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

> On 4 Feb 2017, at 6:13 am, Tom Kaufman <tomca...@comcast.net> 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 <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
> 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 <tomca...@comcast.net> 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 <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
>> 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 <smile> - 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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