Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-09-13 Thread G-dude
You know what...this is an awesome product...I too had problems when my iMac was hooked up wirelessly...but they say they recommend wiring your Squeezecenter and soonce i did it...everything worked real well. I also opened the ports they suggested (don't know why since not necessarily

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2008-07-20 Thread toby10
Are we to assume the *silence* in this thread means the OP finally got this sorted out (cuz he finally did as asked by SD support)? Or am I to assume that all forum members within 50 miles the OP are going through his trash? -- toby10

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-18 Thread ModelCitizen
Anoop M.;320765 Wrote: To the customers credit, he already had the player down in the other room when I called him. That's good. He badly needs some credit. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-18 Thread toby10
Anoop M.;320731 Wrote: I talked to the user on the phone today and the unit works perfectly fine from the same room as the router (wirelessly). My conclusion is that he is getting allot of wireless interference. I asked him to do a test with his wireless broadcasting channels and see if one

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-18 Thread ModelCitizen
toby10;320894 Wrote: That's what I had suspected.I'm guessing the SB3 WiFi card is much more sensitive to rogue signals than a more robust laptop WiFi card would be. I thought it was a bog-standard laptop wifi card included with the SB3. It certainly looks like one. MC -- ModelCitizen

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2008-07-18 Thread MelonMonkey
WPBerryman39, fight the strong fight brother. It's your right to get things fixed your way, you shouldn't have to rip apart your setup. You definitely have put enough effort into fixing someone else's problem in this case and it's time to move on. Please contact me via PM and I will gladly take

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2008-07-18 Thread jsprag
MelonMonkey;320994 Wrote: Please contact me via PM and I will gladly take that SB3 off your hands for $100. I'd take his offer. If you can't test it then you can't really list it on e-bay as working can you? Not much good for anything other than parts, I suppose. Yes sir, $100 is a mighty

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2008-07-17 Thread autopilot
I feel your pain. I have a similar situation. My car began playing up recently and the mechanic asked me if i could drive it to the local garage. No freaking way! what makes is double impossible is that its currently hooked up to my trailer. Rubbish mechanic, he should have been able to fix it by

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2008-07-17 Thread Sike
ROFL!! Nice one! -- Sike Sike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2458 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49911 ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread maggior
WPBerryman39;320330 Wrote: but as soon as I light the slimserver up, the music starts to slow down and degrade. It sounds like you probably lit something else up too. Take a few more tokes and the slowness of the music will seem natural. WPBerryman39;320330 Wrote: Please help before the

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2008-07-17 Thread SilverRS8
WPBerryman39;320356 Wrote: the unit is plugged into a stereo that is in my upstairs living room, where all of the power cables, speakers, and wiring is tightly routed behind a wall. To hard wire it to the router, I have to removes all of this, take it down to the office, and then

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2008-07-17 Thread Mitch Harding
If the office is in the same house, a 50 or 100 foot ethernet cable should reach. WPBerryman39;320356 Wrote: the unit is plugged into a stereo that is in my upstairs living room, where all of the power cables, speakers, and wiring is tightly routed behind a wall. To hard wire it to the

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread Mitch G
How about trying this: 1) Load squeezecenter on one of your laptops. Be sure to emulate the same sort of setup you have on your current server on your laptop - e.g. if your music is stored on a separate server or NAS, have the laptop get the music from the same place. 2) Plug it into the router

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2008-07-17 Thread EFP
WPBerryman39;320330 Wrote: * MAC address: 00 14 a5 9d fb 32 Is that hardware address from the player or the last connected server? The player should have 00:04:20 prefix. -- EFP EFP's Profile:

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread ik632
I have two wireless routers. One is line-of-sight to the SB3 and the other is a few rooms away. I cannot connect to the line-of-sight router and when I do, the connection is bad and I get choppy music. When I connect to the other (and better router) I get good music quality even though my signal

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2008-07-17 Thread StigErik
I think wifi in general is a bit of a nightmare. At work we had big problems with wifi IP phones (Cisco 7920). Even if the phones just require a mere 100 kbps bandwidth we got choppy audio and lost connections. To make it work at a reasonable level we ended up with no more than 16 AP's, and

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread Anoop M.
I talked to the user on the phone today and the unit works perfectly fine from the same room as the router (wirelessly). My conclusion is that he is getting allot of wireless interference. I asked him to do a test with his wireless broadcasting channels and see if one channel works better than

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread ModelCitizen
Anoop M.;320731 Wrote: I asked him to do a test with his wireless broadcasting channels and see if one channel works better than another. Well, I wonder if he'll do that. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

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2008-07-17 Thread aubuti
ModelCitizen;320753 Wrote: Well, I wonder if he'll do that. I'm still wondering how Anoop managed to persuade him to get the router and the SB in the same room -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [slim] Dont Buy!!!!! (merged to remove cross-posting)

2008-07-17 Thread Anoop M.
aubuti;320754 Wrote: I'm still wondering how Anoop managed to persuade him to get the router and the SB in the same room To the customers credit, he already had it down there when I called him. -- Anoop M. SlimDevices/Logitech Support Mountain View California

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2008-07-16 Thread JimC
WPBerryman39;320330 Wrote: ...snip... Is there anything else I should try before i toss it in the trash can for good? I have great wireless connections all over my house, but as soon as I light the slimserver up, the music starts to slow down and degrade. Please help before the trash

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2008-07-16 Thread amcluesent
LOL. Why are we even feeding these trolls? IMHO, we've had a load of uber-numpties recently who deserve to be kicked and banned. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286