See my previous eMail on the subject, I have a Power Bank which powers
the Big Echo very nicely though I haven't done any rigorous testing so
I've no idea just how long the Echo would last but - given I can get 2
days from the Power Bank on my HP laptop - I reckon I might get the same
amount of time - if not more! - with Alexa.
On 22/02/2017 4:31 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
I would point out that you wound’t be able to do that on the Echo, unless you
can acquire an adapter to convert their 15 volt input to USB.
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On 21 Feb 2017, at 17:27, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:
I've given up using battery bases on Echo Dot and so on given there seems
little point when the Tap does hthe job so affectively.
On 22/02/2017 4:08 AM, Gordon Smith wrote:
This doesn’t work on the Echo or Echo Dot. The Echo doesn’t even know I have a
battery connected to it! I will try it again on the Dot but I think the results
will be the same.
Yes, this would certainly be a nice function. My battery went the other night
and I got no prior warning.
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On 19 Feb 2017, at 18:10, Dane Trethowan <[email protected]> wrote:
Sorry forgot to mention this in my previous post.
The Echo Tap can tell the user how much battery is left.
You ask “How much battery power left” and the question is answered with a
percentage of battery power remaining.
You can also lookup the battery status on the Amazon Alexa home page.
On 19 Feb 2017, at 9:14 pm, Gordon Smith <[email protected]> wrote:
Good Sunday to you all
My first imprcssions of this device can be summed up using just one word:
AMAZING!
I received the device just after 08:30 this morning which, in itself, just a
very pleasant surprise. But the Smatree AE900 is much more than just a battery
base for the Echo. It's a 900MA/H system, capable of powering up the echo for,
so the blurb claims, in excess of 8 hours per charge cycle. I have not had the
opportunity to read all of the documentation, owing to the fact that, like So
many things these days, the dincumentation itself is tiny, and does not bode
well to the OCR process on any platform. I have several options available to me
in this regard, but those I've tried so far have not proven themselves up to
the task. But I'll keep trying.
I have a hunch, however, have this device is more than just a glorified
battery. I am given to understand that it actually adds functionality to the
Echo. So we shall see.
In point of fact, I also have so smaller version of this battery base, designed
for the Echo Dot. Sadly, there are some disappointing facts regarding this
particular unit, which it is to be hoped, are not shared with it's larger
sister product. One of these is the fact that the device provides you with
absolutely no warning whatsoever that the batter powering your device is about
to run out of fuel mid-flight. As with an airplane, if the fuel tank runs dry,
the engine just stops dead and you're out of options.
I hope that Smatree have picked up on this point, and provided some sort of
safeguard against it.
Anyway, more later when I've done more testing. I don't want to comment based
purely on what I read. There's no substitute for hands-on experience.
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