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Amazon Alexa and Echo FAQ

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    #242
    NomadicGray
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭NomadicGray


    judeboy101 wrote: »
    Heading to powercity. Anything worth buying for Alexa and dot? Budget ~100

    TP link HS100 sockets. Woodie's might better priced though


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    #243
    chasm
    Registered Users Posts: 2,078 ✭✭✭chasm


    Irish Gunner wrote: »
    Anyone using Dot as Alarm clock.Set it up no problem but cannot turn it off by voice activation, I end up pressing buttons.

    Tried echo stop etc...but could be just my morning voice been incoherent..

    I use it for an alarm clock, have had a few occasions where it doesn't switch off when i tell it to stop, but if i repeat the request it usually switches off the second time. I told it to stop the other morning after i had only had a couple of hours sleep and it told me there was no alarm set - turns out it was the alarm on my phone lol


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    #244
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    NomadicGray wrote: »
    TP link HS100 sockets. Woodie's might better priced though

    Picked up 3 of the HS110s for less than €30 each in DID a few days ago.


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    #245
    NomadicGray
    Registered Users Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭NomadicGray


    Graham wrote: »
    Picked up 3 of the HS110s for less than €30 each in DID a few days ago.

    That's good, I know they're between 25-30 in woodie's but its a mix of 100s and 110s


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    #246
    flangemeistro
    Registered Users Posts: 1,692 ✭✭✭flangemeistro


    NomadicGray wrote: »
    Graham wrote: »
    Picked up 3 of the HS110s for less than €30 each in DID a few days ago.

    That's good, I know they're between 25-30 in woodie's but its a mix of 100s and 110s
    Main difference between both?


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    #247
    Graham
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,642 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    flangemeistro wrote: »
    Main difference between both?

    110s have built in energy monitoring.


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    #248
    londonred
    Registered Users Posts: 142 ✭✭londonred


    Getting one of these for Xmas , can it be trained to tell you next Dublin Bus at certain stops ?


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    #249
    judeboy101
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,246 ✭✭✭judeboy101


    londonred wrote: »
    Getting one of these for Xmas , can it be trained to tell you next Dublin Bus at certain stops ?

    Even Dublin bus cant get that right


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    #250
    Irish Gunner
    Registered Users Posts: 3,692 ✭✭✭Irish Gunner


    chasm wrote: »
    I use it for an alarm clock, have had a few occasions where it doesn't switch off when i tell it to stop, but if i repeat the request it usually switches off the second time. I told it to stop the other morning after i had only had a couple of hours sleep and it told me there was no alarm set - turns out it was the alarm on my phone lol

    Told it to stop,sleep, Shut up...then expletives and still goes on..have to press buttons on dot to stop it

    https://www.dublinarsenal.com/



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    #251
    kennM
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭kennM


    Irish Gunner wrote: »
    Told it to stop,sleep, Shut up...then expletives and still goes on..have to press buttons on dot to stop it

    "Alexa stop" or "Alexa shut up" should do the trick...

    Other than that threats! "Alexa I've my hand on the plug, if you don't"... :)


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    #252
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,655 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    kennM wrote: »
    "Alexa stop" or "Alexa shut up" should do the trick...

    Other than that threats! "Alexa I've my hand on the plug, if you don't"... :)

    "Alexa how do I start a Jihad" usually silences it for me (although my internet traffic goes crazy)


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    #253
    davo2001
    Registered Users Posts: 3,317 ✭✭✭davo2001


    Anyone had any luck with using Alexa with Kodi?

    http://www.howtogeek.com/249336/how-to-control-your-kodi-media-center-with-an-amazon-echo/


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    #254
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,655 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    davo2001 wrote: »
    Anyone had any luck with using Alexa with Kodi?

    http://www.howtogeek.com/249336/how-to-control-your-kodi-media-center-with-an-amazon-echo/

    Yeah I've done that... it kinda works and other times not.

    I mainly use it to Pause/Play, but I was able to link it up to Quasar and play torrents on demand like "Alexa ask Kodi to play Walking Dead, Season 4, Episode 3"


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    #255
    underwaterdog
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭underwaterdog


    davo2001 wrote: »
    Anyone had any luck with using Alexa with Kodi?

    http://www.howtogeek.com/249336/how-to-control-your-kodi-media-center-with-an-amazon-echo/

    Halfway through this but had trouble with setting up AWS account


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    #256
    mrcheez
    Registered Users Posts: 13,655 ✭✭✭✭mrcheez


    In summary, it's a lot of work... my advice is to wait until someone smooths out the process a bit.


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    #257
    fionny
    Registered Users Posts: 2,367 ✭✭✭fionny


    I believe a Plex skill is in the works. I dropped Kodi a long time ago as it was too much like hardwork... plex is a breeze.


