It may be relevant to you, because your usage pattern of internet/server may alter whether the Radio is going to suit your requirements or not. I think that's what bluegaspode was getting at.
The Radio is designed to be connected at all times to one of a) the internet and/or b) a local server (whether PC, Mac or NAS). There is a fallback mechanism for the alarm, but it's only designed as a failsafe rather than for regular use. If you have the server software running, but no internet access, then an alarm sound which is a local music file will work as normal. If you have an internet radio station set as your alarm, the fallback tone will sound. However, the fallback tone will only work once, so you would need to reconnect to the internet again for the next day's alarm to work. You would also be limited to the fallback alarm sound - which is a single beep. Some people find it too quiet, although it's worked for me the few times I have needed to use it. If you have no software running, then as long as the Radio is connected to Mysqueezebox.com, and have selected a radio station or similar (rather than a local file) the alarm should work as normal. If you have no software and no internet, then you will only ever get the fallback alarm - and again you would need to reconnect to the internet/software again before any following alarms will work. In short, there is a fall back mechanism which should ensure the alarm will sound, but it's not designed for everyday use. The Radio is designed to be connected to at least one of the internet or the server software at all times. Hope this helps. -- Siduhe Who am I on 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/siduhe)? "-Siduhe Loved Tracks radio got the thumbs up. Feedback included: yeah, it's good... got the odd dodgy track tho...-" (c) 'ModelCitizen' (http://www.last.fm/user/Modelcitizen) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76601 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
