However, the press-and-hold PLAY is handled by the SavePlaylist plugin,
which also needs to be enabled.
I never stop learning about SlimServer :-)
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Mark Lanctot;160040 Wrote:
Yes, the original one or the backlit one:
https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi
Dunno if the cute girl on the left hand-delivers it. ;-)
She appears to be holding a Sony Remote so I guess she doesn't work at
Slim...
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seanadams;159972 Wrote:
Please note that the black SB3 remote is not backlit, only
Transporter's.
However, you can order a backlit remote by itself from our accessories
page:
https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/upgrades.cgi
Getting a bit confused, does the black SB3 come with a
ob_kook - I think your problem may be much simpler than Linzer is
suggesting. I think I have the same symptoms as you - on starting
slimserver from the tray icon, two things are kicked off: slimserver is
started, and a browser is fired up to connect to it. However slimserver
is just a little too
It could be mutual interference, between the 2 wireless access points.
Are they on the same channel?
Set the channels as far apart as possible. There are a number of posts
on here showing channel plans.
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Actually there is only a wireless version of the new All-Black
Squeezebox.
Will there be also the wired one ?
When ?
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She appears to be holding a Sony Remote so I guess she doesn't work at
Slim...
In fact she's working for German TV station ARD: http://www.ard.de/ (on
the left).
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ob_kook;160028 Wrote:
This led me to believe that perhaps the issue was in the wireless
transfer between the WRT54G and the WAP54G, so I ran a cable to connect
them (previously they were also wirelessly connected).
To test it, I disabled the wireless broadcasting upstairs and only used
does this
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25389page=3highlight=plugin+playlist
help?
Ceejay
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Hi,
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
JJZolx[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What do the numbered ARTIST[1], ARSTISTSORT[1], etc. signify?
The artist for each track (these are single album FLAC files, as I mentioned
in my first post)
The problem may be the ALBUMARTIST tag. Try removing it.
ceejay;160080 Wrote:
I for one am really confused about what you are trying to do with the
Wireless Access Point. Normally this would be used WIRED back to your
router and then broadcasting wireless from its location.
It may also have a wireless repeater mode where you can use it to
Hi,
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Andy Hawkins[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, done a bit of digging.
The problem may be the ALBUMARTIST tag. Try removing it. You would
think that SlimServer adding (or updating) this artist in the database
wouldn't override the sort string
Ramage;160078 Wrote:
It could be mutual interference, between the 2 wireless access points.
Are they on the same channel?
Set the channels as far apart as possible. There are a number of posts
on here showing channel plans.
Sometimes using different channels can actually cause trouble.
One more question. Is the new remote in any way BETTER or it is just
COSMETIC changes?
Thanks
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Yes, I did conduct a site suvey with NetStumbler and chose channels
which were not in use. There are quite a few wireless networks in my
neighborhood that are in range of my house, although not very strong.
I think that from where the SB sits, it has relatively strong reception
to either access
Hi, my first post here after getting my SB3 last week from
Broadbandbuyer.co.uk.
Mine came with the new Transporter-style (non-backlit) remote. It looks
much better than the original one which had been criticised in some
reviews for looking a little cheap.
The only difference I can see to the
ob_kook;160092 Wrote:
Why should one use channels 1,6 or 11?
Frequency ranges for various 802.11b channels [GHz]:
1 2.401 - 2.423
2 2.404 - 2.428
3 2.411 - 2.433
4 2.416 - 2.438
5 2.421 - 2.443
6 2.426 - 2.448
7 2.431 - 2.453
8 2.436 - 2.458
9 2.441 - 2.463
10 2.446 - 2.468
11 2.451
Chippy;160064 Wrote:
Thanks Sean. Unfortunately, shipping to the UK is almost the same price
as the remote. I guess I'll have to wait for a supplier to stock them
in the UK.
cheers
Chippy
Indeed, plus knowing my luck the tax man will want to ass rape me with
tax on it :(
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I ordered one direct from Slim Devices to the UK and it came to just
under £29 with no extra duty to pay on delivery.
It looks nearly identical to the remote that came with my new SB3 but
that one definately isn't backlit and the buttons appear slightly
different as I guess the backlit one uses
There are some ideas here, which is good, I'm glad to see soem interest.
But maybe I need to clarify some things to make what I am really
looking for more clear.
