Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Volume Resetting to Zero
Redrum wrote: > Is iPeng still relevant and worth having him get? I know that Material > is not available through the apple store, but is running it through a > browser good enough for apple people? > Material runs just fine on an iPhone - it can be saved to the home screen as a shortcut (or whatever it's called), and so can appear just like an app. As a pure controller I prefer iPeng, but others may have different preferences. What really sets iPeng apart is the ability (via an in-app purchase) to use the iPhone as a player. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114431 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Volume Resetting to Zero
loz2103 wrote: > Hi all, wonder if anyone else has ever seen this before? It seems that > when I come back to my radio after not using it for a while the volume > has rest to zero. > > Firmware: 7.7.3-r16676 > LMS: 8.0.0 on Ubuntu. > > Cheers, > > Loz Join the club! https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?114230-Spontaneous-volume-reduction=1016090=1#post1016090 Mine's stopped doing it recently. I stopped using iPeng, to try and rule out one of many possible causes, and it seems to have stopped happening since then. But I know that others have experienced the problem without using iPeng. Maybe some other plugin update has happened. But posting this has reminded me to bring iPeng back (I've been missing it!). Have a look over the above thread, and let us know if you can think of any contributory factors. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114431 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] How to replace rotary encoder of volume knob
Heuer wrote: > CPC in the UK have something very similar: > https://cpc.farnell.com/alps/ec12e2420404/encoder-vertical-24-det-24ppr/dp/RE04232?st=rotaty%20encoder Farnell have the Bourns item in the Mouser link (https://uk.farnell.com/bourns/pec12r-4217f-s0024/incremental-encoder-12mm-100rpm/dp/2663531), as do RS (https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/mechanical-rotary-encoders/1675311/) EDIT: My mistake - discontinued at RS. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=108672 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Smart Radio and Squeezebox software upgradability
oldcelt wrote: > Rather like my bank. When I needed money they wouldn't lend me any: > now I have sufficient they keep offering loans to me. :) As my dad used to say: Loans and insurance, two things you can only get if you can prove you don't need them. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99027 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio would not connect to LMS 8: "Update required"
While I've got you Ralphy, what would it take to compile lame as 64 bit? Does it seem feasible to you that some if the 5x speed difference between my old Ubuntu Macbook and my 4GB RPi4 could be down to 64 bit versus 32 bit? I'm assuming that it would probably be too complicated, e.g. both versions would need to be provided because some pCP installations can't run 64 bit, and I'd guess that dependencies would also have to be available in both versions. But I won't know for sure unless I ask :) chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111938 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Squeezebox Radio would not connect to LMS 8: "Update required"
yeomanspc wrote: > I also still get the message although I have patched all 6 radios that > seem to have proliferated round the house. > Have you tried restarting LMS? I've just patched my three radios, and I still had the message in red on the Information page. Restarting LMS cleared it for me. chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111938 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] on-device configuration files
Take a look in /mnt/storage/etc/squeezeplay/userpath/settings/ All the .lua files in there are the current settings for the corresponding Applets in /usr/share/jive/applets chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=110828 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] New Squeezebox Radio
garym wrote: Once initially setup, you don't need mysb.com or even an Internet connection for local music. There's a way for skipping initial registration with mysb.com but I can't recall the steps. If you've got a Squeezebox remote control, press AND HOLD the left arrow when the MySB login screen comes up and it takes you to the home screen, from where you can set up your LMS IP address. I believe there's also a way to do this without the remote but I can't recall for sure (swipe left?). chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96188 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Upgrade SB Radio to UE Radio
Ikabob wrote: Sounds complicated to me but it's good that you have found a way to reverse the UE upgrade on an SBRadio. More importantly (IMO), can a newly purchased UERadio be downgraded to the more functional SBRadio? Wouldn't that be more applicable for adding the new UE devices to an existing Squeezebox audio system (sync, etc)? I asked the same question in a different thread (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97242-Updating-Squeezebox-Radio-to-Smart-Radiop=725422viewfull=1#post725422) and Erland correctly pointed out that manually loading the Squeezebox Radio firmware into Smart Radio hardware might conceivably stop the Smart Radio booting up. However, I wonder if this + power up feature might give some protection against this. Does this same procedure work on Smart Radio hardware, so that if the Squeezebox Radio firmware totally broke the Smart Radio it could still be restarted with the previously working Smart Radio firmware? It's going to need someone with more disposable income than me to test this :) chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96256 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Simple EQ?
garym wrote: Yep. Boom had treble and bass controls, which were nice. Agreed - a little extra bass and quite a bit of extra treble makes the Boom sound perfect IMO (that's how I've always set up every audio device - personal preference). The Radio doesn't match it I'm afraid. Does anyone know if the Boom's tone controls are implemented through hardware or software? chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=95659 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Outputting Mono Left and Right channels when synced
slartibartfast;698071 Wrote: Could that easily be changed to # If the output channels pref is set, and the player is synced to at least 1 other active player (with output channels pref set) # we tell the player to only play the desired channel. If not actively synced, the player will play # in stereo. I agree that this mode seems sensible, and I'd support such a change. I have a 'floating' radio that I sometimes take out to the garden (usually synced with the rest of the ground floor) and for the rest of the time it forms a stereo pair with another radio in the bedroom. I only set it up as part of the stereo pair last weekend, but It works surprisingly well. I haven't yet had to go through the setup to put it back to stand-alone stereo, but it would definitely be more convenient if the built-in logic could handle the change automatically. -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=94093 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Is it right for kids?
