Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Song really long
Choose a quiet part every hour or so and break it up using something free like Audacity. 29 hours for a single song is ridiculous. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99239 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Music Directory Problems
JJZolx wrote: I think that should work, but why wouldn't you organize them in the more conventional: artist ../album1 ../album2 ../album3 Glen Gould ../Glen Gould Plays Bach ../Glen Gould Plays More Bach ? This works for me using LMS on a Win 8 dedicated music server. Also worked on the in TOUCH built server but much slower. \music\artist1\album1 of artist1\associated MP3s \music\artist1\album2 of artist1\associated MP3s \music\artist2\album1 of artist 2\ etc etc. It also makes backing up and copying to an MP3 disk in my car easy. Very few of my MP3s have ID tags as I started this process back in 1998 converting ripped wavs from my CDs to MP3s on a near manual basis. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99187 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox is continually scanning.
Your not trying to check the drives during scanning are you? Files like desktop.ini can appear in such directories and possibly start the rescan process. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99190 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Review: AfterMarket Power Supply upgrade - The TeraDak
It wouldn't pass any electrical safety tests where I work. Heat shrink isn't there to look pretty. It's there to prevent wiring springing onto other connections should the solder joints fail (which they do with age and shock). There isn't any on the earth wire to the case. The wiring to the PCB should be further secured with a compound like RTV3145 sealant (NOT heat gun glue) or Captain tape. Those wires are tightly packed putting extra stress on the joints. The jumpers on the PCB are not secured to prevent them falling off. Again RTV would do the job. On a closer look, it doesn't appear to have neutral on the mains IEC connector connected. This will trip any RCD. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98852 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Fried Touch
Because it costs money and if you choose to connect a power supply that it isn't designed for the TOUCH then I am afraid it's your own fault. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98369 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clock is losing time on Touch running TinyLMS
I had this problem to running the LMS. I wrote a simple program to putty in and correct the time from my laptop which I just double clicked on daily or when my laptop was on. In the end I used an external PC as a server running the Logitech Music Server for Win and have never had a problem since. The TOUCH and all SB radios update to the second together within half a second of the BBC Radio pips. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98974 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] repeat local music service has stopped with new touch
I used to have this problem on an almost daily basis when using the internal LMS. I'd come home from an evening out and wanted to relax listening to music and see the dreaded message, wait for a rescan to the point I just switched it off and went to bed. Eventually I took advice from this forum and bought a simple cheap small footprint PC and installed the PC server s/w from Logitech. It's low enough power not to cost too much to run 24/7 and I have never had a problem since. Nor have I ever had to mess around with the clock since as it also used to slip using the LMS, and the search speed is far superior. I know you shouldn't have to do this but I was like you in terms of frustration. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98106 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Quiet Touch
A reboot seemed to do the job. Odd though. Thanks Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98012 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Quiet Touch
Hi Suddenly my Touch is playing music quiet. I have changed nothing. I have tried switching inputs on my amp with no improvment. My amp is working fine as when I change the input to CD it's loud. I have also tried changing server from my main one to my laptop to no avail. It's not distorted at all, just quiet. All settings on the Touch i.e. volume are as were set when I bought it. Never been an issue before. Any help appreciated. TIA Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98012 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My favourites
garym wrote: are you connecting to mysqueezebox.com or LMS running on your own PC or NAS? If the latter, do you have your mysqueezebox.com credentials entered in the LMS SETTINGS Mysqueezebox.com tab Thanks for your help. That sorted it. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97876 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] My favourites
Hi Can anyone explain why I have many radio stations as favourites on mysqueezebox.com but none on my devices despite logging on? TIA WTP Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97876 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] In search for a squeezebox touch
ad6922 wrote: Hi all, try to find a squeezebox touch in the Netherlands. But it's sold out everywhere and will not become available again. Is it the same in other countries? Where can I still find a touch. All suggestions are welcome. Well as you can't be arsed to Google it, let me save you the vast effort of typing Logitech touch into Google. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Logitech-930-89-Squeezebox-Touch/dp/B002N203SW Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97606 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch considered lower SQ than CD player on a high-end system?