Like I said before, this is for my parents. My parents aren't computer
savvy, therefore I am the family IT manager. I want a minimum
From my previous post:
plink1;160025 Wrote:
I just had the same problem with Windows XP and Slimserver, and began
looking at anything that might do something funky with network
connections. I uninstalled the AOL 9.0 that came with my PC but still
no luck. Then I shut down (but didn't
All the UK suppliers of Squeezebox are showing out of stock,
pre-order etc etc...
Is this just a pre-xmas rush or something more sinister? I remember a
temporary hitch with the Audiotron, more expected soon. Next thing
the product has been discontinued...
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Didn't he vanish around the same time that guy with the appendage-size
issues was inviting us all to go meet him on his yacht off south
america? Hmmm
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I believe the new black SB3 is a different model. The one you get will
depend on what you ordered.
https://secure.slimdevices.com/order/index.cgi?
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This is OT, but there are a number of Rhapsody users on here and I just
wanted to make mention of an amazing new web-based front-end for
Rhapsody subscribers:
http://www.yottamusic.com
It fixes a lot of the limitations of the official rhapsody front-end
(like slowness, ugliness, and the
Hi,
Is anyone using the SB3 with an Arcam Solo?
It's just that I'm thinking of getting the Solo and am wondering if
anyone has any comments (positive or otherwise) on running same with an
SB3.
Thanks
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Squirrel wrote:
All the UK suppliers of Squeezebox are showing out of stock,
pre-order etc etc...
Is this just a pre-xmas rush or something more sinister?
Sinister? The last time this happened with SD, it was because there was
a new hardware revision in the pipeline.
Given the timing
radish wrote:
Didn't he vanish around the same time that guy with the appendage-size
issues was inviting us all to go meet him on his yacht off south
america? Hmmm
Or is he nose to the grindstone putting the final polish on some new
Slimmie Goodness?
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Perfect. That's exactly what I was looking for.
Thanks ceejay!
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Just for reference, www.localhost.com almost certainly won't exist on
your machine.
Localhost as a hostname only exists as it's in your hosts file,
stored in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc ,IIRC.
so resolving http://www.localhost.com with or without :9000 won't get
you anywhere, whereas
recently i upgraded to 6.5 with much success. however i did notice
today that the browse music folder seems to be missing. did this get
removed in 6.5 or do i need to do something special to have that option
available in the remote. i checked the menu options for the player but
i dont even see
Why would Slim (Logitech) advertise a new, cosmetically changed SB3 if
they were about to discontinue the line?
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ron thigpen;160136 Wrote:
Sinister? The last time this happened with SD, it was because there
was a new hardware revision in the pipeline.
I thought it was more due to changes in law about acceptable materials
in consumer electronics devices. (I can't remember the law name, but
I'm not in
Foobar: Yes, I had thought of that. But my library is all whole-album
flacs so playlist entries look like this:
Code:
#EXTINF:-1,Missa prolationum - 1 Kyrie I
Quoting snarlydwarf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
ron thigpen;160136 Wrote:
Sinister? The last time this happened with SD, it was because there
was a new hardware revision in the pipeline.
I thought it was more due to changes in law about acceptable materials
in consumer electronics devices. (I
It's a submenu under Browse now.
-s.
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On 12/6/06, vain4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
recently i upgraded to 6.5 with much success. however i did notice
today that the browse music folder seems to be missing. did this get
removed in 6.5 or do i need to do something special to have that option
available in the remote. i checked the
4mula1;160103 Wrote:
There are some ideas here, which is good, I'm glad to see soem interest.
But maybe I need to clarify some things to make what I am really
looking for more clear.
Ok, maybe it needs to be explicitly stated: The capability that you're
looking for does not exist in
The most likely scenario is that his PC/slimserver have been wrongly
configured. If 'localhost' is unknown on the machine, helpful modern
browsers will try adding 'www.' and '.com' around the word you typed in
the address bar and try and resolve that. Since the loopback address
127.0.0.1 (what
Sounds like it could be a variation of this bug that I filed a while
back. It seems to have been fixed for me, but maybe it has something
to do with multi-track FLAC tagging.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3069
Then again, I don't tag albums with an ALBUMARTIST field unless it
DoomWolf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The only difference I can see to the original remote (looking at the
picture in the manual - that needs updating!) is a slightly different
button layout and the addition of a 'sleep' button. It's a very nice
remote to use and looks really good in shiny
Greg Klanderman;160171 Wrote:
To have gone to the trouble of redesigning the remote and not have
added some sort of knob/roller/spinner to let you traverse lists
faster is really unfortunate..
