Treserious;350372 Wrote: 
> I ended up with one of these myself. on craigslist, not ebay.
> no I don't have the dude's email address, dealt with him over the
> phone, and i didn't keep the number like an idiot.
> 
> it is a brick, I can attest to that.
> 
> opened it up to have a look inside to determine if there are any
> differences, and the major difference i found was that instead of a
> wireless mini pci card, there is a compact flash adapter with a 128 meg
> CF card in it.
> 
> removing that pci card made the -*"starting demo in..."*- message go
> away, and made it look like it boots normally with the squeezebox
> splash screen and all.
> 
> I was able to set things up in regards to network settings and all that
> using a Harmony remote, but as soon as it connects to the squeeze
> center, and wants to update the firmware, it gacks. it stays stuck at
> the -*"download complete. unplug ethernet to continue. this may take a
> few minutes"*-
> 
> it just stays there.
> 
> I wonder if there is a way to get it up and going with some hardware
> modification.

My understanding is that it is only good for a store demo. Other then
that, as spare parts if you have an old SB3 with a bad display. IMHO it
is not a good idea to throw more good money after bad attempting to make
it operational because I believe Sean said they can't be converted to
players.

Either part it out to somebody that needs a display or mark it up as a
Craig's List lesson learned.


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Media Room:
Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's,
Vandersteen Quatro, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, VCC-5 Reference
Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1  


Living Room:
Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A
Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1  

Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM
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