This skill allows to control the following core functions of a FTE receiver with voice control support: - channel change (with the help of channel name or channel number) - Volume control - View EPG information - Teletext control
Attention: Please refer to the operating instructions of your FTE receiver to see if the receiver supports voice control.
Prerequisite for use is: - An FTE receiver that supported voice control and connected to the internet.
Please keep in mind that this may incur additional costs.
If your receiver does not have a LAN connection you also need a USB wireless adapter. You must purchase this separately if he is not part of your FTE Receivers. - Activating this skill and a log in / register on or IoT website with your e-mail Address, hence an account link can be produced. - Then the receiver must be paired with the skill.
To start the pairing process please say: "Alexa, ... open F.T.E."
The echo system will answer you with: "What can I do for you?"
Next say: "Add a new device".
This will start a short dialogue whose questions you have to answer. You will be asked for the name of the device. Here a name must be assigned, so that if later another device is added, each device is individually addressable. The names currently supported are: "Living room, bedroom, office, Children's room, kitchen, Dining room or bathroom ".
For example, answer with: "Living room"
The echo system will now answer with a 4-digit number, e.g. 1234 and then tells you where to enter this number in the FTE Receiver. This number is a pairing key, with which you can establish the coupling between the skill and your receiver. Navigate in the receiver to "Menu / Internet / Smart Home" and enter the 4-digit number. Once you have entered the 4-digit number, the color of the "Login" button will change and You must then confirm the entry with OK. Now the display should change and under "Room" your previously selected room / device name will be displayed.
Please always remember that you have to activate / address your skill and also your receiver with a defined sentence, before you can say a voice command. This you do following "Alexa,... open F.T.E.".
If you need an overview of possible voice commands, then you can call the help for voice control with: "Alexa, ... open F.T.E. and show help".
Here are some examples of how to operate the receiver: - Show help. // Shows the help menu on the TV.
- Switch to ZDF. // The receiver should switch to the channel ZDF. - Switch to channel 5. // The receiver should switch to channel number 5.
- Show channel list. // TV shows channel list. - Page next. // TV displays the next page of the channel list. - Delete page. // This command deletes the displayed page / channel list.
- Turn the sound on / off. - Sound on / off.
- Volume up / down. - Volume to 30. // Volume is set to 30 percent.
- what is running ZDF today? // Shows the EPG of the channel "ZDF" for the whole day. - Show content number 3. // Shows EPG detail information of the number 3 in the list. - Page next. // Next page. - Page back. // Previous page. - Delete page. // Deletes the displayed page.
- Show the teletext. // Starts the teletext. - Show the teletext page 200. // Displays the teletext page 200. - Close the teletext // Ends the teletext.