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goxboxlive;334823 Wrote: So it has a IR-emitter. Maybe in the future we will be able to control other HiFi equipment, such as amplifiers and cd players. No reason it can't, the IR emitter works just fine. In fact there is a test applet to use the emitter to control an older SB player. In

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Hi. Inside the duet in front of he battery there is a slot. It looks like it is a slot for a SD memory card. Why is it there? Is it a memory SD slot? Why do we need it for? -- goxboxlive goxboxlive's Profile:

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It's a SD memory card slot, indeed. I think I've read somewhere that it was mainly used during the beta testing for dumping logs of the controller. For now, the only use you can make of it is for flashing the controller's programmable memory (think firmware upgrade). But, like the still unused

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goxboxlive;334793 Wrote: Hi. Inside the duet in front of he battery there is a slot. It looks like it is a slot for a SD memory card. Why is it there? Is it a memory SD slot? Why do we need it for? My brother is a tech journalist and when he interviewed one of the top Logitech executives in

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sebp wrote: It's a SD memory card slot, indeed. But, like the still unused IR-emitter and headphone socket, lots of things could happen with this ... The Controller software is open source, a smart programmer could invent something cool. -- Pat Farrell http://www.pfarrell.com/

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Ok i c. Thanks for answer. So it has a IR-emitter. Maybe in the future we will be able to control other HiFi equipment, such as amplifiers and cd players. I really enjoy the squeezebox, but is there any way i can make it have static signal on the digital out? I like to control my volume via

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Pokersut;334811 Wrote: There is software somewhere on the net that will activate the mini-jack - the reason it has not been oficially implemented is that the sound quality is not up to standards. SqueezePlay, the software which runs on the SBC, is going to get audio playback. Take a look

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Both the SB3 and the SBR are limited to 48 kHz due to the limitation in computing power of its CPU, even though the DACs are capable of it. The Transporter's CPU is clocked higher and does not have this limitation, it can play 24/96 and a beta firmware can play 24/88.2. -- Mark Lanctot

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Hi, From a table somewhere on the site, we can see the following : - SB3 - Burr-Brown PCM1748 which is a 24-bit 96 KHz (max) converter - SBR - Wolfson WM8501 which is a 24-bit 192 KHz (max) converter Now, at 44.1 KHz (CD type sampling), we get from the Datasheets : Dynamic Range : - PCM1748 -

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Somewhere in this thread it is written that the DAC in receiver handles high-rez. Is it the not possible to use digital out from the receiver to deliver the signal to an extern DAC which is compatible with 24bit/96KHz, and thus be able to play high-rez with this setup -- nicoleif

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rsilvers;282805 Wrote: In any case, please enable the headphone jack! Someone posted over 10 pages ago this would not be useful as the remote was larger than most portable music players. I don't see what that has to do with anything since it only works at home anyway and you will not be

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I have two Duets now as a few hours after trying the first one I ordered another. I love how the controller wakes up just by moving it plus all the expected features. It took me a few hours to get it set up because at first I had the receiver wired into Ethernet and did not know to select

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Lot's of folks up-in-arms about the Controller... This post from Mike is the first one to mention ALL the capabilities. In fact, the slimdevices web site does NOT have any information about the Controller having the Wolfson DAC. With the DAC, the Controller now goes way beyond a controller.

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gcrashpdx;260780 Wrote: It would be wise to either correct Mike's post, or correct this significant omission of the technical specs on the web site. Gary No, it would be very -unwise-. The DAC wont be used when the controller goes on sale, it will be inactive. It probably will be used in

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Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. -- bpa

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On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. It's true, you can plug headphones

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One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this

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dean, you missed a good job here, sounds like you would have been qualified:-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7198512.stm dean blackketter;260844 Wrote: On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this

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On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:20 PM, smc2911 wrote: One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? When the Receiver comes out of the box it's waiting to be set up. First, you set up the Controller to connect to the

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Thanks. I suspect I'll be trying it myself very soon... -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805

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A video from CES http://www.youtube.com/v/BndSBIM3ZHc on the duet and the other new Logitech gadgets. Frank -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SlimServer

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My current Slimserver 6.5.4 and SB3 can show Traditional Chinese chracters without any problem (Windowns XP Traditional Chinese Version), can duet controller show Traditional Chinese chracters without any issue? -- theta

