[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
lostboy Wrote: > On the last one I opened up I saw that there was a date sticker on the > inside of the case showing a 15th March 2005 date - is this relevant?. > > > > > > > Not relevant - that's the date stamp for the plastic itself. > > > > > > > > > I sense that the headphone output level is lower for the SB2 than > > > > > > > for > > > the SB1 it replaced - is this intentional?> > > > > > > > It may be a smidge lower - the output circuitry is completely > > different. For the headphone amp there is a tradeoff to choose > > between THD and max output level - we chose a slightly lower output > > level for lower distortion. You can crank it up as high as 3Vpp by > > modifying that op-amp's gain. -- seanadams ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Just received 2xSB2 wired and 1xSB2 wireless from broadbandstuff.co.uk, and all have the missing resistor. I happened to have the right components to hand and added them and all works OK. On the last one I opened up I saw that there was a date sticker on the inside of the case showing a 15th March 2005 date - is this relevant?. I sense that the headphone output level is lower for the SB2 than for the SB1 it replaced - is this intentional? Chris -- lostboy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
mkosma Wrote: > On my (new) SB2, the right channel on the headphone jack appears not to > work at all. My MAC address is 00:04:20:05:a7:ef. Same here, MAC address 00:04:20:05:aa:12, purchased and used in England. Regards, Nick. -- nhopton ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
It's the black one to the left of C58 - it's labeled but you can't see the legend from this perspective. On May 9, 2005, at 1:25 PM, Marc Sherman wrote: Sean Adams wrote: It's just a 20K, low-wattage, 0805 size, marked at R34. Where is it? I can see R30-R33 and R35 clearly on http://www.slimdevices.com/photos/inside_squeezebox2/4.jpg but I can't seem to see R34. Is it hidden behind one of the big caps in those photos? - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Sean Adams wrote: It's just a 20K, low-wattage, 0805 size, marked at R34. Where is it? I can see R30-R33 and R35 clearly on http://www.slimdevices.com/photos/inside_squeezebox2/4.jpg but I can't seem to see R34. Is it hidden behind one of the big caps in those photos? - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
It's just a 20K, low-wattage, 0805 size, marked at R34. On May 9, 2005, at 12:06 PM, Mark Bennett wrote: Sean, is it possible to have details of the resistor spec and placement position on the PCB? (Is it marked on the silkscreen?) I don't use the headphone outputs at all, so I'm not overly bothered about getting them fixed right now. However, if I ever did want to use them, or to sell my boxes on (say when the SB3 is launched) I'd like to know how to do it. I don't really want to go through the cost and inconvenience of shipping the boxes back, and I suspect that you don't really want this either. Thanks, Mark. (BTW, I'm a qualified electronics engineer used to soldering chips with very fine pitches, and most resistors pose no problem at all!) On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 07:51 -0700, Sean Adams wrote: If you're having headphone problems and need to have your SB2 repaired, please contact either Slim Devices support or your reseller, depending on where you purchased it. We've corrected a manufacturing error that affected some portion of one production batch (R34, should be 20K but was not populated). The exact MAC range of Squeezebox2s shipped with this issue is not known, but the time-frame during which they shipped is limited to about a week. RCA analog outputs and digital outputs are unaffected by this BTW. Sorry for any inconvenience. On May 9, 2005, at 2:06 AM, mmca22gr wrote: No problems using Phono/RCA outputs but still dodgy using PC speakers plugged into the headphones socket. Player Firmware Version: 11 The ethernet MAC address for this player is: 00:04:20:05:a9:98 Wireless Signal Strength: 76% Purchased: UK - multitaskcomputing Hope this helps Michael -- mmca22gr ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- "The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Sean, is it possible to have details of the resistor spec and placement position on the PCB? (Is it marked on the silkscreen?) I don't use the headphone outputs at all, so I'm not overly bothered about getting them fixed right now. However, if I ever did want to use them, or to sell my boxes on (say when the SB3 is launched) I'd like to know how to do it. I don't really want to go through the cost and inconvenience of shipping the boxes back, and I suspect that you don't really want this either. Thanks, Mark. (BTW, I'm a qualified electronics engineer used to soldering chips with very fine pitches, and most resistors pose no problem at all!) On Mon, 2005-05-09 at 07:51 -0700, Sean Adams wrote: > If you're having headphone problems and need to have your SB2 > repaired, please contact either Slim Devices support or your > reseller, depending on where you purchased it. > > We've corrected a manufacturing error that affected some portion of > one production batch (R34, should be 20K but was not populated). The > exact MAC range of Squeezebox2s shipped with this issue is not known, > but the time-frame during which they shipped is limited to about a week. > > RCA analog outputs and digital outputs are unaffected by this BTW. > > Sorry for any inconvenience. > > > On May 9, 2005, at 2:06 AM, mmca22gr wrote: > > > > > No problems using Phono/RCA outputs but still dodgy using PC speakers > > plugged into the headphones socket. > > Player Firmware Version: 11 > > The ethernet MAC address for this player is: 00:04:20:05:a9:98 > > Wireless Signal Strength: 76% > > Purchased: UK - multitaskcomputing > > > > Hope this helps > > > > Michael > > > > > > -- > > mmca22gr > > ___ > > Discuss mailing list > > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > > -- "The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
If you're having headphone problems and need to have your SB2 repaired, please contact either Slim Devices support or your reseller, depending on where you purchased it. We've corrected a manufacturing error that affected some portion of one production batch (R34, should be 20K but was not populated). The exact MAC range of Squeezebox2s shipped with this issue is not known, but the time-frame during which they shipped is limited to about a week. RCA analog outputs and digital outputs are unaffected by this BTW. Sorry for any inconvenience. On May 9, 2005, at 2:06 AM, mmca22gr wrote: No problems using Phono/RCA outputs but still dodgy using PC speakers plugged into the headphones socket. Player Firmware Version: 11 The ethernet MAC address for this player is: 00:04:20:05:a9:98 Wireless Signal Strength: 76% Purchased: UK - multitaskcomputing Hope this helps Michael -- mmca22gr ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
