Place Your Echo Carefully

It’s recommended to put a little space between your Echo and your speaker or sound bar, and to place it where it can pick up your voice. When you have music or TV sound playing, this gives your Echo a better chance of hearing the “Alexa” wake word and your voice commands.

Get Familiar With Available Commands

The MusicCast skills are intended to allow voice control of the most common, everyday functions rather than every feature available on every model. It can be helpful to know what you can and can’t do. For a complete list of currently available commands, see FAQs.

Watch Your Words

While Alexa is very good at handling natural language, certain words or phrasing may not be recognized as a command by the MusicCast skills. Also, ambient noises can sometimes cause a problem. If it seems that Alexa keeps hearing you incorrectly, you can watch what Alexa heard in the Alexa app (Menu > Settings > History).

Use Default MusicCast Room Names

It is recommended that you use the default room names vs. customized room names in the MusicCast app, as the default room names may be more easily recognized. If the default room names conflict with the names of other smart devices in your home, it may be necessary to modify the names of the other devices.

Set Up Your MusicCast Favorites and Playlists

You can recall favorites or playlists that you have set up in the MusicCast app. Take a few minutes to set up the ones you use most often.

Bluetooth Pairing

1. Open the Alexa app and select settings.
2. Select Alexa device and then select Bluetooth > Pair a New Device to enter pairing mode. Put MusicCast device in pairing standby. Your MusicCast device will appear in the list of available
3. Select the MusicCast device. The Echo connects the speaker and Alexa and tells you if the connection is successful.

Wired Connections

1. Connect an audio cable between Echo Dot and an analog input on a MusicCast device.
2. In the MusicCast app, select the input. If desired, you can rename the input name to “Echo Dot” in the MusicCast app under Settings > Room Settings > Edit Sources.