I live in the State of Ohio and the USA, and I have just finished watching and studying your great instructional video, and I want to thank you for it and to say that your video is absolutely the BEST of all the electronic instructional videos I have ever watched. Unlike many of such videos, yours does not clutter up the instructions with distracting juvenile music in the background, nor do you speak so rapidly and with slang designed to portray you as "so cool" but which forces me to replay their videos over and over to try to follow and understand. Instead, your video is like a friendly but professional university lecture. Easy to follow and understand with no need to continuously pause and go back. I thank you very much for a job well done and I am hitting the button to Subscribe to more of your instructional videos. Thank you so much!
Many thanks for sharing this. I've been trying for months to get my RM mini 3 to work. I wasted a whole lot of time using Broadlink E-Control. Using the Intelligent Home Center (IHC) app worked great. Before, I could not get Alexa to authenticate the skill, no matter what login I used. With IHC, everything works well.
@@TechTalkwithAJ It took me a while to figure out the voice commands for custom scenes. You have to say "Alexa, Turn On " My scenes are: Favorite, Mute, Pause, and TV Power. For those commands that toggle on/off, you always have to say "Alexa Turn ON " .The words "Turn OFF" don't work. It's a bit clumsy, but it works.
@@zipzit2go for such commands customize this command in the Alexa app.. like for me I have a scene called movie mode and I have customised it in the Alexa app.. so for both switching it on or off, I just have to say Alexa, movie mode.
I get a whole lot of "Sorry, I'm not sure about that..." from Alexa when I shorten the verbal command to just the simple "Alexa " .. The only thing that works reliably is "Alexa, Turn ON " . Perhaps because my terms are so generic?
I have a question. If I have 1Echo Dot in a room + 1 Broadlink Mini 3 and I set it up to control the TV on that room, and I have the exact same setup in another room, can I set everything up so that I can use the exact same voice command and depending on what echo dot I talked to, it activates the Mini 3 in that same room and not the other one? For example: Alexa, turn on the TV --> the Mini 3 in that room turns on the samsung tv in that room. then go to the other room and say to the other Echo Dot: Alexa, turn on the TV --> the other Mini 3 turns on the tv in that room (samsung or other brand).
Informative review AJ... but I have just 2 questions - 1). Is this wall mountable, and does it have 360° coverage? Reason: My Smart TV is in front, my Airtel STB and Denon AVR are below it, my AC is to the left and smart bulbs all around, so I need to mount it somewhere on the wall behind me (keeping it centrally on a center table is NOT feasible ). 2.) Does it also have RF and WiFi Remote capabilities (for my RGB strip-lights)? EDIT: Oh yeah, one more thing. Which one would you recommend - Sensy Smart Remote, Broadlink RM Mini 3 or Broadlink RM Pro/+ ?
It has 360° coverage so even if you keep it next to your TV, it will take care of all the devices from one corner right from your TV, AVR, STB and TV. It does not have RF but only IR. If you need RF your can go for RM PRO. And yes, you can control it via your phone app along with personal assistants like Echo and Google Home. I hope this answers all your doubts. Feel free to reach out for any additional information. Thanks for watching the video!
Is it mandatory to have wifi enabled smart tv ,stb, and bluray player or a standard(non smart w/o wifi compatibility) led tv and stb ll work with broadlink and alexa together ???
Now I have a question: Have you been able to use this device to duplicate all the buttons on the Fire TV Stick Remote so that I voice control all functions through Alexa?
Unfortunately, I have not used this device with the fire stick.. the firestick uses a bluetooth remote and this device only supports IR devices. As I am using a Mi Box that can be controlled via a IR remote, the RM Mini 3 works perfectly.
@@TechTalkwithAJ Thank you very much for this clarification. Googling, there seems to be much confusion on internet discussions about this. However, by my good fortune, Amazon just announced a new $35 device which seems to solve the problem, as it is very important to my circumstances to have voice control without the remote. See: amazon.com/gp/product/B075F9PYGR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
@@mytab3 when it comes to range for controlling IR devices, both perform the same as both have the same number of IR blasters inside. The only advantage of RM Pro is of controlling RF devices.