If you've used the knob on the Transporter, you'll realize that it does
anything but let you
i didn't see it as a submenu under browse and i don't see it in the
settings menu either. maybe i should try 6.5.1?
is there a way i can get the music folder back in 6.5 without
installing 6.5.1 evrything seems to be fine other than that menu item
missing.
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vain4;160174 Wrote:
i didn't see it as a submenu under browse and i don't see it in the
settings menu either. maybe i should try 6.5.1?
is there a way i can get the music folder back in 6.5 without
installing 6.5.1 evrything seems to be fine other than that menu item
missing.I am running
Hi,
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
JJZolx[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sounds like it could be a variation of this bug that I filed a while
back. It seems to have been fixed for me, but maybe it has something
to do with multi-track FLAC tagging.
JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you've used the knob on the Transporter, you'll realize that it does
anything but let you traverse lists faster. Using the buttons on the
remote is much faster.
Hmm, that'd be even more unfortunate to have shelled out $2k
and the knob's not even useful.
'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en).
You'll need it sooner or later.
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I've just called customer service and asked to buy 2 new black plates (I
have to sb3 with silver ones I want to change). The representative
checked it and told me it's impossible.
I think quite a few people want to change plates (in my case all my
components are in black). May be if it's going
Quoting Greg Klanderman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If you've used the knob on the Transporter, you'll realize that it does
anything but let you traverse lists faster. Using the buttons on the
remote is much faster.
Hmm, that'd be even more unfortunate to have
JJZolx;160173 Wrote:
If you've used the knob on the Transporter, you'll realize that it does
anything but let you traverse lists faster. Using the buttons on the
remote is much faster.
Why do you say that? I don't use the knob much myself but that's
because I'm not standing next to it very
4mula1;160103 Wrote:
There are some ideas here, which is good, I'm glad to see soem interest.
But maybe I need to clarify some things to make what I am really
looking for more clear.
Like I said before, this is for my parents. My parents aren't computer
savvy, therefore I am the family
kdf;160152 Wrote:
I believe you are thinking of:
RoHS, Restriction of Harmful Substances
And if you make products that ship around the world, you will have to
worry about it and all the new variations cropping up all over
Yeah, that is it. That is what the last shortage in the UK
Quoting snarlydwarf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It is probably especially annoying when you have to keep differing
stocks for differing markets, making inventory management far more
complex.
Thankfully, good planning means you don't have to. Many manufacturers
have already converted their own
richidoo;159296 Wrote:
I found this interesting:
http://ezinearticles.com/?Internet-Radio-Broadcasting---About-Bitratesid=231665
Umm:
The highest bitrate recommended to stream music to broadband listeners
is 128kbs. Why? Music cd's are recorded at 128kbs. Any streaming above
this bitrate
azinck3;160190 Wrote:
They have a dynamic IP so you can't use IP filtering, but you can at
least protect your web interface via a password. If you feel that you
need more security than this you can setup an SSH tunnel, as was
previously mentioned (though this would require them to have a
snarlydwarf;160205 Wrote:
Or if you are running Linux on your server, use something like knockd,
and have them knock on your server, which will open things up for
them and only them.
A bit trickier to set up, and I don't know of a knock client for
windows, but something like that should
On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 10:54:09 -0800, sl789
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I've just called customer service and asked to buy 2 new black plates (I
have to sb3 with silver ones I want to change). The representative
checked it and told me it's impossible.
I think quite a few people want to change
Mark,
Good point. I guess that just goes to show that you should never
believe anything you read on the internet. Including, of course, this
forum :)
Ceejay
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On Wed, 6 Dec 2006 11:34:02 -0800, erland
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
snarlydwarf;160205 Wrote:
Or if you are running Linux on your server, use something like knockd,
and have them knock on your server, which will open things up for
them and only them.
A bit trickier to set up, and I
Mark Lanctot;160202 Wrote:
Umm:
Music CDs are recorded at 1411 kbps. 1411 kbps 128 kbps...
It's not a fair comparison, since the 128k stream is MP3 encoded
whereas the 1411 stream is uncompressed. For example, you could stream
a CD at about half that bitrate (e.g. 705 kbps or so) using FLAC
On Wed, 06 Dec 2006 11:08:58 -0800, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED]
said:
Quoting snarlydwarf
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It is probably especially annoying when you have to keep differing
stocks for differing markets, making inventory management far more
complex.