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On Jan 15, 2008, at 5:09 PM, theta wrote: My current Slimserver 6.5.4 and SB3 can show Traditional Chinese chracters without any problem (Windowns XP Traditional Chinese Version), can duet controller show Traditional Chinese chracters without any issue? The initial release of the software

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bklaas;257049 Wrote: I've yet to ever get my grubby hands on one, but check out the PepperPad http://pepperpad.com . Does everything (in theory) that the Nokia does, on an x86 platform, similar form factor, PLUS it's got IR. Same screen size as the Nokia, so the Nokia770 skin should give

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dean blackketter;256445 Wrote: On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:41 AM, 4mula1 wrote: It seems Logitech might've been very close to indeed making a portable Squeezebox. From the pictures of the controller it doesn't look like it has an accessory connector at the bottom between the charging

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PaulR;256702 Wrote: What connectivity is included on the cradle? For example, is there a line-out socket? Thanks. Unless the cradle is different to the Hardware Beta (which i don't think it is) the cradle is purely for charging. Speaker docks etc. are all possible in the future, but that

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tyler_durden;255347 Wrote: As for use as a portable player... hmmm. Maybe for use around the house, but certainly not for outside. I can see an application for it as a stand-alone internet radio receiver, but don't expect the battery to last more than a couple hours as long as the wi-fi

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Balthazar_B;256963 Wrote: Maybe some enterprising soul will come up with a solution that takes the juice from a tiny solar panel and feeds it to the receiver when outdoors... Hmmm...Freeplay... -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what

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In the Logitech booth at CES, the Duet setup I saw was connected to a home theater system, yet the Controller couldn't even switch the A/V receiver to the correct input. (The Controller cannot control devices other than Receiver/Squeezebox/Transporter, despite having an IR output.) It seems odd

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bklaas;257017 Wrote: Not exactly true. I've been controlling my amp via the Controller and Felix's fantastic IRBlaster plugin for months now. Works great. My amp remote has been in a drawer since November, and haven't needed it once. #!/ben Presumably you were using the Controller

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TiredLegs;257026 Wrote: Presumably you were using the Controller with an SB3. In the Duet system on display at CES, the Receiver had no way to output IR. Today, I can control an entire home theater system, including an SB3, from a single universal remote control. The Duet system I saw

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By the way Ben, I have a Nokia N800 which I occasionally use with your skin (thank you very much for creating it). But, for the purposes of controlling an entire home theater system, the N800 has the same basic constraints as the Controller, in that it doesn't make for a suitable universal

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bklaas;257049 Wrote: I've yet to ever get my grubby hands on one, but check out the PepperPad http://pepperpad.com. Does everything (in theory) that the Nokia does, on an x86 platform, similar form factor, PLUS it's got IR. Same screen size as the Nokia, so the Nokia770 skin should give

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I read the first 15 pages of this thread (and searched it) and didn't see this addressed, so pardon me if it is but... Is the battery removable and/or user replaceable? If the controller battery is not removable, what type of charger does it use? What are music access options while the

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downtime;257057 Wrote: I read the first 15 pages of this thread (and searched it) and didn't see this addressed, so pardon me if it is but... Is the battery removable and/or user replaceable? If the controller battery is not removable, what type of charger does it use? What are music

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TiredLegs;257009 Wrote: In the Logitech booth at CES, the Duet setup I saw was connected to a home theater system, yet the Controller couldn't even switch the A/V receiver to the correct input. (The Controller cannot control devices other than Receiver/Squeezebox/Transporter, despite having

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Mark Lanctot;256068 Wrote: ... It's interesting to note that Logitech SMS does closely listen to requests on this forum, the graphical wifi remote and the headless SB have been requested for ~2 years. Thanks for noticing! There is an awful lot of the community's input in both Duet and in

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NFLnut;2562390 You have, IMO way overpriced the controller and using Sonos prices of their products is a serious mistake in determining the price of YOURS. You may have no problems selling that $300 remote to your Transporter customers, but I doubt that you will sell many to your Squeezebox

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To whom it may concern: You've got a couple of typos on the Squeezebox Controller and Squeezebox Receiver links on the right hand side of this page: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html Thought you'd like to know! -- jeebers

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Regarding the price, while i dont fully understand why the SBC its so much more expensive than the SBR (other than logitech's product strategy), lets not get too hung up on it - we should all know by now that manufactures RRP is not often actually what you end up paying - and this is especially

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Also regarding the lack of working headphone on release - could it not be that this is partly because logitech dont actually want the controller to be perceived as a portable squeezebox that can control other SB's, rather than a brilliant controller that can also play music? The latter is better

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You've got a couple of typos on the Squeezebox Controller and Squeezebox Receiver links on the right hand side of this page: http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_overview.html Thanks! -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

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Also regarding the lack of working headphone on release - could it not be that this is partly because logitech dont actually want the controller to be perceived as a portable squeezebox, Unlikely since there is still optimisation development ongoing. Even when that is finished there

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The only reason I might want a working speaker/speaker plug and support for streamed music in the Controller is to sample tracks from my library as build Dynamic Playlists. -- tamanaco tamanaco's Profile:

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It seems Logitech might've been very close to indeed making a portable Squeezebox. From the pictures of the controller it doesn't look like it has an accessory connector at the bottom between the charging pins, which is a shame, because a set of powered speakers that the controller could plug

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dean blackketter wrote: Some news from CES: Squeezebox Duet won a CES Innovations 2008 award. Details here: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/172/4177cl=us,en Congratulations! Also, according to this (http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/? tag=ces2008_rnav) in the Home Audio category

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From the pictures of the controller it doesn't look like it has an accessory connector at the bottom between the charging pins In another post, it was said the photos were taken months ago using mockups and LCD displayed was simulated so don't make assumptions based on the press photos.

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Expansion port of the beta controller has an audio in ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805

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tamanaco;256374 Wrote: The only reason I might want a working speaker/speaker plug and support for streamed music in the Controller is to sample tracks from my library as build Dynamic Playlists. Shame it hasn't got a microphone for voice control, VoIP calling and so on. I was always very

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The port on the bottom is there but it's covered by a rubber plug. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805

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mortslim wrote: It is my understanding that the squeezenetwork interface and the slimserver interface will shortly both be retired and be updated to the new squeezecenter interface which is supposed to be a unified interface to control your squeezebox. It is also my understanding that the new

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autopilot wrote: Also regarding the lack of working headphone on release - could it not be that this is partly because logitech dont actually want the controller to be perceived as a portable squeezebox that can control other SB's, rather than a brilliant controller that can also play music?

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dean blackketter wrote: On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Mark Lanctot wrote: konut;255304 Wrote: Am I corect in assuming that a router isn't needed? That the controller can connect directly to my laptops WiFi? I believe that a router isn't needed in that the controller can

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NFLnut wrote: mvalera;254763 Wrote: Enoch the price is the price. If you don't feel it's worth the money we're asking, then you can feel free to vote with your wallet. It's smaller, faster, cheaper and has more functionality than our competitor's controller. We feel that we have

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Nostromo wrote: NFLnut;256222 Wrote: I thought it DIDN'T have a headphone jack! Now I'm confused. What would be the point of the Controller having a DAC otherwise? For playing sound effects? I think even my microwave has a DAC... ;) Regards, Peter

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bpa;256385 Wrote: Expansion port of the beta controller has an audio in but maybe not enough CPU to do recognition and control. Call phones do it with much slower CPUs... -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile:

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On 9-Jan-08, at 7:15 AM, CardinalFang wrote: bpa;256385 Wrote: Expansion port of the beta controller has an audio in but maybe not enough CPU to do recognition and control. Call phones do it with much slower CPUs... so you keep saying. and saying. -kdf

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dean blackketter;256445 Wrote: But it does have such a connector, but it's hidden under a rubber plug, which provides pinouts for audio in, audio out, serial, USB host or device, and power (both to charge the battery and run peripherals from the battery). Those pins haven't been

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On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:41 AM, 4mula1 wrote: It seems Logitech might've been very close to indeed making a portable Squeezebox. From the pictures of the controller it doesn't look like it has an accessory connector at the bottom between the charging pins, But it does have such a connector, but

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Congratulations SD/Logitech on the product announcement. Will be watching the development after the official release. Somthing that others may wish to consider is the Phillips Pronto Pro TSU9400/9600. For those wanting the all encompassing universal remote and graphical control of the SB - this

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Peter;256404 Wrote: mortslim wrote: [color=blue] And isn't a laptop just as portable as the new controller? Of course not! Where do you get all these 'insights'? Can you lay in bed and hold a laptop in one hand to control your playlists? While I don't hold it in one hand,

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thing-fish wrote: Peter;256404 Wrote: mortslim wrote: [color=blue] And isn't a laptop just as portable as the new controller? Of course not! Where do you get all these 'insights'? Can you lay in bed and hold a laptop in one hand to control your playlists?

