Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
Thanks all. Some of this I don't understand - will have to do some more investigating. I really don't want to go down the remote control/smartphone route - the whole point of the radio is that it's a convenient stand-alone unit which is easy to control direct from the controls on the unit. So is there really no way to at least skip to a particular letter using the controls on the radio? I can't find anything which will do it. With almost 4000 artists on my database, even getting to the end of the As takes a while... This is a bit of a deal breaker, so if I can't sort this out the radio will probably go back. Cheers. -- pqpq pqpq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
wow 4000 artists, compared to my Collections, that translate to about 10.000 CDs... How do you navigate them for the SB attached to your hi-fi?! -- slate Main: Receiver (Audiocom) - Beresford Caiman+ (Gatorized) - Carver A-500x - BW 704 Office: Receiver - Luxman L-210 - Stax SR84 Pro - Beresford Caiman (Gatorized) - Superlux HD668B Server: Zotac IONITX-A, 4 GB, 1 TB WD EADS, Win7 w. 7.6 (SQLite w. High Mem) Tied together by D-Link DIR-655 + DGS-1008D slate's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=30502 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
pqpq;687064 Wrote: The main attraction of the Radio is using the BBC's listen again service, so I installed the Applet. It is installed but I can't find it anywhere to actually use it. There's a bug with the current version - unless you install another app as well then it does not show up on the My Apps menu. I am working out how to fix this - but in the mean time, please install another app too and you should see a BBC Radio menu under My Apps. -- Triode Triode's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
You could organize your music into alphabetical folders then access them by My Music Music Folder, choose whichever alpha folder you want. Also, when navigating albums or artists, doesn't your Radio display a large alpha letter in the background? This way you can really spin the knob quite quickly through the alphabet. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
Yes, the big letter is there but how does that help me scroll quickly? Thanks -- pqpq pqpq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
pqpq;690193 Wrote: Yes, the big letter is there but how does that help me scroll quickly? By allowing you see where you are while continuing to scroll quickly. That is, you don't need to actually read individual album titles or artist names. Combine this with a good method of fast spinning -- my favorite is a single index finger on the edge of the Radio's big knob -- and you can get through a collection pretty fast. And don't forget to go backwards to get to the second half of the alphabet. That is, get to T via U, not via S. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
The Radio really isn't the best player for heavy searching, unless you pair it with a smart phone app or the alpha/numeric IR remote. The Touch is much more adept at heavy searching with it's full onscreen touch keyboard and/or the included alpha/numeric IR remote. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
I bought a Squeezebox Radio for my other half's birthday last week, and while it does everything I hoped it would, it's proving so user unfriendly that I know she won't use it. Before I take it back for a refund, maybe there's stuff I could do to improve things. So the problems are: The main attraction of the Radio is using the BBC's listen again service, so I installed the Applet. It is installed but I can't find it anywhere to actually use it. If I do a manual search for BBC Radio, there are some old programmes showing up, so maybe that's it, but the search is so clunky that as it stands, the listen again won't get used. I have a vast CD collection ripped to a NAS drive, which works fine on the SB attached to my hi-fi. On the SB radio, the search function is so difficult to use (using the wheel to type in the search term) that it won't get used. It means that everything takes too long to find to be worth the bother, unless the artist/album/whatever start with an A. I put some of her favourite radio stations in favourites, but they were wiped as soon as she switched it off - back to clunky searching again. The favourites is now full of apparently random music tracks neither of us have ever played. I've now tried the preset thing - let's see if that stays put. Favourites it seems don't really work. So all of this means that so far it's only been used for live radio broadcasts - but given what she likes to listen to, a DAB radio would do that job much better than a squeezebox does because it doen't rely on a wi-fi signal. So can I sort these problems out or should get a refund? Thanks -- pqpq pqpq's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=52280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
The BBC Radio applet is perfect on the SB radio. Listen Again works a treat. Did you install it on the radio itself via Settings, Advanced, App Install ? If I recall it's installed into My Apps - you can move it to the Home menu - hover over the app - press + and you'll get extra options to move the app. Once it's on the Home menu - do the same again and move it up or down the menu. Are you using the LMS server to organize your music? Are your tracks tagged correctly (eg. using mp2tag)? -- castalla 1 Touch - Muse M50 EX TPA3123 T-Amp Mini - Acoustics Q10 speakers - 2 duff ears - purfek! 1 Logitech Radio + remote - purfek! castalla's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15624 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
pqpq;687064 Wrote: I put some of her favourite radio stations in favourites, but they were wiped as soon as she switched it off There are two lists of favorites - those on mysb.com - those on your LMS. If you put the Favorites on mysb.com and then changes to play music from local NAS - the mysb.com favorites will seems to have disappeared but they are accessible from the on mysyueezebox.com . However if the siutation is reversed - your LMS favorites are not visible on your mysb.com. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
pqpq;687064 Wrote: On the SB radio, the search function is so difficult to use (using the wheel to type in the search term) that it won't get used. You can get a remote with number keys on it. 2 = ABC, 3 = DEF and so on. Works great for search. All Squeezebox remotes with number keys will work with the Radio. Any of these should do the trick: '1' (http://www.ebay.com/itm/Remote-Control-Logitech-Squeezebox-Touch-/320754348824?pt=Other_MP3_Player_Accessorieshash=item4aae72f318) '2' (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-Remote-Control-Logitech-Squeezebox-Slim-Devices-C-Black-/230725536312?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item35b8504a38) '3' (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-Remote-Control-Logitech-Squeezebox-Slim-Devices-S-White-/330665868213?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item4cfd38bbb5) '4' (http://www.ebay.com/itm/IR-Remote-Control-Logitech-Squeezebox-Slim-Devices-Touch-BLACK-/230725536322?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0hash=item35b8504a42) Or, even better, if your SO has a smartphone, the best solution is probably to download an app. For iPhone, use iPeng, for Android use SqueezeCommander. Better than any IR remote, IMO. -- Soulkeeper 'Bug 17797: Updating wiki.slimdevices.com' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=17797) Soulkeeper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35297 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Before I take my SB radio back for a refund....
If you use the presets for 6 of your other half , it would be fairly simple to operate and listen to some favorite stations. In time it may prove to become more user friendly as she works through the learning curve. I also agree that ipeng or squeezecommander would help to simplify some functionality. Once learned, the functionality is awesome(but yes, complex). Imho -- Ikabob Ikabob Check out BUG: Bug 17805 A VOID:Need an SB BOOM Squeezebox Touch w/SBS; SAE Amplifier;Marantz Pre-amp;ESS Heil Speakers(main listening speakers plus various additional speakers). Multiple players: SqueezeBooms,SqueezeRadios; SB3; Services:Slacker;Sky.com; MOG; Sirius.com; Ipeng remote controller. Ikabob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32088 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93305 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
