Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread 0xdeadbeef
erland;493719 Wrote: Well, the primary function of the Radio is NOT to act as an alarm clock, this is just a secondary function which it can do in addition to playing music. As discussed before, it clearly IS designed and advertised as internet radio clock. While it can be used as mono

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Argh! Backup alarm every morning, but streams fine when preset pressed

2009-12-09 Thread toby10
I don't use SB players for any alarm functions (see other posts, I've said too much already), but I wonder if you couldn't do the following which *might* be a more reliable alarm function: - set ONLY a built in default alarm sound (forget trying to stream as the alarm) - dismiss alarm - press

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Absolutely love my new SB Radio but two issues...

2009-12-09 Thread FredFredrickson
ShadowGod;492667 Wrote: Wow I've never had a wi-fi radio before or any Squeezebox products and I am blown away by this Squeezebox Radio, it's friggin amazing. Two thumbs up. My only two minor issues so far are these: 1) Every once in awhile (twice in the last three days) it freezes up

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] BBC Radio stations not playing...

2009-12-09 Thread jef
It's more that I'd like to fix the problem by correcting the URLs, rather than mask it. Not everyone in our home is a hacker, and they tend to expect that a featured feature (Staff Picks) works -- that is about the first place people try when they go to change the station if they aren't

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Absolutely love my new SB Radio but two issues...

2009-12-09 Thread ShadowGod
toby10;492756 Wrote: The station stream likely disconnected after your Radio was turned off for so long. Couple of tricks: - press Play once to wake the unit and start playing the last stream played - press Home takes you (alternately) to both Home Menu and Now Playing, on Now Playing

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread 0xdeadbeef
Tony T;493988 Wrote: Target Milestone: 8.0.0 https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=15201 Well, 8.0.0 doesn't sound very close if there's not even a release date for 7.5.0. Besides, this bug report is not about the loss of MYSB connection, but about the loss of internet connection.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread Tony T
0xdeadbeef;493999 Wrote: Well, 8.0.0 doesn't sound very close if there's not even a release date for 7.5.0. Besides, this bug report is not about the loss of MYSB connection, but about the loss of internet connection. My main issue with the Radio is the instability of the MYSB connection and

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Using the SB Radio as a replacement for the SB Receiver

2009-12-09 Thread Tony T
hungarianhc;493996 Wrote: Hi there, I was going to set my parents up with a Squeezebox Receiver for christmas, as my mom is getting an iPod Touch, and I was going to set her up with iPeng to play all of her music across the house (I have it and love that solution). However, it seems as

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] not an auspicious start

2009-12-09 Thread boolittlek
Spoke with a Logitech rep today. They are sending me a prepaid return label--I'm to return the defective unit directly to Logitech, and they'll ship me a new one. It's better than returning it to Amazon and waiting until they have more in stock. The reps I've spoken too thus far have been

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread Pat Farrell
bluegaspode wrote: The radio is not reconnecting to MySB if your provider switches your IP every night (very common in europe). A bit OT, but a lot of ISPs switch IP values frequently, even during a session. The DHCP protocol has time limits for leases, and the client (in this case the Radio)

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Using the SB Radio as a replacement for the SB Receiver

2009-12-09 Thread iPhone
hungarianhc;494007 Wrote: Her music - will be served by the iMac in the house on the network. No need for the touch. She can use iPeng. Needs to be an xmas gift too. Unless there are new features I haven't found yet, iPeng doesn't Play Music, it controls Squeezebox Players. It sounds like she

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread bluegaspode
pfarrell;494027 Wrote: bluegaspode wrote: The radio is not reconnecting to MySB if your provider switches your IP every night (very common in europe). A bit OT, but a lot of ISPs switch IP values frequently, even during a session. The DHCP protocol has time limits for leases, and the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread aubuti
0xdeadbeef;494058 Wrote: IMHO this problem is still ignored by the developers since it's mainly a problem of the European customers. Then again, maybe someone should tell them that there are 500 Million people living in the European Union, while there are only around 300 Million in the USA.

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread Tony T
0xdeadbeef;494058 Wrote: IMHO this problem is still ignored by the developers since it's mainly a problem of the European customers. Then again, maybe someone should tell them that there are 500 Million people living in the European Union, while there are only around 300 Million in the USA..

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Imminent Return -- How to Fix Alarms? Search? Tone Controls?

2009-12-09 Thread Michael Herger
IMHO this problem is still ignored by the developers since it's mainly a problem of the European customers. Why would it be so? There's also the little matter that neither the devs nor the execs are all yanks, and several work at corporate HQ in Switzerland Just to be precise: while we are