Re: [slim] Squeezeboxen for sale

Paul Webster wrote: > Forum shows > Location: Portland, OR, USA Yeah, shipping heavy Boom's overseas probably would be cost prohibitive. Though somehow they can ship me trinkets from China for $1, I don't think the UK qualifies for that loophole. :-(

Re: [slim] Squeezeboxen for sale

Radios 1 Black SB Radio - fully working 1 White SB Radio - missing knob, otherwise fully working Booms 5 Booms - all fully working, most with fiddly power-supply connection (known issue, not sure if it's the PS or the plug). All displays acceptable, but have various degrees of fading. Boom

[slim] Squeezeboxen for sale

I am just getting these ready, but posting here first to see if there's interest. Everything works, but I think 1 of the Classic's has a flakey display (half pixels drop out after X minutes). I need to verify power supplies, remotes, Wifi, display dimming, etc. If there's something you are

[slim] Looking for a Squeezebox Radio or 2

Ping me if you're moving on. My kids could use one as an alarm clock radio, and I don't want to get them anything too gadgety right now. There's an android radio that looks pretty cool, but don't want them to have apps and internet in their rooms yet. Little kids still! Thx! -Dan

Re: [slim] ROCKI Wifi Music System

If you can't sync them across rooms, I don't see the point. Bluetooth is actually reasonable decent sounding for an ad-hoc streaming solution or car. If they're shooting for something better, it isn't listed. plympton's

[slim] SB3 Display Dead / Dying - anything to check?

I have a Classic where the VFD suddenly died - POSSIBLY (probably) kid related. It was likely knocked, and the display was fine on one end, and blurred to nothingness to the other end, and then completely dead the next day. Works great otherwise - glad it's programmed for the network already!!

Re: [slim] Usage of online services in your family ?

erland wrote: If you have a single account for the whole family, are you severely missing the ability to keep track of individual playlists or favorites for each family member ? I have a single Pandora account, and it would be nice to have separate ones, with individual favorites. Kiddo

Re: [slim] More bad news re the future of mysqueezebox.com

If MYSB.com goes away, will it break Pandora? Will it break just the Free services, but the paid accounts will work? Anyone know? plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

In any case it looks like there is a way to get an external clock into the chip and it is on the EDM connector. So I think the wandboard is good to go as a base hardware platform. Yeah! :-) plympton's Profile:

Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

I just waded into this pond of a thread, then took a look at the Wandboard forum page and found this. Useful? http://www.wandboard.org/images/files/wandboard-expansion-pinheaders.png Can I ask for a summary while I'm here: Gen1 - equivalent to a Squeezebox Receiver Gen1+ - something more like

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic 3

mpc wrote: I have a SB classic 3 which has suddenly stopped working. There is no display at all on the unit, is there a way of testing the power supply to see if thats at fault? Any light on the Toslink / Optical connection?

[slim] Where to buy? Repair?

Anyone have a lead on where to buy Classics / Duets / Receivers? I have a classic that just gave out, and would like to replace it. (it reboots on playing music - removed wireless card, hooked it via ethernet, still reboots randomly... sad sad day) Thanks! -Dan

Re: [slim] Where to buy? Repair?

Sadly, I reprogrammed it, and it worked again for a while, and then - poof, dead, reboot. Sadface. :-(. I can get a refurb Radio for cheap and use the audio output of that (but it's SqueezeOS, not been my BFF), but I'm going to try a Raspberry PI I have laying around w/ Squeezeslave... though

Re: [slim] Where to buy? Repair?

Confirmed: I got a Raspberry Pi (was wonder what to do with it), used Raspian, and followed this Blog (http://dabdig.blogspot.com/2012/05/running-squeezeslave-on-raspberry-pi.html) - works great. And yes, it runs Pandora if you set the Mac address to the requested range (use the -m option or

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

plympton wrote: Good thread - I might pick up a few cards as spares to keep around. WIFI equipment has a tendency of failing after a few years for some reason, it's just not very reliable stuff (You say? When produced at the absolutely lowest-cost possible!?!?). Reprogrammed the Xilinx

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

aubuti wrote: It sounds as if you had some issues with your system then, and there's no guarantee you won't have them again. But it hasn't been a general issue of sync'ing Touches by any means. You are probably right and I'm misremembering - I had a problem with *A* streaming station (the

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

widman wrote: This thread has information on wifi cards supported by the SB3: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?78498-Squeezebox-claccic-v3-doesn-t-start-uphighlight=WN560G Regards, pete Good thread - I might pick up a few cards as spares to keep around. WIFI equipment has a

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

toby10 wrote: Try just re-seating the WiFi cards? Maybe the PSU's are the issue? Loose power connection into SB3? PowerLine adapters may make more sense than buying replacement SB3 WiFi cards. Just reseated the wifi card and daughterboard and still died a day later. Just did the

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

Not a loose connector, unfortunately. No amount of wiggle will get it to reboot. I wish it was that, easy fix, as it'd most likely be a Cold solder joint. These were used units I got locally, so I can't vouch for how they were stored. I wonder if some of the components on Sb3's have an...

