Amazon Alexa and Echo FAQ

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d31b0y wrote: »

Mine has 4 fields and the country drop down;

Country drop down
Your Street address
City
State/Province/Region
Zip Code

And that's after you select settings then your dot or your echo then edit location?

d31b0y

Yup, exactly.

TitianGerm

iamtony wrote: »

All my skill disappeared soon after typing that sorry.
My light situation is a mess. Can't remember what all the different bulbs were called and the hue account is in my missus email and we're not really today talking so I can't sort it:-)

I named my bulbs so I could figure out which ones were which so it'd be easier when adding to rooms etc.

iamtony

emmetkenny wrote: »

I named my bulbs so I could figure out which ones were which so it'd be easier when adding to rooms etc.

Yeah I wasn't that smart:-)

paulbok

Those of you who have gotten the messaging to work, have you tried multi-room playback?

Apparently it is available but I'd guess like everything its only in the US.

http://www.redmondpie.com/amazon-announces-multi-room-audio-support-for-echo-devices/

iamtony

paulbok wrote: »

Those of you who have gotten the messaging to work, have you tried multi-room playback?

Apparently it is available but I'd guess like everything its only in the US.

http://www.redmondpie.com/amazon-announces-multi-room-audio-support-for-echo-devices/

I havent as it's Amazon music unlimited only and I'm Spotify at the moment.

paulbok

iamtony wrote: »

I havent as it's Amazon music unlimited only and I'm Spotify at the moment.

TuneIn supposedly works as well.

coley

TuneIn worked fine for me, Alexa explicitly says she cannot play spotifty on group audio and plays on the device listening to your command.

degsie

Anybody else notice that flash briefing announcements between segments is much louder than the actual briefings on the dot with Bluetooth speaker attached?

davo2001

Has any else been able to successfully update there work address for traffic reports?

I can now (like most people) set my correct home address but still cannot set my correct work address (under settings -> Traffic -> "To") on alexa.amazon.co.uk

Tweaky

coley wrote: »

TuneIn worked fine for me, Alexa explicitly says she cannot play spotifty on group audio and plays on the device listening to your command.

Tune in worked for me but disconnected my dot from the bluetooth speaker I have it connected to and reverted to the internal speaker only. Anyone else have similar experience

coley

from https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=202108910

However, Multi-Room Music does not support:

3rd party Alexa devices
Non-music content such as Flash Briefings or books
Any Bluetooth connections whilst streaming, such as to external speakers Wired connections to external speakers (i.e. from the Amazon Echo Dot) will not be affected.
Fast-forward and Rewind re not supported during group playback
If you are using Amazon Music Unlimited, please be aware that if you are streaming on any other device, you'll not be able to stream via Alexa at the same time unless you have a Family Plan subscription. Prime Music is also limited to one stream (to a device or a Multi-Room Music group) at a time.

Irish Gunner

Having a lot of trouble with TuneIn lately. I have favourites saved on the app and it wont play any of the RTE stations (sometimes a good thing)
Is there any other alternative other than TuneIn. I listen to a lot of UK stations and in particular one CDNX(which I have saved in Favourites) . However when I ask Alexa to play this I get 'We cannot play this artist' or something along these lines?
Also have alarm set up on Dot and right beside the bed and its usually just a shout at it to Stop and not loudly. However now I have to pick it up and literally shout into it to stop but yet when I come into the room and ask it to turn on the Hue lights no issue just with turning off alarms?

d31b0y

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Having a lot of trouble with TuneIn lately. I have favourites saved on the app and it wont play any of the RTE stations (sometimes a good thing)
Is there any other alternative other than TuneIn. I listen to a lot of UK stations and in particular one CDNX(which I have saved in Favourites) . However when I ask Alexa to play this I get 'We cannot play this artist' or something along these lines?

If it's saying something about an artist, I would imagine it doesn't know it's a radio station. Are you specificying "Play xyz on TuneIn"?

Also have alarm set up on Dot and right beside the bed and its usually just a shout at it to Stop and not loudly. However now I have to pick it up and literally shout into it to stop but yet when I come into the room and ask it to turn on the Hue lights no issue just with turning off alarms?

Have you moved it recently? I believe the microphone can sometimes have issues if the dot is situated to close to a wall?
i.e. the alarm is being picked up by the mic due to sound waves bouncing off the wall and drowning out your voice.

Irish Gunner

d31b0y wrote: »

Irish Gunner wrote: »

Having a lot of trouble with TuneIn lately. I have favourites saved on the app and it wont play any of the RTE stations (sometimes a good thing)
Is there any other alternative other than TuneIn. I listen to a lot of UK stations and in particular one CDNX(which I have saved in Favourites) . However when I ask Alexa to play this I get 'We cannot play this artist' or something along these lines?

