Re: [slim] Squeezebox distributors UK
Hi, Paul here from Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd, we are currently the UK distributor for Squeezebox and Transporter products from Logitech. We have been the exclusive UK distributor for these and previous products since the age of the SliMP3 (so quite a while) We have a number of online resellers in the UK who have been selling the products for many years including: amazon.co.uk dabs.com scan.co.uk ripcaster.co.uk multitaskcomputing.co.uk advancedmp3players.co.uk broadbandstuff.co.uk mediahome.co.uk and many others Ebuyer does list the product when they have stock but the buyer for the category seems to change quite frequently so they lack focus on the Squeezebox (they do sell a lot of products!). We aim to rectify this shortly. You will also notice the PC World.co.uk are now selling the Squeezebox and now have stock in the majority of the stores across the UK. As we now have a steady supply of Squeezebox and Transporter stock from Logitech our aim is to go out and get these products in to high-street hi-fi retailers as we now have a good story to tell. We are also joing forces with the Brigantia buying group to push the Squeezebox in to their 1000+ high street members. With amazon.co.uk, dabs.com and scan.co.uk listing Squeezebox (and Ebuyer again shortly) I think you will agree that along with PC World that we have most of the major ecommerce companies working with us in the UK. Feel free to pm me or post here if you have any further questions. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox distributors UK
No problem :) You have got to remember that whilst Squeezebox has always been a great product, Slim Devices were always quite small and hence no marketing money but more importantly I think is the fact that streaming media files from a computer to a device to play through your hi-fi or TV is still a very new concept to the main stream (even if we have been doing it for 4 or 5 years) and getting high street retailers like PC World etc needs at the very least a big brand like Logitech to get them interested. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech being absolutely OTT ?!
Hi Guys, Just to confirm that the SRP in the UK will be going up to £1699 inc VAT. I am sure that there will be a couple of units at the old price knocking around in the UK if you are quick. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK prices up on Amazon
Don't Panic Mr Mannering! Price glitch at Amazon, it will back down to £195inc before the end of the day. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37289 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Logitech being absolutely OTT ?!
The Amazon.co.uk price rise is an error and it will return to £195 tomorrow. When the error was pointed out to them today they changed it on their system straight away. Unf. it takes 24hrs to roll out such a change. SRP for Squeezebox in the UK has actually come down from £229 to £219 -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37308 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Delays from Amazon UK
Whilst I'm not going in to specific details of why the UK hasn't had any stock for the last 2 months I have happy to say that we received 800x units on Friday from Logitech and we fulfilled all of our back orders the same day. This means that all of our current re-sellers now have the stock they have had on back order with us and can fulfill your orders. Moving forward we have placed rolling purchase orders with Logitech so now that the new Logitech branded product is available we should continually be in stock, especially on the run up to Christmas. We should have another shipment leaving Logitech at the end of this week. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35355 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices at What Hifi Show, London
Ok we will have the following on display: 2x Transporter 2x Squeezebox 3 1x Qnap TS-401T running the whole show 1x Audioengine A5's 1x Meridian analogue active speakers (not sure which model until they turn up tomorrow) 1x Me for the whole show (what joy!) Paul -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices at What Hifi Show, London
FIFO - sorry mate -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: QNAP Status Error
Hi, Sorry I have been out of the loop for a couple of days. Email me your TS-101 MAC address and we can take it from there. Thanks -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26224 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Oooh that looks nice doesn't it, I wonder how much that is going to be and when it will be available?!?!?! ;-) -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hmmm not heard of this happening before. PM me your MAC address and/or serial number and we'll take it from there. Thanks Paul born2bMild Wrote: Hi. Another newbie here. I've recently purchased a 200Gb QNAP, and I'm having a little trouble with the device shutting down and restarting for no apparent reason. It's quite warm at the moment, which makes me wonder whether there's some sort of thermal protection, but there's nothing in the event logs other than the informational messages about successful shutdown and startup! I've updated the Qnap firmware, but other than that, the device is out-of-the-box. It's running a static IP and my SB3 is also using static IP via 802.11g through my Netgear WAP/Router. I've got most of the sharing functions (webserver, multimedia station etc) disabled, and am only using Slimserver and a few shared folders. It shut down and restarted about 6 times in quick succession earlier (hottest part of the day - any connection?), and when you're in the middle of an album, that's kind of annoying! Apologies if this problem has already been discussed and solved earlier in the thread. Any advice? Cheers B2BM -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter!
UK price is going to be £1299 inc VAT contact me directly for pre-orders. Paul Fifer Wrote: UK pricing Dean? And will it be available in the UK on the launch date? Oh, and do we get a free SB3 too? -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25775 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Transporter!
