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Community Question: What happens to shortened entertainment zones? The Ambiance Gradient Light Strip cut off

The Ambiance Gradient Light Strip cut off

If you have equipped your TV with a Philips Hue Play Gradient Lightstrip, the wall behind it will be illuminated on the left, top and right. If you also want to illuminate the bottom, the Philips Hue Ambiance Gradient Lightstrip is the perfect companion. Siegfried sent me an interesting question about this via e-mail.

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Community-Question: Battery problems with the Hue Go portable table lamp. Only works on the charging station

Only works on the charging station

Our small community has been discussing the Philips Hue Go portable table lamp this week. The model, which was officially launched in spring, seems to be causing problems for some users. Specifically, it’s about this: Unfortunately, I have to report that the battery of my Hue Go portable table lamp is defective after only two months.

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Philips Hue Contact Sensor: How can it be used? Write us a comment

Write us a comment

In the coming weeks, Philips Hue will introduce its own contact sensor. From a purely technical point of view, I expect a very classic design, similar to the Eve Door & Window, for example. You can see the HomeKit sensor in the cover image above. Unsurprisingly, Philips Hue will use ZigBee as the radio standard for its contact sensor.

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Community question of the week: Configure dimmer switch via Bluetooth? With Bridge there are many more possibilities

With Bridge there are many more possibilities

Thanks to the Bluetooth function, Philips Hue now makes it very easy to enter the world of smart lighting. Buy a lamp, screw it in, turn on the light switch and you’re ready to go. Different colours can be selected and lamps dimmed via Bluetooth. But what about accessories? This is where a question from Sebastian from our community comes into play.

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Community question of the week: Hue lights on the wall socket There are different solutions

There are different solutions

There was a rather interesting question in the Hueblog community over the weekend about mounting Hue lights on the wall. An exciting topic that I would also like to take up again on the blog. And that’s what it’s about: In my flat there is only one connection for lights per room.

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Community question of the week: Switching off the LED lighting of the Hue Bridge Unfortunately only workarounds available

Unfortunately only workarounds available

As far as the positioning of the Hue Bridge is concerned, you are unfortunately relatively limited. After all, it cannot be placed everywhere in the house, at least a cable connection to the home network must exist. In most cases, the Hue Bridge should be placed near the router. At night, you can expect a light show, as Hueblog reader Nina has also realised.

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Community question of the week: Motion detector depending on presence Activating different scenes

Activating different scenes

With full-blown smart home systems, such a setting is probably no problem, but in the Hue universe, on the other hand, you come up against your limits. It’s about a question about the Philips Hue motion detector that Mike sent me by email: I’ve been searching the net for a few days and can’t find what I’m looking for.

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Community Question of the Week: New lamps do not react to motion sensor Scenes must be saved again

Scenes must be saved again

I have already been asked this question several times, and I also discover it again and again in social networks or in the community. Manfred also had problems with the motion sensor in the same room after setting up new Hue lamps. I connected two new Hue White bulbs on the bridge and put them in an existing room with two other bulbs and a motion detector.

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Community question of the week: Which light source is particularly dark? Use as a night light

Use as a night light

Philips Hue is probably omnipresent in many of our homes. One or the other smart lamp is probably also installed in bedrooms and children’s rooms. And this is where a question from Hueblog reader Jovi comes into play. He emailed me: Which is the darkest Hue bulb in E14 format to regulate?

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Hue Wall Switch Module: Switch between scenes faster Not only possible with pushbuttons

Not only possible with pushbuttons

In my opinion, the Hue Wall Switch Module is one of the best extensions for the Hue system. It not only solves the light switch problem, but can also be configured individually. In our (german) community there is a rather exciting question about this, which I would like to take care of for you today.

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