Re: [slim] Dying Classics?

I will admit that my knowledge is probably a little out of date but when I had a touch when they originally came out it would not sync with my classic ever. If that's not the case then touch here I come... Again! :-)

[slim] Dying Classics?

Is there any way to get a log of the HARDWARE on a Classic? I have 2 classics that periodically die (blank screen, essentially they crash). I know it COULD be the WIFI card, but would like pointers on what else it could be. WIFI signal strength is good, and it's not a change to the server.

[slim] [FS/T] Trade SB3 for Radio, or ?

also have a pink Pogoplug + USB dock that I was playing with as a server, but decided to just keep SBS on my HTPC in the end. Thanks! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid

Re: [slim] Logitech CEO Steps down

verypsb;644374 Wrote: Boom II Receiver II Receiver II with amp This /\ !! And a Classic II - the VFD's on my Classics are starting to get burn-in and could need replacing soon... -- plympton plympton's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Logitech Trade-In Program

that my other SB3 and SB2 don't have that, nor does my boom. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=84567

[slim] No fear of TV devices eclipsing Squeezebox sales anytime soon...

Whoah. Who approved this one? http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/logitechs-lonely-tv-revue-with-google-tv-ad-may-be-sending-th/ -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View

Re: [slim] PC directly connected to to SB3 needs to use internet

#Bridging -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81241 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

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Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

Quick question: Any reason you go rid of the fancy player icons and now have fairly generic ones? Wondering if it's a copyright thing, or design choice. (I like the old better :-)) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile

Re: [slim] [Announce] iPeng 1.2.5 now on the App Store

pippin;567014 Wrote: Actually I got a lot of complaints about the old ones being ugly so since I had to have new ones created anyway for the high resolution on iPhone 4 I got them changed. Guess you can't please everyone.. or anyone! :-) -- plympton

Re: [slim] Remote dead on my Classic

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=551744postcount=5 -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Active battery powered speakers?

+-+2.4GHz+Wireless+Indoor/Outdoor+Speaker+with+Wireless+Sender/Receiver/9426089.p?id=1218103733077skuId=9426089st=rocketfishcp=1lp=2 And of course, no idea of these are in your neck of the woods...! -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] tweak Sync settings per *STREAM*?

-- much appreciated! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80046

Re: [slim] Broken Remote for SB classic.

) that you can't. Weird. He needed some number that's on the bottom of Logitech SB's, and not present on Slim SB's (it's a short text+numbers combo) - without that, they can't do it, I think. -Dan -- plympton plympton's

[slim] tweak Sync settings per *STREAM*?

it, honestly, since it's pretty obscure. Thanks! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80046

Re: [slim] Need to find a new remote

I called to get a replacement remote for my SB3, and they offered to send me a one-time consideration replacement for free. I tried to order the part, but for some reason you can't. Go figure. I took them up on the offer. -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] www.slimdevices.com gone?

Looks like the bugtracker has been down for a few days now, too. Hopefully that's a coincidence. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

. The problematic stream is at http://128.208.34.80:8002/ Thanks for testing this out! I wonder if this could be an NPR-wide thing, as I'm sure they share ideas/techniques between stations. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Transcode MP3 Stream to MP3?

correctly ? No, I'm not 100% sure it's installed correctly. When I go to the server, it appears that it's OK. This is a workaround for this bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16233 Thanks! Appears to work! -Dan -- plympton

[slim] Transcode MP3 Stream to MP3?

how to deal with this. Any help -- thanks! Ideally, I'd like to take any .mp3 stream that's in certain paramenters (64kbit or 44.1 kHz) and transcode them to 128kbit 44.1 kHz streams, or something to that like. Thanks! -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Transcode MP3 Stream to MP3?

$ --mp3input $FILE$ - # This example transcodes MP3s to MP3s, if the target machine has the # given MAC address. This rule will take precedence over the # previous rule because it's more specific. #mp3 mp3 * * # ./brute_filter $FILE$ - -- plympton

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

, they (or just the touch, can't tell) timeout and rebuffer. Really killing my WAF. I'll take a workaround - any workaround - at this point. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

stream is the one that the Touch doesn't like. :-(. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78826

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

, or a server bug. I *THINK* I also got rebuffering with JUST my Touch. Toby10: Yes, disabled the scrobbling, no effect. Yeah, it's a 48k stream - with my 20 Mbit connection, shouldn't be an issue. :-) -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

this happens once a year or so, and is just enough pain to just be frustrating. NPR people are just nuts, aren't we? :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View

Re: [slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

Mnyb;548315 Wrote: Interesting, leaving out my SqueezePlay players and syncing Boom and My SB3 works OK ? So it could be a SqueezePlay / SqueezeOS firmware thing. Filed bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=16233 -Dan -- plympton

[slim] OPB.org stream keeps rebuffering?

to the stream possibly, but then why would it work pefrectly on ONE squeezebox?) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] SB3 Power Supply (wall wart)?

the preferred replacement? I'll probably just put this PS up on eBay or something... http://www.jameco.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1storeId=10001catalogId=10001pa=689864productId=689864 Thanks! -Dan -- plympton

[slim] Trade a Duet for a SB3?

about the rules, etc.. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74261

Re: [slim] Where to purchase a remote?

