Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Musicm8 and Touch

2010-07-15 Thread matengawhat
i emailed them yesterday - bit annoyed as I would have thought it fairly basic to just update the squeezecenter software moving forward didn't realise how closed this wsa going to be - I just epxected the basics to work afterall it says plug and play not plug and play if you want to live 12

[SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off

2010-07-15 Thread seaco
Hello, I have a question of Display remains on after pressing power button. Most of time, I press power button, the screen gets into Digital clock. If I connect and disconnect my usb HD several times, and squeezebox server library(USB) will also update, then I press Power button, the screen still

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?

2010-07-15 Thread woodnut
Hello and many thanks for your replies. I am using the SB Touch in standalone mode attached to a USB 1TB Toshiba external HDD. I go out the coaxial digital output to my DAC a Audio Synthesis Dax Decade. I believe that my system is revealing enough to show relatively small improvements in the SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread Altec
Thanks to both of you and sorry for my late reply. That's a shame - it is recommended to change the network key from time to time, so it should be possible to do without knowing linux (not sure it would work if I tried). Logitech - you should change it if possible! What about security? I work

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread flattermann
Altec;560633 Wrote: Hi, My Duet and Radio are both connected to my wireless router. I would like to change my network key (63 random alpha-numeric characters) relative often for security reasons, but I really don't want to reset everything because it takes forever to change. I only want

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Crash reboot playing Radio Nigel HQ stream

2010-07-15 Thread toby10
Henry66;561729 Wrote: See http://www.radionigel.com I tried to listen to their Window Media stream, also known as their High Quality stream, with the following URL: mms://wm7.spacialnet.com/radionigel That stream is only 128k, same as their MP3 stream which comes up within the

[SlimDevices: Touch] Where to get info on external hard disk showing usb compliant power consumption

2010-07-15 Thread streumix
Hi, we all know about the USB issues of the SB Touch regarding external hard disks and their power consumption during spin-up. There are a bunch of threads listing working and non-working devices, but I'm interested in the real startup (peak) current consumption of devices to find models

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread flattermann
peterw;561892 Wrote: Thinking about this a bit more, I think the newer players (Radio and Touch) may support WiFi Protected Setup (Logitech did ask Touch beta testers to try the WPS feature). That wouldn't help with your Receiver, but might be a good way to re-key your WLAN, including your

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread Altec
Thanks. You are probably right flattermann, WPA2 is much more secure than WEP so it shouldn't be necessary to changed it often (unless you think it could have been leaked somehow). Thanks peterw, I was looking for an easy way to change it through the controller (not completely sure I could

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread toby10
Altec;561930 Wrote: Is all communication between controller and receiver (and Radio etc.) encrypted via WPA2 (or whatever you use) Yes. Any/all devices connected via WiFi are using whatever encryption you have set. All SB players controllers are communicating through your router,

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Easy way to change network key??

2010-07-15 Thread Altec
That is good. I think the exception is when the receiver for the Duet is connected to the internet via cable (no wifi router used) - not sure what encryption the controller use for communicating with the receiver in such setup. -- Altec

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] SB Touch + NAS advantages?

2010-07-15 Thread JohnSwenson
woodnut;561861 Wrote: I am still a little unclear as to whether it is possible to do the flac decoding on a sheevaplug, is this possible? Many thanks. Yes, running SBS on a sheevaplug can easily handle flac decoding. John S. -- JohnSwenson

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off

2010-07-15 Thread Waldo Pepper
I have the same problem using a USB thumbdrive. The drive appears to be alive when powered off. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Stops at end of song

2010-07-15 Thread Waldo Pepper
Try pressing the rewind button bottom right, second up. -- Waldo Pepper Waldo Pepper's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80347

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Crash reboot playing Radio Nigel HQ stream

2010-07-15 Thread Henry66
Yes, thanks, I have no problem with the other Radio Nigel streams. I just wanted to air the problem with them HQ stream. No stream (not even random garbage or malicious data) should cause the Touch to crash IMO. -- Henry66

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off

2010-07-15 Thread peterw
JohnSwenson;561962 Wrote: If your reason for pushing the off button is to get into a low power mode your best bet is to set the off screensaver to screen off, this will turn off the screen back light and stop anything playing. This will be the lowest power state the Touch can be in. And

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] operating question about power-off

2010-07-15 Thread erland
peterw;562006 Wrote: And don't expect much savings. Touch, and its screen, are very power efficient. With a USB hard drive attached, my Touch when off seems to draw about 2/3 of a watt less with the screen dark than with the black digital clock showing (~4.15w vs ~4.85w). Power use is less