Anything I've not commented on I've not experienced on my SBR. Reeshar;508141 Wrote: > > 1) WLAN: I guess this is everyone's least favourite aspect of the SBR > looking at other threads. I have a Cisco 1200 series AP using > WPA2-PSK/AES. The SBR connects OK to the WLAN so long as it is at *just* > the right distance from the AP. If I switch it on in the same room as > the AP it won't see it or connect to it. If I try and connect in a weak > signal area, it'll see the AP but won't connect. > > So you have to do daft things like use a long extension lead to get the > SBR connected and then move it to its final position. Hopefully this > will be less of an issue when the battery pack comes out, but it is > really irritating - and very poor design. >
Belkin AP on WPA2-PSK/the other one. Can't say I've had anywhere near that many problems, but I have had the blue wireless icon popup twice since Dec 25. > > 2) Connection but no sound: I've had the SBR apparently playing a track > but with no sound from the speakers irrespective of reselecting the > track, volume control setting, or anything else I could think of. Power > cycling fixed the problem. Not good though. > I think I had that once, but it might have been the same time the wireless went fruity. > > 6) Album art display: It's oversized with no control over how you want > it to appear. This is different to photos of the SBR I've seen where the > art fits entirely into the window. This should be a user-selectable > option. > This I absolutely agree with. The fact that you cant customise the "now playing" screen is a huge lost opportunity. The scrolling text at the top is far too small (and flickers slightly) too. It would be nice if you could customise the size of the text, and how to show the album art (fit to width, scaled so it always fits etc). > > 7) Incompatible remote control: Why on earth doesn't the standard > Squeezebox 3 remote work correctly with all functions on the SBR? It > seems beyond comprehension that although some key codes are the same > others don't map correctly or aren't recognised. This is particularly > important now before the accessory pack has been released. > My Boom remote seems to work fine, tho I've not tested every button... > > On top of the above I've had the SBR crash completely. These days it's > behaving but only because it's staying plugged in in one room - hardly > sensible for what is supposed to be a portable radio. :-( > I think I've had about 3-4 crashes. On the whole it's not a amazing statistic I have to admit. Since August, when I got it, my Boom has completely froze exactly once, and I'm fairly sure that was because of the AP. > > My overall impression of the SBR is that it could be very good but has > been rushed out with insufficient testing. I see some people are running > a later firmware version but I assume that requires a ReadyNAS update to > the 7.4.2 Beta Server software. > > Richard The Radio does have a "rushed" feel to it. Things like the fact that you can't customise the Now Playing screen, and the mostly rubbishy clock screen savers (Custom Clock is a must) is a bit telling. Also integration with SBS leaves something to be desired. But on the whole I'm confident that a few firmware revs and a couple of months will see most of these niggled sorted. -- Aslak3 (SB 2, SB Boom, SB Radio) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Aslak3's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=31977 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=74259 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