gln2 wrote: I'm wondering if the Touch's analogue output is generally considered inferior to a mid-level CD player WHEN USING a high-end receiver/amp and speakers. (I realize a DAC can be a big improvement, but I'm not up to that step yet.) For those who have listening experience using high-end equipment did you feel that your CD player outperformed the Touch? (I'd prefer no comments from experiences using ~$300 receivers with ~$400 speakers, please.) I had my Touched hooked up to ceiling speakers for the past year, but just purchased a pair of high-end stereo speakers (Ascend Tower RAAL). Just hooked up an unmodified Touch to them playing CD ripped FLAC files stored on a vortexbox and using the analogue out into a 200 wpc Classe amp. I expected to be blown away, but just find the sound good. Sound quality does not seem as good as my previous speakers and CD player, which I got rid of a few years ago. This is the first time I've feed the Touch into a high-end stereo, and also the first time I've listened to these speakers, so I'm not sure why I'm disappointed. It has also been a few years since I've had my prior high-end stereo, so I can't make any direct comparisons. The speakers are very highly regarded, so could it be the Touch analogue out? My CD player doesn't have variable out, so I would need to pull my old preamp out of storage in order to do a direct comparison with CD's. So, I thought it would be good to get some opinions. Thanks. As you get older, so do your ears and the brain's interpretation of sound. I am convinced my Pink Floyd collection doesn't sound as good on the same CD player, amp and speakers as it did 10 years ago. Speaker windings work hardening, amplifier capacitor drying, CD degradation and worn in electronics.don't even go there with an explanation. This is no cheap system. LINN throughout. Proven to myself by listening to the same CDs on a newer system. The clarity just isn't there anymore. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97483 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] LMS stops on its own
Hi I run the LMS locally on the TOUCH and occassionally get the message on the screen telling the Logitech Server has stopped running. If I restart it, everything's fine. I use fixed IP and it never happens when I am using it, but often during the day when I am out. TIA Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97576 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My favourites
toby10 wrote: Guessing your Favorites were stored on LMS on your laptop. No laptop, no LMS, no Favorites on LMS. :) You can save stations to MySB.com Favorites. That way, no matter which server you are using (laptop LMS, Touch USB, MySB.com) your stations will always be accessible. MySB.com Favorites can be navigated and played from LMS and Touch USB without actually switching to MySB.com (unless you want to switch). Touch Favorites On MySB.com Thanks. I have a bit more info to ponder. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97552 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] My favourites
Appologies for vague explanation. I had switched to running Logitech Media Server on my laptop as that is where my master collection is stored. Following on from another thread re- the TOUCH being underpowered, I found it quite a breeze. I rarely listen to music without may laptop being on and normally I have a USB FLASH drive in the back of the TOUCH with a selection due to its size. Afterwards I switched libraries on the TOUCH back to the one on the TOUCH LMS USB and shut down the laptop and then found I could not access my favourites. I tried accessing them with my Android tablet running Logitech control s/w. It kept asking me to log in to mysqeezebox which I did. All my favourites had vanished. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97552 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Commands
Thanks for the reponses. I think I have some reading up to do. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97034 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] tablet control for ethernet wired SB Touch and attached USB HD music files
I use the Squeezebox app on my Google Nexus without problems. Controls two radios and the Touch. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97120 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Commands
Any idea peeps? Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97034 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Commands
Hi Is there a definitive list of Linux commands that are supported on the Touch following SSHing into it? TVM Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97034 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
Thanks to all regarding exhausting explanations. My SB radios won't connect to the LMS on the TOUCH so I either have to use it with mysqueezebox.com as a straight forward radio or try and get it to connect to the USB which neither radio will do. The TOUCH however streams music from the USB stick without problem. It also can access mysqueezebox.com favourites too. So any ideas on why the radios won't connect to the TOUCH LMS when it's clearly up and running. I am damn sure it has worked before. I will happily settle for using my local USB LMS on the touch and the six presets for radio as I know how to do that. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
Mnyb wrote: That said it is pushing it expect the tiny server on the Touch to serve a bunch of players ? It is buggy and unstable all on it's own, just saying not trying to crash the party for you :-/ a real server is just better Thanks. I just thought as it's only ever streaming music to one at a time, it would be up to it. I have had it working, but my memory is not as good as it used to be. Same with the NAS problem I am having...another story, another group, another grump:) Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