If it's saying something about an artist, I would imagine it doesn't know it's a radio station. Are you specificying "Play xyz on TuneIn"?

Also have alarm set up on Dot and right beside the bed and its usually just a shout at it to Stop and not loudly. However now I have to pick it up and literally shout into it to stop but yet when I come into the room and ask it to turn on the Hue lights no issue just with turning off alarms?

Have you moved it recently? I believe the microphone can sometimes have issues if the dot is situated to close to a wall?
i.e. the alarm is being picked up by the mic due to sound waves bouncing off the wall and drowning out your voice.

Yes doing the standard procedure 'Alexa play RTE 2 FM on TuneIn' and then silence and same for RTE gold or whatever. Click on favourites in the app and they wont play either. Same goes for Alexa play CDNX  on TuneIn' and get cannot play by artist?
Have not moved the DOT was working ok and it can pick up voice controls when turning off lights but just not for turning off the Alarm??

tanka006

You are not alone with this problem - exactly the same here with Tune in radio

I will follow this topic with interest

moonboy52

Just Tried RTE Radio 2 FM on TuneIn on the dot. No joy, could not find it.

Google Home picked it up straight away

d31b0y

Try "Are TE 2 FM". Worked just there for me.
Can't get CDNX

PeterMilford

Anyone tried the new multi-room system on Alexa. Works really well I'm finding, Don't think it'll hit the sweet spot until they finally integrate Sonos control.

PeterMilford

iamtony wrote: »

I havent as it's Amazon music unlimited only and I'm Spotify at the moment.

I'm not on Music unlimited and it works fine for me, separately, I really like the "Alexa, play some music to cook to" function.

iamtony

PeterMilford wrote: »

I'm not on Music unlimited and it works fine for me.

Interesting... I'll try when I go home.
Unfortunately I use mostly dots connected to Bluetooth speakers downstairs and the multi-room makes them disconnect obviously to stop a delay in one room so it's only useful for me to listen to talk radio around the house while I'm cleaning or whatever. But it does work flawlessly otherwise.

underwaterdog

iamtony wrote: »

Interesting... I'll try when I go home.
Unfortunately I use mostly dots connected to Bluetooth speakers downstairs and the multi-room makes them disconnect obviously to stop a delay in one room so it's only useful for me to listen to talk radio around the house while I'm cleaning or whatever. But it does work flawlessly otherwise.

I thought I was the only one having this problem. I have two dots connected to bluetooth speakers for better sound; I won't bother with the multi room function without the bluetooth connection.

iamtony

underwaterdog wrote: »

I thought I was the only one having this problem. I have two dots connected to bluetooth speakers for better sound; I won't bother with the multi room function without the bluetooth connection.

No the only thing that works is if you are able to connect with 3.5mm aux cable it still works as no delay involved.

893bet

Anyone help me download the Alexa app to my iPhone?

If I try change my iTunes Store I am blocked due to an Apple Music membership.

If I try via Alexa.amazon website it directs me to the us apps store which won't let me download and then pushes me back to Ireland.

So awkward.

Ideas?

iamtony

893bet wrote: »

Anyone help me download the Alexa app to my iPhone?

If I try change my iTunes Store I am blocked due to an Apple Music membership.

If I try via Alexa.amazon website it directs me to the us apps store which won't let me download and then pushes me back to Ireland.

So awkward.

Ideas?

Can't remember all the details but this is what I remember. Do it on a PC. Get a new email address. Set up a new apple id and use UK address and then it let's you select none as payment type so doesn't tie you to Ireland. When it's all set up you can change over to that account on your phone to the UK account via iTunes and then it should be in the app store.

d31b0y

You should be able to just request the desktop site in whatever browser you are using and avoid having to install the app at all.

Anatom

d31b0y wrote: »

You should be able to just request the desktop site in whatever browser you are using and avoid having to install the app at all.

Forgive me now, but how do you do that? I'm a complete fool when it comes to this. I set up a new iTunes/Apple account this morning (UK address) but when it comes to logging in on the phone to download the app it asks me for billing details which don't work ('cos they're Irish)...

Stuck!

d31b0y

This should do it;

Visit https://alexa.amazon.co.uk
and then follow the instructions below for the desktop site.
https://www.tekrevue.com/tip/request-desktop-site-ios-9/

893bet

Set it up on laptop! Very impressive kit for the money.

Anatom

Sorted! Now to get playing with it!!