Command

Yamaha offers two Alexa skills that work hand-in-hand to give you a wide range of voice command possibilities, allowing you to control either a single MusicCast product or a whole MusicCast system.

MusicCast Smart Home skill

Standardized Alexa commands for the most commonly-used control functions

With MusicCast products launched in or after 2018, you can start playback of streaming music services like Amazon Music and TuneIn using Amazon Echo devices with voice commands.

MusicCast skill

Function

General	MusicCast Smart Home skill common commands	MusicCast skill custom commands
Power on/off	"Alexa, turn on the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn on the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn off all rooms."
Volume up/down	"Alexa, volume up in the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn volume up in the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn the group volume down in the Kitchen"
Volume settings	"Alexa, set volume to 30 in the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to set volume to 30 in the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to set group volume to 30 in the Kitchen."
Play/Pause/Stop	"Alexa, pause in the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to pause in the Kitchen."
Next/Previous	"Alexa, next in the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to skip song in the Kitchen."
Mute/Unmute	"Alexa, mute the Kitchen."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to mute the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to mute all rooms."
Input selection	"Alexa, select HDMI 1 in the Living Room."	"Alexa, ask MusicCast to switch input to HDMI 1 in the Living Room."

General

MusicCast Smart Home skill
common commands

MusicCast skill
custom commands

Power on/off

"Alexa, turn on the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn on the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn off all rooms."

Volume up/down

"Alexa, volume up in the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn volume up in the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to turn the group volume down in the Kitchen"

Volume settings

"Alexa, set volume to 30 in the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to set volume to 30 in the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to set group volume to 30 in the Kitchen."

Play/Pause/Stop

"Alexa, pause in the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to pause in the Kitchen."

Next/Previous

"Alexa, next in the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to skip song in the Kitchen."

Mute/Unmute

"Alexa, mute the Kitchen."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to mute the Kitchen." "Alexa, ask MusicCast to mute all rooms."

Input selection

"Alexa, select HDMI 1 in the Living Room."

"Alexa, ask MusicCast to switch input to HDMI 1 in the Living Room."

Function	Additional MusicCast Smart Home Skills for Models 2018 and newer
Start playing	"Alexa, play music in the kitchen." "Alexa, play music from [Streaming service] in the kitchen." "Alexa, play [Genre ・ Song Name ・ Station Name ・etc…] from [Streaming service] in the kitchen."
Pause	"Alexa, pause." "Alexa, stop." "Alexa, pause the kitchen." "Alexa, stop music in the kitchen."
Resume	"Alexa, play." "Alexa, play in the kitchen." "Alexa, resume." "Alexa, resume in the kitchen."
Start over	"Alexa, start over." "Alexa, start over in the kitchen." "Alexa, restart." "Alexa, restart in the kitchen."
Next	"Alexa, skip." "Alexa, skip in the kitchen." "Alexa, next." "Alexa, next in the kitchen."
Previous	"Alexa, previous." "Alexa, previous in the kitchen."
Rewind	"Alexa, rewind." (30 seconds if not specified)" "Alexa, rewind in the kitchen." "Alexa, rewind [1minute・10 seconds]." "Alexa, rewind [1minute・10 seconds] in the kitchen."
Fast forward	"Alexa, fast forward." (30 seconds if not specified) "Alexa, fast forward in the kitchen." "Alexa, fast forward [1minute・10 seconds]." "Alexa, fast forward [1minute・10 seconds] in the kitchen."
Shuffle on/off	"Alexa, shuffle on." "Alexa, shuffle on in the kitchen."
Thumbs up/down	"Alexa, thumbs up."
Loop on/off	"Alexa, loop on." "Alexa, loop on in the kitchen."

Function

Additional MusicCast Smart Home Skills for Models 2018 and newer

Start playing

"Alexa, play music in the kitchen." "Alexa, play music from [Streaming service] in the kitchen." "Alexa, play [Genre ・ Song Name ・ Station Name ・etc…] from [Streaming service] in the kitchen."

Pause

"Alexa, pause." "Alexa, stop." "Alexa, pause the kitchen." "Alexa, stop music in the kitchen."

Resume

"Alexa, play." "Alexa, play in the kitchen." "Alexa, resume." "Alexa, resume in the kitchen."

Start over

"Alexa, start over." "Alexa, start over in the kitchen." "Alexa, restart." "Alexa, restart in the kitchen."

"Alexa, skip." "Alexa, skip in the kitchen." "Alexa, next." "Alexa, next in the kitchen."

"Alexa, previous." "Alexa, previous in the kitchen."

Rewind

"Alexa, rewind." (30 seconds if not specified)" "Alexa, rewind in the kitchen." "Alexa, rewind [1minute・10 seconds]." "Alexa, rewind [1minute・10 seconds] in the kitchen."

Fast forward

"Alexa, fast forward." (30 seconds if not specified) "Alexa, fast forward in the kitchen." "Alexa, fast forward [1minute・10 seconds]." "Alexa, fast forward [1minute・10 seconds] in the kitchen."

Shuffle on/off

"Alexa, shuffle on." "Alexa, shuffle on in the kitchen."

Thumbs up/down

"Alexa, thumbs up."

Loop on/off

"Alexa, loop on." "Alexa, loop on in the kitchen."

Google Assistant

Control MusicCast with your voice via your Google Nest Audio devices.This includes action commands for hands-free convenience of playing tunes, adjusting volume and more.

Support language must be selected within Google Assistant settings of your account.

Function	Example
Power on/off	"Hey Google, turn on the Kitchen." "Hey Google, turn off all."
Volume up/down	"Hey Google, turn up the volume in the Kitchen." "Hey Google, turn down volume by 20 in the Kitchen."
Volume settings	"Hey Google, set the volume to 50% in the Kitchen."
Play/Pause/Stop	"Hey Google, play in the Kitchen."
Next/Previous	"Hey Google, play next song in the Kitchen."
Mute/Unmute	"Hey Google, mute the Kitchen."
Input selection	"Hey Google, switch the kitchen to Spotify."

Function

Example

Power on/off

"Hey Google, turn on the Kitchen." "Hey Google, turn off all."

Volume up/down

"Hey Google, turn up the volume in the Kitchen." "Hey Google, turn down volume by 20 in the Kitchen."

Volume settings

"Hey Google, set the volume to 50% in the Kitchen."

Play/Pause/Stop

"Hey Google, play in the Kitchen."

Next/Previous

"Hey Google, play next song in the Kitchen."