@@TechTalkwithAJ Ok, I also got the Echo dort 3rd gen. Do you also can control your broadlink rm mini3 with the echo dot 3? I don´t get it... and I tought I have read that it is not supported by gen3 yet. Is it true or what am I doing wrong. Alexa can find all devices and scenes through braodlink account, but she just says device does not answer...Why?!
@@schubertma Hi Marco, broadlink rm mini works perfectly with my echo dot 3rd gen. Try unlinking the broadlink skill from the echo app and then link it again. That may work..
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT BUY this crap: the RM Mini 3. IT DOES NOT CONNECT to the app anymore. It worked up to a point when they made app upgrade. The hardware it's OK but it's clear that Broadlink (who are obviously big crooks) want you to buy the newer version 4. I've tried everything (on IOS) all the apps IHC, Broadlink app, Broadlink e-control. It simply cannot connect to the device using both available connection methods. Piece of Crap
I live in the State of Ohio and the USA, and I have just finished watching and studying your great instructional video, and I want to thank you for it and to say that your video is absolutely the BEST of all the electronic instructional videos I have ever watched. Unlike many of such videos, yours does not clutter up the instructions with distracting juvenile music in the background, nor do you speak so rapidly and with slang designed to portray you as "so cool" but which forces me to replay their videos over and over to try to follow and understand. Instead, your video is like a friendly but professional university lecture. Easy to follow and understand with no need to continuously pause and go back. I thank you very much for a job well done and I am hitting the button to Subscribe to more of your instructional videos. Thank you so much!
Thank you so very much for your kind words. This is sure going to motivate me to make more videos. Thanks again..
Excellent video, AJ! Just what I needed to setup alexa with broadlink to control my TV. BTW - I scored my RM mini 3 for just $10 at Zapals!
Thanks for watching the video, appreciate your time.
Great review AJ. Subscribed.
Excellent narative AJ
Great review thanks!
Good job AJ
Many thanks for sharing this. I've been trying for months to get my RM mini 3 to work. I wasted a whole lot of time using Broadlink E-Control. Using the Intelligent Home Center (IHC) app worked great. Before, I could not get Alexa to authenticate the skill, no matter what login I used. With IHC, everything works well.
Thanks for watching the video, I am glad this one helped you.
@@TechTalkwithAJ It took me a while to figure out the voice commands for custom scenes. You have to say "Alexa, Turn On " My scenes are: Favorite, Mute, Pause, and TV Power. For those commands that toggle on/off, you always have to say "Alexa Turn ON " .The words "Turn OFF" don't work. It's a bit clumsy, but it works.
@@zipzit2go for such commands customize this command in the Alexa app.. like for me I have a scene called movie mode and I have customised it in the Alexa app.. so for both switching it on or off, I just have to say Alexa, movie mode.
I get a whole lot of "Sorry, I'm not sure about that..." from Alexa when I shorten the verbal command to just the simple "Alexa " .. The only thing that works reliably is "Alexa, Turn ON " . Perhaps because my terms are so generic?
@@zipzit2go to be Frank, I am not sure about it but for me the Movie mode command for the scene works perfectly.
Can I use one device for my master bed room and child room? Or i need two devices?
If we hav 2 devices are they sync?
Can you set the temp of the AC using Alexa ? or you can only turn it ON or OFF ?
I have a question. If I have 1Echo Dot in a room + 1 Broadlink Mini 3 and I set it up to control the TV on that room, and I have the exact same setup in another room, can I set everything up so that I can use the exact same voice command and depending on what echo dot I talked to, it activates the Mini 3 in that same room and not the other one?
For example:
Alexa, turn on the TV --> the Mini 3 in that room turns on the samsung tv in that room.
then go to the other room and say to the other Echo Dot:
Alexa, turn on the TV --> the other Mini 3 turns on the tv in that room (samsung or other brand).
Change the name of devices.
ALEXA TURN ON TV 1
ALEXA TURN ON TV 2
I hav a voltas ac... will it work fr tht? I cnt see voltas company in the list of ac companies at 4:58
Informative review AJ... but I have just 2 questions -
1). Is this wall mountable, and does it have 360° coverage?
Reason: My Smart TV is in front, my Airtel STB and Denon AVR are below it, my AC is to the left and smart bulbs all around, so I need to mount it somewhere on the wall behind me (keeping it centrally on a center table is NOT feasible ).
