Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Radio tol Squeeze OS

2012-09-30 Thread erland
Chwarg wrote: I was wondering if it's possible to downgrade an UE Radio to the Squeezebox Radio Firmware. Has anyone tried this, yet? One of the Logitech developers said that it won't officially be possible, probably because a number of reasons: - It doesn't make sense for Logitech to

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Radio tol Squeeze OS

2012-09-30 Thread Mnyb
It may be just possible but have anyone actually tried ? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?96256-Upgrade-SB-Radio-to-UE-Radio . Further down in the tread there is a discussion about it . A lot of unknowns yet someone must dare to brick one before we know for sure . After all, an

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] UE Radio and Sync

2012-09-30 Thread Paul Webster
My thoughts were more along the lines of adding a module to LMS that fooled the UE SmartRadio into thinking it was dealing with the UE cloud service - perhaps along with a trick DNS). Clearly it would be easier if Logitech aided the process by documenting the protocol or, even better, but putting

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Radio tol Squeeze OS

2012-09-30 Thread Chwarg
Lets hope the best... I just recently started with the Squeezebox line. I set up a dedicated linux server to power the devices. Right now there are 3 audio zones in my house - but there are still a few missing. I guess the best is, to convince my wife to buy a few radios, before they aren't

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Radio tol Squeeze OS

2012-09-30 Thread Mnyb
Chwarg wrote: Lets hope the best... I just recently started with the Squeezebox line. I set up a dedicated linux server to power the devices. Right now there are 3 audio zones in my house - but there are still a few missing. I guess the best is, to convince my wife to buy a few radios,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Downgrade UE Radio tol Squeeze OS

2012-09-30 Thread Chwarg
Mnyb wrote: Maybe get some used ones before the price gets to high , Squeezeboxes hold their value as used . My 5 zones are 2 with Touch + active speakers/HT rig 1 Boom ,1 Radio on battery for moving around the house , 1 iPad with playback trough iPeng or SqueezePad for headphone

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread reinholdk
Mnyb wrote: Yes that will do after all it's a relative and not absolute measurement you wan't . [Edit] important to keep the same distance if you measure. A lot of home theater enthusiast have that cheap and cheerful radio schack SPL meter (Sound Pressure Level ) to calibrate speaker and

[SlimDevices: Radio] Bitrate limiting

2012-09-30 Thread 05mattjax
Is this feature controllable on the radio itself? Like you can with iPeng. 05mattjax's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=39786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96637

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bitrate limiting

2012-09-30 Thread pippin
Not on the Radio itself but in the server's web interface under Settingsgt;Player Settings pippin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13777 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Bitrate limiting

2012-09-30 Thread 05mattjax
pippin wrote: Not on the Radio itself but in the server's web interface under Settingsgt;Player Settings Does it store that info permanently for that player. A Netgear forum member gave me the add-on for a LAME encoder so I don't need mp3 copy files but I need to set the bitrate limiter

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread Mnyb
reinholdk wrote: I measured the two radios with a free SPL meter app for Android and it showed -- no difference. But I definitely *hear* a difference between the two. And I'm not the only one. My teenaged daughter who probably has better ears than me also told me that the new one sounds

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Can two SBRadios sound differently?

2012-09-30 Thread reinholdk
I'm using the new one w battery, so I compared both running on battery. I'll try both plugged in. Do you think it could even make a difference if the battery compartment is empty or not? reinholdk's Profile: