egarc wrote:
> There isn't a good replacement for Squeezebox unless you're willing to
> spend a lot of money. I dread the day my squeezebox.com goes dark. :(
The aforementioned Grace Digital Mondo+ has been working great for me
and it was well under $200. You don't have to spend "a lot of
Man in a van wrote:
>
> Where in the "boonies" are you? just roughly speaking :confused:
>
> Ronnie
Let's just say that vast areas of the great American West are quite
remote. ;)
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castalla wrote:
> If they don't provide a suitable feed then your complaint should be to
> those stations ?
Nope. My new Grace Digital Mondo+ has been playing all of those
stations perfectly. The problem wasn't with the stations...it was with
Logitech...
bitstopjoe wrote:
> There sure are a lot people on Amazon saying it failed within days and
> months. That scares me as my SB radio has had zero problems in 10 years
> or so. Sure there is always one who has a problem, this feedback was a
> lot more than one..
>
> Joe
Eh, if it fails within
I gave up and just got a Grace Mondo+ radio. Plays everything
perfectly. So far, so good! I like it a lot.
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> Bummer it doesnt come with a Pandora app, that really surprised me. But
> then Pandora has become almost impossible to enjoy anymore with a
> commercial or two every 5 songs
>
> Thanks again
>
> Joe
They're actually working on that with Pandora right now. They said
Bose,
bitstopjoe wrote:
> Sadly cant afford that. Maybe it will be lower on Black Friday. Of
> course I could TRY to sell my SB. Oh well
> Thank you for the info.
>
> Joe
Yes, keep checking on the price. It's a very nice unit. I've had it
playing out of the box for hours now with zero issues.
bitstopjoe wrote:
> May I ask how much it was??
>
> Joe
$176 on Amazon for the black case version, which is what I got. Other
colors are slightly cheaper.
https://www.amazon.com/Grace-Digital-Wireless-Internet-Bluetooth/dp/B071L8XYGD/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8=1507927149=8-1=grace+mondo+plus
I'll
Man in a van wrote:
> This might help?
>
> http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?107978-404-file-not-found=897033=1#post897033
>
> Ronnie
I'm currently setting up my brand new Grace Mondo+ radio. All my
favorite stations (including iHeart stations) have been entered as
pre-sets and
kloach wrote:
> Used to listen to WOR in the morning, now get 404. Guess it's their
> loss, a lot less people listening, they used to get a lot of out of
> state call-in's.
Yeah, I bet they lost so many listeners they could be counted on two
hands...or one... LOL I highly doubt "a lot less
toby10 wrote:
> Yes, assuming GeoIP fencing/restrictions don't kill of those as well.
Use a VPN installed on the router. ;)
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> Looks like WHAS has limited itself to only iHeartRadio. SB players
> cannot access iHeartRadio. You can contact the station and ask for a
> direct stream URL to paste into your Favorites, but I doubt they can (or
> will) do this.
>
> This is happening more and more with
castalla wrote:
> There are thousands on 'internet' stations - shouldn't be too difficult
> to find a selection to your taste!
I want my local stations. The exact ones.
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slartibartfast wrote:
> You could use the iheartmusic app on your phone and play to a Bluetooth
> speaker.
>
> Sent from my SM-G900F using Tapatalk
I thought about that then I thought about the need of being tethered to
an A/C outlet all the time even more. LOL
Does the app have a sleep
So, what would be the best solution for someone who just wants to listen
to regular radio without any BS like I was able to do before? I live
out in the boonies and don't get many stations clearly and that's why I
went with internet radio. I mainly listen to it to fall asleep at night
and catch
So, this looks like what will be the death of stand-alone table top
internet radios, at least for mainstream stations since iHeart seems to
be acquiring so many of them.
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pippin wrote:
> Ah. I was wondering because iHeartRadio was telling some people they (!)
> were discontinuing Smart Radio support a while ago.
And that's why I'll very likely be going with another manufacturer for a
new internet radio sooner rather than later. And, to add insult to
injury, the
drmatt wrote:
> Just run LMS and flash it back to Squeezebox firmware. Works fine.
>
>
> -Transcoded from Matt's brain by Tapatalk-
Ok, great, so won't that cause my iHeart radio stations to stop working,
which is why I updated to UE in the first place?
pippin wrote:
> Does iHeartRadio still work on the UE Smart Radio?