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I'm hesitant on this new remote as well. Especially after buying Logitech's Harmony 890 universal remote. But, with a SB1, SB2, and SB3 scattered around the house a remote with this functionality would be kind of nice. Dare I ask for a Harmony firmware update? :-p The closest thing I have

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hashref;256473 Wrote: Dare I ask for a Harmony firmware update? :-p The hardware inside a Harmony remote isn't in the same league as the Squeeze Remote. So that isn't going to happen. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

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funkstar wrote: hashref;256473 Wrote: Dare I ask for a Harmony firmware update? :-p The hardware inside a Harmony remote isn't in the same league as the Squeeze Remote. So that isn't going to happen. I'm surprised people think this is just another remote. But this is a

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kdf;256425 Wrote: On 9-Jan-08, at 7:15 AM, CardinalFang wrote: bpa;256385 Wrote: Expansion port of the beta controller has an audio in but maybe not enough CPU to do recognition and control. Call phones do it with much slower CPUs... so you keep saying. and saying. -kdf And

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In my remark I was being cautious from my experience running Squeezeslave on Jive back in Nov which was not an optimised system but it also had significantly less functionality. The current SBC is a first iteration of Jive h/w s/w and it has been a learning experience. For some of the

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On Jan 9, 2008, at 8:20 AM, 4mula1 wrote: Does/will the Controller support SHDC cards? With 32GB nearly here that will easily hold my library if transcoded into mp3. That would make my entire library ready to travel. Now I'm interested in buying one. Yes, I've tried it with a 4GB card, and

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kdf;256501 Wrote: That we all got your point the first time. My apologies, I didn't realise we're not allowed to note that. Fair point made, and fair also to say we've heard it already. I still don't understand your sensitivity and why I've now got such a petulant reply. I was responding to

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bpa;256499 Wrote: The current SBC is a first iteration of Jive h/w s/w and it has been a learning experience. For some of the developers, it seems to be their first serious experience of an ARM platform and are discovering which optimisations are worthwhile. As such, the system is not

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So much talk about the interface/controller. My primary concern is audio quality (I own 2 SB3's but ditched the transporter). Is the Wolfson DAC (does anybody know the exact type ?) an improvement or quite the contrary... ? (i've read quote : Quite good... Is there more to say about audio

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You'd be surprised! Given the pace of development, platforms change at an incredible rate, every six months is not unusual and libraries and components change at an equally astonishing rate at times as vendors move in and out of favour. Most devices are based on a limited number of RTOS

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bpa;256579 Wrote: Overall, given that certain design decisions were made such as using LUA and using Linux rather than an RTOS - Jive was not going to be always used in an embedded system. It seems to me that SBC is not just the first release but also the first embodiment of an extension to

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mkozlows;254645 Wrote: Maybe if I decide to build a good bedside headphone system it'd be useful, but otherwise it's actually less useful than an SB2/3. Incidentally, I've been obsessed with this idea since I posted that, and now I'm almost certain to buy a Duet for the bedroom. Paired with

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Engineer Dean stated in this thread (post #53), that: In place of a VFD display it has a single button with an RGB LED behind it. The color of that button is under software control and indicates if the device is connected and working properly. The button acts as a pause/unpause control, or

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Mitch Harding;254713 Wrote: No headphone output is listed on the spec page, so I'm guessing there is not one. The beta controllers do indeed have one, and the production controller shots show one. Internally it's connected to the controller's speaker, so anything you play over the

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Wow, that's a big topic ;) First, let me say this controller is what I wanted! Just like this, no more no less (except for the big list thing I hear will be solved fast). All other future possible functionality will be nice, or not if choose not to use it. The price is a bit steep, especially

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Gibbo;255055 Wrote: Not even had my second SB3 two weeks, wish i'd waited now. There is that 30-day return policy... -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz?

