Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Michael Herger
> Why are you so invested in defending the indefensible practices > of Logitech Canada??? Please contact Logitech Canada directly. If it's not available in your country, then because they decided it wasn't worth it. No discussion here will have them change their opinion, as they won't read it. C

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Jakearama
Pat, I don't expect anything. Just sharing my opinion/experience with other customers and was prompted to do so when I saw at least one other Canadian asking about the status of the battery pack in Canada. Thanks for the feedback and I really do wish I could purchase the battery pack soon. Chee

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Pat Farrell
Jakearama wrote: > Please re-read my posts. Look, no one is going to go back and read all your posts in the thread. Sorry, its not going to happen. > What I'm saying, and what I've written, is that my credit card was > charged for a Squeezebox Radio, which I received, but which was > advertised t

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Jakearama
Please re-read my posts. What I'm saying, and what I've written, is that my credit card was charged for a Squeezebox Radio, which I received, but which was advertised to have the ability to utilize a portable battery pack that was advertised to be available in March 2010. I have not yet paid for

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread snarlydwarf
pfarrell;537814 Wrote: > > > Yeah, but neither Visa nor MasterCard care of someone does that to > you. > Drat, should have used American Express. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread snarlydwarf
pfarrell;537814 Wrote: > > > Yeah, but neither Visa nor MasterCard care of someone does that to > you. > Drat, should have used American Express. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/mem

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Pat Farrell
snarlydwarf wrote: > pfarrell;537807 Wrote: >> And unless something happened that you have not >> stated, no one "took your money". > > They turned me into a newt! Yeah, but neither Visa nor MasterCard care of someone does that to you. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/ _

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread snarlydwarf
pfarrell;537807 Wrote: > And unless something happened that you have not > stated, no one "took your money". > They turned me into a newt! -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?u

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Pat Farrell
Jakearama wrote: > iPhone;537692 Wrote: >> Just exactly how were you "Ripped" off? Has your credit card been >> charged and you received no product? I highly doubt this to be the >> case. > > In fact, Logitech did "take my money", in December 2009, for the > Squeezebox Radio that I purchased with

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Jakearama
m1abrams;537804 Wrote: > I am sure they are working to get a battery available to you, however > yelling and calling them names will not make them work any faster. Clearly, your advice regarding not purchasing based on advertised future implementation of product abilities is correct and timely!

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread m1abrams
Never ever buy a product from anyone based on future promise of a feature that is not present when you buy it. They are not held responsible for anything at the time they sold the product to you other than what the product says it will do when you bought it. I am sure they are working to get a b

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Jakearama
iPhone;537692 Wrote: > Just exactly how were you "Ripped" off? Has your credit card been > charged and you received no product? I highly doubt this to be the > case. Grow up and release that the batteries are out of stock which > does not translate to being ripped off as you haven't been taken or

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread m1abrams
albright;537739 Wrote: > About Canada - there has never been even one announcement on > the Canadian website that the batteries are out of stock - not one. > > It still says the battery pack will be available in March 2010. > > That *is* a kind of scam - false claims and zero concern for > inf

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread albright
About Canada - there has never been even one announcement on the Canadian website that the batteries are out of stock - not one. It still says the battery pack will be available in March 2010. That *is* a kind of scam - false claims and zero concern for informing the customer about what is supp

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New user

2010-04-19 Thread Michael Herger
> I have enable SSH and tried to login but msexplorer does not find the > ip address. Tried turning off then on power to squeezebox to no avail. > Is there a secret on how to do it? You'll need to use a ssh client to access it (eg. Putty). > Also how do you set up the image viewer to see the pict

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 Alarm bugs in 7.50 - Please read and vote!

