Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread praganj
m1abrams;585680 Wrote: And a rather large power transformer creates a good bit of EMF noise. Place that transformer anywhere near a line level signal and you will induce a nice 60hz hum. FYI you really do not need a 120VA transformer to power a device that at most needs 15Ws. A 25-50VA

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread Phil Leigh
praganj;585930 Wrote: I know that 120VA is overkill, but look at Naim Audio and their power supplies for preamps. Why they are doing it ? Are they so stupid ? Big transformator has lower impedance, than the small one. Good power suplly should have the lowest possible impedance. Thats

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Finally found the cause of multiple music stoppage problems

2010-10-30 Thread garym
Thanks for posting this. could be very helpful to some frustrated users! -- garym garym's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17325 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I need a new internet radio

2010-10-30 Thread stagrider
bpa;585342 Wrote: On Touch - Settings/Advanced/Applet Installer and then uncheck recommended Applets Only. You should now get the option to install BBC Radio. Once installed and Touch reboots it will appear in the Internet Radio Menu as BBC Radio Hi Alan, I have that BBC app but as far

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I need a new internet radio

2010-10-30 Thread bpa
stagrider;585963 Wrote: I have that BBC app but as far as I can tell that only lets you play live broadcasts. What I am after is an IPlayer applet like the one I can use when the Touch is connected to my laptop squeezebox server No - the BBC App which just gives live radio is under My Apps

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread praganj
Hi Phil, Power supply is just one electric circuit build from few elements. The impedance of the power supply in our case is composed of the impedance of the reg + main caps + rectifier + transformator. This is very simple rule of physics (or electric if you like). Some companies trying to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread Phil Leigh
praganj;585985 Wrote: Hi Phil, Power supply is just one electric circuit build from few elements. The impedance of the power supply in our case is composed of the impedance of the reg + main caps + rectifier + transformator. This is very simple rule of physics (or electric if you like).

[SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Lost Connection to Server

2010-10-30 Thread bjast
I am new to SB Touch. I had it connected to my MacBook Pro and working fine for about a day. When I turned it and my MacBook on this morning the Touch had lost connection with my MacBook. I rescanned my music from the Advance tab in System Preferences, but still the Touch fails to find my music -

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Lost Connection to Server

2010-10-30 Thread toby10
What happens when you navigate the Touch to My Music? What does it say? Are you certain SBS is running on your Mac? You can access the SBS web UI on the Mac? Tried rebooting the Touch? -- toby10 toby10's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread mooblie
ralphpnj;585998 Wrote: And of course the first ever truly high end router complete with gold plated connections and a fully regulated linear power supply, all for a mere $2,500 excluding Cat 5 cables. Well, those 'cables are already here for the suckers.'

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread ralphpnj
mooblie;585999 Wrote: Well, those 'Cat 5 cables are already here for the suckers.' (http://usa.denon.com/us/Product/Pages/Product-Detail.aspx?Catid=5840d55c-4077-4d9e-9421-36f204fb4587SubId=85958de8-a123-4213-8ae1-bb6afaee9a97ProductId=f7d26b3a-05a6-4724-a5c1-2a63642a6206) Directional, too!

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread Phil Leigh
ralphpnj;586002 Wrote: I know about these outrageously priced cables but as of yet there are no audiophile routers on the market nor is there an air purification system for improving wi-fi signals available. So there still remains several good money making opportunities available :) On a

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread ralphpnj
Phil Leigh;586003 Wrote: On a (slightly) serious note regarding hi-fi air, it is worth getting an ioniser or two in the room... Phil, since I highly value your pragmatic, fact based approach, could you please briefly explain why one might need an ionizer? -- ralphpnj Lock, Stock and Two

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread praganj
Phil Leigh;585989 Wrote: Hi I know how to build power supplies, which is I why I also know that you don't need over-sized transformers on line level circuits and why you won't get full-wave rectification from just 2 diodes...unless you use an (expensive) centre-tap transformer. The

