Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread garym
Blotto wrote: > I might be able to get it running with Ethernet, but due to location > issues, it wouldn't work as a solution. consider something like ethernet over powerline adapters. They often work very well for bringing ethernet to a player.

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread Blotto
I might be able to get it running with Ethernet, but due to location issues, it wouldn't work as a solution. Blotto's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=59204 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevice

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
It's (supposedly) 100k hours for the SB3 VFD's. toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98225 ___

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread SFuser
Blotto wrote: > Mine never corrects. Mine has also survived the reset, but unplugging > mine doesn't correct even temporarily. As a result, I can't read the > screen to join network, etc., so I can't use it. This is a bummer - I wonder if there is a way to plug it into the network via ethernet

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread Blotto
Mine never corrects. Mine has also survived the reset, but unplugging mine doesn't correct even temporarily. As a result, I can't read the screen to join network, etc., so I can't use it. Blotto's Profile: http://forums.s

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-05 Thread toby10
Do the bottom two lines disappear while just displaying menu's? Or only while a Now Playing screen saver kicks in? These VFD's are "rated" to 100,000 hours. Though I'm beginning to question that figure with so many SB3 owners reporting screen problems. My SB3 and Boom are set to show a blank sc

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-04 Thread SFuser
My SB3 also has a display problem - I'd say if you divided the display into 4 horizontal rows, the 2nd row from the bottom goes blank after a few minutes. If I turn the SB3 off and wait a while and turn it on it works fine for a while before repeating. This seems like a hardware problem (has sur

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-03 Thread Blotto
I don 't know if I succeeded in adding picture. If it isn't 't there, give me instructions and I'll comply. It's almost like an old CRT that is unstable. +---+ |Filename: image.jpg|

Re: [slim] Display Fail

2013-03-03 Thread th00ht
Hi! What do you mean by scrolling lines and such?. Can you post a picture of what you see? rgds th00ht's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15656 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showt

[slim] Display Fail

2013-03-02 Thread Blotto
My squeezebox v3 display just quit functioning properly. You can almost see what it says but it's all garbled and scrolling lines. I have tried resetting by holding down the plus key while powering on to no avail. Any suggestions? I erroneously posted this in the squeezebox radio, so apologies fo