JoeMuc2009 wrote: 
> Hi Philippe,
> 
> I guess no, sorry. Thanks for the hint though. You see, the Radio is a
> totally different arrangement. The board would not fit into the Boom
> case. Then it's technically different, too. As far as I know, the Radio
> is a mono device concerning the power amplifiers. It drives an LCD
> display, not a VFD. Even extracting the processor to mount it on the
> Boom PCB is no use because it's a different one. Logitech picked a
> Freescale CPU for the Radio but a Ubicom for the Boom. I don't think
> they are compatible at all.
> In my opinion it's safe to say that Boom PCBs won't appear anywhere on
> the market anymore. A Boom owner will either keep or sell her/his intact
> unit, and if it is broken, nobody is going to tear it down and sell the
> parts. The broken ones go to eBay in one piece, or to the recycler.
> I'm just wondering whether there are any former Squeezebox hardware
> developers out there who could help. However, knowing now that Logitech
> is definitely not going to disclose any technical documentation about
> the devices, the ones involved in the development back then are probably
> subject to a gagging order. The only chance I see is a "leak" (as in
> Wikileaks) but up to this point they are really good in keeping their
> secrets.
> Well, or they never had any documentation at all. Then nothing can seep
> through either. Some of the past user stories suggest that Logitech
> would always replace the entire unit if anything was wrong. It appears
> they never actually repaired stuff, similar to Apple nowadays. Maybe
> they couldn't repair due to missing tech docs. Who knows?
> 
> Best regards,
> Joe

Oh sorry ... I read 'Boom' motherboard, I don't know what I was
thinking. Was late in a log day for me. Of course I would not suggest to
try to shoehorn a radio PCB in a boom - my bad



LMS 7.7.5 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos 2xPLAY:1,
PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBMC, Foobar2000, XBoxOne,
JRiver 21, Chromecast Audio, Chromecast v1, Pi B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+,
Odroid-C1, Cubie2
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