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AndyP99
Contributor II
Oct 17, 2019 8:03 AM UTC
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Alexa and BBC

Until recently Alexa would play BBC Radio 4 and 6 music on request.  Now when I ask for radio 4, it plays an American station.  When I ask for Radio 6 Music, it selects various BBC stations, but not the one I want.  I’ve tried many permutations for the request.  I see some comments online about Alexa not working with BBC sounds and no longer working with TuneIn, but my Alexa does play BBC radio stations, just not the ones I request!

 

Many thanks in advance,

Andy

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      UKMedia
      UKMediaAnswer
      Oct 18, 2019 9:47 AM UTC

      No probs, you just need to create a new Trigger via the wizard rather than select an Applet already created. :)

      1/ Log in to IFTTT and then click on your profile picture and select ‘Create’;

      2/ Click on the ‘+’ symbol in the phrase, select ‘Amazon Alexa’ and then select ‘Say a specific phrase’;

      3/ Type in your preferred phrase for Alexa to respond to. e.g. ‘play radio 4’;

      4/ Click on the newly located ‘+’ symbol and select ‘Sonos’

      5/ Select ‘Play Favorite’ and then complete the action fields for the station and the rooms that you want the Audio to output on, followed by ‘Create Action.

      6/ Alexa will then respond to ‘Alexa Trigger Play Radio 4’

      Just repeat these steps for any other combination of stations and rooms.

      Remember: Sometimes Red Wine helps :)
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      UKMedia
      UKMedia
      Oct 17, 2019 11:34 AM UTC

      Hi Andy

       

      The BBC has decided to remove all BBC radio stations from Tunein via Alexa.  It’s possible to use the App or use IFFFT. Just carry out these actions:

       

      1/ Open the Sonos App and search for BBC Radio 2 under the Stations tab;

      2/ Select the three verticle dots and add to ‘My Radio Stations’;

      3/ Open a web browser and search for IFFFT;

      4/ Create an account or log in and search for Sonos;

      5/ Add the Trigger ‘Play a favorite with Amazon Alexa’

      6/ Follow the instructions and link to your Sonos Account and select Radio Two with the Phrase that you think is memorable - e.g. ‘Radio 2’;

      7/ Save this and then ask ‘Alexa, Trigger Radio 2’

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      AndyP99Author
      Contributor II
      Oct 17, 2019 6:12 PM UTC

      Many thanks for the advise, that works, but: I can only add one trigger.  I cannot find a way to have a trigger for radio 4 and another for radio 6.  I can’t believe this is correct, but I’ve looked and looked, but cannot see an option to add a second trigger.  Is this correct?

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      John B
      Oct 17, 2019 7:46 PM UTC

      No it is wrong! You need a separate applet for every station. And for every speaker-ststion combination if you have seversl speakers you want to play through.

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      UKMedia
      UKMedia
      Oct 17, 2019 9:17 PM UTC

      Let us know if you want step by step instructions on how to do a second trigger.

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      AndyP99Author
      Contributor II
      Oct 18, 2019 9:31 AM UTC

      Thanks for the offer for the instructions, please do send them.  I try to add the “ Play a favorite with Amazon Alexa “ trigger a second time and this takes me to my first trigger, which I can edit, but I cannot see any way to add a second one.

       

      Many thanks

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      UKMedia
      UKMediaAnswer
      Oct 18, 2019 9:47 AM UTC

      No probs, you just need to create a new Trigger via the wizard rather than select an Applet already created. :)

      1/ Log in to IFTTT and then click on your profile picture and select ‘Create’;

      2/ Click on the ‘+’ symbol in the phrase, select ‘Amazon Alexa’ and then select ‘Say a specific phrase’;

      3/ Type in your preferred phrase for Alexa to respond to. e.g. ‘play radio 4’;

      4/ Click on the newly located ‘+’ symbol and select ‘Sonos’

      5/ Select ‘Play Favorite’ and then complete the action fields for the station and the rooms that you want the Audio to output on, followed by ‘Create Action.

      6/ Alexa will then respond to ‘Alexa Trigger Play Radio 4’

      Just repeat these steps for any other combination of stations and rooms.

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        AndyP99Author
        Contributor II
        Oct 18, 2019 10:14 AM UTC

        Great, that did it. 

         

        Many thanks

        Andy

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        Jamze
        Lyricist I
        Oct 18, 2019 8:01 PM UTC

        Thanks for this. Just searched for how to do this in IFTTT after the BBC TuneIn change stopped my Echo using a Sonos as a default speaker. All working :thumbsup_tone1:

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