As for settings and setting it up for phantom power then this is something 
that I'd need sighted help for but so far all I've done is use the Internal 
microphones so I'm only using 2 of the 6 tracks which are available.


I'd love to buy a couple of Shure microphones on stands and start really 
getting into the mix, but these are rather expensive, about £100 for each of 
the 4 tracks that are there, so well above my budget.


I find that the internal microphones are good enough for what I want.

I'm recording 24 bit WAV at 196 Htz which is as good as blue ray, so that's 
fantastic and you should hear what the H6 can do.


However, I've just very recently purchased a second hand Olympus SL14, which 
is much smaller and perhaps more convienient for recording a band, leaving 
the Zoom h6 for large public performances.



I'd love to hear from other h6 users who really know their stuff, as I said, 
a wing and a prayer, but so far I'm getting away with it and coming up with 
the goods for the people who want me to record their stuff.


Hope this of help Hamit.

Very best wishes.

Andy.


From Scotland with Love.










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From: "Hamit Campos" 

To: "PC Audio Discussion List" 
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 9:34 PM
Subject: Using the H6


So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 completely 
blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it doesn't even beep like 
the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn phantum power on and or off 
having to dive threw menus blind? Have you been able to get ussee to it 
and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 have to be nice and slow and count menus? 
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RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Tom Kaufman]

Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good 
battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly!
Tom

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From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
> 
> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
> Tom Kaufman
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  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
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> 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 
>> 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  - 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.
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> **
> 

Re: Using the H6

[Dane Trethowan]

By H6 are you talking Zoom, Olympus or something else?



On 4/02/2017 8:34 AM, Hamit Campos wrote:
So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 
completely blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it doesn't 
even beep like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn phantum 
power on and or off having to dive threw menus blind? Have you been 
able to get ussee to it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 have to be 
nice and slow and count menus? thanks



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Using the H6

[Hamit Campos]

So folks, how are you all finding using the H6 or even the H5 completely 
blind? how are ya all dealing with the fact that it doesn't even beep 
like the Olympus? Also how tricky is it to turn phantum power on and or 
off having to dive threw menus blind? Have you been able to get ussee to 
it and do it quite  fast? Or does 1 have to be nice and slow and count 
menus? thanks



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Re: Olympus LS 14

[Hamit Campos]

Another cool feature of this thing is that the F2 button the little 
rectangle button with the lip in the row of 3 long rectangle buttons 
right under the desplay can make it split files wwhile recording.



On 2/3/2017 3:44 PM, Andy wrote:

Hi all.

I've just purchased a second hand Olympus LS14 but cannot find the Record 
Button.

I've got Neal Ewares Podcast on this particular device, but Neal has not made 
it clear as to where the record button is.

Anyone got one of these wee devices and can set me straight?

Very best wishes.

Andy.

 From Scotland with Love.




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Re: Olympus LS 14

[Hamit Campos]

Hi. you know the top row of the 3 round buttons? well the 1 with the 
hole in it is the record 1.



On 2/3/2017 3:44 PM, Andy wrote:

Hi all.

I've just purchased a second hand Olympus LS14 but cannot find the Record 
Button.

I've got Neal Ewares Podcast on this particular device, but Neal has not made 
it clear as to where the record button is.

Anyone got one of these wee devices and can set me straight?

Very best wishes.

Andy.

 From Scotland with Love.




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Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

Thanks for prompting me to look up reviews for both Tap and Dot, I could 
certainly find uses for both these different devices so time to start saving 
again though both seem quite reasonably priced out here in Australia, one can 
get the Dot Second Generation for about $120 and the Tap for around $170.
As Tom says, the Dot is a bit like the Google Chromecast particularly in shape 
it seems. The Dot has a small built-in speaker so you can talk to Alexa though 
it is intended to work with an existing stereo or speaker system.
There are two big attractions for me with the Dot, the first being that it can 
connect to Bluetooth speakers or headphones.
The second - given it uses a micro USB port for charging - means that the Dot 
can be connected to a USB rechargeable battery pack thus used away from a wall 
outlet, perhaps outdoors with a suitable connected or Bluetooth speaker system.

