JJZolx wrote:
doundounba Wrote:
Hi all,
So I was wondering - how "hackable" is the Squeezebox 3 from a "custom
case" perspective? Been thinking of starting a project for either my
SliMP3 or a brand new Squeezebox. It's pretty obvious that I can make
a custom plexiglass panel for my SliMP3 and simply unscrew it from its
current L-shaped panel and screw it into the new panel, with no other
hardware mods necessary. And its very small size make it easy to fit
into many types of enclosures.
But what about the Squeezebox3? How does it disassemble? What are the
parts? Any internals pics available on the Web? Anyone already made
some custom cases for it? All I've found so far are SliMP3 or
Squeezebox 1 or 2 custom case projects...
Any info/pointers greatly appreciated!
Here are a couple photos:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20484
The Squeezebox 3 is a lot less friendly toward customization than was
the SB2. An unfortunate step backward, IMO.
Where the SB2 had the display mounted on a separate board, the SB3 has
it mounted directly to the underside of the motherboard. The vertical
orientation of this board assembly means that you're pretty much stuck
with housing it in a case that's about four inches or so tall.
Also, in the SB3 all the rear connectors are mounted 90 degrees to the
plane of the board, so you be hard-pressed to have a case much
different in shape or size than the current one unless you extended all
of connections via wire to a set mounted at the rear of the new case.
Then there's the the internal antenna... another step backward in the
name of aesthetics.
I guess some people really like the way it looks. To me, it's just a
variation of the same clock-radio theme, except that now it looks more
like a clock radio from 2005 instead of 1985.
It'd be nice to see the SB2 resurrected with a high quality all metal
case. I suspect there are some new Squeezeboxes in the works right
now, so we'll have to see if they're any better than the SB3. The SB2
was amazingly short-lived; hopefully the SB3 will follow that trend.
Here's what to do with a SB3...
http://www.trond.com/brazil/images/brazil18.jpg
remove the external casing, stick it into a twitching morass of
typewriter and tapedeck parts united with some solenoids and a random
number generator, and slap a giant fresnel in front of the screen.
It's only allowed to play Seu Jorge and David Bowie.
--
Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's a Scientific Venture...
Riding the Emergency Third Rail Power Trip Since 1996
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