Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Does SBS work with Radio?

2009-11-02 Thread Ikabob
The SBRadio is the one player not listed on SBS . The SB3 and the SBBoom are always listed on SBS even when both are connected only to MSBox.com. However, when the Radio is running on SBS it the does show up in the player listing on SBS on the pc. I haven't found this to be a problem but I have

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Red Radio - appearance and availability

2009-11-02 Thread testmatch
testmatch;469854 Wrote: Hi, If the red one appears in the Logitech UK store this month I think I want to get that as I suspect it should look neater and more cheerful. Well it hasn't appeared on the Logitech UK store, and ordering the battery still produces the error others have reported.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] how do I save favorites

2009-11-02 Thread toby10
With your computer off dial the Radio to Internet Radio Local then play a station, does it play properly. Radio may ask you to connect to MySqueezeBox.com. You are now on the online server, no computer needed. Log your computer onto www.MySqueezeBox.com, go to Player, you should see your Radio

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio is stuttering during streaming

2009-11-02 Thread toby10
Three of my four SB players including Radio are on WiFi, no stuttering. Temporarily running wired is just a quick test to help diagnose potential issues and determine where the problem may be occurring. -- toby10 toby10's

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio battery on Logitech UK... kinda

2009-11-02 Thread toby10
Chunkywizard;480418 Wrote: There's already beta units in the field. IIRC MeSue said she got 8hours of continuous play out of the battery HTH CW Correct. But - not all beta units are battery capable - not all beta testers received batteries, very short supply - the batteries are

[SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?

2009-11-02 Thread Ikabob
Does anyone know what is the status of the battery? It is no longer shown as an accesory which was due out in November. I have not heard an official announcement about availability or lack of availability. Thanks. P.S. I love all the Squeezebox products! -- Ikabob

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
This is very distressing that things are not being fixed. Well I can always return it over alarm and preset problems and send a message about cheaping out on development. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio battery on Logitech UK... kinda

2009-11-02 Thread hellesangel
I hope all production Radios will be battery capable... And 8 hours sounds like a very respectable life time for a battery, now I'm really looking forward to its release. -- hellesangel hellesangel's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an answer before a month or so,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480675 Wrote: Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread hellesangel
If a product (however cool etc) is sold as a direct replacement for the bedside radio then the alarm simply has to work, and compared to all the other clever things the Radio does a bit of code that says 'if current time == wake up time then play music' sounds rather bovine to fix. Some

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
jmpage2;480688 Wrote: pippin, I hear you, however, there is only a 30 day return period to return products. What if they can't or won't fix bugs with presets, alarms, etc? I'm not talking about enhancements but just core functionality. I really like the SB Radio and have given it a very

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread bluegaspode
pippin;480675 Wrote: Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480704 Wrote: Well, then when the period is over return it and give it another try after 6 months if it's too bad right now. I haven't had any issues with alarms so far (except th occasional backup alarm when the the server could not find my playlist) but I have to admit that I never

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
jmpage2;480709 Wrote: Looking at it now I see that the server log file is over 1.4TB and growing. All of the messages seem to be complaining about Trackstat undefined symbols. Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480718 Wrote: Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat (2.10, I believe) import my old ratings it took down the server for around 12h (it's a slow server), logged a LOT of stuff and caused mysql load that was so

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
The auto dimming does just get a bit too dark for me at night, I can't quite make out the clock. Mind you I want it very very dim because I'm a light sleeper. During the day when any light hits it the unit becomes unbelievably bright. Hopefully we will get the ability to set a minimum and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio is stuttering during streaming

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
It looks like the thread has been abandoned by the OP, which is unfortunate as the problem probably could have been corrected with some testing. My unit has never experienced streaming hiccups in the few days I've tested it on my home wi-fi. -- jmpage2

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Size of Covers

2009-11-02 Thread kidstypike
epogo;480383 Wrote: i would like to see the complete cover in the screen - without overlays... +2 -- kidstypike kidstypike 1 SB3 1 Duet 1 Boom 1 Radio kidstypike's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Radio] Please vote on my preset enhancement request

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
The preset buttons don't tell you if they recognize a button push before playback of the selected stream or playlist begins, which often results in user confusion and multiple subsequent button pushes which can further slow things down from starting up. I've submitted an enhancement request to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Please vote on my preset enhancement request

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
I have also created an enhancement request that asks for an auto time off so that the SB Radio will shut itself off and resume display of the clock after a period of inactivity. https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15021 -- jmpage2

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim

2009-11-02 Thread ModelCitizen
jmpage2;480729 Wrote: The auto dimming does just get a bit too dark for me at night Yours must be different from mine then. At night mine is about 14 inches from my face (on the bedside table next to my bed) and it is far too bright. I have to hang something over the front (in fact I might put

