sander;461782 Wrote: > Like I said earlier, in about a year of ownership this has only affected > me once, when my server crashed, but this is really pure luck. The > problem is there is no fallback in the current alarm settings. > > In order for me to wake up to a streaming radio station, the boom has > to be networked, Squeezecenter has to be running, the internet > connection has to be working, and radio station has to be up. > > If any of the last 3 aren't working the alarm just doesn't go off. If > the boom isn't networked it plays some sound for a minute and stops. All > of which are unacceptable for a high end device like this marketed as an > alarm clock. > > I can make a case the Boom is a great alarm clock. I have access to a > tremendous amount of content. I can have it fade as I got to sleep. > Powersave shuts down the device once the songs over, and AutoDim makes > it go completely dark for most of the night. > > But this lack of redundancy in the alarms is a black mark on this and > other Squeezebox products. The boom forums have been full of this > complaint for a while now. > > Logitech should fix it or stop touting it in their marketing material.
Isn't the fall back the one minute of alarm? My alarm is usually on for less than 1 second before I'm up. What's wrong with one minute? -- eap ------------------------------------------------------------------------ eap's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32788 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=68252 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