JJZolx;690245 Wrote: For audio books, also not great, since it doesn't remember your place in the book/chapter unless you pause and resume. A CD player is no better, though. There is the Bookmarks plugin, which ought to be able to help with this, but I'm struggling to find out how to use it. I've got it installed and active, but there are no 'settings', and I can't find out how to invoke it for a particular track. This seems to suggest it might be automatic (eg. it remembers the position for the last ten tracks played), but I've just checked to see if some of my recently played tracks resume at the same point, and they don't. Anyone know how this plugin is supposed to work? Does it not like my full CD FLAC files perhaps? -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93574 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Weird alarm behaviour
Just chiming in here with another similar tale. I've had a radio for two or three months and the alarm has been totally reliable from day one. Nevertheless I'd read so many scare stories on here that I've had a backup alarm on another device, set 15 minutes behind the SBR. For the last couple of mornings my SBR alarm has failed me - same symptoms as others have reported: late, loud, wrong music. Obviously, first thing in the morning isn't the time to try and troubleshoot these things, but in fact the cause was simple. The radio station I use has changed it's format. Strangely my SB devices still seem to connect to the old stream, but they seem to be playing silence. So in fact the SBR seems quite intelligent in this case - it seems to detect that what it's playing is silent and then play something else to wake me up. -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93038 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Adding a 'digital out' to the Radio?
I've taken a few photos of what seems to be the relevant area of the main board. Not easy with the transformer hanging directly above. I've also included a photo of the reverse of the circuit board in this area - there isn't much sign of the DAC connections on the reverse, so I've marked the approximate area. I'll not be able to take this any further on my own, but if anyone out there can give some tips I'm a willing guinea pig. +---+ |Filename: Close-up2_c.jpg | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=12976| +---+ -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93125 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Adding a 'digital out' to the Radio?
Had a quick look at the circuit board this morning. Disassembly to the point where you can see the circuit board as shown in the photo linked above is easy, but getting access to the other side will take some time as there are quite a few tight screws holding the circuit board to the fascia, and of course a couple of knobs to prise off. After typing a few IC part numbers into Google I don't think I found the DAC. The interesting area for this discussion appears to be the area that is partially obscured in the linked photo by the small board carrying the ethernet socket and the line-in socket. The chip visible just below and to the left of that small board seems to be the Class-D amplifier, and the white socket below that on the left edge of the board is the speaker connection. Completely obscured by the small ethernet board in that photo is another chip, and although I didn't find an exact match for the part number it appears to be audio related. It is physically close to the headphone socket, which is the protrusion at the top edge of the main board. I'll take some photos and post part numbers when I get longer to play with this. -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93125 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
[SlimDevices: Radio] Adding a 'digital out' to the Radio?
With the Radio currently selling for £100 on Amazon UK (and with the intermittent batches of £135 Touches seeming to have dried up), the Radio is by far the cheapest Squeezebox available. So it's just an idle thought really, but has anyone been able to add a digital output to the Radio? I wouldn't know where to start in analysing the circuit board, but I'm reasonably handy with a soldering iron so if someone has looked into this already I might be tempted to convert my radio to a really cheap Squeezebox transport. Are there pictures of the Radio's internals somewhere? -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93125 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Large knob, small knob
TopGeek;684911 Wrote: I think the large knob is mainly used for the selection of menu items such as character selection when doing a search or station selection when the list can be very long. It is then easier to 'spin' the large knob to cover a large list at speed. Isn't it the other way round? Doesn't a large knob give you slower, but finer, control, whereas a small knob gives you a faster response? I can't believe I actually wrote that. -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93064 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio vs Squeezebox v1 WiFi Settings
Mark Does your router/access point offer the option of a 'guest network'. The idea behind them is, I think, to allow you to give a password to your visitors without giving them access to your main network, and you can sometimes configure whether devices on this guest network are allowed to see the rest of your network hardware. This might be one way to create a different wifi zone with different security settings. Failing that (bearing in mind I haven't tried to confirm your findings yet) you could always add another cheap wifi access point just for your early Squeezeboxes. You could probably add MAC address filtering to that zone, so that only those Squeezeboxes can attach, and then use better password protection on the other (main) zone. -- chill chill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10839 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=92817 ___ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
