BlueWombat;672916 Wrote: > I'm coming late into this discussion, but I think some people have > focused on the correct issues: Slim Devices is now owned by Logitech. > By definition it is a company that will not want to limit it products to > a small niche market. As such, Squeezeboxes need to be more user > friendly in terms of setup, installation, and ongoing maintenance. And > it needs to be marketed as such. I have had squeezeboxes for years, > and to be honest, I started looking at this post because I am tired of > always having to "fix" my setup to get it to work. I am beginning to > ask myself what are the alternatives..Sometimes, my system will play > flawlessly for several hours, then it will freeze. At others it will > buffer, even though my SB receiver is but a few feet from my router. > At vet other times, I won't get my system to respond to any commands or > play anything until I've spent 30 minutes trying to fix things due to > scanner crashes, server issues, god knows what...and I'm a tech > oriented person. If this kind of stuff gets frustrating for someone > like me, how is it supposed to work for the average user? This isn't > the same as playing a CD or my iPod, yet is should be. > > I don't know if the Sonos is any better, but you must say they make it > look appealing in their advertising. They are even starting to sell > Sonos at Target stores here in the U.S. Is that too "down market" for > some? Perhaps, but for the squeezebox to continue to grow and improve, > I think the product has to have some sort of market presence, but I > don't think it has Logitech's focus (or the correct focus).
You are a very patient person if you have not abandoned the system if this is the normal mode off operation for you :-/ . I would in similar circumstances , but then again whats the alternative with similar functionality A working system is noting like this , you got some serious unresolved (or unexplained ) issue(s) in you setup ? It is a failure of Logitech support organisation if they never been able resolve or explain these issues for you . 3 quick tips that will bore you to tears, sorry ,but if you are Tech person you have no problems with how to , maybe bored by the repetition.... 1. A few feet from the router = ethernet wire , reset receiver redo setup done. Much faster than figuring why or if something wifi is not working and the reasons for that . (and if still buffers you now that something else is wrong) 2. wire the server, always . 3. Static ip for all squeeze stuff including the server, receiver has a slightly flaky dhcp implementation and so does some routers. (This tip is hard to explain for non tech people ) -- Mnyb -------------------------------------------------------------------- Main hifi: Touch + CIA PS +MeridianG68J MeridianHD621 MeridianG98DH 2 x MeridianDSP5200 MeridianDSP5200HC 2 xMeridianDSP3100 +Rel Stadium 3 sub. Bedroom/Office: Boom Kitchen: Touch + powered Fostex PM0.4 Misc use: Radio (with battery) iPad 64gB wifi +3g with iPengHD & SqueezePad (in storage SB3, reciever ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91090 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
