Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Take apart squeezebox radio case

2018-04-15 Thread majones
Sb42 wrote: > I did have a friend check the wall adaptor with a multimeter and he > claims that he got no reading. That would certainly explain it! If there's no voltage, you know it's a dud power adaptor. Even if you get 18V open-circuit, the adaptor may not be delivering this under load, so try

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Take apart squeezebox radio case

2018-04-14 Thread majones
Sb42 wrote: > Thanks for the pointers, but the skills described there are way beyond > my capability. I'll have to see if I can find a friendly hobbyist It's unlikely given your symptoms, but a problem I had with one of my Radios was oil over the contacts under the power button, so that condu

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Take apart squeezebox radio case

2018-04-13 Thread majones
Have a look here: https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?95865-Inside-Squeezebox-Radio/page3. The Q3 mosfet seems to be a common problem. But I replaced mine and it still wouldn't power up. majones's Profile: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] What part is this that burned (photos included)? TIA

2018-03-16 Thread majones
rpress wrote: > To check if there is something else shorted downstream you can use an > ohmmeter across the electrolytic capacitor to see if it's shorted (low > resistance). First remove the fried Q3. If across the cap is shorted, > then you will need to figure out what part is shorted and fix

[SlimDevices: Radio] Radio on/off button

2018-02-05 Thread majones
My's Radio's on/off button started to require hard or long presses to function, so I dismantled the Radio thinking I'd have to stick on a new conductive pad or coat the existing pad with Remote Restore. To my surprise, the pad and PCB contacts were covered in a layer of grease or oil, just in the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My radio just died completely, internal PSU failure?

2016-10-24 Thread majones
tcutting wrote: > If you have a Radio with a battery, you might try a fully charged > battery pack in the Radio that is acting up to see if it will operate on > battery. I did that, and then a little wisp of smoke emerged from the radio with a smell of burning so I think it's now beyond doubt tha

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My radio just died completely, internal PSU failure?

2016-10-21 Thread majones
Likewise, one of my Radios won't now power-up. I tried a power supply from one of my other radios and that didn't get the radio powered-up, and the existing power supply worked on one of my other radios, so it's not the power supply. I disassembled the radio to see if there were any obvious signs

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-18 Thread majones
bpa wrote: > Given the difficulty you had so far - you may need to think hard about > installing an alpha state plugin and starting again since you are only > one file away. Oops! - you're probably right. :p majones's Prof

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-18 Thread majones
GeoffJH wrote: > Thanks, but I can't readily find that.have you got a link please? I couldn't find a step-by-step guide so try this: On the main LMS web page, click "Settings" (bottom RHS of main screen) then click the "Plugins" tab. Scroll to the bottom of Plugins, enter this URL (http://tr

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2015-03-18 Thread majones
GeoffJH wrote: > Hi bpa > > ffmeg is there but is called : > ffmeg-20150312-glt-3bedc99-win32-static > > faad.exe and flac.exe are also there. > > In addition there is : > > cyggomp-1.dll > cygwin1.dll > grant.exe > mac.exe > socketwrapper.exe > wmadec.exe > wvunpack.exe > mppdec.exe > sls.ex

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC live sports streams anyone?

2015-03-12 Thread majones
stannoo wrote: > OK - thanks for that garym. Looks like there in no simple answer at the > moment. If anyone finds a way of accessing these streams could they > post here please. Thanks. This is your best bet: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103312-BBCiPlayer-plugin-a-guick-fix-gu

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Logitech updates the BBC app

2015-03-02 Thread majones
PasTim wrote: > To those who want Radio 3 HD on a Touch without an LMS server, if you > are in the UK, see > http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103187-Latest-BBC-Radio-3-HD-URL&p=810033&viewfull=1#post810033 Thanks for working that out. It's good to know, but doesn't help Radio owners b

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iPlayer listen live... 'BBC no longer provides this service in windows media'

2015-02-17 Thread majones
NickEJM wrote: > Since the radio streaming changes made by the BBC, Triodes iplayer app > no longer works for on demand on Radios 1,2 and 6 Music on my UE > Logitech Squeezebox Radio. Is it possible that these will also be > restored when development time allows? I have been able to sort the liv

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iPlayer listen live... 'BBC no longer provides this service in windows media'

2015-02-10 Thread majones
vinnielo wrote: > Not QUITE the only reliable source. RadioFeeds UK & Ireland (available > in the App Gallery) has been on top of all the talkSPORT and BBC changes > over the last couple of weeks. Hi Vinnielo - full credit to you for keeping abreast of this. I can see the "mp3" and "WMP" streams