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SoundBoy;255065 Wrote: I already own two SB3 and was looking for a beefy SB4 (with color display). Huh? You'll soon have the colour display where you need it - in the palm of your hand. What use would a small colour display be across the room? There you need brightness and extreme contrast

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seanadams;255218 Wrote: However, if the receiver is wired then it is possible to use the system without an access point, because the receiver can provide the wireless connectivity for the controller. This is actually one of the most exciting features of the Duet - the receiver acts as a

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pfradique;255992 Wrote: That said, did I understand correctly that the new receiver doesn't have an Headphone/IR port? I don't really need it to connect headphones but to connect an IR transmitter... it's essential in order to turn on/off my stereo and control volume on it. How are

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konut;255304 Wrote: Am I corect in assuming that a router isn't needed? That the controller can connect directly to my laptops WiFi? I believe that a router isn't needed in that the controller can connect directly to the -Squeezebox Receiver-, not a laptop, i.e. the SBR functions as an ad-hoc

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On Jan 8, 2008, at 11:12 AM, Mark Lanctot wrote: konut;255304 Wrote: Am I corect in assuming that a router isn't needed? That the controller can connect directly to my laptops WiFi? I believe that a router isn't needed in that the controller can connect directly to the -Squeezebox

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norderney;255360 Wrote: My music library contains 2362 albums with 29807 songs by 5062 artists. Would that be ok for the new controller or do you think it might struggle? It doesn't matter, this is all handled by SqueezeCentre, and there's no limitation. The controller is merely an

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DougP;255538 Wrote: 1. The Duet (and individual components) seem really nice and well featured - however, surely this is a me-too initiative, trying to keep up with Sonos? Seems to me they're keeping up with user requests for a graphical wifi remote and a lower-cost, headless SB. 2. Are

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Some news from CES: Squeezebox Duet won a CES Innovations 2008 award. Details here: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/172/4177cl=us,en Also, according to this (http://ces.cnet.com/best-of-ces/? tag=ces2008_rnav) in the Home Audio category we're up against Neosonik's no-speaker wires

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ezkcdude;255635 Wrote: How do you set up the passkey, so that it can gain access to the network? Or, do you not need to do this for ethernet connected devices? The receiver acts as a stripped-down AP and it communicates with the controller. It still needs to be done for Ethernet-connected

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I am way psyched about the controller and will buy one on day one. If it was a little less pricey, I would buy two. Way to go. -- Shredder Shredder's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11380 View

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mvalera;254731 Wrote: The Squeezebox Controller at $299.99 is a great value. It's a mini linux computer with an ARM processor, built in WiFi, a Wolfson DAC (same as the receiver), an IR emitter, a headphone jack, and a SD slot. Mike I thought it DIDN'T have a headphone jack! Now I'm

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NFLnut;25622 Wrote: I thought it DIDN'T have a headphone jack! Now I'm confused. The Squeezebox Controller (SBC) DOES have a headphone jack, and it DOES have a IR Emitter. I think many people here are confusing the specs on the Receiver and the Controller. The Squeezebox Receiver (SBR)

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mkozlows;254735 Wrote: That's interesting enough, but from my perspective it's a remote control that can only control a single device. Agreeance. Although technically it can control more than one device, but for most of us, that isn't a likelihood. I know there are a few guys here who have

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NFLnut;256222 Wrote: I thought it DIDN'T have a headphone jack! Now I'm confused. What would be the point of the Controller having a DAC otherwise? -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile:

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mvalera;254763 Wrote: Enoch the price is the price. If you don't feel it's worth the money we're asking, then you can feel free to vote with your wallet. It's smaller, faster, cheaper and has more functionality than our competitor's controller. We feel that we have priced it

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

NFLnut;256239 Wrote: ...I doubt that you will sell many to your Squeezebox customers... NFLnut IMO you are crazy mistaken there. :) -- NewBuyer NewBuyer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7862

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

NFLnut;256239 Wrote: You have, IMO way overpriced the controller and using Sonos prices of their products is a serious mistake in determining the price of YOURS. You may have no problems selling that $300 remote to your Transporter customers, but I doubt that you will sell many to your

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

On 8-Jan-08, at 9:26 PM, erland wrote: Nostromo;256229 Wrote: What would be the point of the Controller having a DAC otherwise? Maybe I got it all wrong, but the Controller isn't simply a fancy remote, its also a portable Squeezebox. You can plug headphones in it or a boombox or whatever.

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

I'm willing to bet they're working on a cheaper, Squeezebox-free version of the Controller for those who don't want a portable Squeezebox. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile:

Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here

NewBuyer;256246 Wrote: NFLnut IMO you are crazy mistaken there. :) Time will tell. I have my doubts. And until SOMEONE writes the software, all it is is a remote with pictures. For $300. -- NFLnut NFLnut's Profile:

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