Some stations do and some don't. I recently lost my favorite morning
news/talk station and it really pissed me off.
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If you switch back, won't you lose the ability to play iHeart radio
stations? That's the exact reason why I updated to the UE firmware.
And, if I remember right, you could update or revert right from the unit
itself.
Bpa actually quoted me. I didn't lose any favorites or other settings.
It's that the whole damned thing doesn't work for playing anything at
all.
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bitstopjoe wrote:
> Not using LMS. I only "updated" to UE because my local station ( WAEB AM
> 790 Allentown) moved off of Tune-in and went to I-Heart exclusively. I
> was getting a 404 error for it on SB. Since the UE "update" has an
> I-Heart app I thought it work fine as it works fine on my
bpa wrote:
> The problem is not Logitech but the station who have moved to iheart and
> iheart restrict access. LMS has never had iheart support. Connection
> reset really mean the the far end doesn't reply.
As I said above, I'm running UE Smartradio, not LMS. That's what we had
to do to get
My SBR has quit working for a couple of days, now. It won't connect at
all and the icon is red, which indicates the Logitech server is down.
I've actually discussed this before with Logitech over the phone. And,
over time, radio stations quit playing and give a "connection reset by
remote
Same here and I didn't update anything recently. I updated to UE a long
time ago and one of my regular stations just quit working with the same
"connection reset" error. In fact, my piece of crap SBR doesn't even
work at all now. I can't get a connection at all and the icon is red.
I think
So, instead of just postponing the "user experience", they provided NO
user experience in that regard. Good job, Logitech...not... I'll
remember this. I've already transitioned away from Logitech keyboards
and mice.
So, I had to switch over to UE Smart Radio to get all my Clear Channel
radio stations back that need the iHeart Radio app. Now, I see no way
to do podcasts either on the SBR unit itself or through Tunein. Am I
screwed and just relegated to using the wifi on my smart phone? Thanks.
toby10 wrote:
> Keep in mind it is the station limiting it's access to only the
> iHeartRadio service (guessing, haven't looked)
>
> Options:
> - convert your SB Radio to UE Radio, now you have iHeartRadio service
> (but no LMS)
> - contact the stations and ask if they have a direct stream
Is the Squeezebox Radio completely useless now for iHeart radio
stations? I've been listening to them for a while but, now, both of
them are dead. They say "connection" and then just say "Station Stream"
with nothing playing. No error messages or anything. The specific
stations I'm interested
They're great when they and/or the Logitech Squeezebox server isn't
acting flaky.
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Thanks again for everyone's help! I put it on ch 6 (no auto-channel
switching) and I've been listening it to for many hours since yesterday
and it hasn't dropped any streams yet. Awesome! :)
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My SBR has always done this, but it's gotten much worse lately. A radio
station will be streaming/playing just fine and then suddenly stop.
Hitting that station's pre-set button does nothing. But, if I select
another station and let it start playing, then go back to the previous
station that
toby10 wrote:
Tried just the FFWD button? How long is it streaming that station when
it just stops?
What would the fast forward button do? The length of streaming can be
all over the place. Sometimes it will play for 30+ mins and sometimes
it will drop every 10 sec.
bpa wrote:
If you could find out why the streams stop - it would be easier to
create a solution or workaround.
Are you using a local LMS or mysb.com ?
What is your network setup ?
if using LMS - any interesting messages in log file when streams stop
?
I'm just using it as a stand alone
The stream I was playing just got kicked off again. I did happen to see
an error message on the front of my SBR. HTTP/1.0 404 File Not Found
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garym wrote:
that message is what I'd typically get if I'm having a connection
problem. How's your WIFI strength? Any interference issues? Maybe
change your wifi channel to a lesser used channel.
Wifi strength is good and the symbol on my SBR is white. In fact, when
I got that message, I
garym wrote:
got it. (but keep in mind strong signal doesn't mean lack of
interference). Download something like vistumbler or inSSIDer on
your computer to be able to see all nearby wifi networks and the
channels they are using. Set your router channel to 1,6, or 11, if
possible and don't
garym wrote:
you don't have to configure anything on router. But your computer where
it is installed does have to have WIFI network access turned on? Does
the computer itself have Wifi? if not, install something similar on
smartphone to check.
Ah, dang it! My mistake. I'm on my desktop,
Okay, I see some open channels that no one is using. 3 and 5. But, if
everyone else is on auto-channel select, won't I get stepped on no
matter what channel I pick? Lots of people on ch 1 and 11.
