Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
I just finished building my pack using the Sanyo 2700 mAh batteries listed above. Seems to work great. My first test yielded a playing time of 10 hours 49 minutes (streaming FLACs). Charging took several hours. Interestingly, the pack slowly heated to 45C which triggered forced a pause in the charging. Afterwards, the pack fully charged. I've read that the charging circuit / algorithm is pretty smart and I believe it! Pictures and such are here: http://www.cuttingthebills.com/2011/03/diy-high-capacity-battery-pack-for.html Loving the truly portable radio so far! George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 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] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible
For what it's worth, the cheapest US source I could find for the Sanyo 2700mah batteries that I could find (incl tax and shipping to CA) was: http://www.bestbyte.net/merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=BB&Product_Code=BARESAAA27&Category_Code= Worked out to about $3.10 per battery shipped. I also looked at the LSD 2000mah 2nd generation Sanyo Eneloop's here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00478GE1U/ie=UTF8&m=AMEAQY81R6T0Z The 16 pack is more than I need, but these are good batteries to have around the house and the price per battery (shipped) is good at $2.50. I eventually decided against the LSD (Low Self-Discharge) models because I figured the odds of me leaving the unit unplugged for great lengths of time are really low. I'd much rather have the extended battery time for this application. Otherwise, the LSD batteries look like GREAT choices for general use. I decided on Sanyo because they seemed to have the best reputation and real world test results. I could have gone with much cheaper batteries, but I figured it just wasn't worth saving $10 to risk getting an inferior battery (especially after going through the trouble of soldering it up). I also couldn't find a pre-made Sanyo pack that was nearly as cheap (although that would have been awesome). Finally, while I could have gotten batteries with flat tops and/or solder tabs, I would have had to choose a non-Sanyo brand. Anyway, batteries and kit are ordered --- Hope it all works out. I'll be careful assembling it and it should be fun. The only thing I'm worried about is the charging properties of the batteries that I've chosen. Hopefully the charging circuit, software and thermistor will have that all covered. BTW: I've read that the original Logitech battery has a fuse in it. I don't see that part reference in the kit. Anyone have any info on it? Or, has anyone taken apart the Logitech battery to confirm the other parts / wiring diagram? I'd love to see info on this if someone is willing to post it! Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 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] Squeezebox Radio fires uncontrolled WOL Packages when in standby
isr2002;618439 Wrote: > The same with my NAS. But I think maybe is normal. Any device connected > to the internet is working in backgrownd (checking for updates, etc.), > thereby he sends some WOL signal to the server... Hopefully not as this prevents the use of a server that doesn't run 24x7. Also, as I point out, power cycling the Radios seems to make this behavior go away (for a while anyway). If it was normal, it should happen all the time. So, it seems to me this is (hopefully) just a bug that was introduced sometime after 7.5.0. I've since reverted to 7.5.0 as another member noted that this is when the problems started happening for them. However, one problem with using 7.5.0 is that there is another bug that prevents WOL from working at all when an alarm fires. This causes the backup alarm sound to fire instead of the music that I want. I should note that WOL works just fine when you press the power button (thankfully). So, as it stands, the use of alarms on the Radio and a server that doesn't run 7x24 is the case that I believe is currently broken. George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83439 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio fires uncontrolled WOL Packages when in standby
mrthreeplates;610214 Wrote: > My 2 radios are doing the same thing. Radios are off, yet my PC > keeps waking up. Only solution is to power cycle the Radios. Then my > PC sleeps normally. > > After a few days, the problem is back. Argh! > > I'm running the latest nightly 7.5.4 (from a few days ago), and a > Windows 7 PC. > > Anybody have any suggestions/tips? > > Thanks, > > George Still happening. Nobody else is seeing this? See this bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16286 George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83439 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio fires uncontrolled WOL Packages when in standby
My 2 radios are doing the same thing. Radios are off, yet my PC keeps waking up. Only solution is to power cycle the Radios. Then my PC sleeps normally. After a few days, the problem is back. Argh! I'm running the latest nightly 7.5.4 (from a few days ago), and a Windows 7 PC. Anybody have any suggestions/tips? Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83439 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Buttons stopped working during alarm
Note: I can get out of it using a remote (from my SB3/Boom). Once I press back on the remote, the Radio's buttons start working again. I'm running 7.5. George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72003 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Does VolumeLock plugin work on the Radio?
Somehow, I didn't notice the SBS web controls; now I see them and it works perfectly for what I need (a volume cap). My family thanks you as my 7 year old can't resist the temptation of the magic volume control and there is only so much "Alvin and the Chipmunks" that I can take... Thanks! George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71095 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Does VolumeLock plugin work on the Radio?
