Recent content by SpeckledEgg

These are good points. I did consider what triggers to use, something that would not be misinterpreted as something else, and is also easy of the rest of the family to remember. I think I like "living room music". I'll retrain Alexa (easy) and retrain the family (um...)

Okay, broadly speaking I've had success 😀 With one extra step "Alexa, listen to music in the living room", before asking for the music one wants, it's doing what we need. So thank you @Burnside and @Wiimer for your help and suggestions - it put me on the path to a win. And without buying...

Great, thank you. Whilst it would be preferable to have it seamless, if it’s just not possible, it’s not possible! I’ll experiment with setting up an Alexa routine to turn the amp on and select the relevant input (I do have another home automation thing that can control the amp that can link it...

Okay, thank you. Would this be in the Alexa app, adding them both to a group, then selecting the WiiM? I’ve now done this and it is a step in the right direction! I chose “let Alexa choose”, and the voice command confirmation came out of the Fire TV cube, then when it started playing music, it...

Hi, Has anyone got the magic random looking for, please? My wife wants to be able to “play music”. Not an unreasonable request. Setup: Sony STR-1080D amp. WiiM pro Echo Fire TV Cube Panasonic TV Voice control via Fire Tv Cube to watch tv is used a lot. And basically works. (Though the TV...

Thanks for all the help above. I’ve sort of come to terms with the WiiM being not quite the dream ticket I hoped it would be. Using it as a casting device does seem to be the best way, which seems like one is only using a part of its functionality. I’ve also learned more about my Sony amp. I...

That’s very helpful, thank you. Expectation management, at the very least! Stops me spending time trying to fix it myself. I’ll have a look at your suggestion. I used alexacast. Haven’t turned chromecast on, though it’s a Pro. Don’t have any android devices. That said… the STR-DN1080...

Okay, I’ve done as you suggested, and it works, thank you. I feel it’s a bit of a workaround, though? Reading reviews of the WiiM, much is made of the app/interface, and how good it is. Akin to Sonos, pulling services together to one place. I was attracted to this! I feel like I’m missing...

Ah, good question. In order that the music is independent of my phone. So I could play music and leave, use my phone for calls etc, and leave music streaming. I also have a Fire Cube connected to the receiver (Sony STR-DN1080), I can play music from the AMU app on that, but that interface is...

Hi, New owner, hoping these things are fixable. Basically, the app is being horrible to me. It “works”, I play music, but lots of things are not, shall we say, smooth. I’m using Amazon music unlimited. 1. When I search for a song on native Amazon music app, I get lots of results, and the...