Thanks for all the replies. Most helpful. I have set up my favourites on mysqueezebox.com and all devices can see them, however for some reason only the TOUCH can now see My Music (on the USB stick). It does not appear on the menus of the radios and displays it cannot connect to USB when I try. I am sure it's some menu somewhere to use both as the TOUCH does, but the radios do not appear to. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
toby10 wrote: Are we sure the OP is not confusing Favorites with Presets? Favorites are universal to all players on the same server. Presets are unique to the player (and unique again to the server + player). Thanks. I understand the difference and have set some presets from some of my favourites. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
garym wrote: You probably have the radios now connected to mysb.com (LMS in the cloud) rather than the LMS in the touch. On a radio, select my music and it should offer you the choice to switch to LMS on the touch. Thanks. I don't get the choice. It tries to connect to USB and fails for some reason. I thought LMS in the cloud didn't exist and was a local media server on the TOUCH and mysqueezebox.com was for radio as explained by previous posters. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
garym wrote: Mysqueezebox.com is in fact LMS in the cloud. I think you're still a bit confused by the relationship. I'm travelling with only smart phone so can't type much. If no one else chimes in I'll write a clearer description tomorrow. ps. Don't feel bad. Lots of others have had same confusion. And this is one major reason they moved to UE approach for new stuff. Really appreciated. Thanks. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] I'm a bit confused.
Hi I bought a TOUCH and it worked OK once I realised it wasn't simply a plug and play device. I have complained about this previously...but I have added two SB radio devices and although they work, I would like a bit of an explanation from the forum. My music is on a USB disk plugged into the TOUCH. the TOUCH and radios can access this without issue. All are on a fixed IP as a previous post explained to to do this. I assume (maybe wrongly) that the LMS runs on the TOUCH and the radios link into this. What has mysqueezebox.com got to do with this set up? Last night I lost all my Internet radio stations for no particular reason and had to re-enter them by hand following a total system reboot. All OK at the moment. Is there anyway of setting my favourites (from exclusively radio stations across the globe) and say doing it on the TOUCH and duplicating it across all connected devices i.e my two radios without having to do it on individual radios? Can I back up my favourite radio settings somewhere and re-install them following a system reset to the TOUCH and my radios? TIA Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96873 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to improve Touch sound?
Dazed and Confused wrote: Thanks for your advice so far. I suppose all electronics need a 'burn in' time so I'll leave it playing for a while and see if the digital glare diminishes. Don't be so silly. Burn in is a term used for long term reliability and failure analysis of components and component equipment. The sound won't change, just your perception of it. What is digital glare? Up there with colour and ambience? Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95998 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Constantly losing TOUCH
Moving the static IPs up in the hundreds and re-adjusting the DHCP pool settings to use those below 100 seem to have done the trick. Thanks. Tip: I didn't find a way of manually changing the IPs on the TOUCH and radios, so I temporarily disabled DCHP on the router and following a reset of the devices, they prompt for an IP address. Once set, renabled DCHP pool and rebooted the whole system including router and hey ho. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96736 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Constantly losing TOUCH
Thanks to all replies. I am reasonable isolated WiFi channel wise so I am going to move some IPs around as I have static ones in the dynamic pool. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96736 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Constantly losing TOUCH
JohnSwenson wrote: First I'd like to make it clear in my own mind what your setup looks like, it sounds like you have a Touch, running TinyLMS with a USB stick containing the music library. The Radios connect to the TinyLMS on the Touch via Wifi. Is the Touch the only LMS? Correct. I only have one LMS, the TOUCH. It sounds like the problem is the Radios not being able to connect to the TinyLMS on the Touch, correct? When this happens, can the Touch still play music? No. The whole system needs rebooting. If the Touch can still play music then Tiny LMS is still running, and the problem is most likely a network issue. I can think of two probable causes, one is just wifi connectivity issues, but that would tend to not be exactly the same for the two Radios (unless they are right next to each other). The radios are on separate floors and the TOUCH is on the ground floor in another separate room. The other is DHCP issues. I've seen this before, the devices all get leases from the DHCP server when they boot and everything is fine, but then some hours later the leases expire and they don't get renewed, thus the router won't talk to them. Two common reasons for this are a router that has been on for a long time (for some reason some DHCP servers seem to get slower and slower the longer the router is on) and interference on the wifi link can cause the DHCP server to time out. I have never got DHCP to work with my Logitech devices so have been on fixed IP since day one. I assume the router will not DHCP out IP's assigned that are fixed. Does this have to be set up manually as I have never bothered and does it assign from the lowest address upwards? My laptop/netbook and tablet all work fine with DHCP. The first thing to try is to reboot the network: modem, router, switches, WAPs etc. This frequently will fix the problem. If it doesn't, try temporarily connecting a Radio to the network with a wire and see if the problem persists. Next thing to try. Thanks for the prompt reply. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96736 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Constantly losing TOUCH
