DISH Expands Amazon Alexa Voice Control Support
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Both echo's are controlling the main hopper. Totally %$*^$*^ my wife off as I continue to troubleshoot
I do not see that price for a new 2nd generation dot.
Amazon product ASIN B01DFKC2SO
Was that a temporary promotion, refurb or maybe a first generation product?
It was a temporary price several days ago. I'm sure there will be more sales on them as Black Friday approaches
Amazon wants to get these into as many homes as they can. So it will be "on sale" more often than not. Amazon has a commanding lead in the "personal assistant" category and they want to be the VHS of the format "wars".
Today they have a Dot combined with a Fire Stick for $69.98 and refurbed Dots for $34.99. At this point in the game, nobody should pay the full-boat retail of $49.99.
PS. My guess is that 98% of these "refurbs" are simply returns from confused people. I would have no hesitation about buying one. Especially with Amazon's easy return policy.
It would be useful if you could verbally turn the hopper/joey on and off.
Yep, I hear ya. Maybe someday DISH & Echo will fix that issue. Will be nice when they do.
Hopper never turns off, goes into standby mode, else it could not fire timers while off.
You'll notice when it is "off", all you must do to wake it is press select.
You'll notice when it is "off", all you must do to wake it is press select.
Who wants to press a button. Would like to say Alexa wake up Hopper.
As long as a refurb is from the original manufacturer or agent and carries a warranty there is no reason not to accept them.
Targets Black Friday ad has the Dot on sale for $29.99 as a door buster.
About Amazon Alexa device trigger word:
For each Alexa-based device, you can choose one of four trigger words:
Alexa
Amazon
Computer
Echo
That's it, only 4 choices.
And the Dot's built-in speaker is fine for talking back to you; you only need to add speakers for playing music.
For each Alexa-based device, you can choose one of four trigger words:
Alexa
Amazon
Computer
Echo
That's it, only 4 choices.
And the Dot's built-in speaker is fine for talking back to you; you only need to add speakers for playing music.
When the Hopper is in standby mode, tell Alexa to tune to a channel and it will wake the Hopper up to go to that channel.
The Hopper turned on but the TV does not. I have HDMI-CEC turned on. HipKat, does your TV turn on when you wake the Hopper with Alexa?
I'll be darned. It certainly wakes the Hopper up. It's too bad it doesn't also turn on the TV but my TV isn't capable of being linked to. Possibly one of the newer model TV's might eventually have this capability.
