DrNic wrote: > Hi all, > I'm not sure if anyone can help me here, or if the founders of > Slimdevices still have any spares for good old kit! > My SB1G (manufactured March 2004) has finally given up the electrical > ghost. After some testing (out came the old AVO meter) it seems that > the VFD unit is dead. There is power getting to it, but nothing at all > on the display (not even faint glow - as others have previously seen). > I know the unit appears to work as I can see it on the network and the > optical out light is glowing. I'd like to say I was clever enough to > not have reset the device before looking into it further so I could at > least prove that audio was coming out of it! After the reset it means I > have lost all network settings. I have tried to "step" through the setup > process blind (removing encryption from the setup to simplify things) > but can't get it through to being seen by slimserver. > So my question: > can I still get a VFD unit "spare" for a SB1G? If so - how much? (is > the repair worth it?), or any other thoughts on this death of a > vintage...?!! > > Thanks > > Nic > > PS unit previously working flawlessly - died overnight.
No one followed up on this? Humm, if you reset it - skip the wireless setup (no way you're going to be able to do that) and try to 10BaseT it up to your network. Most people use routers as the DHPC server so check that (or what ever you are using) and see if the MAC of the SB shows up. At that point I would think reset or no reset you are connected (or am I wrong - I don't remember much else if anything that I had to do). At this point, point your web browser at the server and see if the server "sees" the SB client. What to do: 1) Wasn't there someone here that had a dead SB because of a lightning hit and was selling his remote control? Maybe you could buy his unit and swap out parts. A bit chancy - so it's up to you. 2) Remember, if the unit is still good (plays music) you can always use the web interface on the server to control it. And if that doesn't fit your needs - I would sell your unit (someone will probably find the before mentioned scenario attractive for the right price) and buy a new one. 3) You could keep it, buy a new one and run them in sync w/each other so you could have the option of listening to music on multiple stereos (i.e. locations) in your house / office. No real need to have a display on the 2nd unit in that case. ...is it me, or is my follow up starting to sound like that old joke about how different forms of government deal with the lively hood of two cows? _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
