Echo Show 5 (1st gen)¶

This setup has been verified on a 1st generation Echo Show 5 (checkers) from 2019 running the Kiosk Satellite Edition of LineageOS for the Echo Show 5 (1st gen), a LineageOS 18.1 (Android 11) image tuned for Kiosk Satellite. It is the recommended way to run Kiosk Satellite on the Show. The image builds on the LineageOS 18.1 port in amazon-oss by R0rt1z2 and bengris32, which brings the screen, camera and Bluetooth, and adds what a kiosk needs on top.

The Echo Show 5 (2nd gen) from 2021 has its own image and guide.

Why This Image¶

The wake word works over music. The image gives Kiosk Satellite the Show's raw microphone, and Kiosk Satellite's echo canceller removes the speaker's sound from it. The wake word works with music playing. See Volume.
Kiosk Satellite on first boot. Once the Show is on Wi-Fi, the latest Kiosk Satellite release is downloaded, installed, given every permission it needs and made the device owner. There are no adb commands to run and Kiosk Satellite's updates install without a confirmation.
System updates. Kiosk Satellite shows new releases of the image and installs them, also from Home Assistant. See System Updates.
More free memory. The image leaves out the apps and services a kiosk does not use. With Kiosk Satellite on screen for over an hour, about 400 MB of the Show's 1 GB stays available.
Privacy and the screen on separate presses. A short press of the button turns the screen on and off. Holding it for about a second and a half turns privacy on and off. See The Button.
Double tap to wake. A double tap on the screen turns it back on while it is off.
Steady Wi-Fi. The Show keeps the access point it joined instead of moving between mesh nodes, which stalled audio and dropped Home Assistant.

The image's guide lists every change.

Before You Start¶

The Show needs the Kiosk Satellite Edition of LineageOS for the Echo Show 5 (1st gen). Follow its guide to unlock the Show with amonet 2, install the image, set the time and join Wi-Fi from adb. Once that is done, Kiosk Satellite is installed and opens on the screen.

If the Show runs another LineageOS image, see Moving from Another Image.

The Show names itself echo-show-5-g1-ks and the last three characters of its serial, echo-show-5-g1-ks-qr1 for example, so it shows up under its own name on your router. Kiosk Satellite shows its model as Amzn Echo Show 5 1st Gen (KS).

Setup¶

Go through the setup wizard on the screen or at http://<show ip>:2324 in a browser: an admin password, the Home Assistant connection, the dashboard and the Voice Satellite wake word. The image's guide shows how to find the Show's IP address. Then add the Show in Home Assistant under Settings > Devices & services, where it shows up as discovered.

Wake Word¶

Pick the engine with Wake word engine under Voice Satellite > Wake Word, with the VS Wake word engine select in Home Assistant or in the setup wizard. The Show offers vsWakeWord, microWakeWord and openWakeWord.

Amazon, the engine Echo devices shipped with, shows up only when you install Pryon's files in /data/pryon. It needs Kiosk Satellite 2026.11.14 or newer. See Amazon's wake word engine in the image guide. Kiosk Satellite reads the models the image has when it starts, so restart the Show after you install or change the files. With Amazon picked, a Wake word language select shows up under the engine. It lists the locales of the models you installed and starts on the first one in locales.txt.

Each model also has its own stop word, so Stop word interruption works as it does with the other engines. Saying "stop" ends a ringing timer or a reply.

Volume¶

Keep the Show's media volume at 70% and Kiosk Satellite's media player and assistant volumes at 100%. The Show has the same speaker as the Echo Show 5 (2nd gen). That fills a room, and the wake word still works over music. A fresh install of the image starts at these levels.

Kiosk Satellite 2026.11.14 and newer add a 20 dB base gain to the Show's microphone, so 0 dB under Microphone gain is the right level.

The Button¶

The Show's power button is also its privacy button. The Show's privacy chip turns privacy on after a hold of about a second and a half, and any press turns it off again. So the image keeps the two apart:

A short press turns the screen on and off.
Holding it for about a second and a half turns privacy on and off. The red light shows when it is on.
While privacy is on, a press only turns privacy off and leaves the screen as it is.

The image's guide shows how to get Android's usual button back.

System Updates¶

The image updates itself from the Echo Show 5 (1st gen) releases of its repository, and Kiosk Satellite shows these updates. In the remote admin, About > System shows the installed release of the image. Click the version to check for a newer one. When there is one, Install shows its release notes and starts the update. The Overview lists a new release under Needs attention. Home Assistant gets a Firmware update entity that checks and installs the same way, next to Update for Kiosk Satellite itself.

The image downloads the release, checks its signature and restarts into TWRP to install it. The Show has one copy of the system, so it is offline for a few minutes, once. Kiosk Satellite and its settings stay. The image checks for a new release a minute after every boot, and Kiosk Satellite asks it again twice a day. The image's device commands do the same from adb.

Moving from Another Image¶

The image installs by hand, not as an update, since it needs an erased data partition. Follow Moving from another image:

In the remote admin, use Export configuration and keep the file.
Install the image as its guide shows.
Once Kiosk Satellite is back, choose Restore from configuration file in the setup wizard and pick the file you exported.

If the Show was unlocked with an older amonet, update it to amonet 2 first. The image's guide covers updating an older amonet.