Tag: Alexa
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How to Connect JBL Charge 3 to Alexa
This post shows how to connect JBL Charge 3 with Alexa speakers such as the Echo and Dot models. Since this Bluetooth connection happens directly between the Charge 3 JBL and Alexa, you need not turn Bluetooth on in the mobile device you’re using to set up this linkage. How to Connect JBL Charge 3…
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How to Connect Amazon Alexa to WiFi
This piece shows how to connect Amazon Alexa speakers to a WiFi network. It lists what you’ll need to get your Alexa up and running on the internet. You need to do this when you first buy a brand new speaker, when someone gifts you a used one, or when you change settings on your…
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How to Pair Victor Reader Trek with Alexa Echo
The Victor Reader Trek GPS navigator, eBook player, pod catcher, and internet radio now can connect to most any Bluetooth speaker, allowing you to listen to podcasts, books, recorded notes, and streaming internet radio through that wireless speaker. We thus, demonstrate here how to pair Victor Reader Trek with Alexa Echo. How to Pair Victor…
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How to Reset Alexa Echo Dot 3rd Generation
Here, we show how to reset the Alexa Echo Dot 3rd Generation smart speaker back to factory default settings. So why would you ever reset ? Well, you may wish to sell or give this speaker to another person. Or link it to a new Amazon account. Or connect it to a new WiFi network. …
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How to Change Alexa Wake Word to Jarvis
Here we answer the question: How to change Alexa wake word to Jarvis? You can indeed change the wake word that Alexa speakers answer to when you say it. But you can’t change it to Jarvis. At least, you can’t do this through the Alexa app. Currently, there are only five choices for the name…
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How to Link Pandora to Alexa Devices
This piece shows how to link Pandora to Alexa speakers. Note that these speakers do not come with Pandora linked to them by default. Indeed, Pandora will not play if not set up first. E.g. If you ask Alexa to play Pandora when not linked, she says something like: “To play a station, first register…
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How to Hook Up Alexa to New WiFi
In order to hook up Alexa to a new WiFi router, put the speaker into Setup mode first. There, you choose the desired WiFi network for the speaker. Below, we walk through hooking up Alexa with an Amazon Alexa Echo Dot 2 speaker. But, the hook up Alexa process is alike for the other speakers. …
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How to Update WiFi on Alexa Speakers
How to update WiFi on Alexa ? First, put the Alexa based speaker into Setup mode. There, you choose the desired WiFi network. That’s a simple summary of how to switch WiFi networks for Alexa speakers. Below, we run through updating the Alexa WiFi connection with an Amazon Alexa Echo Dot 2 speaker. But, this…
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How to Pair Alexa with Bluetooth Speaker
This post shows how to pair an Alexa device with a Bluetooth speaker. We illustrate this with a JBL Flip 5 party speaker and the Alexa Input device, although just about any Alexa speaker would pair the same way as shown here. Since this Bluetooth connecting happens between the speaker and Alexa directly, you need…
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How to Reboot Alexa Echo Dot Smart Speakers
We show here how to reboot an Alexa Echo Dot series smart speaker if it behaves strangely, stops answering commands and questions, puts out unusual sounds, and so on. And since Alexa speaker rebooting is so easy, then before getting into any pro level troubleshooting, always try a speaker reboot first. This often straightens out…