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread m1abrams
praganj;586019 Wrote: Dear Phil, I believe that you know how to build ps. If i want to build the best possible ps using Superteddyreg than i am trying to use best possible components around it and a oversized high quality transformator with low impedance is IMHO a good choice, or is

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread JohnSwenson
OK, now that actual PS design is being talked about I'll jump into this thread. (I actually have a couple hours not at work today!!) I've done a huge amount of PS testing, design and building in regards to the Touch and other devices, what I'm presenting here is not just conjecture, its been

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] I need a new internet radio

2010-10-30 Thread stagrider
bpa;585342 Wrote: On Touch - Settings/Advanced/Applet Installer and then uncheck recommended Applets Only. You should now get the option to install BBC Radio. Once installed and Touch reboots it will appear in the Internet Radio Menu as BBC Radio Hey BPA, you are the man ! Now I actually

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread praganj
Wow ! Great post and a nice schematics. Thanks John :) It looks i have to rebuild a little my ps - i have already schottkys, but two things - a coil and C+R before rectifier are missing. -- praganj praganj's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread chubster
Hi Hopefully getting a touch very soon and I plan to use an old pc I have for storage. Will the Touch be able to bring the PC out of hibernation with no problems ? Cheers Chub -- chubster chubster's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread alan sh
From what little I have learned, I doubt it. Alan -- alan sh alan sh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41127 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=82973

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread chubster
Reallydamn. Would of been ideal if it did then i could use the old pc and not worry about costs -- chubster chubster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=32342 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch Lost Connection to Server

2010-10-30 Thread bjast
1. What happens when you navigate the Touch to My Music? What does it say? Although it said something quite different before, it's now saying: To enable My Music try the following: Download the Squeezebox Server software ... 2. Are you certain SBS is running on your Mac? Yes. I have even

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread peterw
chubster;586048 Wrote: Hopefully getting a touch very soon and I plan to use an old pc I have for storage. Will the Touch be able to bring the PC out of hibernation with no problems ? If the PC supports Wake On LAN then I believe it should. While there have been bugs in some software

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Linear Power Supplies

2010-10-30 Thread JohnSwenson
praganj;586047 Wrote: Wow ! Great post and a nice schematics. Thanks John :) It looks i have to rebuild a little my ps - i have already schottkys, but two things - a coil and C+R before rectifier are missing. Just be sure to use that choke and cap values, they have been carefully tuned

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread Goodsounds
chubster;586048 Wrote: Hi Hopefully getting a touch very soon and I plan to use an old pc I have for storage. Will the Touch be able to bring the PC out of hibernation with no problems ? Cheers Chub I just tried it with my Touch, the wake-up worked fine, as I know it does with my

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread R Johnson
The Touch wakes up my Windows XP box from Shutdown. Often when I didn't intend that it do so. -- R Johnson R Johnson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=36462 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playing random songs by artist (multiple albums)

2010-10-30 Thread MikeArm
You say this is possible with the full SBS. How exactly? I tried changing the music folder to a single artist and that seemed to work (not album shuffle)so I reset the folder to all artists and now a full scan is taking place which has now exceeded 35 minutes. Thanks. -- MikeArm

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Playing random songs by artist (multiple albums)

2010-10-30 Thread JJZolx
MikeArm;586079 Wrote: You say this is possible with the full SBS. How exactly? First, enable shuffle mode on the player, however you're able to. From the remote, the web interface, or, on the Duet Controller, Radio and Touch set it either from Settings or the Now Playing screen. The trick to

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Will Touch wake PC from Hiberanation...

2010-10-30 Thread Goodsounds
My XP has Turn Off, not Shutdown, but I'll guess that's what you meant. Sounds pretty odd, but I don't know much about it. Do you have Alarm On? If not, try connecting to mysqueezebox.com before turning off the pc, maybe that would stop the problem (since the touch would look at the website as