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#1536848 20-Apr-2016 16:37

Thats great when you have an analog input. The amp in the kitchen is optical coax and USB input only. I get a bit of noise on the analog out which I think is a ground loop when I plug it into my big stereo. Not too bad but you can hear it from about a meter from the speaker.

Im just glad that it doesnt sound like the tap. That thing is aweful.

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#1546299 3-May-2016 20:52

My Echo arrived today - but I can confirm the Chrome request maker workaround for setting time to NZ no longer works :(

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#1546302 3-May-2016 21:05

pedrogarcia:

My Echo arrived today - but I can confirm the Chrome request maker workaround for setting time to NZ no longer works :(

That's strange, as it worked on my new Echo last week, although I think it took me a computer/browser restart to get the request maker plugin to work properly.

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#1546305 3-May-2016 21:09

As documented here: https://devdiner.com/answers/setting-timezone-amazon-echo-outside-us

The 'PUT' field is no longer appearing in the Chrome extension.

Looks like there is another workaround using cURL but it's not working for me either. So frustrating.

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#1546421 4-May-2016 00:43

If you set the ZIP code to 96960 (Marshall Islands), it will be correct for NZ for the section of the year that's not DST.

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#1546480 4-May-2016 09:30

It wont let me do this without specifying a street address. The Marshall Islands only have PO box addresses. How did you get around this?

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#1546487 4-May-2016 09:37

You did follow these instructions right?

http://www.echotalk.org/index.php?topic=228.0

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#1546492 4-May-2016 09:55

Yes but the PUT request no longer appears as documented here:

https://devdiner.com/answers/setting-timezone-amazon-echo-outside-us

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#1546542 4-May-2016 11:46

I set mine up 4 or 5 days ago and it worked ok... had a heck of a job getting the Chrome Extension working right, maybe you just need to keep trying ?

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#1546544 4-May-2016 11:49

I think you're right. The PUT request came up *one time* but I got a 400 error. I'mma keep trying.

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#1546581 4-May-2016 13:05

I tried to change a bunch of settings and wasn't able to change any of the location fields, pretty sure it was only the timezone that was accepted.

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#1546944 5-May-2016 07:03

Finally got it to work. Just had to try for a couple of hours before the PUT request finally came up. Was plain sailing from then on.

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#1547362 5-May-2016 22:02

Just got my Dot today. I was able to use Request Maker to set the timezone to NZ. Can't get local weather to work though but just a few more words to say (Alexa - what is the weather (in Wellington) )

Got my D-Link wall switches to work also. I just wish it had Google Music since I don't play Spotify or Pandora nor intend to buy them.

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#1547374 5-May-2016 22:43

That's a shame, Spotify rocks :-)

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#1547511 6-May-2016 10:43

Spotify and Google Play are both good services and are generally pretty equivalent. I prefer Google Play's integration with uploaded music and a few other features over Spotify (I've tried both), but Google's lack of an official public api is really annoying as it basically means no integration with third-party hardware..

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