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Slim Devices SQUEEZEBOX Owner's Manual

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  • Page 1 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES SLIM DEVICES...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Creating and Saving a Playlist ............4 Listening to Internet Radio ..............6 SqueezeNetwork ..................7 Special Features ..................8 Alarm Clock ..................8 Using Squeezebox as a Wireless Bridge ...........20 Crossfading Between Tracks ..............20 RSS News Ticker ..................2 Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes with one SlimServer ....22 Wake-on-LAN ..................22 Troubleshooting ..................23...

  • Page 4: About Squeezebox

    We are grateful to everyone in the Slim Devices community who helped create Squeezebox. We hope you enjoy Squeezebox and that you’ll tell a friend about Slim Devices. System Requirements •...

  • Page 5: Before You Begin

    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

    Wizard” panel is displayed. 6. Click OK. 7. A Squeezebox icon will appear in your Windows System Tray at the bottom right of your screen, click on this icon to show a menu and choose to open the SlimServer software, Stop SlimServer or go to the Slim Devices web site.

  • Page 7: Installing On Mac Os X

    Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Installing on Mac OS X . Save the .dmg file to your Desktop. 2. 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

    3. Put the two AAA batteries into the remote control. 4. Connect the power supply to Squeezebox and plug it in. You can leave Squeezebox plugged in at all times. When not in use, it enters standby mode and powers down the display.

  • Page 9: Configuring Squeezebox

    2. Press the arrow to enter networking setup. RIGHT 3. If you have a wired-only Squeezebox, skip to step 8. If you have a wireless Squeezebox, choose whether you want to connect Squeezebox to a wireless or wired network by pressing the arrows on the remote.

  • Page 10: Connecting To Slimserver

    IP address. Most networks will let Squeezebox obtain an address automatically. Press the arrow. RIGHT If you chose to assign Squeezebox a static IP, enter it using the numbers on the remote. Press the arrow to save the address. RIGHT Tip: Use leading zeroes to specify numbers with fewer than 3 digits, for example, you would enter 00.00.004.28 for 0..4.28.

  • Page 11: Using The Remote

    • Genre, artist or album—Squeezebox plays all the songs for the displayed genre, artist, or album • Song—Squeezebox plays that song. If that song is displayed within the rest of an album, the whole album is played, starting at the song on the display.
  • Page 12 If you press ADD while displaying a • Genre, artist or album—Squeezebox adds all the songs for the displayed genre, artist, or album to the end of the Now Playing playlist •...
  • Page 13 Squeezebox is powered on or off. Press to cycle through Squeezebox display brightness levels. BRIGHTNeSS You can do this while Squeezebox is powered either on or off. If you want to dim the display completely, press to cycle to a completely BRIGHTNeSS dark screen.

  • Page 14: Playing Your Music

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

  • Page 15: Searching For Music With The Remote

    Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Mac users can use the SlimServer pane in System Preferences to bring up the web interface. 2. 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.

  • Page 16: Creating And Saving A Playlist

    . From the web interface, click the Server Settings link. 2. In the Playlists Folder section, enter the path to the folder on your hard drive that you want Squeezebox to use for saving playlists, and click Change. To create a playlist using the web interface: .
  • Page 17 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide the playlist, press . It is added to the Now Playing playlist. 3. To save the playlist, press and then press and hold NOW pLAYING on the remote. Using the remote keypad, enter the name you pLAY want to give this playlist and press the arrow.

  • Page 18: 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: . Press to go back to Squeezebox Home. (You may have to press LefT more than once.)

  • Page 19: Squeezenetwork

    Internet connection. When your Squeezebox is connected to SqueezeNetwork, it’s not connected to your SlimServer computer. To connect to SqueezeNetwork, press the left button until Squeezebox Setup or Squeezebox Home are displayed on the screen. Then use the dOWN...

  • Page 20: Special Features

    RSS feeds, gorgeous graphic music visualizers, as well as a variety of screensavers, games and more. Plus, there are wide range of settings to let you customize your Squeezebox to your liking. Explore! You won’t be sorry. Here are a few to get you started.
  • Page 21 Click Change to save your choices. Once you’ve set the alarms you like, your Squeezebox will wake up on the day and time you’ve set and start playing.

  • Page 22: Using Squeezebox As A Wireless Bridge

    Squeezebox Wireless has both 802.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: . Plug the device that you want to connect to your wireless network into the ethernet port on the back of Squeezebox using an ethernet crossover cable.

  • Page 23: Rss News Ticker

    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. To view an existing RSS feed: .

  • Page 24: Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes With One Slimserver

    “Allow this devices to bring the computer out of standby” and “Only allow management stations to bring this computer out of standby.” Then click OK. Now, when your computer is asleep, you can press the button on pOWeR the Squeezebox remote to wake it up. SLIM DEVICES...

  • Page 25: Troubleshooting

    You can purchase a crossover cable at most retail computer stores. Configure your network adaptor and Squeezebox with static IP addresses so that they can find each other. I can’t enter my wireless password.
  • Page 26 This could be due to a firewall being active on the computer. Macintosh: You will have to create a new exception in the built-in firewall to allow the Squeezebox to connect to SlimServer. To do this: . Open System Preferences > Sharing, and click ‘Firewall’...
  • Page 27 My computer is displaying an error that says that another device on my network is using the same IP address. If you have a wireless Squeezebox and you have connected it using both ethernet and wireless, your Squeezebox may have created a “loop” in your network and you need to disconnect one of your network connections.

  • Page 28: Getting More Information

    The new music will not appear in your music library on the SlimServer until the rescan is complete. Some of the songs in my iTunes library don’t show up on Squeezebox or say STOPPED when I try to play them. What’s up with that? If you’ve moved your iTunes music files around, iTunes may export...

  • Page 29: Fcc Notice

    Squeezebox Owner’s Guide fCC NOTICe INFORMATION FOR THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 5 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.

  • Page 30: Limited Warranty

    Replacement product or parts may include remanufactured or refurbished parts or components. Squeezebox is warranted for one year for all parts and one year for all labor from the date of the first customer purchase. The warranty is valid only for the first consumer purchaser.
  • Page 31 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES SLIM DEVICES...
  • Page 32 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Slim Devices, Inc. 958 San Leandro Ave., Suite 500 Mountain View, CA 94043 + 650 20 9400 support@slimdevices.com Copyright 2005, Slim Devices, Inc. SLIM DEVICES SLIM DEVICES...

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