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  • Page 1 Logitech ® ™ Owner’s Guide...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Table of Contents About Squeezebox™....................2 System Requirements ..................2 Before You Begin ....................3 Installing the SlimServer™ Software ..............4 Installing on Windows® ..................4 Installing on Mac OS X ..................5 Installing on Linux® or Other Operating System ........5 Connecting Squeezebox™ ..................6 Configuring Squeezebox™...

  • Page 4: About Squeezebox

    Logitech® About Squeezebox ™ Thank you for purchasing the Squeezebox™ music player. Squeezebox™ lets you play your digitized music collection through your stereo system using your wireless or ethernet network. With Squeezebox™, you can also listen to Internet radio stations, set alarms, display RSS feeds, and more! This user guide includes setup and basic operating instructions for your new player.

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Before You Begin If you already have a wireless or ethernet network and a computer to use as a server, setting up Squeezebox™ and SlimServer™ takes just a few minutes—all you need to get your music playing through Squeezebox™ is in this owner’s guide. .

  • Page 6: Installing The Slimserver Software

    Logitech® Installing the SlimServer Software Installing on Windows® . Download the SlimServer installer program to a location you can find again on your computer. Your Desktop is a good choice. . When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the SlimServer installer icon.

  • Page 7: Installing On Mac Os X

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Installing on Mac OS X . Save the .dmg file to your Desktop. . When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the disk image file (.dmg) to make it appear on your desktop. Your web browser may do this for you automatically.

  • Page 8: Connecting Squeezebox

    Logitech® Connecting Squeezebox Headphone Analog Digital Digital Ethernet Power Mini Jack Audio Optical Coax (RCA) Output Output . Connect Squeezebox to your stereo amplifier or receiver using the included RCA cable with the red and white connectors. You can also connect a digital optical cable to the square connector or digital coaxial cable to the orange connector.

  • Page 9: Configuring Squeezebox

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Configuring Squeezebox When you plug in Squeezebox, a logo is displayed briefly, followed by a welcome message. Set Up Networking arrow on the remote control. The Set Up Networking menu . Press the RIGHT option is displayed. .

  • Page 10: Connecting To Slimserver

    Logitech® to your wireless access point, you can press the arrow to go back and fix LEFT your settings. If you are still having trouble, check the Troubleshooting section at the end of this guide. 7. Choose whether you want the Squeezebox to obtain an IP address automatically using DHCP, or whether you want to assign it a static IP address.
  • Page 11 Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Use the buttons to adjust the loudness of the VOLUME audio Squeezebox is producing. Press to immediately begin the current song again. Press twice to skip to the previous song. Press and hold to scan backwards through the current song. Press to pause the current song.
  • Page 12 Logitech® • Song—Squeezebox adds that song to the end of the list. • Playlist—Squeezebox adds all of the songs in that playlist. • Folder—Squeezebox adds all the songs in that folder and sub-folders. Tip: You can press and hold to insert the item on the screen to be played immediately after the currently playing song.
  • Page 13 Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Press to cycle between the following settings: REpEAT • Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the current playlist) • Repeat Current Song • Repeat All Songs Press to tell Squeezebox to turn itself off in 5 minutes. Add 5 minute increments SLEEp (up to a total of 0 minutes) by pressing repeatedly.

  • Page 14: Playing Your Music

    Logitech® playing Your Music Squeezebox plays music that you select with the remote control or the web interface. Using the Remote to play Music arrow to go to Squeezebox Home. You may have to press the . Use the LEFT arrow more than once to get there.

  • Page 15: Searching For Music With The Remote

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide . From the left pane of the web interface, you can browse by a variety of categories, including album, artist, genre, album cover art (if available), new music, by year, and more. 3. When you find an album, artist, track, or playlist you want to listen to, click on the play icon to the right of it to hear it immediately.

  • Page 16: Creating And Saving A Playlist

    Logitech® Creating and Saving a playlist You can use the remote control or the web interface to create playlists and save them for later. Before you create and save a playlist, make sure you have specified a folder for Squeezebox to use for saving playlists.

  • Page 17: Listening To Internet Radio

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Listening to Internet Radio You can listen to thousands of internet radio stations with Squeezebox. To access internet radio stations using the remote: to go back to Squeezebox Home. (You may have to press . Press more LEFT LEFT than once.)