Hi This appears now to be a nightly problem. I have a TOUCH and two SB radios. Almost everyday I see the message that there has been a problem connecting to myname (USB). The only solution is to reboot. The radios show a red WiFi symbol and also refuse to re-connect. There appears to be nothing wrong with the WiFi or the Internet connection. All devices are using the latest firmware. Changing the music disk from a USB stick to a previously fine drive also has the same symptoms. This system has worked without flaw for the last two years and as FAIK, nothing has changes. Any suggestions appreciated. TIA WP Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96736 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Performance expectations with a USB Stick and FLAC
Kuben72 wrote: The Touch can only use 32 GB sticks. Mine happily works with a Sandisk 64G stick Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96141 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Network problem touch with wifi
merrick wrote: Since I moved my PC to the attic, the Touch can't find my music collection on the PC. (I dont have a NAS and have WIFI) I tried to 'up' the signal by adding a wifi repeater in my home. This didnt change a thing for the Touch (my signal was much better, but the PC was still not found) Now I tried to put powerline adapters in my home network. Its setup is like this: Ubee Cable modem -- Cisco linksys E2000 (wifi) router -- TP link 500mbps powerline adapter The PC in the attic is also linked with a TP link powerline adapter. The SB Touch is linked into the the network through the wifi repeater whith a UTP cable I CAN play internetradio through mysqueezebox.com but cannot acces my FLAC's on the PC. All advice is very welcome. I had a similar problem with a WiFi camera mounted high under the eves of the house. At height, your device will see far more signals from security cameras, WiFi nodes and anything that uses that band and there are alot. Since it's your PC in the attic, download Xirrus WiFi inspector (Google it) and see what your attic placed PC can see. You may find one channel is being swamped. You could then simply move channel or if all are busy you may have to move the PC downstairs somewhere. Hope this helps. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96102 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink
lovejoy wrote: Technobable? Maybe to you.. To me, transmission lines studied to MEng level. And I ask you.. If it is just 0s and 1s, how do you think are they represented down the length of a piece of cable? ! Then you learned alot but understood nothing. They are represented down a piece of wire as zero volts and probably 5v. It would have to be a pretty long and noisy wire for there to be any discrepency. At bit rates encountered in baseband digital audio, characteristic impedance. group delay, reflections and phase issues don't even come into it over practical lengths encountered in home audio systems. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95872 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink
lovejoy wrote: it is an analogue carrier modulating small changes in voltages representing binary information), No it's not. There is not an analogue carrier. There would be no advantage whatsoever of imposing a digital signal on a carrier on 2 foot of wire. It's simply ones and noughts represented by a voltage. Too much reading Hi-Fi magazine articles written by art students. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95872 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] coax vs toslink
Viventis wrote: Wow! I am so sorry to disagree, but what I have just read sounds like a bunch of techno-babble published by the manufacturers of high end cables to attempt to justify their exorbitant prices. Digital is binary. Binary is a sequence of 0's and 1's. If 100 different cables transmit the exact same sequence of 0's and 1's to your DAC, I guarantee that each will sound 100% the same. There is no such thing as a flat 0, a sharp 1, a warm 0 or a harsh 1. They are nothing more than numbers that are decoded by your DAC! If a cable is so poorly made that it is incapable of transmitting the proper sequence, the result will be different. But that is the only variable. This takes me back to the question of the OP. If a toslink or spdif cable transmits the same sequence of 0's and 1's to the DAC, there will be no difference in the output. Spot on! I have read there are cold and hot zeros though :) Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95872 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Accessing Touch over WiFi
Sorted and thanks to you. TVM Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95577 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Time
So how do I get MySB.com to run in the background? Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95550 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Accessing Touch over WiFi
Hi On my old W7 laptop I used to be able to type 192.168.1.133 into the toolbar on Explorer and see the contents of the drive plugged into the Touch and use this for adding more music albeit slowly over WiFi. On my new laptop it switches to Firefox and tries to open a Web server which I know the Touch doesn't have and FF complains as such. Anyone any ideas on how to sort this. Nothing has changed on the Touch settings between my old and new laptop. TIA. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95577 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Time
