How to Set Up Invoke Speaker via Cortana App

While setting up a brand new or used Harman Kardon Invoke Cortana speaker involves numerous steps, none are very hard.  Just focus on the current step you’re working on, and progress through this list.  In this post, we list the procedure we used for how to set up Invoke speaker.  We’ll do our best to … Continue reading How to Set Up Invoke Speaker via Cortana App



Pairing JBL Flip 2 with Alexa Echo Speakers

This post describes ways of pairing the JBL Flip 2 with Amazon Alexa Echo speakers. These instructions include the generation 1 and generation 2 Echo Dot, and the Gen 1 and 2 Echo tower speakers. Furthermore, for this demo, we’ll show how to pair with our Amazon Echo Dot speaker.  Since this Bluetooth pairing happens … Continue reading Pairing JBL Flip 2 with Alexa Echo Speakers



How to Set Echo Studio Sleep Timer

The Amazon Echo Studio smart speaker provides a sleep timer that you set and cancel with your voice!  You use it by asking Alexa to play an internet radio station, podcast, flash briefing, or some other streaming service. Then, once the media is playing, you ask her play for just the time you say.   … Continue reading How to Set Echo Studio Sleep Timer



How to Factory Reset Echo Dot 3rd Generation

Here, we show how to factory reset the Echo Dot 3rd Generation speaker, to set it back to default factory settings.  So why would you ever factory reset ?  Well, you may wish to sell or give this speaker to another person.  Or sync it to a new Amazon account.  Or to join it to … Continue reading How to Factory Reset Echo Dot 3rd Generation



How to Reset Invoke Cortana Speaker

You might wish to gift or sell your Microsoft Invoke Cortana speaker to a loved one. Or, perhaps you want to hook it to a new Microsoft account.  Or maybe you want to connect it to a new WiFi network. A speaker reset allows you to do all of these tasks.  It unlinks this device … Continue reading How to Reset Invoke Cortana Speaker



How to Reboot Invoke Speaker

Here, we cover how to reboot Invoke speaker by Harman Kardon.  You reboot if the speaker shows bad performance, goes quiet or does not answer voice requests.  It may emit weird noises, break up, chirp or squeak.  Or, the speaker may suffer other oddities. In any case, always try a speaker reboot first (described here).  … Continue reading How to Reboot Invoke Speaker



How to Reconnect Alexa to WiFi Internet

How to reconnect Alexa to WiFi and the internet? Well, to do that you must enter the smart speaker into Alexa Setup mode first. There, you choose the wireless network you’d like to have the speaker reconnect with, via the Alexa app. You can do this on either your desktop computer or mobile device. Now … Continue reading How to Reconnect Alexa to WiFi Internet



How to Restart Echo Dot Smart Speaker

We show here how to restart any Echo Dot smart speaker.   Restarting, otherwise known as rebooting, often corrects unusual symptoms that these  devices may have. How to Restart Echo Dot Smart Speaker with No Power Button Since none of the Echo Dot speakers that have come out so far have a power on / off … Continue reading How to Restart Echo Dot Smart Speaker



Echo Studio Reset Button, Where Is It

We detail here the Echo Studio reset button location on this Amazon Alexa hi-fi smart speaker.  E.g. This unit has a multi function button, for which reset is one button function. Where to Find the Echo Studio Reset Button First, on the Alexa Echo Studio, we find no separate reset button.  But we do have … Continue reading Echo Studio Reset Button, Where Is It



Alexa Echo Dot WiFi Setup Instructions

Here we offer Alexa Echo Dot WiFi setup instructions, demonstrating setup of any Alexa Echo Dot speaker on a new wireless network.  It lists what you’ll need to get your new Dot Alexa speaker up and running on the internet.  Do this when you first set up a brand new Dot, when someone gives you … Continue reading Alexa Echo Dot WiFi Setup Instructions