Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread autopilot
JJZolx;451407 Wrote: > > Number 1 is going cause a FEW people without 'net connections endless > frustration when they buy a shiny new Squeezebox Touch and find out it > can't be used. I thought this has been addressed, though, by allowing > the box to get its mandatory initial firmware upgrade

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread JJZolx
Mnyb;451402 Wrote: > Partly answered,there are two issues that get mixed in those treads. > > 1. Internet connection > > 2. Mandatory SN membership > > They don't necessarily belong together. Exactly. They are two completely different issues. Number 1 is going cause a FEW people without 'ne

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread Mnyb
Partly answered,there are two issues that get mixed in those treads. 1. Internet connection 2. Mandatory SN membership They don't necessarily belong together. I'm aware of that some SC functions get supported in the background by SN. You might not get the full experience as conceived by logitec

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread Matt Wise
I'm not missing any point -- I'm simply redirecting new posts in this thread towards an already existing thread about the issue. -- Matt Wise Matt Wise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13773 View

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread bpa
You're missing the point - with 3G connections there is NO possibility of a connection even though the SBC just needs it once. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: ht

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread Matt Wise
See thread here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=451295 See post here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=451295&postcount=20 /thread -- Matt Wise Matt Wise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread bpa
I agree - I think Logitech may not have researched the market properly as 3G connections are the significant growth area of user internet connections not just in UK but also in other European countries and there are EU reports which document it. The typical user of a 3G connections are the same

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread autopilot
oreillymj;449791 Wrote: > As someone who never uses anything except local media, I do hope that > the mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork that currently in the 7.4 FW > will be dropped. > > I should be asked if I want to sign up/login to Squeezenetwork rather > then forced into it by FW7115. C

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread JJZolx
oreillymj;449791 Wrote: > As someone who never uses anything except local media, I do hope that > the mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork that currently in the 7.4 FW > will be dropped. Yeah, that's been the general consensus among, oh, I'd say 99% of the beta testers of all the software they'v

Re: [SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-24 Thread mikejms
I also use my duet exclusively to play local files and I definitely will not sign up anywhere just to do so. I don't even have internet access at my summer house. If Logitech really insist on a sign up, I'll have to either resell the device or stick with 7.3.4 and all its known bugs and unfinished

[SlimDevices: Beta] r7115 - mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork

2009-08-19 Thread oreillymj
As someone who never uses anything except local media, I do hope that the mandatory sign up for Squeezenetwork that currently in the 7.4 FW will be dropped. I should be asked if I want to sign up/login to Squeezenetwork rather then forced into it by FW7115. As someone with an SB2/SB3/Duet and Bo