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garym wrote:
if lots on 1 and 11, I'd choose 6. 6 doesn't overlap with other
channels. Keep in mind that none of this may be your actual problem,
but it can't hurt anyhow.
Okay, I'll try six. There's a few people at the top of the list with
high signal strengths on ch 6, though. Wouldn't
garym wrote:
in that case, try 5 instead. (most people are probably not on auto
channel by the way)
Okay, will do. Can't hurt. Thanks for the help and quick replies!
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toby10 wrote:
Restart the stream without going through all of the steps you have been
doing. Of course, this will only work if your Radio is still connected
to the online server and your router (ch switching).
It's not really a lot of steps. I just hit another favorite button, get
that
I forgot to mention before that I can play all the podcasts I want and
it never stops playing those streams. It only does it with radio
stations.
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garym wrote:
download the plugin for podcasts in LMS Settings. Install this and
then click on that page and you see an option to transfer podcasts from
mysqb.com. This may only work with LMS 7.8. Install 7.8 from here if
not using it now:
Is it possible to get the SBR to play the sound from a Youtube video
(i.e a concert)?
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pippin wrote:
Yes. Have a look at the YouTube plugin.
Can I get a few more details please? Is that an app or something I
download on the SBR itself? Also, how would I use the Youtube link?
Copy/pasting it into the My Squeezebox app on the computer didn't work.
Thanks!
garym wrote:
go to webGUI for LMS, lower right select SETTINGS, then in settings,
select PLUGINS tab. tick the show all 3rd party plugins then find
youtube plugin, tick it. It will ask to restart LMS, let it do this.
Then the Youtube will be listed in LMS, left side of LMS webGUI under
my
Okay, thanks for the help! I'll try installing it and hope nothing
breaks. I've read about some pretty serious conflicts in the past about
one not playing nicely with the other.
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Okay, I got LMS installed and the Youtube app added. The one Youtube
link I wanted it to play right now says it's a bad URL. It does show
up if I do a Youtube search, though. Anyway to get it to play that way?
Also, how do I access it on the SBR itself?
I have my SBR right here next to me and the LMS program is telling me a
player is not found. Do I need to sync anything?
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I tried playing the URL and it said connecting, then nothing happened.
I should be seeing the video and hearing it in the LMS app, correct?
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Okay, got it! Thanks for the help! :) It's streaming now and sounds
great. Now, I'll shut everything down and try to see if I can do it
again from scratch. Fingers crossed...
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garym wrote:
perfect. yes, a bit of a learning curve using LMS, but worth it. (using
a SB player with only mysqueezebox.com is like buying a Porche but only
driving it up and down my driveway!)
I'll bet! This looks like it opens up a whole new world. I was afraid
to try it before because
Mnyb wrote:
You can dig a bit in the radio menus and put the switch to
mysqueezebox.com setting at the main menu I think .
I actually had done this already. Very convenient.
I reckon you realised that if you give LMS your mysqueezebox.com login
it routes all radio and apps trough so
Thankfully, I don't use it as an alarm. One more question, however...
Can I pull podcasts over from mysqueezebox.com to LMS and run them
locally, too? I'd like to bomb proof my SBR in case Logitech ever
decides to no longer support mysqueezebox.com. It would be nice to
still play everything
I got it working finally, too. First, I didn't know there was a SBR
firmware update until I was messing around in the settings and saw one
available for manual install. In the past, they've been automatically
pushed and at least informed me on the unit itself that there was an
update waiting.
Btt
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So now the big question, how long will Logitech continue to support the
necessary infrastructure to keep the radios alive now that both the
Squeezebox and UE radios are EOL? I hope it is at least 2 years which
should be enough time for some type of alternate service
Has this weather app been abandoned or something? It worked fine on my
SBR for years and then it suddenly stopped updating. The screen is blank
with zero info displayed. My SBR works fine in every other aspect, so
it's not the problem. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app, but
that
toby10 wrote:
The very slightest movement of a WiFi device and/or it's antenna can
sometimes make a very noticeable difference. In troubleshooting
networks I can slighly change the angle of the routers antenna and this
can sometimes mean a 10% or greater increase in signal quality. About
I switched my wireless router from auto CH select to CH 6 and I moved
the router up out of the corner it was in to the top of my computer
tower. The link has been holding fine for several days now. Still
don't know what the difference is from the old channel setting and
location which have been
Since the recent Logitech server issue, has anyone's weather app stopped
working? All mine displays is the blue background. No data or text of
any kind on it. I've restarted the radio and uninstalled/reinstalled
the app with no success. The rest of the radio is working fine.
rbz5416 wrote:
Could be the router was switching channels while the Radio was in
standby. That's pure speculation though.
