micke@sanda.nu Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 (edited) Hello,I hope this question hasn't been answered before.I have an echo, and echo dot, Onkyo TX626, Harmony Hub, AppleTV4. I want to say to Alexa: Play spotify "somesong" and it will play through my Onkyo amplifier.My Onkyo has both network capabilities, Bluetooth and amongst others Spotify Connect. I am able to play Spotify music from my IOS app on the Onkyo.However, it would be cool to tell Alexa to play through the better speakers. I suspect that if you pair with bluetooth then Alexas voice will always try to play on the Onkyo. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance,/Mike Edited February 15, 2017 by micke@sanda.nu
glacier991 Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 I am a relative newbie here and with Alexa, but in my limited experience with Alexa, I think one way would be to use a DOT, and wire the Dot (hardwire) to the line input on your Onkyo and play it that way. Your Onkyo would have to always be on, unless if has a wake up feature when a signal is present. The Echo will not provide an output signal to anything, the DOT will.
MWashington Posted February 13, 2017 Posted February 13, 2017 Also new. (Even newer). But I agree. That sounds right. Most of my issues withe the echo come down a solution like this.
bmercier Posted February 14, 2017 Posted February 14, 2017 Hello, I hope this question hasn't been answered before. I have an echo, and echo dot, Onkyo TX626, Harmony Hub, AppleTV4. I want to say to Alexa: Play spotify "somesong" and it will play through my Onkyo amplifier. My Onkyo has both network capabilities, Bluetooth and amongst others Spotify Connect. I am able to play Spotify music from my IOS app on the Onkyo. However, it would be cool to tell Alexa to play through the better speakers. I suspect that if you pair with bluetooth then Alexas voice will always try to play on the Onkyo. Any suggestions? Thank you in advance, /Mike I don't think it's possible with Amazon Echo. This does not answer you questions, but FYI, you can do that with Google Home, with the help of Chromecast audio. Benoit
micke@sanda.nu Posted February 15, 2017 Author Posted February 15, 2017 Thank you for all your answers, it is just as I thought, I will connect the DOT and give it a try /Mike
btreinders Posted February 15, 2017 Posted February 15, 2017 I am a relative newbie here and with Alexa, but in my limited experience with Alexa, I think one way would be to use a DOT, and wire the Dot (hardwire) to the line input on your Onkyo and play it that way. Your Onkyo would have to always be on, unless if has a wake up feature when a signal is present. The Echo will not provide an output signal to anything, the DOT will. I can turn on my Denon using the Echo and the ISY. You should be able to do that with the Onkyo too as long as it has IP control using a network resource. You should also be able to select a source. Of course that would be two voice commands to the DOT. One to turn on the receiver and one to play the song.
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