simlu wrote: > Hi Guys, > > First of all I'd like to share with you my disappointment with the UE > Smart Radio. Shame on me I didn't read enough before buying. I was sure > this little music box would be better than it's predecessor but it's > quite the opposite. A lot of cool features have been removed and the one > I wanted the most with the UE Smart Radio wasn't there: playing music > locally using my Synology NAS. > > I decided to downgrade the firmware to baby 7.7.2 (r9663), thanks to > some useful posts I found on this forum. So far, I've encountered no > issues at all. Here's the information of my UE: > > > Code: -------------------- > > > #cat /etc/squeezeos.version > 10.0.1 r16963 > [email protected] Thu Nov 8 09:33:51 PST 2012 > Base build revision: b4b03b7fc83610c2bcd43bd71a8461768cfd2519 > > #cat /proc/cpuinfo > Processor : ARM926EJ-S rev 4 (v5l) > BogoMIPS : 359.62 > Features : swp half thumb fastmult edsp java > CPU implementer : 0x41 > CPU architecture: 5TEJ > CPU variant : 0x0 > CPU part : 0x926 > CPU revision : 4 > Cache type : write-back > Cache clean : cp15 c7 ops > Cache lockdown : format C > Cache format : Harvard > I size : 16384 > I assoc : 4 > I line length : 32 > I sets : 128 > D size : 16384 > D assoc : 4 > D line length : 32 > D sets : 128 > > Hardware : Logitech MX25 Baby Board > Revision : 0007 > Serial : > UUID : > -------------------- > > > > If it can be of any help for someone else, here's what I did: > > 1 - Start the UE Smart Radio > 2 - Go into the Settings menu and press button Home and ffwd(>>). A > new Developers menu will appear at the bottom. > 3 - Go into the Developers menu and enable remote access (SSH) > 4 - Reboot the UE Smart Radio by holding down the power button and > pressing it again > 5 - ssh on your smart radio (You can find the IP address somewhere in > the Settings menu) using root as the user and 1234 for the password > 6 - You need to edit a lua script to add the FirmwareUpgrade option. > Do the following: > > Code: -------------------- > > > #vi /usr/share/jive/applets/SetupFirmwareUpgrade/SetupFirmwareUpgradeMeta.lua > -------------------- > > > > Now find the following line > > - -- jiveMain:addItem(meta:menuItem('appletSetupFirmwareUpgrade', > 'advancedSettings', > "UPDATE", function(applet) applet:showFirmwareUpgradeMenu() end, > 115))- > > You need to uncomment this line by deleting the "--". Type :wq! (Save > and quit) > > 7 - Reboot the UE Smart Radio by holding down the power button and > pressing it again > 8 - Download the 7.7.2 Revision 9663 firmware > http://update.mysqueezebox.com/update/firmware/7.8.0/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin > 9 - Copy the firmware on your Smart Radio in directory /dev (using scp > or any other software) since it's the only partition with enough disk > space > 10 - Create a symlink using the following command so the smart radio > sees the new firmware: > > Code: -------------------- > > > #cd /media > #ln -s /dev/baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin baby_7.7.2_r9663.bin > -------------------- > > > 11 - Go in to Settings->AdvancedSettings->FirmwareUpgrade (something > like that) and do the upgrade > 12 - When the squeezebox (!) has finished rebooting, you will be happy > and I strongly suggest that you do a factory reset (Go in Settings -> > Advanced -> Restore factory settings)
Just wondering; is there any reason to remove the SYMLINK (#rm symlink) as the final step? It would seem unnecessary once the device is converted to a Squeezebox. Thanks hip ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hip2b2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58236 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97331 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