Definitely speculation... It worked just fine for a long, long time and
this was a very recent thing.
After the server came back up, my SBR started working fine again.
However, sometime every single night, it drops the wireless link. In
the morning when I want to listen to the news, I can't re-connect and
the SBR actually says there's no wireless connection detected and it
will not re-connect.
onanboy wrote:
I don't want to waste anyone's time.
It turned out to be my Windows Firewall blocking the incoming port. I
had changed the port and unblocked the new port everywhere but there.
Move along...nothing to see here.
How exactly did you fix that issue?
The Logitech SBR server is down here. I can't listen to anything and
the error message reported on my SBR is that it can't connect. What BS.
Hope they finally didn't kill it off since the SBR has been
discontinued for a long time.
The SBR server is down here in central Arizona. Anyone else? It's been
down all day and the error message on my SBR reports that it can't
connect to mysqueezebox.com.
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mherger wrote:
http://forums.logitech.com/t5/MySqueezebox-com-Squeezebox/An-update-to-the-Logitech-UE-Smart-Radio/td-p/1051331
Free your music!
Okay... So, how exactly does that help existing SBR owners that already
run Squeezebox? That's the server app everyone is worried about going
Osamede wrote:
Truth is nobody cares if they end MySqueezebox.
Fail. I CARE. It works and it works well. I also PAID for the use of
the service, as did we ALL when we purchased the SBR. :rolleyes:
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RichieB wrote:
+1 for the fail comment. Buy an iPhone or iPad and try using it without
creating an Apple ID (which uses an Apple website). The same goes for
Android and a Google account. Welcome to the cloud.
Exactly. While I know it *can* be done, I shouldn't have to do it via
some clunky
nkat wrote:
Am I supposed to traipse the electronics malls trying to match voltages
and plug sizes? Honestly..come on Logitech. Step up please.
No, you scour the internet like everyone else.
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Or just order a universal type power supply. They're cheap. I have one
that has selectable polarity and several different voltage/mA settings.
Came with about 20 different adapters, too, and it can be used
internationally with removable wall plug types. It automatically
adjusts for input
aubuti wrote:
Maybe the station has changed its streaming format. What station is it
and how are you choosing it (eg, TuneIn or directly entering URL)?
The station is KQNA in Prescott Valley, AZ. I simply entered the
station under Internet Radio by spinning in the callsign and saved it
as a
All of the sudden, a local AM station won't play at all on my SBR. It
plays just fine on my computer, so their internet link isn't down. What
could be the problem? I'm linking the SBR to my router wirelessly and
all my other programmed/saved radio stations play just fine. Thanks!
TiredLegs wrote:
What's there for them to nuke? You have existing functional firmware for
the SB, and existing functional server software. You're not required to
upgrade to any future releases. The only real concern is that some
future operating system (Windows 13?) won't be compatible with
autopilot wrote:
RIP Squeezebox. You served me well for many years. I guess my current
devices will still be usual for a while yet, but Sonos here I come...
Same here. If they nuke my SB to where it won't work anymore, I'll
never buy another Logitech product again and I will discourage
Hopefully, yours won't decide to start suddenly waking you up at night
with a huge blast of static at max volume for no reason. Mine was fine
for almost a year and now it does it about once a week, but only when
it's on the sleep timer. No help from Logitech and not even a single
response in my
garym wrote:
I have two radios in use but have never had this problem. Don't ever use
the sleep timer though so I'm not much help here.
I play it all day long and never have this issue. Only on the sleep
timer. Weird...
But my advice is to start a new thread on this problem with a
Still no solution from Logitech...
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It's only connected to mysb.com since I only listen to internet
streaming stuff. Yes, it only does it on one radio station, but I
listen to that radio station all day long, so that's not the problem.