, as that's a pain to maintain with updates, etc.. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72790

Re: [slim] Where to purchase a remote?

reads this - I'd really like to buy a new remote for my SB3!! Thanks! -Dan (e-mail on file) -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Logitech is messing up Squeezebox

.. is the best excuse to load Firefox Adblock .. Egad, what were they thinking... marketing... -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http

[slim] Stream *TO* Airport Express?

there is no audio stream on the PC to be captured. Any ideas? Or is it better to just get a Receiver and be done with it? -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

/showthread.php?p=363975highlight=cydia#post363975 It's not supported, even discouraged unless you're a tinkerer. You need to jailbreak your device first, and then load it off of Cydia. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http

Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store

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[slim] Streaming dropouts with Zune!

, thanks! -Dan HTPC: Windows XP MCE 2005, Slimserver 7 beta -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41496

Re: [slim] hacking the Rio Receiver to run Slimserver

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Re: [slim] Squeezebox or Soundbridge ???

since I looked at Soundbridges (when refurbs were $100! And those didn't resample everything!). The end result is that I got a Squeezebox 3 and didn't look back - love the thing! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http

Re: [slim] iTouch as a remote

- and it wouldn't work on the iPod/iPhone... PS: Do you know if the iPod touch's browser can do full-screen? That's one of the huge advantages of the Nokias - they do full-screen! (I picked up a 770) If there's a way I can help out, let me know. (dan -at freepdx d-t c0m) -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

, including multimedia streaming, data acquisition, remote control, and surveillance. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Bandwidth consumed when paused?

consumed - I pretty much listen to streams these days, and my local storage is getting dusty! Anyway, just curious, -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

Squonk;231904 Wrote: You're right that the web site seems to be down, but I'm listening to the stream now at http://rs4.radiostreamer.com:9270/ Also, check out Hip Young Parent Radio on Live365.com Thanks - works like a charm! -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

(to parents) kid's music channel (probably several). The downside is it shouldn't be ad supported, but perhaps parent supported (listener) like Radio Paradise is. I know, I, as a parent would pay a few bucks a month to avoid Lucky Charms or Elmo or whatever ads... -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

Squonk;231044 Wrote: We listen to KidMix Radio (search on that term). There's also Radio Disney, but my kids can't stand it (a good sign, in my opinion!) Must be my DNS, but I can't get to KidMixRadio.com or .net. Is it still live? Is there a direct stream URL? -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Streaming Children's Music?

this side of the UK, so I just get the Fun Radio @ Nite, which isn't bad, but not kids music any more. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http

[slim] Streaming Children's Music?

Might sound odd, but are there any children's - young kids - streaming stations out there? I've looked through Live365, Googled, etc... can't find anything. Anyone? -Dan (Yeah, I'm a geek who just had a kid 6 months ago :-)) -- plympton

Re: [slim] Palm TX + SlimServer Handheld skin + NoviiRemote Universal Remote software

down. The Nokia 770 interface is good, but something between it and full-on-text mode would be really great. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread

Re: [slim] Buying a new Squeezebox...... or not?

something different, but I really enjoy not having to think about the stability. The white remote is different for a change, too! :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955

Re: [slim] Mute button?

sleep.hold = some arbitrary volume or sleep.hold = mute.all.players -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

Re: [slim] Cheap D/A?

reasons - I just want a variable and a fixed analog out. Unfortunately, getting a digital receiver won't work - I want to send the fixed output, and have the variable output local. Finding one of these used would be sweet! :-) -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

lump the folks who like the Burr-Brown VFD (*) with those who like the remote - my bad! -Dan (* I know it's not the same thing! :-)) -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View

Re: [slim] Looking for help with Nokia 770 and Moose

run my webserver virtually this way on a Linux box). -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37994

[slim] Cheap D/A?

2 SB outputs - 1 variable volume Analog and one fixed volume Analog. Thanks! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

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Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

Pat Farrell;223732 Wrote: plympton wrote: Well, I hate to say this, but then they should have done what Tivo did - make the volume keys programmable (and the power key) so that it could control the receiver directly. The TiVo is not close to a slim device. It has a full blown Linux

[slim] Independent Volume Control?

in the kitchen, and I'd like to control the volume independently. The problem is that I believe the remote will work on both outputs. :-/. Hmm... Any suggestions? Are the 2 outputs physically tied together so that this isn't even possible? -Dan -- plympton

Re: [slim] Independent Volume Control?

to walk up to them and just turn the volume up, but I'm sure that's a rant for another posting... -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http

[slim] Why no buttons?

I'm entering a world of lots-o-clicks! -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37980

Re: [slim] Independent Volume Control?

the speakers with a good old-fashioned volume knob on it. :-) I was quite suprised how good it sounds running through all those electrical cables in the basement, etc. -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

electronics, so I've got my own bag 'o biases :-)) -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37980

Re: [slim] Why no buttons?

!! :-) I'm assuming the beta testers were invited, and not self selected, too? :-) -Dan -- plympton plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com