Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-21 Thread linvale
Agreed, and that's my point - the radio is a superb product - on the brink of bringing the whole world of digital music and internet radio to many consumers - but not yet foolproof. Just as a Linux OS underlies the seamless operation of many of todays consumer appliances - it will get there, and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-21 Thread davenva
linvale;497839 Wrote: > > > It may be that this is too sophisticated a product for those that are > not willing to invest their time to understand LOL. Sounds like a quote form a Linux user forum. (Wheel fell off your car? Well you should have used an air wrench to tighten it before driving o

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-21 Thread linvale
Having followed a lot of the dialog about the "issues" with the radio it seems to me that a lot depends on understanding the whole concept of "squeezeboxes". Those of us who have grown to love the several previous devices - including the duet - understand the concept and the things that need to b

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-21 Thread davenva
rsaskew;496980 Wrote: > I think fiddly doesn't begin to do justice to this device. I'd describe > it as a geek's wet dream and an average consumer's horror show. I wish > I'd spent an hour on this forum before buying a SBR. Maybe in a couple > of year's this device will be ready for prime time, b

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-20 Thread aubuti
rsaskew;496980 Wrote: > I think fiddly doesn't begin to do justice to this device. I'd describe > it as a geek's wet dream and an average consumer's horror show. I wish > I'd spent an hour on this forum before buying a SBR. Maybe in a couple > of year's this device will be ready for prime time, b

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-18 Thread rsaskew
I think fiddly doesn't begin to do justice to this device. I'd describe it as a geek's wet dream and an average consumer's horror show. I wish I'd spent an hour on this forum before buying a SBR. Maybe in a couple of year's this device will be ready for prime time, but for now appears to be a cool

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-18 Thread didjean
jamesg1979;496725 Wrote: > Good points. Something I noticed though, when I switched back to my own > PC server, nothing would play though it displayed the song/radio > station. Rebooting it sorted the issue out. Guess it's just a bug That's something I am also experiencing. See also this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-18 Thread signor_rossi
Isn't it possible to do what you want with the 'Server Power Control Plugin'? Repo URL: http://srvrpowerctrl.googlecode.com/svn/repo.xml -- signor_rossi signor_rossi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?user

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-18 Thread JJZolx
jamesg1979;496463 Wrote: > That's really annoying, I don't mind doing this but unfortunately Mrs > Jamesg will mind as it's too fiddly. Damn. Do you know if there's a fix > planned for this? What makes it fiddly? Think about toby10's response and walk through it a few times. You'll see it make

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-18 Thread jamesg1979
Good points. Something I noticed though, when I switched back to my own PC server, nothing would play though it displayed the song/radio station. Rebooting it sorted the issue out. Guess it's just a bug -- jamesg1979 james

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-17 Thread toby10
jamesg1979;496463 Wrote: > That's really annoying, I don't mind doing this but unfortunately Mrs > Jamesg will mind as it's too fiddly. Damn. Do you know if there's a fix > planned for this? It has long been discussed, don't know where it stands right now. But there are built in easy manual swi

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-17 Thread jamesg1979
That's really annoying, I don't mind doing this but unfortunately Mrs Jamesg will mind as it's too fiddly. Damn. Do you know if there's a fix for this? -- jamesg1979 jamesg1979's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/memb

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-17 Thread toby10
jamesg1979;496454 Wrote: > When my PC is switched off, I assumed the SB Radio would know that and > automatically switch to mysb so I can still listen to internet radio. > Then when the PC is back on and it sees a connection it switches back. > > Is this not what it does? Correct, it does not c

[SlimDevices: Radio] Am I being naive?

2009-12-17 Thread jamesg1979
When my PC is switched off, I assumed the SB Radio would know that and automatically switch to mysb so I can still listen to internet radio. Then when the PC is back on and it sees a connection it switches back. Is this not what it does? -- jamesg1979 --