Thankfully, good planning means you
Michael Herger's plugins.
Biography Screensaver
Album Review Screensaver
MusicInfo errr... thingy
Plus of course the unbeatable AlienBBC (now all we need is the BBC to
buy more bandwidth)
and I'll second MP3Tag... and a short mention for EAC with flac.
Other than that... well BitTorrent is
The article clearly states that CDs are recorded at 128kbps. This is
false. End of story, the article is wrong. Now you may think their
intention was to say that CDs are recorded at a sound quality level
which is equivalent to 128kbps MP3, but that's not what they said (and,
anyway, is also
Michael Herger wrote:
IP restrictions are perfectly secure in practice (and faster as well).
...except if your ISP changes your IP every day.
Change you ISP, that'll teach 'm...
But you're right. Whitelisting IPs on the router requires static IP's on
both sides, or DynDNS on one side and a
tin isn't biodegradeable.
The majority of electronics parts are RoHS compliant simply by
changing the material they coat the packaging with. Cases of tin/lead
are simply tin. gold is ok. Mercury isn't a longevity granting
compound either. RoHS only covers products where the materials in
wduncan;159245 Wrote:
I upgraded to the current nightly release last night and it fixed some
issues but introduced a bad new one: on 75% of the songs, slimserver
(or the device firmware - the behavoir is the same on all devices)
skips the last 1-15 seconds of the song and goes on to the next
...except if your ISP changes your IP every day.
Change you ISP, that'll teach 'm...
In Switzerland this is still standard. You don't have to change, though,
but only to pay. Almost all of them offer fixed addresses for a little
more money...
SSH is a hassle on Windows platfoms IMHO,
vain4;160174 Wrote:
i didn't see it as a submenu under browse and i don't see it in the
settings menu either. maybe i should try 6.5.1?
is there a way i can get the music folder back in 6.5 without
installing 6.5.1 evrything seems to be fine other than that menu item
missing.
make sure
kdf;160203 Wrote:
Granted, it does make it harder for the electronics hobbyist. Reworking
lead-free solder takes a bit more effort.
Amen to that. Lead-free solder is a bitch to work with. It needs much
higher temperatures, with consequently increased danger of frying the
components you're
I would buy at least three faceplates if they were available. I really
wanted all black. I think that someone had actually had theirs anodized
black in one of the threads a while back.
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fred7;160236 Wrote:
I would buy at least three faceplates if they were available. I really
wanted all black. I think that someone had actually had theirs anodized
black in one of the threads a while back.
Yes. Here's the thread: 'Black Faceplate'
It seems to be my ZoneAlarm firewall. If I stop it, all is fine,
re-start it and the HTTP messages shortly re-appear.
Anyone else using this firewall ? What settings could I alter ?
I've tried altering the privacy levels but it makes no difference.
Regards
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You are correct.
I tried playing around with that and it now randomly selects songs and
artists.
Thanks:)
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caldvd;159916 Wrote:
Another theory is that my system has been on for a week and it just
needs to be rebooted. But it worked for days and days and no problems
until after I played the internet radio?
Try rebooting the router only.
I remember reading some posts where there was suspicion
Thank you for doing the dirty work sl789.
I want a black faceplate for myself as well.
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oreillymj;159901 Wrote:
Personally I don't like the idea of turning my house into a Microwave.
It'll be interesting to see the long term effects of people living in
houses with 2.4Ghz transmitters running 24/7.
Eeep. That'd be me.
However I have not increased the signal strength beyond the
First, DMR: Great idea. I DID have crossfade set in iTunes and, having
unchecked it, I'm now having slimserver rebuild it's db, but I'll bet
anything your right and that will be it. It'll take awhile to rebuild
this 60 gig db, but I'll post my results when I try it.
And M3Rocket: Thanks.
See: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4384
I was also using 6.5 without this problem until I upgraded to the 12/1
nightly build to fix another problem.
So I wouldn't waste a lot of time fixing your network until this bug is
fixed.
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Just for interest, what was it set to initially and then what did you
set it to ?
I have Mix Style set to 175, Mix Variety set to 3 and Genre to no.
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Having upgraded to the 12/6 version of slimserver and unchecked
crossfade in iTunes, the system still skips the last 8-10 seconds of
all songs.
But the behavoir is different now: the skip used to vary between 5 and
15 seconds. And it starts the next song immediately instead of leaving
a gap.
