Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Power connector robustness
I can't speak for the SB Radio directly, but I can tell you the similar barrel power connector on my SB Boom has failed, and it appears several if not many other Boom owners have had this problem. I must play with the power connector every time I move it. I believe the root cause of this problem is low quality parts. Barrel connectors are not supposed to fail so quickly or easily. -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88394 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Power connector robustness
I can't speak for the SB Radio directly, but I can tell you the similar barrel power connector on my SB Boom has failed, and it appears several if not many other Boom owners have had this problem. I must play with the power connector every time I move it. I believe the root cause of this problem is low quality parts. Barrel connectors are not supposed to fail so quickly or easily. -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88394 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 404 Not Found
I had the same 404 Not Found problem on my Boom with WNYC-FM (and AM) which I think may have coincidently started the same day as the station's fall fundraiser. The station was back by Wednesday evening, but all is not back to normal. I used to get connected immediately when I pressed the play button as long as WNYC-FM was the last thing played. Since Wednesday I have been getting nothing. The display shows the station name, but no audio. I have had to go tune in another station and then tune back to WNYC-FM to get the audio stream. I've also noticed occasional digital audio artifacts, clicks, echos, re-buffering and such, when in the past the station's audio stream was virtually always pristine. This is happening with iTunes on my Mac Mini and desktop PC too. And, whereas the audio would start immediately before, now it buffers for a second or so when it's first started. On the other hand, the Boom used to display wrong program information (like from hours or days before) for WNYC-FM. Now the program info seems to be correct, once I can get the station tuned in. My best guess is that WNYC's streaming service provider changed something with their output stream that is causing SBS and the Squeezebox firmware to react differently. Perhaps they were trying to fix the faulty program info issue and introduced some new ones in the process. This may be impacting the Squeezebox system's "overly picky" i-radio reception, as mentioned in some other threads on this forum. I would encourage anyone else experiencing similar issues to report them here, and hopefully Logitech tech support may notice and take a look at this. -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82772 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Scrolling Through Albums/Artists Quicker
Thanks tcutting and aubuti. Regarding the magnet in the Boom remote, it sticks to the side of my refrig much stronger than to the Boom! I guess the downside of replacing Boom/Radio remote with the number-key remote is that the latter won't fit in the little well on top of the Boom and probably isn't magnetic either... -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75503 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Scrolling Through Albums/Artists Quicker
Thanks. Hopefully Logitech will include the number-key remote with the next version of the Boom (the one with an LCD display?) and of the Radio. -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75503 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Scrolling Through Albums/Artists Quicker
Toby, Also, the up and down direction keys on the Radio/Boom remote appear to do the same sort of acceleration as the wheel does on my Boom. But I'm intrigued by your discussion of the remote with number keys. I assume you are talking about the remote that comes with the SB Touch? Unfortunately I couldn't find a picture on Logitech's site with high enough resolution to see the key mapping for the letters, but I'm guessing they are laid out like the traditional "Touch Tone" pad: 2 = ABC, 3 = DEF and so on? Being a skeptic I'm also wondering has anyone actually tried using the SB Touch remote with the SB Boom or the Radio? -- jmang jmang's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35344 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75503 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