And, where is the "extras" UI menu item? I can't find it, nor do I see a way to enable it on the home menu. I'm running 7.5 and r8025. Note: VolumeLock seems to show up fine on my SB2 via the UI. Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71095 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Annoying Wake-on-lan behavior
Update: I tried re-installing r7915 on the Radio that was causing problems and the WOL problem went away. I didn't change anything else. I am now able to leave my PC hibernating and both Radios connected to SBS. Strange... -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70311 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio missing in "Choose Player" drop down on SBS
Since it isn't just me, and I'd like to see this feature, I've filed a bug: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14927 -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Strange favorites behavior
Update, this is repeatable and appears to have nothing to do with favorites (only presets). After a clear and rescan, the albums title are fine. Then pressing a preset assigned to an album, it seems to zap the title in the SBS database as noted earlier. Note that I'm not sure if it is by pressing an already defined button, pressing and holding it, or repeating the process a few times. However when I do this, it seems to reliably zap the title after a while. This seems like a bug, so I've opened one: https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14926 George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70129 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Annoying Wake-on-lan behavior
Just last night, my new Radio (of 2) wouldn't let my SBS stay hibernated. My server is Windows XP and it is running yesterday's 7.4.2 (r7915). The PC would wake up every minute or so, until I finally switched the new Radio to mysqueezebox.com (which fixed the problem). My new Radio was "off", the playlist cleared, and no alarms were pending. I don't think I have any unusual settings on the new Radio and no plugins installed. My only Apps are Pandora and Internet Archive. Interestingly, my other radio had the same behavior, but it stopped doing it (so I thought it might be fixed in one of the updates). Both radios are identically configured, but the "older" one was just fine with my hibernating PC (it let my PC sleep all night). As a side note, the controller used to do this all the time and I had hoped that this behavior was gone for good. Anyone else seeing this? I love the WOL ability, but not when it does this. Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70311 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio missing in "Choose Player" drop down on SBS
When I connect my Radios to mysqueezebox, I can no longer see them in the "Choose Player" drop-down in SBS. The same is true for ipeng. My Boom connected to mysqueezebox.com shows up just fine as do my older SB3s. Note: I'm running 7.4.2 and the Radios work just fine in mysqueezebox.com. Any fix for this? Is there a bug? It would be nice to have this working as it makes it easy to switch between SBS and mysqueezebox.com. George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70307 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Strange favorites behavior
Having started playing with the presets and favorites ability with the Radio, I noticed something strange. I have run into two cases where the album title appears to get corrupted after a scan. Somewhere in the process of assigning an album to a favorite and/or preset (and using it), the title gets cleared in the DB (I assume). For example, I have an album called "Time Warp". The album name is unique (so bug 10259 doesn't apply), and I can find it normally in a search. After a while, I can no longer use search to find the album. When I list albums, "Time Warp" shows up first in the list by name (which it shouldn't, obviously). When I add the album as a favorite, I get a favorite added with a null title. Example: db:album.titlesearch= v.s. one that works: db:album.titlesearch=BUZZ%20BUZZ Clearing the DB and rescanning "fixes" the problem for that album. Yet, clicking on the album shows the correct album title in the web interface. Anyone else seen this? Is this a known bug? If I find a way to reproduce it, I will post more info. George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70129 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
No, I don't have my two SB3s attached to anything fancy, just cheap computer speakers. They are functioning as alarm clocks / small room audio systems. So hopefully a radio will be an "upgrade" for me in terms of audio quality and functionality as an alarm clock (dimming display, etc). Except for the fact that I also using (and want to keep) the bridging feature as mentioned above. I understand it is difficult to implement, just adding my $.02 that it is a desirable feature, even for the Radio. Cheers, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
If we want to show our support for wireless bridging on the Radio? https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11150 Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
Exactly. In addition to the use case in a media center (I currently use mine to network our slingbox), I think having a bridge in a bedroom device (e.g. the SB Radio) is a great feature. Each of my bedrooms has a squeezebox and they provide network connectivity cheaply and reliably for my nearby computers. Integrating multiple logical features into one box is a great selling point. Just being able to get rid of my cheap powered speakers is enough to get me to order a SB Radio (provided it eventually gets bridging functionality). I hope there is enough like minded people to make it worth Logitech's effort to add this feature, should it be possible. Cheers, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
Thanks!, I appreciate the difficulty in implementing it and I understand that the Radio and Touch are new designs. I make really good use of the bridging capability in my house with my multiple squeezeboxes. Unfortunately, this means I'm probably not going to upgrade two of my SB3s to Radios. Hopefully you guys will find a way (or the desire) to do this for the Radio. I'm glad the touch should support it. If it does, I'll be ordering at least one! I suppose I could find an alternative to a wireless bridge to network my house, but the squeezebox was a great solution that solved multiple problems for me. Best Regards, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
Anyone know the answer? Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] wireless bridge on the touch and radio?
I rely on this feature with my SB2/3s, does the touch and radio support it? (I didn't see this mentioned under specs on the product website). It is a fantastic feature... don't hide it! Thanks, George -- mrthreeplates mrthreeplates's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=565 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67850 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