I'm going to jump back in with a question. Can MP3Tag add/edit TSOP and
TSOA tags? They're Performer and Album sort strings. I have not found
any info yet on what tagger programs can actually add/edit these tags.
The interface for MP3Tag looked decent, unfortunately I no longer use a
Windows
wduncan;160279 Wrote:
Makes the system useless. Guess the only choice is to go back to an
earlier version.
I have two SB3's at home, but I use SoftSqueeze at work the most. And
this has essentially made everything since 6.5.1 b10207 useless for me!
We're now at b10879 and nearly two months
wduncan;160266 Wrote:
See: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4384
I was also using 6.5 without this problem until I upgraded to the 12/1
nightly build to fix another problem.
So I wouldn't waste a lot of time fixing your network until this bug is
fixed.
I wish this were the
it's so aggrivating... I'll keep fooling with it too, but you
shouldn't have to be a techie to listen to your music...
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MelonMonkey;160291 Wrote:
I'm going to jump back in with a question. Can MP3Tag add/edit TSOP and
TSOA tags? They're Performer and Album sort strings. I have not found
any info yet on what tagger programs can actually add/edit these tags.
The interface for MP3Tag looked decent,
caldvd;160295 Wrote:
I wish this were the case, however, this bug happens to address
Softsqueeze, and not SqueezeBox. It also deals with FLAC files, and
clipping at the end of a file.
Read it again--it affects the SB3 as well, and basically, any MP3
stream, or FLAC transcoded to MP3
I too rip to Apple Lossless and use SlimServer 6.5.1
SlimServer_6.5_v2006-12-03 and it doesn't skip the last few seconds.
I have never used crossfade in iTunes though. Maybe that affects the
rip.
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You also get the new remote. I don't care for the new remote. I've had
my two at home for a year now and so used to the remote that I can
hardly handle the one at work. I'm apt to email support or sales in the
coming weeks and ask about availability of the old remote. At least for
personal use.
really at my wit's end here. Been using SB2 since first came out (early
adopter) with Mac G5 (10.4.8), wired ethernet connection via plug-in
dlan adaptor to linksys modem/router. Been working perfectly for 12-18
months. No probs at all. Since moved to 6.5 update, SB2 no longer
picks up DHCP
notanatheist wrote:
You also get the new remote. I don't care for the new remote. I've had
my two at home for a year now and so used to the remote that I can
hardly handle the one at work. I'm apt to email support or sales in the
coming weeks and ask about availability of the old remote. At
In my case, it fixed the problem in Itunes, and I had assumed that the
problem would be resolved with my SB3. I still am having difficulties,
although not as severe. The cut off is less and in certain instances,
only the gap is cut. I did not do a database rebuild, though. I will
try that
DMR NYC;160328 Wrote:
I had brought this to the attn of Slimserver support staff, but they
said that they hadn't heard of this problem, and they couldn't
replicate it.
This is very odd. I've had a long running correspondence with Kevin
Pearsall (who may be the head of the support team),
Very quick one... I have a problem with wireless bridging, if only I
could search for 'wireless' _and_ 'bridge' on this forum and not what
seems to be happening '_or_'.
Is it me, or is keyword _and_ search not possible here?
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Hi all,
Surely I must be doing something wrong here, I just cannot get the
wireless bridge mode of the SB2 to work... how hard can it be?
The situation is this:
Linux Box (LB1) in Study, running Slimserver 6.5 (this box is also DHCP
server, runs broadband gateway, etc).
D-Link DI-524 in Study
Try searching via gmane. Here are the various archived groups. Select
one, and do your search:
http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=slimdevices
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Related?
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4557
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3660
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http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4557
Don't think so... doesn't appear to pass any packets ever.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3660
Don't think so... doesn't matter whether the packets are DHCP or
otherwise. Setting the IP address of LB2 manually didn't have any
My slim device no longer shows browse-Browse Folders option when i
select the current server. Everything was the same. was their recently
within the last day an update to the firmware ?
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Since moved to 6.5 update, SB2 no longer
picks up DHCP or works with static IP on this old setup.
You should try a factory reset: unplug your SB2, press and hold down the
ADD button on the remote while you plug it in again. This will wipe all
settings but often fixes connection problems.
My slim device no longer shows browse-Browse Folders option when i
select the current server. Everything was the same. was their recently
within the last day an update to the firmware ?
You should know best whether you've installed it or not. Are you using
iTunes? Did you set a music folder
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