Yes, when ordered directly from us. Fifer Wrote: Paul, I'm glad to see the UK pricing aligned with the US pricing. Does the free SB3 offer apply in the UK? -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25775 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Don't get too excited ;) but it might offer a solution for people who don't want to go for say 4x drives but may want 2x drives in their NAS box. And that is all I can say ;) Paul Paul_B Wrote: Now I am intrigued: -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Two weeks, three tops and I'll let you know. P ;) funkstar Wrote: paul you bugger. that actually makes me *more* interested gah! -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, I'll talk to the powers that be and lets see if we can get a 3rd party hardware forum with a Qnap sub-forum. Anyway, somebody asked for the Weather 1.7 plugin module so it is now available on the ts101_update page. We have also create an All-In-One plugins update file which contains all of the current plugins in one file. I have also asked Qnap about the external sATA case to match the TS-101 - I should have an answer for you guys by the end of the week. Also there is some new Qnap product news in the next couple of weeks - I'll keep you posted. http://www.progressiveav.com/ts101_update/ Many thanks -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, You need to download the All-In-One Slimserver update via Opera or Firefox (IE cuts off the .gz extension) once you have this installed you can download the 6.3.1 update which just has the .tar file extension. To install the updates just download the files and reboot - don't uncompress them first. I am working on the documentation. Thanks pedalhead Wrote: Hi @. Just received a SB3 Qnap 101 today I'm pretty impressed so far. Stupid question though, how do I get the updates to work on the Qnap? I've tried putting both the .tar and the extracted file (not sure which is correct) of the 6.3.1 update in the update folder and rebooted the box, but my Slimserver version is still 6.2.2. Overall, it seems like it could be a really good solution, but the lack of clear documentation for the Qnap with Slimserver is a bit of an issue right now I reckon. Cheers. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Looks like you guys may have got a solution sorted to the powering down issue. I will be testing at the weekend but if anybody else can try it as well and report back here that would be great. SlimServer 6.3.1 and LastFM 117 are now available to download from http://www.progressiveav.com/ts101_update - sorry about the delay on 6.3.1, I missed it being released. Thanks -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 update problem
Are the files you downloaded still there in the folder or have they been deleted? Thanks -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Nintendo DS Lite - The next big thing for controlling your Squeezebox?
Hi, I picked up one of the new(ish) Nintendo DS Lites over the weekend and it is a great bit of kit. It is well built, has WiFi, twin screens of which the bottom one is a touch screen and seems nice and quick to use. Next month Opera are bringing out a web browser cart for the DS which from the initial reviews seems to be saying it is very compatible with the various web standards that are out there - which is good news. What I am thinking skin wise for the SlimServer and the DS is that top screen could display album art, the current playing track and the next and previous track. And then on the bottom screen you could have the controls etc as the bottom screen is a sensitive touch screen. Obviously the best thing about this is that the DS only costs £99.99 + £29.99 for the web browser (might even be cheaper than that when it comes out) which means that is is half the price of the Nokia 770 Discuss.. -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25194 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nintendo DS Lite - The next big thing for controlling your Squeezebox?
Sorry I did a search on Nintendo from the root of the forum and it didn't come up with any results so I guessed it hadn't been mentioned. 2x 256 x 192 Pixel though isn't it? -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25194 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 accessories
Hiya, Great holiday thanks, spent way to much money on climbing tree's etc (we went to Center Parcs in Nottingham) but we all had a great time. I'll get an update from Qnap on the external sATA case project. Thanks -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24843 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
Hi, We are the UK distributor for Squeezebox so we will support the TS-101 for as long as the product is viable I guess. Regards Seineseeker Wrote: Fair enough, when I get round to buying a Qnap I'll be requesting the TMS plugin? But what about the future, how long are you going to support slimserver. I guess for the foreseeable future whatever that means!! -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
They aren't included as standard. If you want them request them at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and we will get them created and tested for you so you can download them and drop them in the updates folder in the Public share to install them. Do not try and install the standard format plug-in's as they won't work. Regards michaelch Wrote: Do either of these work on a qnap. The music magic plug in shows in server settings= plug ins. However, despite my library being music magic activated nothing works on qnap. Moodlogic does not appear at all. Is there any way of activating either or both of these plugins? -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Which plugins work with Qnap?
