Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-03-29 Thread DaveKen
Phil Leigh;621628 Wrote: OK. First-off, you have a problem with your anti-virus software: ] This error is typical of AV software interfering with SBS - what are you using? Hi Phil, I'm using NIS (Norton Internet Security, latest version). FWIW (don't know whether the two things are

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Sometimes....

2011-03-29 Thread Mike K
It is a PC (the brand name isnt important anymore as most of the stuff has been swapped out...including the motherboard) running Windows XP. Sometimes it will not load Microsoft Security Essentials either. This may be an issue for me to bring to my IT guy at work. It probably is not Squeeze

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread toby10
You could use an add on WiFi antenna to the car's PC wireless card for much more coverage area. Maybe such an antenna could be discretely placed inside along the back deck/rear window? I use this one for mobile WiFi (unrelated to SqueezeBox):

[SlimDevices: Touch] Display light when in sleeping mode

2011-03-29 Thread sSNICKERSs
Hello, I have noticed that the display’s light increases and then returns to normal when my device is in « sleep mode » when I have set my device to use a screen saver. Even if I have set light to the minimum, light increases for seconds, then dims to the normal and so on. If I have set it

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-03-29 Thread Phil Leigh
DaveKen;621645 Wrote: Hi Phil, I'm using NIS (Norton Internet Security, latest version). FWIW (don't know whether the two things are linked but every time it does a scan (scheduled for overnight every night) I get a message telling me that everything is OK but still get a little red cross

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
andynormancx;621558 Wrote: If iPeng could see your Touch but the NAS couldn't then the Touch may have been connected to mysqueezebox.com rather than your local Squeezebox Server. I get an error whenever trying to connect to Squeezeserver. This is the whole issue, I don't understand what

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread Phil Leigh
cemo330;621667 Wrote: I get an error whenever trying to connect to Squeezeserver. This is the whole issue, I don't understand what could have changed simply by disconnecting the Touch from the mains. Utterly infuriating! What error do you see on the Touch? -- Phil Leigh You want to see

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
At work a the mo so can't quote message, will try and leave early to call customer support. Regardless of outcome, I'll come back with feedback. Cheers. -- cemo330 cemo330's Profile:

[SlimDevices: Touch] Mac mini problem

2011-03-29 Thread subhro
Hi I am now really frustrated with this issue. My sb touch seems to keep waking up my Mac mini. This even though I have PleaseSleep installed, and my sleep setting is 2 hours. But everyday when I return from work I see my Mac mini awake, and a bit warm which means it's been on for a while. I

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Display light when in sleeping mode

2011-03-29 Thread 505
When you set the brightness control to automatic, the Touch calculates the light intensity of its surroundings, and matches its brightness settings. So, if it's quite light in your room, then the brightness will be high. The minimum brightness is only set when it's dark (depending on how low your

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Mac mini problem

2011-03-29 Thread aubuti
Better solutions than these probably exist, but here are a couple easy options: 1) power off the Touch (ie, pull the plug or use a power strip with a switch) 2) switch the Touch to mysqueezebox.com when you want the Mac mini to sleep, and switch back to local SBS on the Mac mini when you want

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Spotify and Sqeezebox Touch

2011-03-29 Thread Pug-Nose
I bought the Touch to be able to use Spotify with my PC off, which I cannot if squeezeserver has to run. It should at least be possible to see right away if the track/album can play or not. The way things are now I've got to try playing the track before finding out if it works. I still dont

[SlimDevices: Touch] network preferences question

2011-03-29 Thread stan2
new user here... seems like my Touch wants to revert to my wireless network instead of sticking with the ethernet cable, where I would rather it stay. (I get buffering issues with the wireless on internet radio.) Is there a setting somewhere I haven't found yet on this new Touch that keeps it

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Spotify and Sqeezebox Touch

2011-03-29 Thread toby10
I believe the official Spotify App can be used without a computer or SBS server. Are you running the unofficial third party Spotify Plugin (which does require PC+SBS server) or the official Spotify App via www.MySqueezeBox.com? -- toby10

