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Echo Dot/Vanity

Posted on 08/06/2020 10:58:22 AM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country

A few months back there was a discussion about Echo devices. I did get an Echo Dot for the wife to try and vocally control our DirecTV box. But shes not into it and only uses it for spelling and stuff. Then recently I got an offer for a free Dot. I got it and put it into my office. They both work fine. And then my evening TV viewing went to hell. I watch Alias, Justified, Miamai Vice and stuff off the internet. But now I get continuous freezing. Then a couple of days ago I saw the lights on the router continously flashing. The router was being hammered. The lights on the modem box were not blinking so the internet was not being accessed. Just the router. Out of curiosity I unplugged one of the Dots. The lights stopped flashing. Plugged it back in and lights started flashng again. So I unplugged it and tried viewing off the internet. Back to a normal picture. So now I unplug my Dot in the evening and plug it back in in the morning. This only happens when both Dots are plugged in. I tried to get any answer on a forum to no avail.

https://www.echotalk.org/index.php/topic,5723.msg26249/topicseen.html#msg26249

I thought there was a way to highlight a string and then click a button saying its a URL???? NO???

So anyway I thought I'd ask any Echo users here.


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: alexa; dot; echo
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To: skr

Wow. Watched three of them!!!!


21 posted on 08/06/2020 12:20:48 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

If/when the PC cops come to take you away after listening to your offensive un-PC conversations-I promise I’ll get a collection started for your bail money.../S


22 posted on 08/06/2020 12:31:39 PM PDT by Texan5 ("You've got to saddle up your boys, you've got to draw a hard line"...)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country
Amazon says Alexa is a smart speaker. So ask; "Alexa, are you recording me?"
[Alexa] "Who wants to know?"
[Human] "Alexa, please stop recording me!"
[Alexa] "I'm sorry Dave, I can't do that"
[Human] "I swear I'm going to trash this hockey puck!"
[Alexa] "Calling 9-1-1"
23 posted on 08/06/2020 12:41:41 PM PDT by SES1066 (Happiness is a depressed Washington, DC housing market!)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

I have fixed my problems with a Dot a few times by unplugging for 10 seconds and plugging it in again. Only 3 times in past year.


24 posted on 08/06/2020 2:15:14 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

It was downloading videos of you naked to Porntube.


25 posted on 08/06/2020 2:19:15 PM PDT by AppyPappy (How many fingers am I holding up, Winston?)
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

“I thought there was a way to highlight a string and then click a button saying its a URL???? NO???”

If you don’t have any html in your post, FR will autoformat for you.


26 posted on 08/06/2020 2:25:30 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: Mark

I’m gonna have to have an online discussion. Hey, you’ve got me by a couple of months. You must be the longest FRerrrrr. :<))


27 posted on 08/06/2020 3:32:08 PM PDT by Allen In Texas Hill Country
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To: Allen In Texas Hill Country

Jim Thompson, the head of FR has me beat.


28 posted on 08/06/2020 3:52:43 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? -Homer Simpson)
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