You can put any plugins you want on our version of the Qnap TS-101. All you need to do is request the plugin and we will make a version that just needs to be droped in to the updates folder. We have done things this way so it is easy to install plugins for anybody and so that we can test them to make sure that they don't mess up anything when installed. We have nothing to hide by doing things this way, we just want to make it as simple and as safe as possible for everybody Regards -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24435 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Internet Radio with QNAP TS-101
1. Embedded Linux 2. TS-101 has built in replication functions so you can back up directly to your PC. Or you could connect an external USB drive and copy the files over directly. 3. All control of the TS-101 is handled by its web front end. There is very little to do once you have it setup on your network though. Paul staresy Wrote: Thanks for the info. A couple more questions: 1) What OS does the QNAP drive run (WinXP, Linux etc)? 2) Can the QNAP drive be backed up using something like Norton Ghost? If so, would this back up everything on the drive (OS and music files)? 3) How do you do day to day admin of the QNAP. Is it all done from your main PC over the NW or are there instances where you might need to attach a keyboard and monitor directly to the QNAP (if this is possible). Sorry for such basic questions and apologies if they have been answered in the main QNAP thread, but that one is so long. Thanks for your help! -- ultra238a Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24336 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless connection fales repeatetly
Hi Patrick, Welcome to the forums. I'm sorry that you had to get Mark as one of your first replies. Generally people on here are helpful and polite, even to people who don't have English as their first language. If you have tried all the current available versions of SlimServrer with the new firmwares it might be worth pushing an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also make sure you have the very latest firmware for your USR AP. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd madpatrick Wrote: Sorry for my language. But I'm not an English or American. I'm from The Netherlands. Please correct the misspelled words for me !! and help me solve my problem with the SB3 where this forum is for. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23205 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Slimserver
Give it a go, it will be interesting to see how long it takes you :) We charge £25 to install SlimServer on a TS-101 that hasn't been purchased from us. Payment covers time and effort. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22760 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Opened a can of worms here haven't I! To me when I last tested them the FLAC files sounded better but to be honest there wasn't anything in it. Plus I am getting old and with two little children running around screaming I think my hearing probably isn't what it was! If I get chance I'll have another listen. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Andrew, The Squeezeboxes on the network get the time from the local server, in this case the TS-101. There is a bug in the TS-101 firmware that Qnap are working on currently working on. At installation I set the clock to update from the NTP server once an hour which keeps it pretty much accurate. Obviously this won't be needed when they fix this time issue. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd finnie Wrote: Paul, Only a completely different TS-101 subject, where does SS get its clock tick from ? I am asking this because the time shown on my SBs drifts out significantly throughout the day. I have setup the TS-101 to get a time sync from an NTP server once a day, but between these it can be upto 10 mins or more out. Any ideas ? Regards, Andrew. p.s. This shows you how happy I am with my setup when all I have to worry about is the clock ! -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Mark, Sorry to hear you are having problems when other people are using theirs fine. The product as it ships supports the native formats of the Squeezebox range and we are working as hard as we can to support the other formats. OGG is now available and I hope to have AAC available this weekend or early next week. APE will follow shortly afterwards. It is unfortunate what happened with the drive compatibility but that was an issue for Qnap to sort out which they did very quickly. Just like Squeezebox, the product will get better and better as time goes on with updates and fixes. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Mark Norton Wrote: No point you buying a drive duplicator because if you don't get SlimServer working on the QNAP, your sales are going to dry up anyway. I'm on the point of returning mine, not fit for purpose. Hello? The general idea is that you do the development and testing before you con people into buying the product, not after. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Mark, I'll answer a few of your questions. Firstly we made a mistake about announcing the product so early. Qnap prommised us the product would launch back at the end of October last year and they kept pushing it back and pushing it back. We could have had a small amount of units just before the Chinese new year but we didn't want to take them because they would have been off the first production run. Of course when the first batch did arrive after the Chinese new year we didn't take into account how long these things would take to format. All of this has been documented though in this thread and others. With respect to us supporting the product in to the future I can only assure you that we won't loose interest. Why won't we loose interest, well maybe something to do with the fact that we are the UK distributor of the SlimDevices products in the UK might have something to do with it. I suggest that if you have any further issues with the TS-101 you have purchased you contact me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if we can resolve any of them. One last thing. I have a Linn active system at home which could be considered to be a half decent hifi system and you can't beat a well encoded FLAC file so if disc space isn't a problem then I would convert if I were you. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Mark Norton Wrote: It's all to do with expectation. I bought (ordered) this product in November since when there's been the countless missed delivery dates, the bull about the Chinese New Year and the rest. Even if there were problems in getting the hardware shipped, presumably Progressive could have been working in parallel to get SlimServer working in all its guises. As it is, we have a product which shipped 3 months late and doesn't currently do what it is supposed to. Yes I use Apple Lossless; disk space is cheap and it's pointless ripping CDs to a lossy format because if you have a half-decent sound system, the difference is night and day, far more than any messing with the power supply will reveal. I also wonder about the long term viability of the solution. There no charge for the integration work of Slim Server into the TS-101 and apart from making a turn on the hardware, where's the incentive to keep it up to date? I'm resigned to the fact that while a PC hosted SB3 is likely to evolve for the better over time, a TS-101 hosted SB3 is likely to be frozen in time - bugs, warts and all - once Progressive lose interest and move on to some other flavour of the month. The TS-101 is a closed system and while it will always be useful as NAS, the USP of it hosting SlimServer may or may not be long term. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Grumpy Git (that has been me over that last two weeks!) Do you have an always on internet connection? The TS-101 is setup to get the latest time every hour from an NTP server if the router you are connected to is connected to the Internet. This should keep the time on your SB accruate. I'll ping Qnap though to see if it is a bug they are working on as SlimServer takes the time from the system clock. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Grumpy_Git Wrote: I've been playing with my squeezebox and Qnap and have noticed that the Time and date info is incorrect, can anyone tell me where I can change this, I'm assuming this info is pulled from the server and hope that the blasted password protection will not prevent me from changing this. Hope I'm not just being incredibly dense. thanks in advance, Nick. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok a couple of things. 1. The OGG update is available for those who want it. 2. The AAC update is making good progress and we hope to have it available this weekend. 3. A firmware update from Qnap has just landed with me so after some testing I will make it available. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, Just PM me and I will send you a link. Nothink cloak or dagger or anything I just haven't had chance to build a nice looking web page to put all the links on. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd happyfishman Wrote: Paul, Where do we get it from? Is there a download page somewhere? -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
We had thought about a drive duplicator but we are actually only putting on a small amount of data on the drive in comparison to the size of the actual drive in the box. I have had a look at the specs. on some of the devices on the market and to be honest I think the way we are going to be doing it soon will actually be quicker. Thanks for the info though anyway. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd funkstar Wrote: Paul, just a side thought for you. How about getting a multi drive duplicator so you can format one drive of each size and then duplicate it to N other drives connected to the duplicator. This is what i found after 30 seconds on google: http://www.starmount.co.uk/category/198.html May well be too expensive for you, but i thought i would at least try and help you out :) -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, OGG files should be sorted out either today or tomorrow. We are still working on AAC - should be this week with a bit of luck. We'll have a look at APE this week. I'll have a look in to the other issues as well. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Sanctum, To the best of my knowledge the Qnap should have no adverse effect on your network. I myself run a Linksys wireless router with a mix of ethernet, 802.11b and 802.11g connections (XBOX360, Squeezebox 1, Squeezebox 2, XP laptop and Mac mini). Plus I also have a dynamic DNS address pointed at the Qnap for Qdownload, Qweb, Qmultimedia and FTP. Oh and SlimServer access and I don't have any traffic problems on the network. Now on my 10Mbit connection ;) I can get anything from between 85kb/sec to 1124kb/sec download speeds - it really depends on the site and the time of day I am using my connection. On a 2Mbit connection I would imagine you could get no more than about 250kb/sec download speed and most of the time it would be around 180kb/sec (or it was when I had a 2Mbit connection). Try out the speed checker on www.adslguide.org.uk and see what results that gives you - remember though you are on a shared line with a 20:1 contention. Please either post here or PM me with your findings. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Re: OGG Vorbis playback. For anybody who wants OGG playback PM me and I will send you a link to the file. There will be an update page on our new website for updates, fixes and firmware updates etc etc when it launches next week (or when I have finished it). Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Mark, Ok the firmware from Qnap has nothing to do with the Slimserver installation on this box. As you know we are currently working on converting the codecs to allow Slimserver to play Apple AAC files on the TS-101 - we hope to have these tested and out there soon. If of course you are still having problems and issues then please feel free to email me directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] and I will endevour to answer your questions as quickly as possible. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Mark Norton Wrote: Well excuse me for not knowing that AAC is the same as Apple Lossless. Personally, I don't care that this product doesn't appear able to do two things at once. Just one, done properly, would be fine. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
It is a bit more than a hard disc I think. We are currently working on getting AAC files playing through install of SlimServer on the box plus a few other plugins etc. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi, As nobody else is experiencing slow performance using Squeezebox with a remote I can only come to the same conclusion as others have and that is that downloading torrents at the same time as using SlimServer will have a performance impact. Yes the TS-101 can handle multiple operations at once but please keep in mind the specification of the box when trying to push it too hard. I will try downloading a few torrents myself via my box and see how it impacts the SlimServer operation and come back to you. As for assigning drive letters to shares, nobody else has indicated any problems with this so please email me with further information about your setup. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd hfu1 Wrote: Thanks to Paul of ProgressiveAV for getting the firmware sorted - appears to copy files fine. However after testing the unit for 3-4 days now, I have noticed the following: a) REALLY slow performance with SlimServer - the remote control is laggy, takes a few seconds to respond to any button push. the web browser takes ages to respond (10-30 secs). This can't be normal. Yes I might be downloading torrents with the QNAP at the same time (only 1 or 2) but surely it can handle multiple tasks. As it stands, I don't regard the SlimServer setup suitable for use. I have no such performance problems running SlimServer on my laptop. b) Still can't map to the drive using a driver letter, still having to use an IP address. Any ideas welcome. Apart from this, the box works fine, and the torrent downloading facility is absolutely brilliant, what a godsend! -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
I am finally starting to feel the love ;) Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
