I recently purchased a Squeezebox Classic (Logitech branding) and believe I may have been ripped off based on my failure to get the unit to work and lots of research online from people with similar tales of woe.
The unit itself came with a remote and PSU, it has a full sticker on the base with p/n, serial number etc. - There is nothing to indicate its a demo unit I can see. When booted it goes into a "Starting Demo" countdown and if this is cancelled with the remote it displays a "Debug Firmware" message. (According to the menus the firmware is version 250) I am able to get a DHCP address from my Network and get the unit to see a Squeezebox Server - it appears to work best if the server is named something like "factorytest". The first time it connects to the Server it requests a firmware update (press and hold brightness etc) and then it goes to the "remove Ethernet Cable to continue - this may take a minute". However it never gets any further than this and every reboot it asks to re-download the new firmware and it loops over and over. I have managed to get slightly further than this by deleting all the firmware versions in the Squeezebox Server /firmware folder on my PC and then it will connect and I can queue up and send tracks to the Squeezebox etc. However while the track time elapses I can't get any audio to play on the Squeezebox at all and the VU / Meters etc. don't show any movement so it looks like its just not receiving / decoding data so that looks like only a partial fix. Unfortunaetly the seller has vanished and is is non-responsive to emails so I'm convinced I've been ripped off. Here's my questions / comments: - Do Logitech/Squeezebox want this thing back? Is it of use to anyone? - Why are Demo units so poorly marked that this can happen? Comments by posters that these have no stickers on them are just not true based on my and others experiences - there should be some indelible marking to say "non-functional demo unit" on them. - Is there any hope of getting any audio out of this? Even without newer firmware? - Other people have reported these units have a CF Card in them in the place of the wireless unit and the CF Card holds the demo code - can I remove this / reflash the card to get any further? Get a wireless card? *sigh* - What I thought was going to be an awesome xmas gift has turned into a nightmare but I now appear to know more about Squeezeboxes than I would have if it had just worked out of the box. Thanks! -- Radrismo ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Radrismo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=34802 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=72358 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