2010-04-19 Thread Loom
Well, I don't like to wake up with a heart attack but don't usually set my alarm clock around midnight. ;) But both of them are quite annoying, given all of this was working in the 7.41 firmware .. Michael -- Loom Loom's

[SlimDevices: Radio] New user

2010-04-19 Thread jackb_ms
Hello Everyone I have a the Squeezebox radio, and the initial setup was quite straight forwards. I can listen to the radio and the music stored on my computer. What I was trying to do today was to set up the remote access and the image viewer. I have enable SSH and tried to login but msexplore

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread bpa
The BBC seems to having problems with live stream today - look at the forums for other posts. Fore me - outside the UK R4 sounded like it was underwater on AAC but played OK on WMA. Usually you can use either AAC or WMA depending on your location and possibly signal strength and then stcik with i

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread starkhart
Aha. I hadn't noticed this before. It was set to allow WMA streams. I turned this off and could then play 'listen again' files. However, I could only pay live streams if I turned WMA back on. Is that how it's supposed to work? Seems a bit of an effort each time I want to listen again... -- s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread iPhone
ldmmlongs;536215 Wrote: > After reading MickeyG's post from the 2nd of March & then calling today > to inquire about the status of my order for a Squeezebox Radio > Accessory Pack I am starting to feel like I have been scammed. > > MickeyG's post said "I can promise to do what I can to make them

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread iPhone
Jakearama;537463 Wrote: > What about in Canada, where the Canadian Logitech website states: > > "Additional options sold separately (available March 2010) > Rechargeable battery pack" > > It's now late April and there are no signs of the battery pack and > Canadians are not permitted to order (

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Preset dialogue box

2010-04-19 Thread spedinfargo
I just assumed it was a new feature that came down with the 7.5 update - I also noticed it around the time that upgrade came down... Pretty non-intrusive I would say (actually kinda nice, really) -- spedinfargo spedinfarg

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] 2 Alarm bugs in 7.50 - Please read and vote!

2010-04-19 Thread Aslak3
The first bug sounds fairly subtle, but the second one is much more *doh!* so I voted for that one. Only have so many votes to go round -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread joshuar
just to complete the answer to my own question http://cms.diodenring.de/de/electronic/microcontroller/92-squeezebox figure it out. well, this discription is in german but google did a good job. Josh -- joshuar joshu

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck - wifi terms and conditions

2010-04-19 Thread snarlydwarf
SRS-EKern;537633 Wrote: > Thanks for your reply, that makes perfect sense. There would be no way > of permanently staying connected would there? I'd like to "permanently" > hookup a touch to location using wireless with a T&C page but I would > assume that if the player ever stops or has to recon

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck - wifi terms and conditions

2010-04-19 Thread SRS-EKern
snarlydwarf;537543 Wrote: > The other way around might be easier: set the laptop to have the > player's MAC, authenticate, and then set it back (or go offline) and > the Touch in theory should be okay. > > It's unlikely to have a generic method that could run on the Touch. > These t&c pages oft

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck - wifi terms and conditions

2010-04-19 Thread Aslak3
snarlydwarf;537543 Wrote: > The other way around might be easier: set the laptop to have the > player's MAC, authenticate, and then set it back (or go offline) and > the Touch in theory should be okay. > > It's unlikely to have a generic method that could run on the Touch. > These t&c pages oft

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Specify DHCP Hostname ?

2010-04-19 Thread Mnyb
Are you familiar with SSH ? If you are you can enable remote login: settings > advanced > Remote Login > Enable SSH Radio is a small linux computer. So log on with your favorite SSH client. And edit the file /etc/hostname putty is a recommended SSH client for windows, Linux and MAC have a te

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Specify DHCP Hostname ?

2010-04-19 Thread SteveEast
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10658 tracks this problem/request. And http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70006 gives an interim solution. Steve. -- SteveEast Home: 3*SB3, 1*Boom, 4*Radio running 7.4.1 on Acer Aspire easyStore H340 WHS. Cabin: 1*Touch running 7.5.0 on

[SlimDevices: Radio] Specify DHCP Hostname ?

