Electronics

[LadyAmara]

Here’s a website that Echo owners might find helpful.

lovemyecho.com

It's written by an Echo app developer.

[mima]

Thank you!  I'll check it out.

[LadyAmara]

I’ve only had the Echo for about two weeks and am not tech savvy by any means, but what I found most useful about this website (so far) was access to radio stations.  I’ve read where others linked their favorite radio stations like iHeart and Pandora to the Echo thru their accounts.  I’m not a big radio fan, but do like to listen to radio on occasion.  This website provided a list of several radio stations that can be accessed by saying, “Alexa, play [number on the dial] [station name] on Tunein.”  There’s a link for supported TuneIn stations from around the world.  I clicked my way to North America / United States / Illinois to Chicago and called out a couple of stations for Alexa to play and they worked.  On the Amazon discussion board, April (she’s the creator of the lovemyecho website) says to try calling out any of your desired stations to see if they are available to play on TuneIn.

Just clicked on Amazon and I see that they are offering the Echo to everyone at $179.99.

[momtochloe]

Thanks for posting this site LadyAmara, I'll have to go check it out!

[mima]

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@LadyAmara wrote:

I’ve only had the Echo for about two weeks and am not tech savvy by any means, but what I found most useful about this website (so far) was access to radio stations.  I’ve read where others linked their favorite radio stations like iHeart and Pandora to the Echo thru their accounts.  I’m not a big radio fan, but do like to listen to radio on occasion.  This website provided a list of several radio stations that can be accessed by saying, “Alexa, play [number on the dial] [station name] on Tunein.”  There’s a link for supported TuneIn stations from around the world.  I clicked my way to North America / United States / Illinois to Chicago and called out a couple of stations for Alexa to play and they worked.  On the Amazon discussion board, April (she’s the creator of the lovemyecho website) says to try calling out any of your desired stations to see if they are available to play on TuneIn.

Just clicked on Amazon and I see that they are offering the Echo to everyone at $179.99.

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My reply:  Just so everyone knows, the $179.99 price does not include the remote.  The remote is an additional $29.??.

I'm glad I went ahead and bought my 2nd echo for $180 on ebay that was sealed and did include the remote.  The only reason I did that was I got tired of waiting to get a 2nd one.

P.S.  I loved my first one so much I HAD to have one for my store.  I do use my remotes, but not sure I'd pay that price for one.  I would maybe try to do without and see if you want one that bad.

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[LadyAmara]

Hi mtc.  Do check it out – it’s a good place to look around.  While looking around there today, I saw that her archive is just to last month (May), and her first dated post was May 9 so the site hasn’t been up long, but it’s pack with information.

WOW!  Good point MIMA.  Good thing we got ours (remote included) at the very low introductory invite price of $99.  $179.99 without the remote – bummer.

[momtochloe]

Wow, I just saw the ad for it but didn't click any further.  They must know they have a winner on their hands as I thought it was supposed to go for $199 w/remote!

[lovescats]

I'm glad I got the remote and the low price but I don't use the remote that often.

[Mayfayre]

The Amazon Appstore has the free Echo app which can turn an Android or Amazon Fire device into an Echo remote, so no need to by one.

[momtochloe]

Just to give folks a head's up, we discussed on another thread about occasionally the Echo would stop streaming.  It would happen when I was listening to music or a radio station but today it stopped when I asked about the weather.

Now I love my beloved Amazon but I personally have a hard time finding the right place for their customer service so I decided to tell them I was returning it and described the problem I was having.

Just to let you know, it stops you dead in your tracks and says hold on we'll send you a message which they did about an hour later.  I have the option of either calling, emailing or chatting with them as they are confident they can resolve my issue but the best part is the Echo comes with a full one year warranty which I was not aware of.

I have a lot going on right now so I'll probably call them on Friday but they are doing a great job supporting this product.