I have only ever used a USB disk plugged in the back so I am assuming it's using the internal server - or am I wrong. Could it be using the USB stick in conjunction the mysqueezebox.com and if so how? I have no idea. Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95550 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Time
For the last six months I have used a simple manual script that SSH'd in to correct the clock drifiting at 30 secs/24 hours on my PC (used daily). A few weeks back it did not appear to require correcting and using my PC clock, noticed it appeared to be synched to a time server and being spot on 24/7 without having to manually run the script. Last week I returned from work to see the screen showing all the My Music,Settings type page as if it had rebooted but not resorted to showing the clock. Since then I am back to have to set it manually every day just as before. I have altered nothing and only use it for playing music a few times a week. However I rely on the big bright clock daily. Has anyone any idea what is happening? Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95550 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies
goes right through the power transformer and into the mains. Even if you have a good regulator which blocks this noise from the circuit beeing fed from this supply, the noise still goes out to the mains. My design attempts to alleviate these issues in several ways, first it uses Schottky rectifiers, second it uses a choke based asymetrical PI filter after the rectifiers. The first cap is much smaller than the second cap. The result is a supply which has cunduction over almost the entire cycle, thus no large current spikes. Having the small first cap allows the large conduction angle, but it also allows the filter to not need nearly as much minimum current as a true choke input filter. What comes out of the filter is almost pure sine wave which is very easy for the regulator to deal with. In a tgraditional linear supply the sawtooth output has a lot of high frequencies which are much harder for simple regulators do deal with. The third part is a damping network across the power transformer which damps the winding resonance so it will not resonante from noise coming in from the outside world. The result of all this is a design which has extremely low noise injected back into the AC line and very low noise sent to the audio circuitry. It's simple, does not contain any custom components, no special audiophile parts, is easy for inexperienced DIYers to build. Is it the only design possible? of course not. Can a switching supply be made which can match this performance, almost certainly. But its not going to be nearly as simple, will probably need custom magnetics and could very well cost more money to make and will be way out of the range of a DIYer to build. I have tested many commercially available switching supplies (certainly not all), designed for many different applications, including many that come with audio devices including some very expensive pro audio equipment and NONE of them bettered the noise levels of this simple linear supply. So while it is certainly possible that a switching supply good do as well or better, it does not seem that this is common in the market place. It is also true that most linear supplies are also very bad as well, and many linear supplies are worse than the switching supplies that people are replacing. I have NEVER said that a linear supply is always better than a switching supply. If you would like to test these claims go ahead and build this design (its easy and not very expensive) and compare it to any of your switching designs, paying attention to what is injected back into the AC mains as well as what gets sent to the device, I'd be very interested to see how it stacks up with your switching desings. Oh yeah, and while you're at it try hooking them up to a Touch and see if you hear any differences. Here is the schematic of the design mentioned above: http://johnswenson1.home.comcast.net/stereo/SB_5V.GIF John S. John Thankyou for the prompt and in depth analysis of your circuit and your background. I have looked at the circuit and can find no reason why it would not work. A simple but highly effective well thought out design. Linear Tech devices take some real beating for quality comps. I had made some meaurements on the 'Touch' supply as a 'Buck' convertor and found emissions to be well below any level that would cause problems. Maybe because of the low current drawn. Not quite sure I would want the same design topology for a power amp (which are normally not switchers). From my findings, I am still not convinced that a linear PSU can have so much acoustic effect than a switcherbut that's the nature of Audiophiles who can hear the difference by changing their mains plug to one which costs £500 regardless of what crap wiring is hanging behind the wall. Best Regards WTP -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82648 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies
You seem to have quite a following in your non science of acoustics and power supply design. Are you even qualified in any of the fields of electronics you comment on weekly? I have designed power supplies for the last 25 years for audio and high end medical equipment and can only describe your postings as pants. In the EU, power supply designs are very stringent on emmissions, so to say a linear supply is better is totally non scientifically proven to be better than switchers in the audio band. Modern switchers when properly designed are far superior to heat generating linear supplies. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82648 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clock running 2 minutes ahead
Waldo Pepper;683477 Wrote:
The clock on my SB Touch can drift upto 5 mins a week. I have forgot
most of the obscure Linux commands but since I use my PC most nights, I
SSH in using Putty on Windows and correct the time manually using date
mmddhhmm.ss.