The Infrant products are more like our new TS-401T product. The TS-101 is designed as a personal storage device. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok With respect to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing. I can hand on heart say that Multitask are one of our best resellers on Squeezebox and Qnap in the UK. Everybody is aware of the issues and problems we have had getting the Qnap TS-101 with embedded SlimServer to market so lets please not slag each other off on here. Stuart, as previously posted kept as many of his customers (and people on here at my request when I haven't been available) updated with information as we have it. Qnap were supposed to launch the product last November which is when we announced it and they put it back and put it back to make the product better. As I have had the first sample out of Qnap last September I can assure you the wait has been worth it compared to what they were going to launch. @ David Inniss The reason the firmware update didn't work on your unit was because you had tried to reformat the hard drive and you had deleted all of shares that had been created by the system. I have spent hours on the phone with you talking you through trying to get your unit set back up and working correctly. I have spoken to you out of working hours and at the weekend. You have my mobile number which you have called me on and I have spoken to you - even when I should have been putting my children to bed or spending some time with my family. I have already told you we will have the unit back and reconfigure it for you. We currently don't have any 200Gb models in stock to replace yours with so it will need to be reconfigured. I suggest you wait for me to reply to your email directly before posting on here again. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
@happyfisherman They are currently looking in to the issue of powering down with Slimserver installed. I'll get in touch with Stuart about your replacement SB3 as I am not sure why you haven't had it yet. PM me with your port forwarding issues as I have mine setup and it is working well on all services including Softsqueeze. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Andrew, It all depends on a number of issues I guess. How many music files do you have in your collection? Do you plan to get any more Squeezeboxes? I personally have just over 10k music files on my TS-101 with a mixture of MP3 192VBR and FLAC files. Plus I run currently 5x Squeezeboxes (a mixture of SLIMP3, SB1 SB2). As reported the web front end on SlimServer is more than useable but the UI on the Squeezeboxes works just the same as if SlimServer was running on a PC. Hope this helps. Regards Paul -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
To be honest I think you might be trying to push the box a little bit too hard by playing FLAC files and copying files to the box at the same time. Obviously the box is more than capable of being read and written to by multiple users at the same time. I personally have had 6 Squeezeboxes playing different music files at once (mixture of wired and wireless Squeezeboxes too). Some files were MP3 and some were FLAC. I personally think 7Mb/sec is quite decent on a 100Mbit network connection as the maximum throughput on this connection is 12.5Mb and taking into account other network traffic that may also be going around at the same time it isn't too shabby. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd shawkie Wrote: I've upgraded the firmware on my 300GB Qnap and am pleased to say its no longer crashing when copying files. The shares are still pretty slow (7MB/sec read and write) even over gigabit ethernet. I guess maybe thats normal for this type of device and gigabit ethernet support is more of a marketing thing. I'm still slightly disappointed though. Playback seems to be working well (I'm using FLAC transcoded to WAV) although I do get drop outs if I'm writing to a share at the same time. I'm expecting it to be even better when they release a version of SlimServer where native FLAC works properly. The interface on the Squeezebox is very responsive (as long as I'm not writing to a share). The web interface on the other hand is very sluggish. It takes roughly 5 secs (sometimes even longer) for the Browse Albums page to load. This is even if I'm not playing anything. Does anyone have any suggestions for speeding it up? -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
TS-101 = 266Mhz CPU, 64Mb RAM, 1x Internal sATA Drive TS-401T = 800Mhz CPU, 256Mb RAM, 4x Internal Hot Swap sATA Drive Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok the firmware update has been tested and seems to be good to go so anybody with a TS-101 can go to http://www.progressiveav.com/ts101_update/ and download the firmware update file. The only drive I haven't tested it on yet is the 160Gb version that we supplied but as we haven't sold many of these compared to the 200Gb, 300Gb, 400Gb and 500Gb versions I doubt it will be a problem seeing as we have had such good results on the other drives. Qnap have have classed this as a beta firmware update at this time and is only for testing. If you have any issues with it direct them through myself and I will bring them to Qnap's attention. They have also told me though that this is likely to be the release build anyway as the results have been excellent so far. I will post details of any further amendments on here if there is another update that needs to be downloaded. Re sleep mode. I have had my TS-101 (1st sample that they ever shipped to anybody) since September last year with a 300Gb HDD in it. Whilst the firmware has changed the hardware is the same that you have today. I have never had the hard drive set to go in to sleep mode and I have had mine switched on 24/7 since I received it. It has only been powered down or reset when applying install files. It gets warm but that is always going to be the case due to the design of the case. I am more than happy to leave mine switched on all the time ready to go. Finally, thanks go to Qnap for fixing the issues with the HDD compatibility so quickly (and saving my bacon) and to those who tested the firmware for me last night. Any questions or comments PM me please. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
I'll look into this issue and come back to you. Paul -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
I have just copied 40Gb over to a 500Gb TS-101 through a router without any issues. I have only ever used this box through a router to be honest. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd topcarsales Wrote: Fifer, You said that you moved the Qnap connection from the PC to my wireless router/modem. Does that mean that when you copied over your music that you connected the qnap directly to your PC, or via the router? -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
We are working on Apple AAC files this weekend. As soon as we have an update available to download I will publish a link and you can just drop the file into the updates directory and reboot. It should be available within a week as long as there are no problems with source code and cross compiling for the TS-101. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
I have been in contact with Qnap since last Saturday to try and get the easiest resolution to this problem. They are sending over today a firmware update for testing with the drives we have used. Once I have tested it and made sure it is ok I will be making it available to our customers. The firmware update will fix the following: 1. Improve network file transfer performance 2. Fix HD compatible issue 3. Fix multimedia performance issue 4. Fix some torrent files that can't be used in TS-101 Hopefully we are nearly there. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok currently I am very happy. 500Gb drives now work fine. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101