2.) Does it also have RF and WiFi Remote capabilities (for my RGB strip-lights)?
EDIT:
Oh yeah, one more thing. Which one would you recommend - Sensy Smart Remote, Broadlink RM Mini 3 or Broadlink RM Pro/+ ?
It has 360° coverage so even if you keep it next to your TV, it will take care of all the devices from one corner right from your TV, AVR, STB and TV.
It does not have RF but only IR. If you need RF your can go for RM PRO.
And yes, you can control it via your phone app along with personal assistants like Echo and Google Home.
I hope this answers all your doubts. Feel free to reach out for any additional information.
Thanks for watching the video!
Thank you for clearing my doubts @@TechTalkwithAJ. Now I can at least 'buy in peace'. :-)
Is it mandatory to have wifi enabled smart tv ,stb, and bluray player or a standard(non smart w/o wifi compatibility) led tv and stb ll work with broadlink and alexa together ???
No. It is not necessary to have a smart tv or device. Its controlled by IR just like a normal remote.
@@TechTalkwithAJ Thank you for clearing it :)
Now I have a question: Have you been able to use this device to duplicate all the buttons on the Fire TV Stick Remote so that I voice control all functions through Alexa?
Unfortunately, I have not used this device with the fire stick.. the firestick uses a bluetooth remote and this device only supports IR devices.
As I am using a Mi Box that can be controlled via a IR remote, the RM Mini 3 works perfectly.
@@TechTalkwithAJ Thank you very much for this clarification. Googling, there seems to be much confusion on internet discussions about this. However, by my good fortune, Amazon just announced a new $35 device which seems to solve the problem, as it is very important to my circumstances to have voice control without the remote. See:
amazon.com/gp/product/B075F9PYGR/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I believe you can control the firestick directly through alexa now....correct me if I'm wrong
can it change tv channel?
Yes it can..
@@TechTalkwithAJ Thanks, brought one, works like charm.
Alexa set the temperature to 25. Will this work?
Yes. You can teach the device to do so..
What is the maximum range of this ir blaster??
My room size is approximately 12ft by 12ft. And this ir blaster controls all my devices in the room even though it's sitting in one corner.
@@TechTalkwithAJ can u guide rm mini 3 or rm pro.. Which one is better in terms of higher range?
@@mytab3 thanks for reaching out. Can you outline your need? Also, what are the devices you would want to control?
@@mytab3 when it comes to range for controlling IR devices, both perform the same as both have the same number of IR blasters inside. The only advantage of RM Pro is of controlling RF devices.
Which Echo are you uing? 1./2. Gen. or 3rd gen?
I am using echo 2nd gen and echo dot 3rd gen.
@@TechTalkwithAJ Ok, I also got the Echo dort 3rd gen. Do you also can control your broadlink rm mini3 with the echo dot 3? I don´t get it... and I tought I have read that it is not supported by gen3 yet. Is it true or what am I doing wrong. Alexa can find all devices and scenes through braodlink account, but she just says device does not answer...Why?!
@@schubertma Hi Marco, broadlink rm mini works perfectly with my echo dot 3rd gen.
Try unlinking the broadlink skill from the echo app and then link it again. That may work..
TechTalk with AJ oh really? I dont get it..
did unlink the Account without success. I come from Germany. Is that probably the reason?
İts work Movie time command with alexa
Yes it does. You will need to setup a SCENE to make it work.
Still wearing USPA
Haha.. yes I do.. although the video is a year old..
Hey bro itna bada video bananeka kya zarurat tha.
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, DO NOT BUY this crap: the RM Mini 3. IT DOES NOT CONNECT to the app anymore. It worked up to a point when they made app upgrade. The hardware it's OK but it's clear that Broadlink (who are obviously big crooks) want you to buy the newer version 4. I've tried everything (on IOS) all the apps IHC, Broadlink app, Broadlink e-control. It simply cannot connect to the device using both available connection methods. Piece of Crap
Hello, I just testing using the Broadlink app and everything seems to be working fine now.
@@TechTalkwithAJ on IOS or Android?
Android
@@TechTalkwithAJ you see that’s the issue. They fucked up the Apple app
Also, I faced issues with the Broadlink app in the recent times. But looks like they fixed it. I'm sure they will fix it for iOS soon.