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iPlayer listen live... 'BBC no longer provides this service in windows media'

2015-02-09 Thread majones
m4rk wrote: > So maybe its BBC problem? Can someone check please. There's another thread about this in "3rd Party Software" and it seems that changes at the BBC have now progressed such that the R1/R1X/R2/R6 AAC streams can't now be found. We probably need to wait for the BBC to finish all the ch

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iPlayer listen live... 'BBC no longer provides this service in windows media'

2015-02-09 Thread majones
m4rk wrote: > It used to work but just tried today and got a BBC announcement stating > that windows media format is no longer supported. Yes, the BBC don't stream wma any more. It's covered by Triode's iPlayer. Just switch to aac. ---

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iplayer missing friday!

2014-11-05 Thread majones
pippin wrote: > "Yesterday" is always missing. If Friday and Yesterday are the same, then today must always be Saturday. Cool. :) majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: h

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC iplayer missing friday!

2014-11-04 Thread majones
anotherjohnv wrote: > For a while now iplayer has no listings for friday Does your issue relate to on demand listings using the BBC iPlayer plugin on LMS being missing or incomplete? If so, there have been problems with the BBC not updating the xml's that iPlayer uses. But the BBC seems to have g

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Receiving BBC5 Sports Extra

2014-08-18 Thread majones
GeoffJH wrote: > Hi all > Can anyone help please? > I have just bought the radio but transmission on this channel is blocked > " due to rights issues" which prevents me from listening to the Test > MatchI can receive it OK on my computer & laptop. > How can I receive it on the radio please? I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] UE Smart Radio and Live Music Archive working ? but not on Squeezeboxes

2012-10-13 Thread majones
Live Music Archive is probably the most irrelevant and uninteresting SB/UE topic ever. To the OP, congratulations on obtaining any responses. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View thi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Silent UE radio

2012-09-25 Thread majones
onlyconnect wrote: > It has started working! I didn't change anything. Turned it on, to > verify the fault one last time before packing. Local music works, live > radio works. Strange indeed. Tim My guess is that the clever Squeezebox hackers are playing games with the UE product. -

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio

2012-09-18 Thread majones
rcampbel3 wrote: > I believe the accurate term is crossgrade... Judging by the general response on this forum, it's a verycrossindeedgrade. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio

2012-09-17 Thread majones
It's not correct to refer this as an Upgrade. It's a Dumbgrade. majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96256 __

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio

2012-09-01 Thread majones
nervoteso wrote: > i only ask to use my sb devices for long long time. any hope to do this? Yes, I think there is an excellent hope of doing this! The hardware is well-made and should last. The LMS software is well-developed and is run on local hardware so does not rely on Logitech to function. T

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio

2012-09-01 Thread majones
damiano_free wrote: > I had only asked if to listen in my wifi local music from nas server > HAVE to buy a SB Radio or I should think of taking the new EU model To listen to local music, you need to run a server on your QNAP device (Logitech Media Server for the SB Radio and UE Media Library for

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio

2012-09-01 Thread majones
damiano_free wrote: > I have a qnap nas ... exists the possibility to download the server > software for my QNAP nas? There is no formal support mechanism between Logitech and QNAP, but the QNAP community does routinely generate QPKGs that allow LMS to run on QNAP. Have a look at the QPKG section

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

2011-02-05 Thread majones
#x27;s, rather the availability of cheap set-top boxes that allowed old TV's to work. The latter are already available for car radios, providing a signal to old radios via FM re-transmission or aux inputs. I fitted one this weekend (Acoustic Solution

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

2011-02-03 Thread majones
t just tip her over the edge... -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=85190 _

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

2011-01-31 Thread majones
Phil Leigh;606995 Wrote: > FM is NOT being turned off in 2015! That's the plan! Analogue TV has already gone where I live. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

2011-01-29 Thread majones
PS Ref ISP bandwidth, if you're listening to the BBC live, they broadcast at a range of bitrates so you could look these up and specify the lowest rate as a favourite. -- majones majones's Pro

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Why no tuner??

2011-01-29 Thread majones
ose times when there is an ISP or Wifi glitch. Given the regional issues (eg no DAB in the USA; FM to be switched off in the UK in 2015) maybe Logitech could provide a range of hardware modules as an alternative to the battery. -- majo

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Expecting too much?

