Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-11 Thread Muele
I know nothing of Pandora. But I found the heading funny. You asume that now you have your Squeezebox and is set. But as you can see from numerous signatures, one Squeezebox is never enough. There are even forum-users speaking of having more than one in the same room :) -- Muele BR Mogens 1 R

[SlimDevices: Radio] Can't get new applets

2010-02-11 Thread Wag
When I try to d/l new applets I get the circle animation forever while it says "Fetching new applets". I can go backwards and stop it, but every time I try to get new applets it does the same thing. Last time I tried getting new applets I let it go for 1hr. I know it shouldn't take that long (I ha

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-11 Thread Wag
Alrighty, I appreciate all the help. For some strange reason I can't download any apps, when I try to do it I get the circle saying "Downloading apps list" and it pretty much does that forever. Odd. -- Wag Wag's Profile: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-11 Thread toby10
Wag;516220 Wrote: > Ah, got it. So is it going to "time out" after the 40hrs of play like > they describe in the Pandora FAQ unless I pay for a premium account? > > Also, is there a way to get rid of the annoying "now playing" text at > the top of the screen so I can actually see the album art?

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-11 Thread Wag
Ah, got it. So is it going to "time out" after the 40hrs of play like they describe in Pandora unless I pay for a premium account? Also, is there a way to get rid of the annoying "now playing" text at the top of the screen so I can actually see the album art? (btw: I am using a Harmony Remote to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible

2010-02-11 Thread jmpage2
wrf;515365 Wrote: > I too built a battery. Major hassle finding the right connector and > $5.99 is a very fair price. However, could I persuade you to share your > instructions? I followed the instructions at > > http://cms.diodenring.de/de/electronic/microcontroller/92-squeezebox > > and t

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread ejnj
Thanks to all for the information. I guess finding a link where it's possible to pre-order is a step in the right direction. Since they are now holding off until March, I'll wait and try to get it from a source like Amazon.com where I won't have to pay shipping. I still wonder what the heck the i

[SlimDevices: Radio] Rhapsody selection link weirdness

2010-02-11 Thread jonbodhi
I have a Radio, Duet, and a Boom.When playing a track from a Rhapsody channel or playlist, on the Boom I can press the large knob, and it will display the Artist name, Album, and other info about the Now playing track. From there, I can select the album, and display its tracks, and select and

[SlimDevices: Radio] SBR only playing part of the track

2010-02-11 Thread kitecarl
Hi everyone, I just picked up a new SBR yesterday and I'm having a very strange problem - when I play a track from Squeezeserver (running Vortexbox over a wireless network) the SBR is only playing the first minute or so of the track. Wireless connectivity doesn't appear to be the problem (it's a

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Want to make an applet or screen saver ?

2010-02-11 Thread Aslak3
bluegaspode;516153 Wrote: > What don't you like about my Weather-Screensafer for the Radio/Touch ? > To much colour ;) ? > > Don't you see your plugin under extras or is the whole extras menu > missing ? > If its the latter - the extras-menu needs to be activated on the radio > (Settings->Home M

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Want to make an applet or screen saver ?

2010-02-11 Thread erland
Aslak3;516069 Wrote: > But one thing that occurs to me: I've written a simple plugin that can > display the time, and weather etc. Why does it not show up in the > Extras menu on the Radio like it does on my Boom? > The interface for creating menus are different on Classic/Boom/Transporter comp

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread colantra
Thanks Guys for the responses, and it's nice know my wife isn't the only one who can't understand a man's desire to have the technology "because you can" and not simply for the function! Coming back to MySB.com, I notice that by default it's configured on the server as "Enabled, keep player setti

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Want to make an applet or screen saver ?

2010-02-11 Thread bluegaspode
Aslak3;516069 Wrote: > I've written a simple plugin that can display the time, and weather etc. > Why does it not show up in the Extras menu on the Radio like it does on > my Boom? What don't you like about my Weather Applet ? To much colour ;) ? Don't you see your plugin under extras or is the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread bluegaspode
colantra;516074 Wrote: > Could someone please tell me how to set the back-up alarm to a bleep or > something similar, as I can't find anythig on the menu? > You can't. The backup alarm is supposed to never sound :) - that's why it doesn't make much sense to make it configurable. Anyway - if yo

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread eap
wolfman69;516119 Wrote: > Not to hijack.. but thanks for the info guys. I'll download the 7.4.2 > tonight so that I can get the backup alarm function... > > I basically had the same issue now twice which has turned my wife off > of loving my new toy. > > The first alarm failure was due to a pow

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible

2010-02-11 Thread agillis
jmpage2;516109 Wrote: > Any chance you could set up your ordering page to accept Paypal? > > Also, one question. I have a pile of 2450mah NIMH cells, is there any > reason it would be dangerous or unadvised to use these in place of > 2100mah cells? PayPal charges very high fees and I'm not rea

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread wolfman69
Not to hijack.. but thanks for the info guys. I'll download the 7.4.2 tonight so that I can get the backup alarm function... I basically had the same issue now twice which has turned my wife off of loving my new toy. The first alarm failure was due to a power glitch during a snowstorm and my wir

