Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-08 Thread hellesangel
Back to reviewing the Radio - I love it. The first experience wasn't good, it wouldn't connect to the network on the wired socket ready for it but a bit of fiddling showed the socked wasn't properly wired. I take back all the things I called Logitech and the Radio. With a properly wired socket

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-08 Thread bucaso
A question please doe those of you using the radio as a bedside radio and alarm - is there any audible hum from the unit? I have a unit from a different manufacturer which we can't leave powered up overnight as it hums and my wife can't sleep!! I'd like to replace it. Best Wishes David --

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-08 Thread bpa
One user has reported a hiss see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 I think it is not normal. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-08 Thread erland
bpa;483084 Wrote: One user has reported a hiss see http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=70674 I think it is not normal. My early access beta testing unit has the same hiss when my ear is less than 20 cm from the speaker when the device is on. I haven't noticed it earlier but I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-08 Thread peterw
erland;483119 Wrote: My early access beta testing unit has the same hiss when my ear is less than 20 cm from the speaker when the device is on. I haven't noticed it earlier but I just checked and it's definitely there. It only happens when the device is on My early hardware beta running

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
This is very distressing that things are not being fixed. Well I can always return it over alarm and preset problems and send a message about cheaping out on development. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an answer before a month or so,

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480675 Wrote: Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread hellesangel
If a product (however cool etc) is sold as a direct replacement for the bedside radio then the alarm simply has to work, and compared to all the other clever things the Radio does a bit of code that says 'if current time == wake up time then play music' sounds rather bovine to fix. Some

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
jmpage2;480688 Wrote: pippin, I hear you, however, there is only a 30 day return period to return products. What if they can't or won't fix bugs with presets, alarms, etc? I'm not talking about enhancements but just core functionality. I really like the SB Radio and have given it a very

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread bluegaspode
pippin;480675 Wrote: Sorry, m ost of these bugs are like one week old. Why do you think they don't get addressed? Heck, if I have to change something on the App Store I need at least three weeks for quality control alone, if you mail in your ordinary alarm radio you probably don't get an

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480704 Wrote: Well, then when the period is over return it and give it another try after 6 months if it's too bad right now. I haven't had any issues with alarms so far (except th occasional backup alarm when the the server could not find my playlist) but I have to admit that I never

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread pippin
jmpage2;480709 Wrote: Looking at it now I see that the server log file is over 1.4TB and growing. All of the messages seem to be complaining about Trackstat undefined symbols. Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
pippin;480718 Wrote: Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat (2.10, I believe) import my old ratings it took down the server for around 12h (it's a slow server), logged a LOT of stuff and caused mysql load that was so

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
pippin;480718 Wrote: Did you import old TrackStat ratings? I recently re-setup my server and moved to 7.5.0 and when I let TrackStat (2.10, I believe) import my old ratings it took down the server for around 12h (it's a slow server), logged a LOT of stuff and caused mysql load that was so

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480724 Wrote: I did try to import an XML library file from iTunes that had all of my current track ratings. It had been running for about 24 hours on a very fast HP EX495 that is set up with dual core 2.5ghz cpu. I just had to uninstall it because it is causing way too much server

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
erland;480769 Wrote: Do you have any logs left ? If there was any errors, I'd like to see them. If it's just messages about not finding alternative paths it's not a problem, it just takes time. It's the Logitech tables that's the problem, I'd prefer to not modify Logitech standard

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
Ah, I lied, I did still have a copy of it squirreled away. Here's a sample, it looks like the whole log file is filled with the same message; 09-11-02 09:00:41.1289] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1165) Warning: [09:00:41.1281] Use of uninitialized value $line in substitution (s///) at C:\Documents

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread JJZolx
One thing that did bug me throughout my use of the radio though was the now playing screen. It really bugged me that the album artwork had the top chopped off by the progress bar and track details (particularly annoying with the numerous album covers that show the artist, it winds up that

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480777 Wrote: Ah, I lied, I did still have a copy of it squirreled away. Here's a sample, it looks like the whole log file is filled with the same message; 09-11-02 09:00:41.1289] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1165) Warning: [09:00:41.1281] Use of uninitialized value $line in

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
Also I can just send you chunks of the raw XML file if that would be helpful. -- jmpage2 jmpage2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=41 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread erland
jmpage2;480805 Wrote: Don't know if these are helpful. Looks like my log has numerous cases of # 38 in the file names as they appear in XML. Is this the XML file you have specified in the parameter: Settings - Plugins - TrackStat - Backup/Restore/Clear - Backup file If this is the case I

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-02 Thread jmpage2
erland;480997 Wrote: Is this the XML file you have specified in the parameter: Settings - Plugins - TrackStat - Backup/Restore/Clear - Backup file If this is the case I understand why you have problems, because this is a iTunes XML file not a backup file from TrackStat. The Backup file

[SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread jmpage2
I'm a long time fan of Slim Devices, having purchased my original SliMP3 player back in late 2001. I also have the distinction of still having the original email from Sean Adams indicating I was the very first pre-order in for the original Squeezebox (which I still have). I have been interested

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread toby10
To turn off operation beeps: Settings Audio Sound Effects None Initially the Album Art was about 1/3 smaller on the Radio and many wanted larger images. I would love to see a setting option for such art like Large (full screen like, it is now) and Small (about 1/4 to 1/3 smaller, text does

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread jmpage2
toby10;480371 Wrote: To turn off operation beeps: Settings Audio Sound Effects None Initially the Album Art was about 1/3 smaller on the Radio and many wanted larger images. I would love to see a setting option for such art like Large (full screen like, it is now) and Small (about 1/4

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread SuperQ
jmpage2;480351 Wrote: A note to Logitech Marketing that handles the Squeeze players. The product placement in Best Buy stores and marketing effort is terrible. The Squeezebox units were not located with any of the other new hip network/streaming products but were instead located with the

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread jmpage2
SuperQ;480409 Wrote: Unfortunately, it seems like Best Buy is completely dropping the Squeezebox lineup. They didn't even have any in stock last time I was at a store a few weeks ago. The sales people also indicated that they weren't going to stock them at all, and wanted to show me these

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread erland
jmpage2;480351 Wrote: Another thing for the alarm that would be nice is the ability to label alarms so that they read his and hers, etc. It is a bit confusing for my wife if she needs to program alarm 1 versus alarm 2. Good idea, why don't you register an enhancement request on this

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread ModelCitizen
There is already an enhancement logged for this, although it was registered before the development of the radio and only refers to the Boom, but I think the two devices share the same alarm code. There are a lot of bugs/enhancents logged against the alarm and as far as I can see none of them get

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread JJZolx
jmpage2;480351 Wrote: Job well done Sean, Dean and company! It's mostly just company now. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread:

Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] My mini review of the Squeezebox Radio

2009-11-01 Thread bluegaspode
Another thing for the alarm that would be nice is the ability to label alarms so that they read his and hers, etc. It is a bit confusing for my wife if she needs to program alarm 1 versus alarm 2. This is the one https://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=14716 Target milestone was put