Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New to Radio
Many thanks -that's great. -- Gers Gers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39590 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80849 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
I've had both for about six months and love them both equally. Radio: * Nice screen for album artwork, picture screen saver, clock, menu navigation etc. * One speaker (but sound quality still surprisingly good). * Apparently dodgy alarm clock (though no problems for me with local SBS). * Battery power and remote option Boom: * Sounds excellent. * Backlit buttons. * Last in the line of Slim players. No new features expected in the firmware, but will of course benefit from SBS improvements. * Comes with a remote. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80847 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
Based on my experience, do NOT buy the radio. I may have bought a lemon, but this thing is driving my wife up the wall. * The radio is extremely unstable. * It will stop playing for unknown reasons-to restore playing press another stations button then back. * Display will go black-previously could restore by pulling power plug- now that I have a battery I'm not sure how to fix it. * Remote does not support radio buttons. Supposedly one can duplicate this using favorites. Two problems with that: One, I haven't figured out how to do that. Two, the radio is on the other side of the bed from my wife and the display is too small to see where you are in the menu structure. If you like to have a full time hobby trying to make sense out of undesired random events, this is the device for you. If you want a reliable tool for listening, go elsewhere. If I could return the radio I would. -- willorama willorama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39597 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80847 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
willorama;565836 Wrote: * Remote does not support radio buttons. Supposedly one can duplicate this using favorites. What are radio buttons'? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80847 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
The radio has six buttons (like on a car radio) that you can preset to stations or (supposedly) stuff in your library. -- willorama willorama's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39597 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80847 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Newbie questions on playing/managing Podcasts on SBR
Porschefan;565796 Wrote: For some reason I thought that starting a thread got you automatically signed up for email notifications, but I guess not here. that works here too, but you need to set up the options to do that under USER CP. -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80852 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
willorama;565877 Wrote: The radio has six buttons (like on a car radio) that you can preset to stations or (supposedly) stuff in your library. So does the Boom. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80847 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio or Squeezebox Boom
Boom:
+ sounds better
+ stable firmware
- Will probably get less new features than Radio
Radio
+ smaller size
+ support for optional battery pack
+ color screen
- more firmware bugs at the moment = more problems
I would personally not change back my Radio to a Boom, I love the size
of the Radio and the color screen really makes a difference. However, I
have the Radio as a bedside radio where the stereo sound from the Boom
really isn't needed.
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[SlimDevices: Radio] Revert to older firmware
When I reinstall an older version of squeezeboxserver, I can revert the Squeezebox 3's firmware to the older version. However, the Squeezebox Radio does not provide such option to update to the older version firmware. Is there a way to downgrade back to the older firmware? Thanks. -- Honva Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80864 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Revert to older firmware
Are we talking about an older nightly build within same SBS release ?
If you install an older official SBS release the Radio should prompt
you to downgrade the firmware automatically. For nightly builds I think
it always uses the latest firmware version compatible with that SBS
release (7.5.2 at the moment since that's what the nightly builds are
built from)
It is possible to downgrade within a nightly build manually, but to do
that you need to get tha specific firmware files you like to downgrade
to. I think there is a thread or wiki article that describes the
process somewhere.
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[SlimDevices: Radio] Thanks Squeezebox Radio
For all the griping about the Radio--I want to say that I just finished putting up four cords of wood for winter and my Squeezebox was with me every moment of the way. I was outside about 200 feet from the router and using the battery pack. Never a drop-out or cut-off. From Pandora to Radio Rancherito in Ciudad Juarez, the Radio kept me going for two hard days. Thanks. -- snowmanvt snowmanvt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80866 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Synced radios - No volume on some
I have a 7.5.1 network of 4 Radios and 1 Touch. I also use iPeng (iPad) and various Android apps for(Droid) remote control. My problem is sometimes when I press play, not all radios emit sound---I can see the playing icon so it is streaming (I guess). There's just no sound. I have to power on/off for the device to emit sound again. I tried downgrading SBS to 7.5.0, and that didn't resolve. Radios are still synced but sometimes one or more of them will not emit sound when play is pressed. Any ideas what might be causing this sync-without-sound issue? Could the phone apps be causing issues? Is it an SBS version issue? Also, when I downgraded the server to 7.5.0, the radios never updated. Each one is still on 7.5.1 r8837. I even tried software updatestill the same version. -- jk12 jk12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80869 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Synced radios - No volume on some
I'm seeing the same on both Radio and Touch I believe it's an issue with the current firmware of the SB players. I also have all kind of problems with updating the firmware and connecting to servers on the device itself (work fine if connected through iPeng/controller) -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80869 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
Yet another glorious summer day here in Toronto yet still no SB Radio outdoor listening pleasure due to no batteries being sold in Canada. Pretty pathetic that I have to ask this question here but would anyone be willing to buy me one and ship it up here? Obviously I'd prepay you for your troubles. Let me know. Thanks! -- newy newy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=18530 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75056 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Thanks Squeezebox Radio
Yes there should be more compliments about the SBR. If it were reliable I would be the first to say it was the best $150.00 I have ever spent. The screen occasionally freezes up when changing stations, using the presets, requiring a reboot. So I tried leaving it on just one station to see what would happen. The next morning it was frozen. Only a reboot could get it going again. Because of these issues I have not looked into the many extensive features. If just the most simple uses were solid I would be singing the praises of the SBR. I am hoping that a future firmware update will solve the problems. I have hardware version 5 firmware 7.5.1 r8837 with mysqueezebox.com. -- Ron Stordahl Ron Stordahl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80866 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Thanks Squeezebox Radio
Same here, love my radio. Right now it is playing ocean waves to help my new baby stay asleep. I have had no issues with it. -- johnas johnas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80866 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Revert to older firmware
erland;565910 Wrote: Are we talking about an older nightly build within same SBS release ? If you install an older official SBS release the Radio should prompt you to downgrade the firmware automatically. For nightly builds I think it always uses the latest firmware version compatible with that SBS release (7.5.2 at the moment since that's what the nightly builds are built from) It is possible to downgrade within a nightly build manually, but to do that you need to get tha specific firmware files you like to downgrade to. I think there is a thread or wiki article that describes the process somewhere. Thanks erland. I was trying to downgrade from 7.5.2 back to 7.4.2r30018. I tried 7.5.2 but did not like it and now I uninstalled 7.5.2 and reinstalled 7.4.2. I am hoping to revert the firmware of the radio back to 7.4.2. However, the radio keep saying 7.5.1 is the newest firmware and there is no option to update back to 7.4.2. -- Honva Honva's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14948 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80864 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Revert to older firmware
Honva;566023 Wrote:
Thanks erland.
I was trying to downgrade from 7.5.2 back to 7.4.2r30018. I tried
7.5.2 but did not like it and now I uninstalled 7.5.2 and reinstalled
7.4.2. I am hoping to revert the firmware of the radio back to 7.4.2.
However, the radio keep saying 7.5.1 is the newest firmware and there is
no option to update back to 7.4.2.
Make sure that you are connected to the local server, it sounds like it
still users the mysqueezebox.com web site (which is using 7.5.1).
Try this:
1. Make sure your server is running
2. Browse into My Music/Albums, make sure it connects to your server
and shows the albums on it
3. Restart the Radio by holding the power button for a few seconds and
then push it again to startup the Radio again.
Hopefully, it will connect to your server and offer you the 7.4.2
firmware after this.
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