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
pippin;480718 Wrote: Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat (2.10, I believe) import my old ratings it took down the server for around 12h (it's a slow server), logged a LOT of stuff and caused mysql load that was so

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480724 Wrote: I did try to import an XML library file from iTunes that had all of my current track ratings. It had been running for about 24 hours on a very fast HP EX495 that is set up with dual core 2.5ghz cpu. I just had to uninstall it because it is causing way too much server

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
erland;480769 Wrote: Do you have any logs left ? If there was any errors, I'd like to see them. If it's just messages about not finding alternative paths it's not a problem, it just takes time. It's the Logitech tables that's the problem, I'd prefer to not modify Logitech standard

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
ModelCitizen;480768 Wrote: Yours must be different from mine then. At night mine is about 14 inches from my face (on the bedside table next to my bed) and it is far too bright. I have to hang something over the front (in fact I might put the boom back until this is fixed in the software). I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Please vote on my preset enhancement request

2009-11-02 Thread peterw
jmpage2;480743 Wrote: I have also created an enhancement request that asks for an auto time off so that the SB Radio will shut itself off and resume display of the clock after a period of inactivity. Have you looked at the Power Save plugin? -- peterw http://www.tux.org/~peterw/ Free

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Please vote on my preset enhancement request

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
peterw;480774 Wrote: Have you looked at the Power Save plugin? Nope, I will investigate it, thanks. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
Ah, I lied, I did still have a copy of it squirreled away. Here's a sample, it looks like the whole log file is filled with the same message; 09-11-02 09:00:41.1289] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1165) Warning: [09:00:41.1281] Use of uninitialized value $line in substitution (s///) at C:\Documents

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread JJZolx
One thing that did bug me throughout my use of the radio though was the now playing screen. It really bugged me that the album artwork had the top chopped off by the progress bar and track details (particularly annoying with the numerous album covers that show the artist, it winds up that

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480777 Wrote: Ah, I lied, I did still have a copy of it squirreled away. Here's a sample, it looks like the whole log file is filled with the same message; 09-11-02 09:00:41.1289] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1165) Warning: [09:00:41.1281] Use of uninitialized value $line in

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Status of radio battery?

2009-11-02 Thread vw195
Its still showing on the slimdevices website, but I agree its now November! -- vw195 vw195's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32644 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Please vote on my preset enhancement request

2009-11-02 Thread JJZolx
jmpage2;480743 Wrote: I have also created an enhancement request that asks for an auto time off so that the SB Radio will shut itself off and resume display of the clock after a period of inactivity. https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15021 Most people just use a clock for their

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
Also I can just send you chunks of the raw XML file if that would be helpful. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
12 inches, really? No, mine is not 12 inches from my face, more like a meter or more. It also sits on a black table top so no chance of any reflections from that. My room is literally pitch black and I can barely read the display on the Radio. -- jmpage2

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480805 Wrote: Don't know if these are helpful. Looks like my log has numerous cases of # 38 in the file names as they appear in XML. Is this the XML file you have specified in the parameter: Settings - Plugins - TrackStat - Backup/Restore/Clear - Backup file If this is the case I

[SlimDevices: Radio] How does one get Logitech support to respond?

2009-11-02 Thread abysmillard
I thought I'd heard that Logitech support was pretty good, but I emailed a question regarding lost streams over a week ago and have had no response. I have written two followup emails also with no response. I did get an automated response with a ticket number, so I know that the original request

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Auto dimming changed and too dim

2009-11-02 Thread jdoering
If possible reflection, etc could be the cause of the problem you should test it in a pitch black closet or similar away from your face an reflective materials. That way you can distinguish between faulty hardware versus light feedback issues. I checked mine from a foot away. It's definitely

[SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck pixel on Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jdoering
I just noticed a stuck pixel on my new radio :( Only one but near the middle; and now that I know it's there... I saw 'this thread' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=44307highlight=stuck+pixel) regarding the same issue on the controller. It doesn't look to be very common. At the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Size of Covers

2009-11-02 Thread eq72521
+3, as it applies to the controller as well. -- eq72521 eq72521's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70776

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
erland;480997 Wrote: Is this the XML file you have specified in the parameter: Settings - Plugins - TrackStat - Backup/Restore/Clear - Backup file If this is the case I understand why you have problems, because this is a iTunes XML file not a backup file from TrackStat. The Backup file

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is the RED radio a limited Edition?

2009-11-02 Thread testmatch
Hi, I'm not Logitech, but they have said several times here that it is indeed limited in the senses that they won't be making as many red as black, and to expect to have to search for them. That's confirmed by the fact that they are only in their US online store - which will not sell to people