Lazy, I know.
This has rewoken my old C programming days and I have written a C prog
that can generate a file containing the correct time from my PC (which
is NTP synched and the Touch does not appear to support NTPDate),
converts it to the date format required by Linux and ssh the file
into the Touch to automatically correct the time on the Touch when my
PC boots (which is every day). Not keen to post an .exe because of
peoples worry, but happy to show the source and the batch using Plink.
The batch is:
logitime.exe
plink.exe -ssh -pw password -noagent -m commands.txt root@Touch IP
address
The source is:
#include stdio.h
#include stdlib.h
#include time.h
#include io.h
FILE *commands;
void main (void)
{
char tim[9];
char dat[9];
char output[20];
_strdate(dat);
_strtime(tim);
if ((commands=fopen(commands.txt, w)) == NULL)
{
printf(\n\rError: Could not open output file);
fclose(commands);
exit(-1);
}
sprintf(output,date
%c%c%c%c%c%c%c%c.%c%c\n\r,dat[0],dat[1],dat[3],dat[4],tim[0],tim[1],tim[3],tim[4],tim[6],tim[7]);
printf(\n\r%s,output);
fprintf(commands,%s,output);
sprintf(output,exit);
printf(\n\r%s,output);
fprintf(commands,%s,output);
fclose(commands);
}
Run the batch and it automatically takes DOS time, converts it to Linux
Date and SSH's it into your touch. Make it happen when your PC boots and
you're sorted.
WTP
PM me if you need help.
--
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Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Clock running 2 minutes ahead
The clock on my SB Touch can drift upto 5 mins a week. I have forgot most of the obscure Linux commands but since I use my PC most night, I SSH in using Putty on windows and correct the time manually using date mmddhhmm.ss. Lazy, I know. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92804 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Network drive on the Touch
Hi I have used my Touch since I bought it with a disk drive plugged into the USB without too many issues. However I now have a NAS attached to my router with all my music on it. How do I get the Touch to look at 192.168.1.xx for its music over WiFi. TVM -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=90772 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?
Phil Leigh;616481 Wrote: An SMPS (which is what all switches, routers etc come with) could radiate bad RFI... just like the Touch supply... A SMPS is not going to affect what is going through a network switch. Apart from (decent) HiFi components, name me one thing that doesn't have a SMPS of some sort. They are cheap and very efficient compared to 50Hz transformer designs. Mobile chargers. TVs. Video. DVD players. Not to mention the rubbish compact flourescent bulbs put out. They are abundant in everything and moreso due to EEC legistlation on low power devices. All part of the EEC Low Power Directive. They are here to stay and of much better performance than 10 years ago. If you claim to be able to hear a difference then you are barking mad. Can I interest you in the fluffle gaggled new SMPS with a noise floor of -70dBV root mean square peak output music power device? With enhanced Calculus functions I am in the wrong business -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82026 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Newbie with Questions for the Experts
JohnSwenson;602524 Wrote: There is no cut and dried answer to that question. Its going to depend on the DAC and cable used and the rest of your system. The only really good way to find out is to try different combinations. A number of people really like optical with a multi-strand glass cable. They are a bit more expensive than the regular plastic ones, but in some circumstances can sound very good. The hard part is you need to try several different cables (price does NOT automatically mean its going to sound best). In my system the best coax cable is a cheap little thing that came with my first external DAC MANY years ago. It beats out some quite expensive cables. John S. Really. If you understood basic schoolboy physics then you wouldn't be posting such diatribe. Why would coax be any better than fibre over about 2 feet? -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83244 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External USB memory - how?
