Yep...that's the one; it has a chargeable battery and seems to have good battery life; seems to charge up fairly quickly! Tom
-----Original Message----- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Friday, February 03, 2017 3:44 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Subject: Re: Amazon Echo Alexa 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. >> >> ********** >> Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the >> halfwits in this world behind. >> >> >> >> > > ********** > Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the > halfwits in this world behind. > > > > ********** Those of a positive and enquiring frame of mind will leave the rest of the halfwits in this world behind.