Hello all, I just got my echo and have very little time to get set up. Did you just go to the Amazon website to get started? Is that how you got instructions on how to use and configure the echo? Thanks very much.
Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 1, 2015, at 1:41 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Mary, > > Not sure what you mean does not work with air play as I just got it all > working and tried using Siri with the new Apple Music I said play Bon Jovi, > and sure enough it all worked and is playing over the Echo pretty cool. Now I > do not think you can say to Echo Alexxa play Bon Jovi on Apple Music. I think > you need to use the iPhone to get it started, but then you can use the verbal > commands or remote to skip songs and change volume and such. Actually I am so > impressed with the remote as I think it is the first remote I have owned for > anything where you do not need to point it at the device or even be in the > same room, very cool remote which I have been using to speak in to with a > loud air conditioner on in the room. Now that I have learned VO does work > over the Echo completely different user experience. >> On Jul 1, 2015, at 1:11 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The echo at this time definitely does not work with airplay. I would not >> hold my breath waiting for it to do so, as that is probably not what Amazon >> has in mind. >> Mary >> >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Larry McCreary <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Hello, >>> I would like to have an echo. I requested an invitation in early April and >>> there was an indication I should hear something in several weeks. Since >>> the echoes will begin shipping on July 14 I am wondering if I will receive >>> one. >>> I hope the unit will work with airplay. >>>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 12:18 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi May, >>>> I remember when the ability to use your iTunes library through echo via >>>> the iPhone first became available on echo. They didn't mention the ability >>>> to do anything else with the Bluetooth from the iPhone to your echo. I >>>> would be very interested to know what your friend is able to do with >>>> Bluetooth from their iPhone to the echo, and whether they are a vo user. >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Jul 1, 2015, at 8:15 AM, May McDonald <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I'll have to ask a friend of mine, but he has his IPhone and echo >>>>> connected and plays everything through the echo with no problems. >>>>> >>>>>> On Jun 30, 2015, at 11:41 PM, Mary Otten <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Brian, >>>>>> I don't think you're supposed to be able to play MLB from your phone to >>>>>> the echo. ITunes. I think that's it. The Bluetooth will take your iTunes >>>>>> stuff that you select on your iPhone and plant over the echo speaker. I >>>>>> haven't done it. But that is what is supposed to do. As for your other >>>>>> stuff, no, it is a bust. The Mac app is kind of strange in that you have >>>>>> to do a lot of mouse rotting and pressing and praying, and eventually, >>>>>> you can probably get your news flash list set up the way you wanted. But >>>>>> forget that to do and the shopping list. No go all the way around until >>>>>> Amazon gets its accessibility act together sometime the next millennium. >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>>> On Jun 30, 2015, at 7:01 PM, Brian Fischler <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just got my Amazon Echo today, and have read on the list that certain >>>>>>> things for the Echo do not work with VoiceOVer. It took awhile and some >>>>>>> frustration but I finally got it to connect to my wifi network.I wanted >>>>>>> to see if anyone found any works arounds for these two things. One I >>>>>>> connected my iPhone via bluetooth to the Echo, but this completely >>>>>>> knocked out VoiceOVer, congrats to Amazon for making the first >>>>>>> bluetooth speaker that does not work with VO. Can anyone get their >>>>>>> iPhone VO to play over the Echo? I want to pair it so I can listen to >>>>>>> MLV At Bat games through the echo. The other thing I noticed is there >>>>>>> is no way to delete items that you have added to your to do list and >>>>>>> shopping list. I tried clicking the delete button both on the iPhone >>>>>>> app and then on safari on th emac, but instead of deleting items it >>>>>>> just kept swapping the item I clicked delete from one list to the other >>>>>>> so taking a item on the shopping list and instead of deleting it moved >>>>>>> it to the to do list. The button next to delete is move to the other >>>>>>> list so obviously some kind of a focus issue. If anyone has had any >>>>>>> luck with any of this please do let us know. 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