No problems using Phono/RCA outputs but still dodgy using PC speakers plugged into the headphones socket. Player Firmware Version: 11 The ethernet MAC address for this player is: 00:04:20:05:a9:98 Wireless Signal Strength: 76% Purchased: UK - multitaskcomputing Hope this helps Michael -- mmca22gr ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Yep it is Sunday although do Slim Devices not provide tech support on a Saturday? I sent them an email as soon as I opened this thread - let's hope we get some response tomorrow as it seems like there are quite a few people with this problem..h.not so good when you're paying £200. I'll also be calling "multitaskcomputing" my supplier in the UK tomorrow to see how they can help. In the meantime - my MAC address: 00:04:20:05:a9:6a -- TomGoodacre ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
mherger Wrote: > > Has there been any official comment on this headphone issue? The > Slim > > staff seem to be somewhat quiet! > > It's sunday here... > Fair point. The issue has been discussed for longer than the last two days though. -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
> It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to > post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a > specific production batch. MAC Address: 00:04:20:05:A2:6A (Slim Devices) I do not have problems with the headphone jack itself, it's a tight enough fit and the channels are both there. There is about a seconds of noise at the start of a song, though. It's a bit like the base noise in a fax / modem connection. C. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Has there been any official comment on this headphone issue? The Slim staff seem to be somewhat quiet! It's sunday here... -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the StringEditor Plugin (http://www.herger.net/slim/) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Marc Sherman Wrote: > rds wrote: > It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to > > post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a > specific production batch. > > - Marc Has there been any official comment on this headphone issue? The Slim staff seem to be somewhat quiet! Max -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
On my (new) SB2, the right channel on the headphone jack appears not to work at all. My MAC address is 00:04:20:05:a7:ef. -- mkosma ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Marc Sherman Wrote: > > It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to > post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a > specific production batch. Just in case it's any use to the folks looking into this, my SB2 (wired) was bought in the UK through Broadbandstuff, and I did once get a slightly dodgy headphone connection, but I think the headphones may not have been properly plugged in. Apart from that the headphone connection has been fine. Its MAC address is 00:04:20:05:a1:37 -- cliveb ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
>It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to >post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a >specific production batch. > Good idea. Mine is 00:04:20:05:A9:64 Phil ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
On Sat, 2005-05-07 at 20:58 -0400, Marc Sherman wrote: > It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to > post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a > specific production batch. Good idea, mine are: 00-04-20-05-a8-ec and 00-04-20-05-a9-0d, both producing audio on the left channel only of the headphone socket. -- "The biggest problem encountered while trying to design a system that was completely foolproof, was, that people tended to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools." (Douglas Adams) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
rds wrote: I ordered my SB2 direct from SlimDevices, but I have the same problem (so it's not just a UK problem). In addition to the flaky headphone connection (which causes clicks, pops, and cutting out), I also hear an irritating (and relatively loud) fluttering sound between songs and within the first few seconds after the next song begins playing. I don't hear any of this over the RCA outputs. It might be helpful for all the people with headphone jack problems to post their MAC addresses, in case this issue can be isolated to a specific production batch. - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
I ordered my SB2 direct from SlimDevices, but I have the same problem (so it's not just a UK problem). In addition to the flaky headphone connection (which causes clicks, pops, and cutting out), I also hear an irritating (and relatively loud) fluttering sound between songs and within the first few seconds after the next song begins playing. I don't hear any of this over the RCA outputs. -- rds ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
I received mine (in the UK) about 4-5 weeks ago. Headphones sound fine, I tried a couple of pairs and both channels are crisp and noise free. Richard On 5/7/05, mmca22gr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also got mine from Multitask. Have not done anything yet so far as I was > not planning to use the headphones socket that much. Think I will drop > both Multitask and SLim Devices an email detailing the problem. > > M > > -- > mmca22gr > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com > http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
Also got mine from Multitask. Have not done anything yet so far as I was not planning to use the headphones socket that much. Think I will drop both Multitask and SLim Devices an email detailing the problem. M -- mmca22gr ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
mmca22gr Wrote: > First thing I did was plug in a pair of PC desktop powered speakers into > the headphones jack and found that there was a constant crackle and pop > making it unusable. I'm in the UK also, although I don't think that > should make a difference! Yeah :-( I was just wondering if all unity shipped to the UK are faulty. I purchased mine from "multitaskccomputing" What have you done about this problem mmca22gr? -- TomGoodacre ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Headphone connection on SB2
First thing I did was plug in a pair of PC desktop powered speakers into the headphones jack and found that there was a constant crackle and pop making it unusable. I'm in the UK also, although I don't think that should make a difference! -- mmca22gr ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
