slutz;284244 Wrote: > Is there a way to set the static IP address of the controller/receiver > without resetting the controller and/or the receiver? If I do it as > advised (turning off the DHCP server) the controller gets a 169.x.x.x > address. > I think to switch from DHCP to static you would need to go back through setup, this is the same as an SB3.
> > - I massively used the keyword search and the song scanner plugins. I > have installed them on my SC7 but they only show up on my old SBs. I > found RetroBrowser but if I use this I don't have the benefits of the > new controller. And it's sluggish. Do the developers of the plugins > think about making them available on the Controller, too? > The best thing would be to get in touch with the plugin authors to ask them specifically, or take a look in the plugins forum. I know that some work is underway to redesign the ff/rew mechanism which will probably end up looking something like Song Scanner, so you may not need that in the end. No telling when it will be available though :) > > - I use a small script that displays the phone number on the SBs' > display. It uses the CLI show command. First, the show command returns > a response line on SBs for that command. The Controller does not, it > waits forever. And the behaviour on the Controller is conpletely > different: It only shows a small window. The duration parameter is > ignored, it only shows the message for 1 or 2 seconds. The screensaver > does not interrupt if a message is displayed. > I'd file a bug for this - sounds reasonable to me that the behaviour should be more consistent between devices. > > - There is a hole at the top of the Controller. It seems as if I could > plug something in there. But I cannot hear anything. What is that hole > for? And it has a speaker. It comes to my mind that this would be the > basis for a squeezebox in the controller, hmmm... Anybody heard of > such? The user's guide does not talk about that hole. > Seriously, there's like a million threads about this :) It's a headphone jack, you can't listen to music through it (yet). > > - Is it possible that I saw an IR sender next to that hole? > Yes :) > - The battery in the controller is empty after about 45-60 min. The web > site says something about several hours and with all saving modes > multiple days. What are your experiences? > Certainly more than 45 mins. Make sure you have the latest firmware and have the screen dimming activated. > > - After about 1.5 hours of listening the receiver sound becomes really > bad. The sound becomes some sort of "metallic" and distorted. I think > that the received also becomes quite warm. I now had this for 3 times. > (I have the Duet since yesterday.) Does anybody have an idea what I can > do? > This one is weird. What makes the sound go back to normal? Reset? Stopping & restarting playback? Restarting the server? When we know what action fixes it we can figure out where the problem must be. > > - The Controller often "reboots" without doing anything. > Again, check for latest firmware. There were issues which would cause restarts, my understanding is they should be much less frequent now. -- radish ------------------------------------------------------------------------ radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45382 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