More than happy to make the sources available for everybody. You won't be able to do anything with them though because you have no way of getting in to the box (at Qnap's request). If there is a problem with the way we are doing things then please PM me. If we have to take out AlienBBC then out it comes. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20233 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok I am back in the UK. I have been with Qnap over at CeBIT over the last couple of days and I am waiting for an answer from their technical team. Currently as it stands at the moment it seems like all of the problems are being caused by incompatibilities between the HDD we have fitted and TS-101. Neither are faulty. I will make an announcement either tonight or tomorrow with regards to what we are going to do to fix the problem. We are hoping that a simple firmware fix will cure the problem but we may need to swap out the HDD's we have installed. Either way we will be controlling it from Progressive rather than directly through your reseller. I can only apologise for the fact that this has happened but please be assured that we will be fixing the issue one way or another as soon as possible. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Re: WMA Lossless I have tested the file and it doesn't play. I'll check with SD to see what is needed and if we can get it working we'll issue an update so they will play. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Sorry a amendment to the Qnap manual should have been sent out but was missed out of the initial shipment. The Qnap TS-101 comes from Qnap with out a drive. We have installed the drive and set everything up so you can just plug in and go. You do not need to go through any initial setup procedure as everything has been done already for you. You can plug your TS-101 in to any router or switch on your network as long as there is somthing on your network giving out IP address via DHCP (most routers are setup to do this). It doesn't matter if it is a wireless router or a wired router as wireless router have wired ethernet connection usually on the rear. Please ask any questions on here. Thanks Paul -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Hi Funkstar, Yes a number of our resellers are going to be selling the driveless options soon. The RRP on this product will be £179.99 inc VAT Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd. funkstar Wrote: Paul, Any plans for a driveless option? I've decided to build a RAID desktop system for my music and other storage needs, but would be interested in a 101 for some of its non-Slimserver functions. -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
They have left the building! Our next consignment will be with us next week. All we have left in stock at the moment is 160Gb versions. We will have more 500Gb versions middle of next week and we should be in free stock on all models within two weeks now all of the back orders have cleared. Many thanks to all those who have ordered and waited patiently (and to though who haven't but who have hung on in there regardless). I will be over in Germany from Saturday till the middle of next week at CeBIT but I should be picking up my emails. If anybody is having any issues or would like to ask any questions then please feel free to PM me. I need sleep - good night. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok it is all my fault now. I didn't realise that HDD's would take so long to format! Basically we are going to start shipping tomorrow. I am going to our warehouse in the morning to finish off the last remaining units of stock that need setting up to complete existing orders. I will post links to pictures of actual stock being shipped tomorrow just to prove that they are actually going out to you guys. Orders for 300Gb 400Gb TS-101's will ship first followed by 500Gb, 160Gb 200Gb orders. I hope to get them all out tomorrow though we won't have all of the tracking numbers till around 8:00pm GMT. I will be posting pictures of the light at the end of the tunnel as soon as our carriers have left the building with the stock :) Regards Paul (I never want to format another HDD in my life again) Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update
Fifer, Don't worry they will be going out tomorrow even if it kills me! Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap Ts101
Ok the wait is nearly over! Our first shipment of TS-101's is currently held in a depot at Heathrow and will be delivered to us tomorrow morning (Monday). We intend to have all back orders (end users and resellers) fulfilled on Tuesday. We will have a small amount of stock left and we will be getting our next order the week after. AlienBBC will come pre-installed on the box but does have an impact on the performance of the box. I personally have had two different streams and MP3's playing from the TS-101 at the same time and the user experience is still good. I can only apologise for the delay in getting these boxes to market but it has been out of our hands. I hope those of you who have one on order enjoy your purchase when you receive it and give it favourable reviews. If you guys want to know anything else please either post on here or PM me. Best regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd P.S. Details of the TS-401T will be posted shortly. It should be available to buy from next week - I have learn't my lesson this time ;) -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20990 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap Ts101
I wish I wish I wish - It is Windows only as far as I know. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20990 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap Ts101
Hi guys, TS-101. There have been some on eBay. Qnap could have shipped us a small amount of product before the Chinese New Year but it wouldn't have been nearly enough for us to cover the back orders so we decided to wait till after the holiday. They are due into us this week/early next week so they should be shipping soon. TS-401T. Development work has now finished and we will be ready to ship this early March. I will post details on prices etc as soon as I have them. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20990 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Qnap TS-101 Update
Ok firstly my apologies for not posting any updates on here recently. We are still recovering from the Christmas period and there just doesn't seem enough hours in the day. The current situation with the Qnap TS-101 is that the Qnap firmware is now finished and the product is ready to ship. The only problem we now have is that it is now the Chinese New Year so nothing is happening in China for the next two weeks. This product was promised to be with us mid-October 2005 as a lot of you are aware. Qnap want to make sure that this product is the best it can be for the wider audience and this has caused the delay in us launching our version running Slim Server - regardless of if you want their features or not. We are nearly there. It is looking like our shipment will now go out on the 15th February and we will ship a couple of days after they land with us. Thank you for your patience. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20393 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap server or best option