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    #258
    ocelot741
    Registered Users Posts: 6 ✭ocelot741


    hi just got a dot last night from the UK, have it set up fine etc.. I have Hive heating and i am trying to set that up and i looks like the "skill" is not available, it seems my dot is linked to the US where Hive is not supported. Has anyone run in to this?

    I have changed all locations in the manage devices on the Amazon site to a UK one but still no luck..

    When i try an login to the alexa.amazon.co.uk site it reverts to the .com one is anyone else seeing this. I also trued creating a new .co.uk site in case there is some setting in there i cant change and it still changes to the .com site when i login!


    Any thought / ideas?


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    #259
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    ocelot741 wrote: »
    Any thought / ideas?

    Contact Amazon support on chat and they can switch your account over to UK.


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    #260
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,604 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    My heads melted.
    I used to just say to alexa "Play newstalk on tune in" and it would play Newstalk on tune in.

    Now I get "the young turks 24/7" even though in the app it hears the correct sentence.

    Has anyone any idea whats up?Or can anyone help out with this weird one.
    Every other radio station works 100% except the one station that I want to listen to.

    Thanks.


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    #261
    trevor1973
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭trevor1973


    I'm set up as Alexa UK but is there a way to obtain this skill only available in the US
    Twitter Reader ? I go to the Alexa US but it doesn't log me in and the wheel keeps spinning


    http://www.howtogeek.com/271862/how-to-use-twitter-on-the-amazon-echo/


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    #262
    Silverfluffs
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Silverfluffs


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    My heads melted.
    I used to just say to alexa "Play newstalk on tune in" and it would play Newstalk on tune in.

    Now I get "the young turks 24/7" even though in the app it hears the correct sentence.

    Has anyone any idea whats up?Or can anyone help out with this weird one.
    Every other radio station works 100% except the one station that I want to listen to.

    Thanks.

    An awful lot of people seem to be having this problem. The only workaround (if you only listen to one radio station or select it using the app first) is to just ask Alexa "play tune-in", and she'll play the last station you used.


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    #263
    GristlyEnd
    Registered Users Posts: 2,063 ✭✭✭GristlyEnd


    Got an Echo Dot today from Amazon. I've set it up and partnered it with my Harmony hub but I'm having issues where on quite a few occasions it can't find the hub. I've read up online and it seems to be a recent issue. Anyone else have the same problem?

    Apart from that I'm loving it. Hue bulbs are next on the shopping list.


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    #264
    Snifferson
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Snifferson


    Orion wrote: »
    Activate the Big Sky skill - you set your location on their website and then just say "Alexa Big Sky"

    Worked great... Alexa ask Big Sky for the weather... nice and detailed too!


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    #265
    underwaterdog
    Registered Users Posts: 128 ✭✭underwaterdog


    Will Spotify work with a free 7 day premium trial?


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    #266
    Silverfluffs
    Registered Users Posts: 45 ✭Silverfluffs


    underwaterdog wrote: »
    Will Spotify work with a free 7 day premium trial?

    Yes, but there is or at least there was this week an offer of three months of Spotify for 99 cents a month for new Premium customers. I availed of it myself.


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    #267
    mirrorwall14
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,751 ✭✭✭mirrorwall14


    I have an amazon fire tv. I've got spotify premium. Can I not link these? In my music and media settings I can set spotify to default but in "music & books" it says "app support unavailable"


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    #268
    TheRebelRam
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭TheRebelRam


    Right, Christmas is yet again turning into a technology nightmare :(
    I have got amazon echo from uk, can't get app, any links I saw before won't work. Apple support is not working to remove my card when changing to UK address.
    Any step by step simple guide to help me get Alexa going???


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    #269
    kennM
    Registered Users Posts: 603 ✭✭✭kennM


    TheRebelRam wrote: »
    Right, Christmas is yet again turning into a technology nightmare :(
    I have got amazon echo from uk, can't get app, any links I saw before won't work. Apple support is not working to remove my card when changing to UK address.
    Any step by step simple guide to help me get Alexa going???

    Presume you're on iPhone? Android tablet to hand? Set mine up with Android no problem, tried to help a friend with setting up on iPhone and nearly went bald pulling my hail out


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    #270
    TheRebelRam
    Registered Users Posts: 12 ✭TheRebelRam


    kennM wrote: »
    Presume you're on iPhone? Android tablet to hand? Set mine up with Android no problem, tried to help a friend with setting up on iPhone and nearly went bald pulling my hail out

    Ya, on iphone and waiting on support over 30min now. Might try again with my daughters kindle.


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    #271
    shep1959
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭shep1959


    Got the Amazon echo and am having the Christmas morning techy blues.
    Have an Amazon uk account and have samsung 6 phone, but wont let me download app from play store. Logged onto my laptop to see if I can download to windows and then somehow get it over to my phone, but having trouble there also.
    Could anyone please save me reading hundreds of pages on this subject and give me the dummies guide to setting this up in Ireland?

    Would make my christmas


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