davenva;483250 Wrote: > I just purchased a Squeezebox Radio. I find it amazing, with one > problem. > > I m hoping to use it as my bedside alarm clock & Internet radio. > > I just spent 2 hours to resolve a problem where my alarm would ring one > hour earlier than it was set for. Thanks to this forum, I determined > that the PC where I has installed the Squeezebox server had the wrong > timezone. > > My question is - Why does the alarm function require a server??!! I > just want the alarm function to work like a $5 wind-up alarm clock - > ring when at the time the alarm is set for! How hard is that? > > I'm worried about oversleeping due to a server problem or a network > problem. I'm not sure if I should be, but after the Timezone problem, I > am. > > My old fashioned clock radio has an alarm that works, and a 9V battery > backup. True - the radio sucks, but the alarm is damn reliable! > > Am I missing something?
Davenva, I think you're being a bit too critical here. Basically the Squeezebox is a computer. It gets its time from either the server or the internet via NTP. For you to get the functionality you request would require the ability to manually set the clock on the device (like your $5 alarm clock) and ignore the time on the server and internet, which would also break some of the features of the device. If it's that important to you then you should put in an enhancement request that specifically asks for this, the ability to set local time on the SB Radio and to ignore all other times, timezones, etc. -- jmpage2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70526 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