The way the script works is when there is a new release of the software there will be a Qnap version also. You drop this in the update directory that will be on the HDD and reboot the machine. An internal script will then pick up the file on reboot and install the new version of the software. Fairly straight forward and easy to do for all levels. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19024 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap server or best option
Updates and Slimserver are nothing to do with Qnap. Any updates will be made as accessable as possible. Watch this space. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19024 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: OT: Cooltopia.com
Fifer, I have already answered your questions on the Qnap NAS thread. Please feel free to PM me so we can discuss this further. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19147 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap server or best option
Hi, The current situation for the Qnap TS-101 is that we will be getting a delivery leaving them on the 20th and into us on the 23rd December. We will be shipping them as soon as we can but realisticly we aren't going to get them out for Christmas but between Christmas and the New Year. I have tried to get some units out of them early as the delay has been caused by issues with their front end software and not our installation (which is independent of their front end software) but it couldn't be worked out. We will be shipping as soon as possible and I will keep you all informed on here as to when we ship out the first units. I can only apologise for the delay but it is out of our hands. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19024 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
As Patrick and Sean have said already, they are working as fast as they can to get stock out of the door to not only us but other customers around the world. I can assure you that as soon as the stock arrives with us we prioritise every Squeezebox order regardless if it is for our trade or our end user customers. As for Audio-T, their stock will be allocated out of our next shipment. There were other orders from other customers before theirs. Our next delivery is due with us on Friday though at this moment in time we have no idea what time it will arrive. If it is early enough we will ship as much stock out as possible. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: no more SB2 in the UK?
We currently have a number of black and platinum wireless Squeezebox 2's left in stock at £199.99 with free delivery. If anybody would like to purchase one of these (or a couple) they are more than welcome to call us on 0871 871 9747 to place an order. The stock we have is available on a first come first served basis. Regrads Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18558 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: no more SB2 in the UK?
:) We didn't pay any less for these than we used to pay pre-SB3 so why should we sell them for less. People still want them over the SB3 so if you want one you know the price. We only have about 5 of each now anyway. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18558 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Very Slightly OT - Qnap
I had an update from Qnap on TS-101 this week and they hope to ship us our first delivery w/c 5/12/05. Nothing I can do about it sorry. TS-401T will be available for pre-order next week and should be availble at the same time as the TS-101. I will keep you posted with further details as soon as I have them. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18517 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slim Devices at Amazon
We do ship to Ireland, delivery is £10. You need to call us though to place the order as we don't process Irish orders online. Call us on 0871 871 9747 Thanks Paul Progressives Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18469 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Buying SB3 in the UK
Andy, Dabs.com now have white wired and wireless in stock and I am sure other retailers will be showing white stock as well now. We received a small amount of black wireless SB3 today and they were shared out evenly between everybody who had back orders with us. Not all back orders were cleared. We are expecting more next week. Importing from SD in the US is fine. The service is availble to be used. Keep in mind though if anything goes wrong you will have to send it back to the US as we won't honor the warranty on an imported product. Also the couriers tend to get quite busy this time of year with end user deliveries and tend to send out the VAT and handling charge bill after the event. Hope this helps your decision. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18434 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox in the UK
We received White SB3 late on Friday and we are due a delivery of Black SB3 early next week. We are hoping to clear all outstanding back orders by the end of next week to both our retail customers and our trade customers. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17358 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox 3 @ MPH'05 Earls Court London
Just thought I would let anybody in London know that we are exhibiting at MPH'05 at Earls Court this weekend (yes I wish we were at Erotica too) and we have a Squeezebox 3 on demonstration. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Cooltopia.com Stand MP67 -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18329 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Who is the UK distributer for SB3?
Lets be realistic here, Richer Sounds wouldn't really know what to do with it and then they would dump the price to clear stock. Hi-fi dealers like Audio-T will be a good way to drive awareness forward now we have good retail looking product. As the market grows overall with the likes of Squeezebox, Sonos and Streamium etc we can push into the likes of Currys, Dixons and Comet. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18207 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB3 in UK yet?
dabs.com have got free stock of both wired and wireless white SB3 available now. Looks like they have shipped quite a few already as well. All of the other dealers who have ordered white stock will also have received their stock today as well. www.dabs.com/squeezebox Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18010 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New From AudioFi - plug and go music server
So the computers aren't brand new then and you are just offering 12 months support warranty? Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ultra238a's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=626 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17923 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
Hi, Sorry about the delay on the info for the TS-401T. It will also be available mid-November. The unit, due to its power has a fan at the back of the unit. I think it is pretty safe to say that you wouldn't want your 4x 500Gb HDDs over heating -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anybody using the Qnap TS-101 NAS yet?