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread snowmanvt
Thanks for the pre-order link. I just ordered one, but I am a type A anyway... -- snowmanvt snowmanvt's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35737 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sho

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] SqueezeBox Radio battery kit avalible

2010-02-11 Thread jmpage2
agillis;515294 Wrote: > Tired of waiting for the SqueezeBox Radio battery? Build one yourself > for $5.99. > > I just built a battery for my SqueezeBox Radio. It works awesome but I > need some specialized parts. The pins for the special 2mm connector that > connects the battery to the SqueezeBo

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Just got mine- a few questions

2010-02-11 Thread toby10
Wag;515940 Wrote: > Yes, I realize that, but if you go to the link I provided in my OP it > shows that you get a code for free access. Does this even exist? Dunno, it mentions nothing about SB players on that URL. You do get free Pandora access, code or not. Just create a free Pandora account,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] No wgto

2010-02-11 Thread toby10
Same here, works fine for me (assuming I have the correct station). Is it Classic Hits 101 910, no metadata, 32k, mms feed? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this threa

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio

2010-02-11 Thread toby10
Try turning OFF your SBS local server, now navigate Radio to Internet Radio, it should offer MySqueezeBox.com to connect to. There are ways of simplifying this switch to MySB on your Radio, but let's make sure you can connect to MySB first. ;) -- toby10 ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread toby10
colantra;516074 Wrote: > .. > Also, can anyone point me in the direction of understanding more about > how mysqueezebox.com and the local SBserver operate, as I had to log > into MySB.com when I first went into the settings on the PC, and I'd > rather not confuse things with two servers r

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread twynne
I ordered 2 to get the free shipping. ;-) -- twynne 2 x Booms, 2 x SB3, 1 x Duet, 1 x SB Radio twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showth

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread davein
Interesting, if you go to the accessories from the radio page there is no pre-order and it says availability February 2010, but from a search I was able to find the kit for pre-order. http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/speakers_audio/wireless_music_systems/devices/6066&cl=us,en I see that there is

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread twynne
davein;516071 Wrote: > Where are you pre-ordering from? The US Logitech website. Go to Logitech.com and click to change the location (near bottom of the page). -- twynne 2 x Booms, 2 x SB3, 1 x Duet, 1 x SB Radio twynn

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Alarm Failure - any ideas why?

2010-02-11 Thread colantra
OK, well I've updated to 7.4.2 and this morning at least something happened with the alarm! While it didn't start up the radio station, it did play some weird piece of music over and over again, which I assume was the back-up alarm. I seem to now be having problems keeping the radio connected to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread davein
Where are you pre-ordering from? -- davein davein's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=35659 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75107 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Battery Pack and Remote--Update please?

2010-02-11 Thread twynne
It appears to be up for pre-order on the US site, sadly not on UK that I can find. I've pre-ordered via US and will have it shipped over via family. What a pain! -- twynne 2 x Booms, 2 x SB3, 1 x Duet, 1 x SB Radio twyn

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Want to make an applet or screen saver ?

2010-02-11 Thread Aslak3
erland;516007 Wrote: > I think of it as this: > - If it's a screen saver -> applet > - If it's something that needs a user interface that uses different > graphical design than the standard menus -> applet > - If it's something that needs to work without a computer with > Squeezebox Server -> app

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Good deal on Radio for Canadians (149$ CAD)

2010-02-11 Thread sveander
I paid NOK 820 inclVAT in the Company i work, Atea. If you are a company customer, not private anyone Company could order from Atea at this price. USD 138,98 EUR 101,23 GBP 88,94 https://eshop.atea.com -- sveander sveande

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Good deal on Radio for Canadians (149$ CAD)

2010-02-11 Thread Chunkywizard
Wow, that's 90 GB Pounds. If only we could get a similar deal over here CW -- Chunkywizard *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Lounge and Kitchen), Radio *Server:* 7.4.2 for Windows Home Server (HP EX-475 MediaSmart Server with 2GB RAM upgrade) *Plugins:* Dynamic Playlists 2.8.1 | SQL Playlist 2.5 | M

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio

2010-02-11 Thread Chunkywizard
What version of SBS are you running? If you are on 7.5 then you need to create an account on the test server. HTH CW -- Chunkywizard *Squeezebox:* Boom x2 (Lounge and Kitchen), Radio *Server:* 7.4.2 for Windows Home Server (HP EX-475 MediaSmart Server with 2GB RAM upgrade) *Plugins:* Dynamic

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] No wgto

2010-02-11 Thread bpa
Works for me on SB3 and Radio. As an alternative try entering this URL into the Tune-in box on Web UI. If it works make it a Favorite. http://204.12.66.72/WGTO-AM -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/membe

[SlimDevices: Radio] No wgto

2010-02-11 Thread WGTOBOSS
WE bought the squeezebox to monitor our own feed but it does not work! WGTO is on radiotime and we can get it direct on the computer. We are all signed up for both squeezebox and radiotime but while other stations come over fine, WGTO errors out with " nothing in playlist" can anyone help? -- W