I use a 64G Sandisk which works fine after I removed the junk on it. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84726 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] External USB memory - how?
JohnSwenson;602250 Wrote: The problem is that the Touch is NOT windows based, its linux based. A fair number of sticks include windows specific code which gets executed when you plug the stick into a windows computer. These will NOT work on a Touch. The things to look out for are anything which mentions special features such as security, passwords etc. This guarantees it uses windows specific code to access the stick. Any hint of special features means it probably will not work with the Touch. A lot of SanDisk sticks have special features. I've had much better luck with Kingston sticks. The secret is to go online and look at the specific model you are interested in and see if its compatible with linux, not just windows. Even though Kingston includes some special features with many of their sticks, they have specifically designed them so they will still work with linux. I have a several of these Kingston drives and they work great with the Touch. John S. John S. I agree. Sandisk Flash drive come with allsorts of rubbish on them (back up stuff), often divided into partitions on the drive which are generally great for most people. They do however do a program free on their website that allows you to do a full format, merge these partitions and get rid of their proprietry programs. I use a Sandisk Flash drive that works just fine with my Touch once you can see the drive to it's full extent. Many modern Flash drives only show a very small partition to run their software to access the full lot and this is what you need to remove. Hope that helps. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84726 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Second SBT sounds different
JohnSwenson;593221 Wrote: You've got improperly biased output caps in there, I would not be surprised if it takes awhile playing music to stabilize those caps. Let it run continuously for several days before making any critical listening decisions. Its best if its actually feeding the device its going to be connected to (that device probably does not have to be turned on). John S. Silly responses like this make me laugh. Go study electronics and come back with a decent answer and stop proposing guessing to impress those with less of an idea. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=83714 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] How to reboot Touch?
JJZolx;585058 Wrote: I don't imagine there's any difference. The difference is that a power off clears its basic memory and starts again looking for files that already exist using network settings that already exist. The cold boot by use of the rear switch clears everthing and things like your network/wireless settings have to be put in again. I find this somewhat tiresome but a good start following a software update. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82871 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch + USB harddrive = complete rubbish
What I found through total frustration especially with software upgrades was to completely reboot the system and re-insert your IP address and security details as a straight reboot is not enough. It certainly was the case for the last update. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82176 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Wireless vs Ethernet. Any sound quality differences?
peterw;577073 Wrote: A design flaw (IMO it's a flaw) in the Squeezebox architecture is that the buffer is only for the current track. At the start of a new track, all the players start refilling their buffers from scratch, so the system is more vulnerable to network trouble when a new song starts. Not convinced about this. Marillion tracks on Misplaced Childhood 1 2 seem together timewise perfectly on the Touch just as they do on the CD. Same with Roger Waters stuff. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82026 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch Question for Audiophiles
Just a few observations... If you have decent kit (Linn, Naim etc) then the power cord will make no difference whatsoever as the PSU will have a decent design to reject mains born noise. Linear voltage regulators internal to the amp can remove noise on the input. A good switching power supply won't make much difference as such devices imported into the EU are certified to an extremely high standard in terms of conducted and radiated emissions. You think different then you have a dodgy power supply. Having spent a fortune on a mains cable will convince yourself that it sounds better. To save face more than anything. As for mains transformer resonances... You have coils with millihenries of inductance combined with nanofarads of capacitance. They will have such a low Q factor, they will not be a problem. The psycho-acoustics of music is a vast subject. It doesn't take much change in mood to alter perception. What is constant is the science which is often misunderstood and misquoted. As for directional speaker cable...This can be rubbished by school boy maths. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78938 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Squeezebox Touch firmware update bricked unit?