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
> 
> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
> Tom Kaufman
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  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
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> 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 
>> Subject: Amazon Echo Alexa
>> 
>> Hi!
>> For those of you who have one of these - can’t 

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

And the Tap is the one you have right? Is that battery powered?

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman  wrote:
> 
> Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
> Tom Kaufman
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  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
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> 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 
>> 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  - 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.
>> 
>> **
>> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
>> halfwits in this world behind.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Olympus LS 14

[Andy]

Hi all.

I've just purchased a second hand Olympus LS14 but cannot find the Record 
Button.

I've got Neal Ewares Podcast on this particular device, but Neal has not made 
it clear as to where the record button is.

Anyone got one of these wee devices and can set me straight?

Very best wishes.

Andy.

>From Scotland with Love.

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Tom Kaufman]

Dane:  The Dot can be connected to a stereo, but not the Tap.
Tom Kaufman

-Original Message-
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 
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  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
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  - 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.
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
halfwits in this world behind.

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

Thanks for this.
I’d never thought of using the Spotify App to stream directly to the Echo or 
Dot but I suppose when you think about it the process makes perfect sense, I’ve 
been giving the Echo voice commands to control Spotify.
I’ve been using IOS/Android Apps to control my lighting and other devices up 
till now so that’s one of my future projects to see how I can get Echo and Dot 
to control those.
Now correct me if I’m wrong, I don’t have a Dot yet so know little about it, 
isn’t the Dot the one that can run on batteries as well as mains power from a 
USB socket?
I’m after a remote control for my Echo but can’t seem to find one right at the 
moment available locally with is a little strange given that the Echo and so on 
are readily available here but not the remotes it seems so will probably have 
to import one.
So what happens Maboy when you say to Echo, “Alexa Play The Pipes!” .

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 1:10 am, John Gurd  wrote:
> 
> I've got the Echo and the Dot. The nice thing about the Spotify app is that 
> you can pick the device you want to use direct from the app including Echo 
> and even Sonos devices. 
> 
> I use the Echo for catching up with News and radio and I also use it to 
> control the central heating and lights with British Gas Hive controller. I 
> often connect my Echo or Dot to my iPhone via Bluetooth and listen to books 
> from the Voice Dream app. All in all I get a lot out of it. 
> 
> Oh, and I got the remote which I paired to my Echo. I use it if the 
> environment is a bit noisy with the telly on in the background or if I'm 
> sitting further away from the Echo and don't want to raise my voice.
> 
> John
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
> Trethowan
> Sent: 03 February 2017 10:25
> To: PC Audio Discussion List 
> 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 

RE: Amazon Echo Alexa

[John Gurd]

I've got the Echo and the Dot. The nice thing about the Spotify app is that you 
can pick the device you want to use direct from the app including Echo and even 
Sonos devices. 

I use the Echo for catching up with News and radio and I also use it to control 
the central heating and lights with British Gas Hive controller. I often 
connect my Echo or Dot to my iPhone via Bluetooth and listen to books from the 
Voice Dream app. All in all I get a lot out of it. 

Oh, and I got the remote which I paired to my Echo. I use it if the environment 
is a bit noisy with the telly on in the background or if I'm sitting further 
away from the Echo and don't want to raise my voice.

John


-Original Message-
From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane 
Trethowan
Sent: 03 February 2017 10:25
To: PC Audio Discussion List 
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  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
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  - 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.
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
> 
> 
> 
> 

**
Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will 

Re: Amazon Echo Alexa

[Dane Trethowan]

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  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
> 
> -Original Message-
> 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 
> 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  - 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.
> 
> **
> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the 
> halfwits in this world behind.
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