It never does the static blast unless it's on the sleep timer. I'm
sure it would do it just
Yeah, I guess I could try another radio station. Not like I can't find
Coast to Coast AM on a zillion other stations, but I like listening to
my local one. Also, I should try it on the timer with that station
during the day and really pay attention. I haven't tried that so I
haven't been able
garym wrote:
Hmmm, Coast to Coast AM, described as discussing UFOs, strange
occurrences, life after death and other unexplained phenomena. I think
I'm seeing the cause of the problem now ;-)
Nah, but ha, ha! Sometimes I go to bed pretty late and it happens
during whatever is on after
eap wrote:
In my experience, typical bedside alarm clocks (clock radios) are
plugged in. If the power is out for the house, no alarm goes off.
Typical clocks? That is absolutely not true at all. Typical alarm
clocks have a battery backup, even the cheapest ones you can find at
garym wrote:
yes, discontinued. not sure when, but recently.
That sucks. Hope they keep it going for longer than two years here. Is
that even a law in the U.S.?
favorites. Very simple. Go into your mysb.com, go to your favorites
listing, at bottom there is a link where you can save the
garym wrote:
who knows how long it will last (mysb.com). Not sure about US law. For
the opml link, you should be able to right click the link on the
favorites page, then save link as and it should allow you to save this
as favorites.opml. Then copy this file to replace the
favorites.opml
kidstypike wrote:
Have you got Logitech Media Server running on a Mac/PC/laptop/NAS/Other?
Nope. I only stream radio stations/Pandora/podcasts, so I've never
needed to install it. I guess that would make sense, though, if I need
it to run locally if/when mysb.com goes away...
But, I figure
kidstypike wrote:
It will be on fire only if it hasn't already burned out, phut! :)
Well, maybe not this exact forum, but any and all other Logitech
player/device forums. ;)
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garym wrote:
of course if LMS is not installed on your computer, you won't see these
locations on your computer because they don't exist.
Yup, got that figured out, now. :) Didn't have it installed because I
didn't need it. Should I go ahead and install LMS now in case it might
not be
Thanks again for all the help, guys. I'll download the latest version
of LMS. I would hate having to leave a computer on all the time, but at
least it might get me some use out of an old laptop I have lying around
doing nothing. I'm guessing LMS isn't that resource intensive, so a Win
XP
Good, so my 8 year old 1 point whatever Ghz Pentium laptop should do the
trick! :D
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Mnyb wrote:
Yea but the Squeebox sales financed the mysb.com , keyboards has nothing
to do with this part of Logitech . And the Keyboards would not need
mysb.com to function ;)
Well, then I hope Logitech reads this (highly doubtful, though) because
if they ever nuked mysb, then I will NEVER
toby10 wrote:
In two years all of the SqueezeBox players will be past their warranty
periods with no more sales of players to pay for continued SqueezeBox
support (LMS and MySB.com). Logitech does not even offer repairs of the
past and current players, only entire player replacement and
Well, if true, the last part of garym's post #2 is a bit reassuring if
existing players can be converted to UES with just a software update.
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No more hardware sales to pay for it's upkeep. Probably be around for
at least a couple more years.
So, you're saying Logitech will cease supporting all of the those
players and leave their customers twisting in the wind? I highly doubt
it. What is this no more hardware
I'm running the latest firmware update on my SBR and I've had a
situation a few times now where a station will be playing with the sleep
timer enabled and, all of the sudden, a LOUD blast of static occurs four
about a second or two and the radio stops playing. I have to power
cycle it to get it
garym wrote:
In the future if mysb.com goes away, you can simply convert it to a
UESmartRadio. Logitech has already said this will be possible with
software update.
Why would mysb go away? Is this a real concern?
dave77 wrote:
Was there ever a solution to this? My Radio constantly loses connection,
turning it on/off it reconnects straight away, my Boom/Controller/Touch
never have this problem
With some of the problems I've heard about the SB and connectivity, or
lack thereof...consider yourself
dave77 wrote:
Yeah, insidder is showing no networks interfering. When connected my
Radio is showing 88%, ironically 10% more than Boom/Touch and further
away from my router
Have you tried doing a full factory reset?
dave77 wrote:
not tried that, i'll give it a go
Let us know if it works. It's in the menu under advanced settings.
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I'm trying to add Tom Gresham's Guntalk podcast. I have the app
installed and have successfully been listening to Car Talk on NPR
podcasts, so I know it works. I tried pasting the link below in my
squeezebox account, but when I click Add, nothing happens.
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