I had the same problem with the latest revision (yesterday). It would be nice if they could get the update to force a reset so I don't have to spend hours wonder what was going on before having to hard reset and lose my favourites. I have two SB radios and the one that was switched on following the update also lost all the preset stations. The other was fine. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81836 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Any experience with the Best of Two Worlds Solution supply
The power supply supplied with the SB will have to pass the most stringent requirements in the world to be sold within the EU. Unless there is a fault with your PSU, you are being conned. The Hifi business is full of conns for the terminally stupid who can hear differences depending on what time it is. It's down to science and little else. A SMPS does radiate and if your system picks it up then a simple rewriring can sort it. A linear PSU can also radiate if badly designed. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81712 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I'm beginning to this product is pants
radioshoes;574026 Wrote: The word think is missing and pants is British slang for rubbish . . . Well done for that outstanding advice. I am British so your point is? -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81642 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] I'm beginning to this product is pants
When I first bought this device, it was everything I wanted in a product. Music Internet radio at my finger tips. Recently it refuses to connect to my USB disk and my USB thumbdrive. Everytime I switch it on it can take upto 10 times to try and reconnect. I am a consumer and don't expect to have to reboot time and time again to listen to the radio in the morning. I would have recommended this on first light, but I am really glad I never dismantled my HiFi. It's simply a rubbish product that will be returned. I have also never have had to browse forums for hours to use my simple FM radio. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81642 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Songs cut short
My Touch has been working fine since I bought it in July 2010, however it's recently started jumping onto the next track before the playing one has finished. This jump occurs about 2 mins before the end of the current track. It has previously played these before without flaw and I have not had a formware upgrade since. Any help appreciated. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81520 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
mooblie;566312 Wrote: Really? I'd rather use a 20' run of speaker cable than a 20' run of unbalanced RCA/phono screened cable anyday. Well if you make sure your kit doesn't have multiple earths you avoid ground loops. As for 20' of speaker cable - depending on the speaker cable you can run into other kinds of problems involving losing power in your speaker cable. Just depends how much of a purist you are and how much you are pumping down the cable to the speakers. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80799 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch as a server
I am currently loathed to have a PC running 24/7 (at the moment) to be used as a server, however... I am about to purchase a Squeezebox Radio and have a few questions. I have a Touch and it uses a USB disk with all my music on it. I use it for streaming Internet radio to my HiFi too. 1) Am I correct in assuming a SB radio can use the Internet to stream possibly different radio stations to those my Touch maybe using in another room via my router at the same time? 2) Is there anyway to get the touch to act as a music server for itself and the SB radio. TIA -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80902 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Long Interconnect cables
I have used long interconnects over the years for many setups and had no problems whatsoever. I do not see any reason whatsoever why the ability of a Touch to drive a signal down 20ft of cable should be any different to other devices as long as the cable is screened and of reasonable quality. i.e. Not Bell Wire. Don't bother with any of that oxygen free rubbish as that's just a sales pitch by those who do not understand. Long runs of speaker cables are a different matter completely, but is still very subjective to the listener. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80799 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off
I have the same problem using a USB thumbdrive. The drive appears to be alive when powered off. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80447 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stops at end of song
Try pressing the rewind button bottom right, second up. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80347 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Tracks Played in Wrong Order
Most of my mp3s have no ID tags but play in the correct order due to the numbering method I use. 01-Track1.mp3 02-Track2.mp3 Not the easiest way if you have a large collection, but if you do it when you rip and compress then it's not such an issue. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80348 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car
I have been thinking about this and as long as you use a FLASH drive and have RCA inputs on your in car system then there is no problem. You could also update the music collection via wiFi when parked on your drive. Caveats... 1. A HD drive may smash the heads into the platters going over bumps unless properly mounted. 2. The device runs off 5V so will have to be regulated down. 3. Check the standby current when off. It could flatten your battery if not driven. I have not measured it, but 3.6W in standby (posted here elsewhere) will completely flatten a 50Ah car battery in a week (and stuff your car battery in the process). It will not fully recover from a deep discharge. If your music collection is small, then you could turn off completly as a power on rescan should be quickish. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80255 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] A couple of newbie questions
Thanks for that. Just the job. Waldo -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80159 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