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
Phil Leigh;621672 Wrote: What error do you see on the Touch? When trying to connect to NAS the SB Touch states: We couldn't connect to NAS. Make sure your computer is turned on and connected to your local network, and the Squeezebox Server is currently running. Yes and yes... NAS IP address:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread Phil Leigh
cemo330;621761 Wrote: When trying to connect to NAS the SB Touch states: We couldn't connect to NAS. Make sure your computer is turned on and connected to your local network, and the Squeezebox Server is currently running. Yes and yes... NAS IP address: 169.254.100.100 Subnet Mask:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
Phil Leigh;621763 Wrote: The subnet mask needs to be the same on all devices on your network... change your NAS subnet to 255.255.255.0 and your NAS has an invalid IP address - it needs to be 192.168.0.xxx[/ The good news - changed subnet mask, SB Touch no longer unrecognised on

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
cemo330;621773 Wrote: Phil Leigh;621763 Wrote: The subnet mask needs to be the same on all devices on your network... change your NAS subnet to 255.255.255.0 and your NAS has an invalid IP address - it needs to be 192.168.0.xxx[/ The good news - changed subnet mask, SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread Phil Leigh
cemo330;621773 Wrote: Phil Leigh;621763 Wrote: The subnet mask needs to be the same on all devices on your network... change your NAS subnet to 255.255.255.0 and your NAS has an invalid IP address - it needs to be 192.168.0.xxx[/ The good news - changed subnet mask, SB

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
I logged onto my router and I can see it's definitely 192.168.0.4 under attached devices. Normally I use my laptop and a web-based browser to access the NAS. I took the network cable that connects the NAS to the router, and plugged it directly into my laptop. Still nothing. -- cemo330

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread Phil Leigh
cemo330;621789 Wrote: I logged onto my router and I can see it's definitely 192.168.0.4 under attached devices. Normally I use my laptop and a web-based browser to access the NAS. I took the network cable that connects the NAS to the router, and plugged it directly into my laptop. Still

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Very frustrated - need help, pleaseeeeee!!!!

2011-03-29 Thread cemo330
Phil Leigh;621790 Wrote: OK - the laptop needs to have an IP address of 192.168.0.xxx (and a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0) (and put the cable back into the router!) Success Just needed a poxy restart of the laptop lol So, NAS IP address: 192.168.0.4, SB Touch: 192.168.0.2 and

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread jbraveman
JJZolx;621561 Wrote: You shouldn't need a router. I assume you'll be using wired ethernet between the Touch and server within the car itself. You should just be able to directly wire the two to each other. It would probably be nice, though, to have a wireless card in the server (a lot of

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread JJZolx
jbraveman;621821 Wrote: I use my home router to assign the addresses based on the mac address from the high numbers down. That way any new people coming on the network should take the low numbers. OK, but do you understand what I was saying above? Give the car components _static_ IP

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Numptie Appeal for Help Please

2011-03-29 Thread DaveKen
Hi Phil, Sorry but I cannot find any .myd or myi files associated with Squeezebox. I get as far as the 'Add' button (for files to be excluded from the Norton System Scan), navigate through C, then Program Files to Squeezebox where the choices are: - a folder titled 'server' and 5 files titled

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread jbraveman
JJZolx;621830 Wrote: OK, but do you understand what I was saying above? Give the car components _static_ IP addresses, not addresses assigned by the home router. Make sure they're outside of the address range handed out by the router. I think I do. Rather than let the router hand out the

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread JJZolx
Do you really think you can hear a difference between well-encoded MP3s and FLACs in a moving vehicle? A 4TB FLAC collection should fit on a 1TB 2.5 drive. It will take days to transcode it all, but many people are doing this already for portable MP3 players. -- JJZolx

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Display light when in sleeping mode

2011-03-29 Thread sSNICKERSs
Thank you for your answer. But I have noticed that when the room is dark !!! It's a veray strange behaviour. I have set my Touch to no screen saver to have it completly dark when off. -- sSNICKERSs sSNICKERSs's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Touch in a car

2011-03-29 Thread jbraveman
JJZolx;621844 Wrote: Do you really think you can hear a difference between well-encoded MP3s and FLACs in a moving vehicle? A 4TB FLAC collection should fit on a 1TB 2.5 drive. It will take days to transcode it all, but many people are doing this already for portable MP3 players. That

Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] network preferences question

2011-03-29 Thread stan2
toby10;621806 Wrote: If you setup ethernet then the Touch should never just go back to WiFi. But just plugging in ethernet does not make it wired, you must tell it which to use (WiFi or wired). Touch Settings Advanced Networking Choose Network connect to ethernet Network And