Hello, NEWB here. Received my SB3 last Friday. Nice unit, however see below .I am not sure where to post this, so I will start here.
I have intermediate knowledge and skills of all things audio, computers, and networking. Turns out this is a very good thing. Setting up the SB3 is definitely not for the novice in any of the above areas. I was able to set up the SB3 in my system and had music playing in a couple of hours. To prepare for this new adventure in audio, I have freshly installed a new NAS for music storage, and a new router. Had these up and running when the SB3 arrived. After playing with the setup for a couple of hours, the SB3 suddenly locks up, freezes. WTF? Messed with it for a while and finally rebooted everything to get back to normal. This has happened several times over the weekend, last night being the most recent. I havent kept notes but it seems like it is only when I am connected to Slim Server (and not Squeeze Network). Last night I listened to music from my NAS server, then switched to XM Radio. Listened to one channel for a while, then when I changed channels it locked up. The music kept playing but the remote and the display was acting very erratic. I had very little control. After a few minutes I could change channels but the station info would not update. Same on the SS screen. The XM info would not update. Dont know if the all the events are related to XM, but I dont think so. I have searched the Forums and found several threads of this similarity; i.e., the display freezes and the remote is not functional, etc. All of those that I found, however, were from around a year ago. Did those issues get resolved, or just ignored? I remember reading one poster said, I just got used to it .! Well that is not acceptable for me. With the SB3, new NAS with redundant drives, and a new router, I am out close to $900! For that money, I expect a little more reliability. So, whats the fix? Is this a network issue? Is it a SS issue, or a firmware issue? I expect a combination of all, especially the last two. Can someone help with this issue? As I said, I have been reading through MANY topics on the Forum and in the Community, and it looks like it can get very complicated to troubleshoot and sort out issues with the SB and Transporter, etc. I admire all those folks that have elevated knowledge of these things; they spend literally hours upon hours trying this and that, posting, answering, and then trying something else. I dont know about the rest of you, but I bought my SB3 to play music, not to spend all day learning to be a hacker and/or programmer. I really feel sorry for the consumer that has zero knowledge of these things. My system consists of the following: Sony PC with P3 1.5, 512 RAM, Windows XP Pro with SP2 D-Link DNS-323 with 2 Seagate 500GB SATA in RAID 1 D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme N Gigabit Router, Hardware Version A1, Firmware Version 1.02 SlimServer 6.5.3 SB3 Firmware Version 81 When this happens, the only processes going on is SS, and Internet browser. The router, SB3 connection strength is in the high 90% range. The SB3 and router are in the same room, about 10 feet apart, both elevated with no obstructions. Devices on the network (all have fixed IP address I thought that might help so I changed from dynamic assignment): PC above running SS Ethernet NAS Ethernet Laptop Wireless G SB3 Wireless G Being in the same room with the router, I can wire the SB3 to Ethernet, and that is probably what I will do. However, I want to resolve the issue that I am having now. For what its worth, I have been on Squeeze Network all day, not ever connected to Slim Server, and have had zero issues. Kind regards, Rick -- tubes-n-horns SB3 Mid-Fi Sansui TT Bottlehead Foreplay III Bottlehead Paramour 2A3 Monos Klipsch Heresys ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tubes-n-horns's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12488 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37068
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