Thank you aubuti and bklaas for the answers recommentations.
I think i will have to make the step towards 6.5.x.
regards,
Eric
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edckdw
Currently using SB-1,2 3, served by SS-6.2.1 and running Linux SuSE
10.0 on P4 1.7GHz.
aubuti;199723 Wrote:
Along the same lines as MrFantasy's post, note that Harmony remotes are
also part of the Logitech family. So rather than do some bundle deal
with the N800, they're probably working up something similar with the
Harmony remotes on the Jive platform. That way they have
I'am considering also buying a NokiaN800 tablet. My Slimerver is a 6.2.1
version , running under a Suse10 distribution. My setup is running quite
stable, so i prefer not yet to update to the 6.5.2 version at this
moment. I learned from this forum that the Plugin interface is
different between
I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that the 6.5 beta versions of
slimserver were the first to have the Nokia770 skin. So you'd be
completely out of luck with 6.2 or 6.3.
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aubuti
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With the white Squeezebox currently on sale for $250 and the N800
available for as little as $375 in the US, you could have a very nice
two-room system for $875.
Note that unlike the Sonos system, which requires one player to have a
wired connection to your router, you can position the
Only thing I'd add is that if you have a very large (or growing to be a
very large) music library, Sonos is probably not your best bet. Check
out the forums at sonos.com for more on this.
Way I see it, they're a little like the AMT: the limit will just snag
more and more people over time unless
jkadragich;199688 Wrote:
Thanks very much for the replies so far. Still would like to hear from
someone who has compared the two (or at least 770 to sonos controller).
I have been reading incessantly about the differences between sonos and
SB, but it seems like the biggest advantage for
You last two guys took the words right out of my mouth...I was going to
as the OP, Are you planning to get a universal remote soon?. :)
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Balthazar_B
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Please resolve this question for me. I'm trying to decide btwn sonos
and SB, and I know you guys are all SB devotees, but I REALLY like the
sonos remote and I need to be able to run system remotely and it would
be great to see playlists, pick songs etc on remote. If all I need to
do to make SB
You don't need to load any software on the N800. The Nokia770 skin comes
with slimserver, which is the software that runs on the computer that
holds your music library, and serves the music to the squeezebox. When
setting up slimserver, select the Nokia770 skin as your default. The
N800 comes
an N800 with slimserver is not a difficult combination to figure out.
Get your N800 hooked up to your home wifi network (yes, it will have
the range of your laptop), then point the N800 browser to
http://your.PCs.ip.address:9000/Nokia770/ (replace your.PCs.ip.address
with the ip address of your
Thanks very much for the replies so far. Still would like to hear from
someone who has compared the two (or at least 770 to sonos controller).
I have been reading incessantly about the differences between sonos and
SB, but it seems like the biggest advantage for sonos is it's
controller.
While it's Slim Devices/Logitech's policy not to comment on new
hardware, I'm not a Slim Devices employee and it doesn't take a
significant intuitive leap to figure out what the Jive Platform
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34940) may be for.
I'm not suggesting you wait, but
Along the same lines as MrFantasy's post, note that Harmony remotes are
also part of the Logitech family. So rather than do some bundle deal
with the N800, they're probably working up something similar with the
Harmony remotes on the Jive platform. That way they have tighter
control over the
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