hip2b2 wrote: > That is my understanding, though I am looking for confirmation. My > belief is that once the Smart Radio is converted it is now for all > intents and purposes a Squeezebox. > The link is only needed during the upgrade process, it will disappear automatically when you do the factory reset in the last step.
The reason for the symbolic link is that the UE Smart Radio firmware will look for firmware at uesmartradio.com (where it will find UE Smart Radio firmware) and the symbolic link will make it take the firmware from the local file instead of downloading it from uesmartradio.com. When the device have Squeezebox firmware it will look for firmware at mysqueezebox.com servers and this will make it find Squeezebox firmware, not UE Smart Radio firmware, as long as you haven't selected on mysqueezebox.com web site that it should be "upgraded" to a UE Smart Radio. hip2b2 wrote: > > Does anyone know of any solutions to remove Logitech for the operation > of the SB and get full functionality. My thought is that one day they > may turn off the tap and force users to -shudder -the Smart Radio. > You will be able to continue use it for local music, internet radio and some of the online services if you have LMS installed on a computer, Raspberry Pi or other similar device. Some of the online services are going to stop working when Logitech shut down mysqueezebox.com, but that's unlikely to happen intentionally while they still have devices under warranty. However, it can still happen by accident since most of the people with the right knowledge has been laid off recently so if it breaks they might not have the necessary people to fix the problems. Future will tell if there will be an alternative solution after Logitech shuts down mysqueezebox.com. I'm not that worried for Radio and Touch since they can be loaded with custom firmware, the problem is bigger for the older devices (Boom, Transporter, Classic, Receiver) but they will still continue to work for local music as long as LMS works. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ erland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3124 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97331 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
