First you must pair your receiver with this Skill. For this your receiver needs an Internet connection. Please use the ETHERNET connector on the backside of the receiver. When you want to use the Recording or the Timeshift function then you have to connect a USB Harddrive or USB Stick to the receiver. You find more Information about this in the TELESTAR receiver Manual.
This Skill allows you to control your TELESTAR receiver.
Some of the Core Functionality:
- Channel Change (by Channelnumber or by Channelname) - Volume Control - Live TV Control(TImeshift) - Search in EPG - Shedule Recording trough EPG - Shedule Recording trough Timer Menu - Search in Recordings - Play Recordings - Teletext Control
To Start the Pairing process you have to say:
"Alexa, open TELESTAR"
Alexa response then with a Welcome message.
After that say: "add new device"
Then a Dialog ist started where you have to answer some questions.
After that Alexa will response with a 4 Digit Pairing Key.
You have to enter this Key within 10 Minutes in the receiver Menu (Menu / Voice Settings) . Afer the 10 Minutes the Key isn't valid anymore and you have to start the Pairing process again
At https://voice.discvision.de/ you can manage all your paired devices.
You can always invoke the Help for Voice Control. For that you have to say:
"Alexa, open TELESTAR receiver and open Help"
Note that before any command you have to say "Alexa, open TELESTARr".
Some Sample Utterances to Control the receiver: - Start Help // shows the Help Menu on TV - Change to Channel ZDF - Next Channel - Change to Channelnumber 5 - Random Channel
- Show Channellist // Channellist will be displayed on TV - Next/Previous Page // TV shows the next / previous page of the Channellist - Remove Page // Removes the displayed Page
- Mute/Unmute
- Increase/Decrease the Volume - Set Volume to 30 // Set Volume to 30%
- show the program of ZDF // Displays the EPG for the Channel ZDF - Next/Previous Page // Shows the next/previous page - Remove Page // Removes the displayed Page - Show info for number 3 // shows EPG Deatils for the third Entry in the List - Record number 3 // Shedule a Recording for the third Entry in the List
- Whats on ZDF today / tomorrow / the day after tomorrow // Displays the EPG of Cahnnel for the giving day - What on ZDF at 7 p.m. // Displays the EPG of Cahnnel for the giving time
- Schedule a Recording // Starts a Dialog to Shedule a Recording
- Show Recordings // Displays a List with available Recordings - Search for Recordings with Title Lindenstraße // Search for giving Titel in Recordings - Play number 3 // Plays the third Recording in the List - Show info for number 3 // Shows EPG Deatils for the third Entry in the List - Next/Previous Page // Shows the next/previous page - Remove Page // Removes the displayed Page
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