There may be an opportunity to boost the memory on the TS-101 to either 128Mb or 256Mb and we are currently looking in to this. More info as soon as I have it. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anybody using the Qnap TS-101 NAS yet?
We are hoping to have the Qnap TS-101 and TS-401T available in the US by the end of November. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anybody using the Qnap TS-101 NAS yet?
This product is designed to work out of the box as a SlimServer - so end users that don't have the Linux knowledge to perform the update can use it. Plus the TS-101 is significantly more powerful than the standard LinkStation and a lot quieter. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Anybody using the Qnap TS-101 NAS yet?
Hi, Anybody in the UK (London specifically) can come along to the Mac Expo show at Olympia today and tomorrow and see not only the Qnap TS-101 in action but a very sexy white boxed SB3 and a very sexy black boxed SB3 connected to the TS-101. The Qnap TS-101 will be shipping around mid-November. On the Cooltopia stand. Thanks Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox in the UK
Hi, Squeezebox is now available to pre-order from our retail web site www.cooltopia.com and as the guys from Slimdevices have said already we expect our first stock in the UK 1st Week November. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd scalesr1 Wrote: Hi and well done in another great product. Will your current money off for two promo run from your UK distributors as well or just from orders direct to your website? When do you expect the UK channel to have stock? Kind regards Richard Scales -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
Hi, Available from today for pre-order and delivery in November from our retail website (and many other websites throughout the day) www.cooltopia.com New Squeezebox - I don't think I need to tell you any more about this baby! We will have stock 1st week in November. Qnap TS-101 NAS - Powerful and Silent 160Gb, 200Gb, 300Gb, 400Gb 500Gb options 266Mhz PPC CPU 64Mb RAM 10/100/1000 Ethernet Interface Silent Case Design - no internal fans, the case acts as a radiator Uses fast sATA hard drives External sATA interface for extra storage 3x USB 2.0 interfaces for extra storage, USB pen drives, digital cameras and printers Optional 802.11b/g WiFi interface (available December 2005) Built-in File Station, Web Station, Photo Station Download Station software No have I forgotten any major features, h let me think? Oh yes, it runs Slimserver 6.2 out of the box - plug in and go with auto update when new versions are released. Regards Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd +---+ |Filename: TS-101.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=430| +---+ -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
:) Don't worry it will be coming today. As will the Qnap TS-401T with up to 2TB of storage out of the box and Slimserver 6.2! Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
We expect our first stock of the TS-101 and TS-401T 1st/2nd week in November. Nearly there :) Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
With reference to the 64Mb memory in the TS-101. I have had 5x Squeezeboxes streaming different MP3 files from the box without any problems. Both the web interface and the Squeezebox interface are very responsive and work quickly. FLAC files play fine also. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
The TS-101 runs a flavour of Ubuntu Linux and we are currently getting all of the plugins that we can running on the box as standard. The TS-401T is x86 based so we should have no problems running any of the plugins on that box. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New Squeezebox and Qnap TS-101 NAS in the UK
It won't be no but we can tell you how we are going to do it. I'll get you some details over as soon as I can but as you can imagine, I am a little maxed out this morning :) Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: The 'Perfect' Remote?
As it is Win.CE based then it could be made to run something like softsqueeze to act like a Sonos like controller. Only problem being that I best it will cost as much as the Sonos starter system :S Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox Spares
Replied. Paul -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: netgear low cost nas
Nice looking product but I doubt it would be powerful enough to run Slimserver well enough for most people. Plus I doubt Netgear would be willing to open it up to 3rd party applications to be run on it. Saying that I am sure it could be hacked. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: I want a Squeezebox boombox
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17185 Question: Who wants a Squeezebox Boombox? - I'm interested. - No, thanks. Has anybody had a look at the Saitek Audio A250? (www.saitekaudio.com) Nice design but uses Bluetooth 2 instead of WiFi. That would be a cool design to get the SB mainboard into. The audio side of things has been designed and tuned by Mission in the UK. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Linkstation Rescan?
Your box is using a 200/266Mhz CPU with 64Mb of memory - it ain't going to get any quicker. Just set it to run over night from the web front end at say 2:00am then you won't notice it. Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: UK Publicity: Squeezebox2 on The Gadget Show CH5
Totally agree that any publicity is good for Squeezebox - I just can't stand the guy who did the section. I have seen some of the other stuff that he has done and I always get the feeling he a bit condescending which is strange as he comes over as knowing sweet FA! Paul Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd -- ultra238a ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
