Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Left - Right balance on external speakers?

2010-04-01 Thread Mnyb
One can always buy active speakers down at the music store, the kind used for home studio use, they usually have a volume control(and amplifier) in each speaker. I'm using a pair of Fostex PM0.4 in my kitchen, connected to a reciever -- Mnyb ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] No clock displayed during standby - FW 7.5.0

2010-04-01 Thread hc_spooky
how did you downgrade the firmware ? i want to go to the previous too. my now playing screen is stuck when changing radio stations -- hc_spooky hc_spooky's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37250 V

[SlimDevices: Radio] "now playing" screen stuck when changing stations

2010-04-01 Thread hc_spooky
i recently upgraded the FW on the radio, and since then I have this problem: when changing the internet radio channels, it radio loads the new channel, starts playing but the screen still shows the one stuck channel. i use the preset button for changing channels i need to turn off (hold the pow

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] intermittant wifi connectivity issues

2010-04-01 Thread NoBite
Guys on the chance that I will be thought an idiot (like that's not happened before), I must confess to accidentally doing something that appears to have cured the intermittent connectivity issues I was having after upgrading to 7.4.2. In despair one morning after the Boom quit playing abruptly,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Problem: Can't open file for...

2010-04-01 Thread boolittlek
The Easter Bunny updated my SBR to 7.5.0r8672--my files are playing again! -- boolittlek boolittlek's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=23650 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Playing Audio Books

2010-04-01 Thread toby10
tdenson;529637 Wrote: > No, they are downloaded from Audible and added to iTunes, but I guess > they are still DRMed. That's a bit of a pain, one of the main reasons I > bought my Squeezebox Radio is to listen to audiobooks Yeah, that does suck. Write to the responsible party, Audible in this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread Straille
I'm using my fairly new Radio as an alarm and it hasn't let me down so far. I'm using a ReadyNAS server which is not on 24/7 but is on all night, so as long as I know it's on when I go to bed I'm not relying on it switching on in the morning. The only time it will let you down (non UK people look

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Playing Audio Books

2010-04-01 Thread tdenson
pippin;529551 Wrote: > Are these Audio Books downloaded through iTunes? With DRM (copy > protection)? These don't work with anything but iTunes. No, they are downloaded from Audible and added to iTunes, but I guess they are still DRMed. That's a bit of a pain, one of the main reasons I bought my

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Left - Right balance on external speakers?

2010-04-01 Thread Straille
Yeah - I can see why you wouldn't bother on a mono radio, but it does output in stereo so thought it was worth asking I had a rather more low tech answer, I'm using PC speakers and turned it all into a 3.1 arrangement. Not perfect yet and may rearrange everything when I get round to decorating

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread Rikk
I use the Radio as my primary alarm clock, even if I have a backup that is my 11 months old son. My configuration is without a local server, my SB3 and Radio are always wirelessly connected to internet. I cant remember it failed to ring, but very often it fails to have a reliable connection with m

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread bluegaspode
I also use the Radio as a daily alarm clock. Do have a 24/7 server though. Personally I wouldn't try with a server going/down up regularly as this could spoil your alarm experience if you don't get it right (which is hard, as the Radio doesn't send out a reliable WOL yet). Only when I need to cat

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] April in Canada

2010-04-01 Thread gfuchs
albright;529580 Wrote: > Here it is April up here. It's April down here too. -- gfuchs 2 Radios (wahoo!), SBR, SC 7.4 on WHS gfuchs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32477 View this thread: http

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] April in Canada

2010-04-01 Thread notwired
S. That is their April Fools joke page. -- notwired notwired's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36797 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=76707 ___

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread tcutting
I have been successful using the Radio as an alarm clock. As iPhone states, the setup is important. I had alarm problems early on when I was using "sound effects" which actually come from mysqueezebox.com. When I set my alarm sound to an mp3 which is on my local server, which runs 24/7, my reli

[SlimDevices: Radio] April in Canada

2010-04-01 Thread albright
Here it is April up here and the Logitech Canada web page says that the battery pack will be available in "March 2010". Competence and honesty would be preferable to deceit and incompetence. -- albright albright's Profil

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] alarm does not work as aspected

2010-04-01 Thread rdavis01
I just voted for the bug because I experience this too. We need to determine a workaround for this. The default alarm startles me every morning I hear it instead of being woken up gently by my chosen alarm. What causes the Squeezebox server to go into standby mode? Is this the computer going i

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread iPhone
JonWill;529558 Wrote: > That's what I feared. I think what I actually need is a clock-radio > with an iPod dock so when I'm stuck in bed I can listen to whatever I > want ... shame, I have plans for Squeezeboxes taking over my house ... If you have plans to allow Squeezebox to take over your ho

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread fragfutter
I used radio and boom as alarm clocks. No issues with any of them. But i also have a second alarm that tells me when i listened to enough music and realy need to move. All (radio, boom, clock) of them have 2cm digits, but without glasses i can't read any of them ;) -- fragfutter -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread JonWill
That's what I feared. I think what I actually need is a clock-radio with an iPod dock so when I'm stuck in bed I can listen to whatever I want ... shame, I have plans for Squeezeboxes taking over my house ... -- JonWill J

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Playing Audio Books

2010-04-01 Thread pippin
Are these Audio Books downloaded through iTunes? With DRM (copy protection)? These don't work with anything but iTunes. -- pippin --- see iPeng, the Squeezebox iPhone remote, at penguinlovesmusic.com pippin's Profile: htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread notwired
I have not had problems using in as an alarm clock... since last week. And, in order to get to this point, I had to upgrade to the lastest 7.4.3 version of software and then manually apply a fix for to the alarm file from the 7.5 stream. I would only consider something truly reliable if my paren

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread iPhone
JonWill;529534 Wrote: > Is anyone using a Radio as an alarm clock? Is it reliable as such? ANd > how god is the scren ... I am very shortsighted, and my current alarm > clock (now falling to bits) has very clera 2-3cm high numerals ... is > there anyone else in the same boat using one with succ

[SlimDevices: Radio] How good is the radio as an alarm clock

2010-04-01 Thread JonWill
Is anyone using a Radio as an alarm clock? Is it reliable as such? ANd how god is the scren ... I am very shortsighted, and my current alarm clock (now falling to bits) has very clera 2-3cm high numerals ... is there anyone else in the same boat using one with success? And for the Radio to work

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Audio Formats

2010-04-01 Thread shevans
bpa;529523 Wrote: > IIRC Apples Lossless - ALAC native is not currently enabled for the > radio (although I haven't tested recently). There were problems/issues > with the codec and so transcoding is used until the problems/issues are > cleared. Interesting, and thanks for the warning. Just try

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Audio Formats

2010-04-01 Thread bpa
IIRC Apples Lossless - ALAC native is not currently enabled for the radio (although I haven't tested recently). There were problems/issues with the codec and so transcoding is used until the problems/issues are cleared. -- bpa ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Audio Formats

2010-04-01 Thread shevans
Many thanks Siduhe -- shevans SB 3, TeddySB3 (PSU), NVA P90sa passive pre-amp, NVA A40 monoblock's, Fostex FE206E based big purple people eaters! The Caiman+ went back... shevans's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/m

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio Audio Formats

2010-04-01 Thread Siduhe
>From the Logitech site: Radio Audio formats * MP3, FLAC, WAV, AIFF, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, AAC, Apple Lossless * Other formats supported through transcoding * Some formats may require additional software installation However, note this bug/limitation relating to files encoded with ffmpeg: https://b