2011-01-11 Thread majones
FWIW synchronisation is effected by Squeezebox Server, so streams or control delivered via other means (eg applets) won't synchronise. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?us

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Stream causing Radio to reboot?

2010-12-12 Thread majones
reams accessed by the iPlayer proves to be indigestible to the Radio causing a freeze, an attempt to rebuffer from 0%, and then a reboot. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Problem with Logitech's business practices for the Squeezebox

2010-12-08 Thread majones
I can't see how to fit the battery in to the remote. It is much too big. I temporarily used soldered connections such that I could use the battery external to the remote, but was disappointed to discover that the battery was flat. Have any of you had success? -- ma

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Logitech Squeezebox Radio

2010-12-01 Thread majones
You can also use appletes to access services such as BBC radio Listen Again directly from the radio. But it's probably best to start with Squeezebox Server running to find your way around the functionality. -- ma

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] batteries out of stock ...

2010-03-04 Thread majones
I have a Squeezebox Classic, and have also called-in to demand a battery. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthrea

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] batteries out of stock ...

2010-03-04 Thread majones
cient to fulfill all pre-orders. Apparently Logitech outsourced the battery procurement process to a company called Sonos, who seem to have let them down badly. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.co

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] batteries out of stock ...

2010-03-03 Thread majones
cycle per Clause 113.2.3 of the "Soviet Guide to Wireless Audio". The person who made batteries available only to Squeezebox Radios is very sorry, and now works for the keyboard testing division of Logitech. -- majones

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] batteries out of stock ...

2010-03-03 Thread majones
I think it's very unfair that people can't buy batteries unless they have a Radio. Logitech should offer batteries for all its Squeezebox products. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?

2010-02-27 Thread majones
I think it's very unfair that you people with Radios get a firmware update with 7.4.2, but those of us with Duets don't. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 V

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?

2010-02-25 Thread majones
jmpage2;520308 Wrote: > jump into a time machine and go back about 100 years I'm a bit busy at work right now, but I'll give this a try at the weekend. -- majones majones's Profile: http://foru

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox 7.4.2 - what the HELL Logitech?

2010-02-24 Thread majones
in capitals. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75541 ___ Ra

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Second Half of January

2010-01-19 Thread majones
jimbo45;508073 Wrote: > not enough Engineers etc. I'm an engineer. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/sho

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Second Half of January

2010-01-18 Thread majones
hat do other users of the forum think? -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74173 ___

Re: Squeezebox Radio @ �118.41 Amazon uk

2009-12-31 Thread majones
Now at £114.99 with code. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio startup issues

2009-12-28 Thread majones
the issue? Try with a regular socket and see how it performs. If you cut the power to the Radio, it will take quite some time for it to run a complete start-up cycle when the power is reinstated. -- majones m

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-23 Thread majones
St0bart;498576 Wrote: > if I had a womb, I'd offer to have your children. Thank you for your kind sentiment. As it happens, I'm fully booked for the foreseeable future. Best regards to your wife and Radio!

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-23 Thread majones
es links within his post to SSOTS and SBS downloads that he knows will work. I hope you get it sorted so that you can enjoy your QNAP / Radio combo over the holiday period. -- majones majones's Profile: http://fo

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-23 Thread majones
ation of SBS using SSOTS. Hopefully your Radio will then work with the QNAP. Good luck. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-23 Thread majones
St0bart;498451 Wrote: > I'm Currently running SSOTS 4.3 Is this a new SSOTS? The latest I can find is 4.2. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-23 Thread majones
an control your Radio from the web interface, but not from the radio itself. 4. When running SBS on your PC under Windows 7, your Radio works normally. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.p

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-22 Thread majones
On the home menu, access My Music > Switch Library > [Name of Device Running SBS]. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-22 Thread majones
; 9001. Yes, I have Twonky running also, and it works fine. Your SSOTS should default to port 9099, and your Squeezebox Server installation should default to port 9001 when it diagnoses that Twonky is running on 9000. This is how it is supposed to work. I'm sure you'll get it sorted. Meanw

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Streaming BBC On Demand Programmes

2009-12-22 Thread majones
PC - for example, you could use the QNAP NAS as a fit-and-forget solution. -- majones majones's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/s

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Server on QNAP

2009-12-22 Thread majones
My Squeezebox radio runs fine with my QNAP TS-119. You need Squeezebox Server 7.4 or higher to run the Radio, and you need SSOTS 4.1 or higher to run SBS 7.4 on the QNAP. -- majones majones's Profile: