Logitech Squeezebox Touch Features Manual

Logitech Squeezebox Touch Features Manual

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Logitech® Squeezebox Touch
Wi-Fi Music Player
Features Guide

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  • Page 1 Getting to know Logitech® Squeezebox Touch Wi-Fi Music Player Features Guide...
  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Contents Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Help .
  • Page 3 Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Use the Sleep Timer Adjust Audio Settings Crossfade Volume Adjustments Sound Effects Set Screen Brightness Customize the Home Menu View your Photos Customize your Screen Set Date and Time Formats Now Playing Select Screensavers Select Skin and Wallpaper Rename your Squeezebox Managing Multiple Players .
  • Page 4 I can’t play my personal music collection from my computer Is Squeezebox Server running? Do you have Firewall issues? Squeezebox Touch can’t find all of the personal music on my computer Make sure you have one music folder Make sure Squeezebox Server is scanning the right folder...
  • Page 5: Thank You

    Thank you! Thank you for purchasing the Logitech® Squeezebox™ Touch, a Wi-Fi music player that delivers clean, rich sound through your Home stereo or powered speakers We hope you have as muchfun using your Squeezebox as we did building it for you...
  • Page 6: Squeezebox Touch At A Glance

    Squeezebox Touch Squeezebox Touch connects directly to your stereo or powered speakers, so you can listen to the music that you want on the system you love To select a menu option on your Squeezebox, you can use the touchscreen directly or use the remote control...
  • Page 7: Remote Control

    Remote Control When you are within line of sight of your Squeezebox Touch, use the remote control or the touchscreen directly Browse your music collection, select the music you want to hear, and send it across your Home network to your stereo system To make a...
  • Page 8: Getting To Know The Squeezebox Touchscreen

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Getting to Know the Squeezebox Touchscreen Your touchscreen display includes a Title Bar and a Status Bar Title bar Status bar Title Bar When you are at the Home menu, the title bar displays the name of your Squeezebox During operation, the title bar displays the name of the current menu;...
  • Page 9: Status Bar

    Volume—Control the volume using either the volume knob on your stereo, the up and down volume buttons on your remote, or the volume bar on the touchscreen Now Playing—Selecting and Playing Music To play an item on Squeezebox Touch: My Music, Internet Radio, or My Apps . From the Home menu, select...
  • Page 10: Playlists-Creating And Managing Playlists

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Playlists — Creating and Managing Playlists To make a list of items to listen to, create a Playlist Create and Use your Current Playlist To create a Current Playlist: Navigate to each item you want in your list...
  • Page 11: Favorites-Quickly Getting To Your Favorite Music

    My Music—Playing your Personal Music Collection Squeezebox Touch can play music from Internet sources, and from your personal music library Play the library that you have on your computer, or set up Squeezebox Touch to play music from an attached SD card or USB device...
  • Page 12: Play Music From An Sd Card Or Usb Drive

    To play your personal music collection from an SD card or USB drive: Plug a USB drive into the connector on the back of Squeezebox Touch, or insert your SD card into the slot on the right side of your Squeezebox Wait while the new device is installed on your Squeezebox You will see the messages “Attaching device”...
  • Page 13: Play Your Music

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide The Squeezebox Server Control Panel offers easy access to frequently used settings From a Windows computer: Click on the Squeezebox Server icon in your system tray Open Control Panel Select From a Mac: System Preferences > Squeezebox Server > Advanced •...
  • Page 14: App Gallery-Finding Music, News, Podcasts, Photos, And More

    From the Home menu on your Squeezebox, select Settings—More Options for Using Squeezebox Touch From the Home menu at your Squeezebox, the Settings menu offers ways to customize your Squeezebox Touch experience Shuffle and Repeat Squeezebox Touch lets you shuffle and repeat playlists To change your shuffle and repeat settings: Settings >...
  • Page 15: Set And Use The Alarm Clock

    Back at the Settings > Alarm Clock menu you can also set All Alarms On or Off —a useful option if you’re going on vacation Use the default alarm sound, choose to be woken by an item in your Favorites; or select a sound from the Squeezebox Touch set...
  • Page 16: Sound Effects

    Home menu and you won’t need to go to My Music > Playlists to access it View your Photos You can view a slideshow of your photos on Squeezebox Touch The source of the photos can be an SD card, a USB drive, Flickr, or your own web server...
  • Page 17: Customize Your Screen

    For more information about setting wallpaper and screensavers, go to Customize your Screen in this guide Customize your Screen This section describes additional options for customizing your Squeezebox Touch screen Set Date and Time Formats To select formats for date, time, and calendar: Settings >...
  • Page 18: Rename Your Squeezebox

    Squeezebox Touch or on another player Play your Computer Music Library If you have set up Squeezebox Touch to play the personal music collection you have on your computer: From Player2, go to My Music > Switch Library and select <computer-library-name>...
  • Page 19: Play Sd Or Usb Music Libraries

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Play SD or USB Music Libraries If, instead, you have set up Squeezebox Touch to play the personal music you have on an SD card or USB drive, simply switch libraries from Player2, and play For example, if you have an SD card inserted into Squeezebox Touch and you want to play that music library from another...
  • Page 20: Squeezebox Server

    PC speakers The back of Squeezebox Touch has both analog stereo (the red and white RCA jacks) and digital (coaxial or optical) jacks You can output your music from Squeezebox Touch to a stereo system, high-end AV (audio/video) Receiver, portable stereo...
  • Page 21: Using Squeezebox Touch As Part Of A Whole Home System

    If you are having difficulty completing Squeezebox Touch setup, refer to the online help on your Squeezebox touchscreen and the Help section in the Squeezebox Touch Quick start guide If your issue is not resolved, you will find more detailed information here Squeezebox Touch isn’t responding...
  • Page 22: I Don't Have My Wireless Network Name And Password

    My network is not listed Squeezebox Touch is designed to find all wireless networks in range and display them by their network name (also known as their SSID) If you cannot select your network during setup because it isn’t listed under the Choose Network menu on your Squeezebox, try the following: •...
  • Page 23: My Network Password Was Not Accepted

    ASCII-to-hex converter online, or use the converter at http://slimdevices com/asciitohex php Squeezebox Touch follows the 802 11 standard and uses hexadecimal keys for WEP encryption WEP keys are 10 characters or 26 characters (for 64-bit and 128-bit encryption, respectively) If the password you’ve entered into Squeezebox Touch is only 5...
  • Page 24: My Squeezebox Can't Connect To Mysqueezebox Com

    Note: For answers to common questions about routers, go to the Logitech Knowledge Base at www .mysqueezebox .com > Support . Under Troubleshooting, select your product and search on your router brand name Ethernet Connection If you are attempting to connect Squeezebox Touch to your network using an Ethernet cable and the connection is not successful: •...
  • Page 25: Sound Is Choppy, Distorted, Or Skips

    FORWARD and REWIND buttons don’t seek If the Forward and Rewind buttons on your Squeezebox Touch remote control are not working as you expect, it is likely that this is due to the format of the song you are playing Seeking is supported with the following formats: •...
  • Page 26: My Itunes Music Isn't Playing From Any Device

    2009 is protected by Apple’s DRM software If your iTunes music is not playing with Squeezebox Touch, it is probably protected by Apple’s proprietary Digital Rights Management (DRM) software Other online music stores also apply DRM to downloaded tracks If you’re not sure if your music is...
  • Page 27: Check Additional Items

    9000 TCP For information on how to make this change in your firewall software, search the internet for “exceptions, ports, <your firewall application name>,” or contact technical support for your firewall software Confirm that Squeezebox Touch is connected to the same network that Squeezebox Server is connected to If there •...
  • Page 28: I Can't Play My Personal Music Collection From My Computer

    I can’t play my personal music collection from my computer If you can’t connect to your music on your Squeezebox, it could mean that Squeezebox Touch cannot locate your computer Check the following items for the cause of this problem: Make sure your music format is supported •...
  • Page 29: Squeezebox Touch Can't Find All Of The Personal Music On My Computer

    There are a number of free and fee tag editors If your tag editor can clean out the tags entirely and re-create them, this will frequently fix the issue Rescan your music folder If Squeezebox Touch is not finding all of your music, try rescanning the music folder on your computer To manually rescan your music collection: Select Open Control Panel .
  • Page 30: Clear Library, Rescan, And Delete Cached Files

    Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Clear library, rescan, and delete cached files If your songs are in supported formats but some of your track names or album art are missing or incorrect, try clearing your Squeezebox Server music library, rescanning your computer, and then deleting cached files To clear your library and rescan the music folder on your computer: Open Control Panel .
  • Page 31 © 2010 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...

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