2010-04-19 Thread peterdgreenway
Can you specify the Radio's DHCP hostname, at present it appears as 'Squeezebox' - I would like to change it to something to a bit more meaningful. I can specify the hostname via my router/firewall, so it needs to be an edit of the Squeezebox radio configuration. Should also add it needs to surv

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck - wifi terms and conditions

2010-04-19 Thread snarlydwarf
SRS-EKern;537536 Wrote: > I > I understand that I could add a MAC allow rule but is there another way > that I could agree to the T&C's from the Squeezebox? Would it be > possible to write an app for the new Touch that would allow it to see & > agree to the webpage? Could I agree to the T&C's wit

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stuck - wifi terms and conditions

2010-04-19 Thread SRS-EKern
I don't mean to revive an old thread but was a solution ever found for this? If I wanted to connect my Squeezebox to a network that had a splash page for T&C's how would I do that? I understand that I could add a MAC allow rule but is there another way that I could agree to the T&C's from the Sq

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Clock sometimes has a graduated background

2010-04-19 Thread Tony T
joshuar;537482 Wrote: > seems for me so far that the sb radio lost the connect to > mysqeezebox.com and turned on the "default" fallback screensaver. > Got this clock severall times per day... quite anoying. > > Josh I also get this at least 10x a day, but its not a dropped connection as the Wi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread ModelCitizen
There's already a thread on how to make a battery pack for the Radio. Try searching for it. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known Last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: htt

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Workaround for too loud fallback alarm: change volume

2010-04-19 Thread simsboard
I'm posting to this very useful thread just to keep it up! best regards! simsboard -- simsboard so far only 1x Squeezebox Radio mainly used with mysb.com http://www.lastfm.de/user/weanabazi simsboard's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Clock sometimes has a graduated background

2010-04-19 Thread joshuar
seems for me so far that the sb radio lost the connect to mysqeezebox.com and turned on the "default" fallback screensaver. Got this clock severall times per day... quite anoying. Josh -- joshuar joshuar's Profile: http:/

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread joshuar
btw... is someone ably to open the heat shrink hose? I would like to know which kind of accumulators they used :-) because i am waiting since few month and wouldn´t be ably to order from anywhere. Now i would like to build my own accesorry pack. Need also a pic of the plug BR Josh -- joshuar

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio Accessory Pack

2010-04-19 Thread Jakearama
What about in Canada, where the Canadian Logitech website states: "Additional options sold separately (available March 2010) Rechargeable battery pack" It's now late April and there are no signs of the battery pack and Canadians are not permitted to order (or in this case "pre-order") the batter

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread bpa
Goto bottom of list under BBC Radio after BBC local stations. WMA streams is highlighted if selected. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.c

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread starkhart
Yes - I can happily watch TV. I don't think I have actively enabled WMA streams: how would I do this? -- starkhart starkhart's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=37358 View this thread: http://forums

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread bpa
It shouldn't make much difference whether you are in the UK or not except if your radio has low speed connections. Use your PC to see if BBC iPlayer think you are outside the UK - you can't play TV outside the UK. Have you enabled WMA streams for the iPlayer applet ? -- bpa --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread starkhart
Yes I am in the UK - I was wondering if the radio somehow thinks I'm elsewhere (the weather applet appeared to think I was in Germany). I get full BBC menus for 'listen again' and I can play Live streams through the applet. -- starkhart -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread bpa
It is unlikely the problems are related so deal with BBC one first. Do you get full BBC menus which show all the "Listen Again" programs ? Can you play Live streams through the applet ? Are you in the UK or outside the UK ? -- bpa ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Getting A 2nd Squeezebox Radio <-- How Do I Configure Based On The 1st One

2010-04-19 Thread toby10
The simplest part of this will be your Apps. When you setup the new Radio, tell it "I already have a MySB account", enter that account email & password, you are done. All of your existing Apps will now be usable on your new Radio. -- toby10 -

[SlimDevices: Radio] BBC and Napster problems

2010-04-19 Thread starkhart
In the past few days I have attempted to use both the BBC iplayer applet and Napster on my radio (through MySB.com - I don't have squeezebox server). With the BBC, whenever I try to play a show from the past few days it says the host has cancelled connection. With Napster, I can't play any tunes

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Clock sometimes has a graduated background

2010-04-19 Thread Sike
This is a picture of the device when off. After the picture I turned it on and off again and the normal clock turned up. No screen saver settings have been changed. This is actualy not a picture of my Radio but of a friends. Mein shows the same simptoms though. -- Sike ---