  • Page 18: Squeezenetwork

    Logitech® SqueezeNetwork SqueezeNetwork is an always-on service that provides access to Internet Radio, alarm clock, natural sounds, news feeds and more, even when your computer is off. Your Squeezebox connects to SqueezeNetwork using your broadband Internet connection. When your Squeezebox is connected to SqueezeNetwork, it’s not connected to your SlimServer computer.

  • Page 19: Special Features

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Special Features Squeezebox has a beautiful high-resolution vacuum fluorescent display. In addition to displaying the name of the track or internet radio station you’re currently listening to, you can tell Squeezebox to show you dynamic content via RSS feeds, gorgeous graphic music visualizers, as well as a variety of screensavers, games and more.

  • Page 20: Graphic Visualizers

    Logitech® Press when displaying Set Alarm Time to enter the alarm time. RIGHT Use the arrow keys to move and set the time. Press when LEFT you’ve set the time. Press to see Alarm playlist, then press right. Choose from this dOWN list the playlist that you’d like to hear when the alarm goes off.

  • Page 21: Using Squeezebox As A Wireless Bridge

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Using Squeezebox as a Wireless Bridge Squeezebox Wireless has both 80.g and ethernet connections. You can easily connect non-wireless devices (such as a TiVo, PlayStation, XBox, or a home theatre PC) to your wireless network. To set up Squeezebox as a wireless bridge: .

  • Page 22: Rss News Ticker

    Logitech® . In the Transition Duration section, enter the number of seconds you want the transition between tracks to last and click Change. Squeezebox will now crossfade between tracks as you specified. RSS News Ticker Squeezebox can display RSS news feeds on its display. SlimServer is pre-configured with subscriptions to several RSS news feeds.

  • Page 23: Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes With One Slimserver

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes with one SlimServer Any number of Squeezeboxes on your local network can connect to a single SlimServer. Each player operates independently of the others, so you can play different music on each one. You can also synchronize them to play the same music in every room of your house simultaneously.

  • Page 24: Troubleshooting

    Logitech® Troubleshooting The following tips and answers to frequently asked questions will help resolve problems you may encounter. You can find answers to additional questions on our web site at http://faq.slimdevices.com/. How do I get back to the Squeezebox Setup menu?
  • Page 25 Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide How do I find the Ip address of the computer where I have installed SlimServer? On Windows®: Click Start > Run, type in cmd and hit enter. In the DOS window, type ipconfig and hit enter. On Mac OS X: Go to System Preferences > Network. Under the ‘Show:’ drop-down, pick the network interface you are using, then click TCP/IP.
  • Page 26 Logitech® • Port number: 383 (UDP) - Name: SlimDiscovery • Port Number: 000 (TCP) - Name: SlimServer Web Third-party Firewalls: Examples of third party software firewalls include: Brickhouse, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Security Center, PC-Cillin, BlackIce, McAfee Security Center, ZoneAlarm. You will need to configure your firewall software or hardware to allow connections to ports 383 and 000 for both UDP and TCP connections.

  • Page 27: Getting More Information

    Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide music library. From the web interface, click Server Settings, and click Rescan. SlimServer begins to examine your music folder, looking for new music. Depending on how much music you have, this could take several minutes. The new music will not appear in your music library on the SlimServer until the rescan is complete.

  • Page 28: Fcc Notice

    Logitech® AC pOWEREd pROdUCTS: IMpORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARd • Do not use this apparatus near water. • Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s instructions. • Do not push objects into apparatus vents or slots because fire or electric shock hazards could result.
  • Page 29 A/V senders/receivers, etc.). Most likely you will not experience any RF interference between your Logitech® cordless product and the devices listed above. In some cases, however, it is possible that interference may occur. This interference could result in erratic behavior or a complete loss of signal in the other cordless devices.

  • Page 30: Battery Warning

    Logitech® [EN] Use of this product is authorized in the following countires: [FR] L’utilisation de ce produit est autorisée dans les pays suivants: [dE] Verbrauch dieses Produktes wird in den folgenden Ländern autorisiert: AT, CY, BE, BGR*, dK, UK, FI, FR**, dE, GR, HU, IE, LU, NL, pT, ES, SE, IS, LI, NO, CH, CZ, pL, RO, SK, SI, EE, LV, LT, MT [EN] * General license require for outdoor use;...

  • Page 31: Limited Warranty

    () to repair or replace the hardware, or () to refund the price paid, provided that the hardware is returned to the point of purchase, or such other place as Logitech may direct, with a copy of the sales receipt or dated itemized receipt.
  • Page 32 © 007 Logitech. All rights reserved. Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Logitech assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual.

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