Hi Alan,
I tried playing channel 7 on both my Echo dot and my iPhone, and all works fine here. That said, here is what I did. I first actually tried to play the channel using Siri. Of coarse Siri gave me a problem the first time, but after that, it worked and started playing. I just said, Play channel 7 on Sirius XM. Like I said, the first time Siri just sit there, but the second time it worked. I then went into my Sirius XM app on my phone and did a search for Channel 7. After finding the right result, when I double tapped on it, it took me to that channel screen. I then had to swipe to the play button and double tap it to get it to play. I have not played Sirius on my Echo for quite a while because I normally just use my phone, so my account had unlinked from the skill. So I had to go to the settings of the Sirius skill in the app and relink my account. I am not sure, but either it remembered my log in info or used the Sirius app on my phone to help link them automatically. After that, I told my echo dot to play channel 7 on Sirius XM and it said, playing 70s on 7 on Sirius XM and started playing. I live in the northeast, but maybe Sirius XM is having issues where you live. I know that has happened in the past. The only other thing I can think of is to log out on your phone and log back in, and unlink your account on the echo and relink it. Chris From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Alan Lemly Sent: Friday, March 7, 2025 9:58 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Problem getting Sirius XM to play on my Echo or iPhone Hi List, I’m curious whether others are having a problem getting Sirius XM to play on their device. When I ask my Echo to play channel 7 or 70s on 7, I get a response of the announcement of the channel name followed by “Hmmm, I’m having trouble playing that right now.” I went to the Sirius skill on my Amazon Alexa app on my iPhone and disabled it and then reenabled it but this had no effect. When I open the Sirius app on my iPhone and attempt to play a channel by executing its play button, nothing is played on my iPhone and the play button appears to sort of blink. I suspect Sirius has done something to mess up things no doubt related to security in order to protect us from ourselves . I attempted to sign into Sirius on my desktop computer running Windows 10 with Firefox and noted that it forced me to receive a verification code. While I was successful in signing in, none of the channels play when executing their play button but instead provide a popup box stating “We’re having trouble playing this.” Before I consider what will no doubt be a vain attempt to cancel my Sirius subscription, I wanted comments from the list on what others are experiencing with Sirius. Thanks in advance for your replies. Alan Lemly -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004401db8f71%2452d0be90%24f8723bb0%24%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/004401db8f71%2452d0be90%24f8723bb0%24%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> . -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/viphone/002201db8f76%245c59e630%24150db290%24%40gmail.com.
