[email protected] wrote: > Thanks very much sgmlaw- > > The router shows the receiver with which I am working, which is > connected to the Mac by ethernet, as active and the green light is on. I > have tried rebooting everything several times > > I take your point about sound quality with wall plug devices. Only I of > my 2 receivers works via wall plug and I am not working with that one, > preferring to start with the ethernet-connected receiver. That said, I > unplugged the wall plug device with no effect on the problem > > I did try to redo things by restoring factory settings on the controller > may times and connecting it first to the network. No dice there, > either. > > Based on past advice from Michael, I had shut down the firewall and made > sure that perl and perl 5 had full disk access. I also shut down my > security software-Bitdefender. > > Not sure what a PSU is, but I suppose the power cord could be the > problem. I switched with the power cord for my other receiver and had no > different result. > > I'm going to let this sit for a few days and then come back to it. Not > optimistic. But thank you very much for taking the time to suggest to me > some things I had not previously tried. They were very much worth a > shot. > > Best regards. > > Dan McInerney
When you say the green light is on, I presume it is not the green light on the Receiver. A sustained green light on the Receiver is a problem, and indicates it is awaiting a DHCP assignment. "PSU" means "power supply unit". In the case of most all Squeezeboxes made (excepting the Transporter, and that has it's own internal 5v PSU issues), that is the external plug in wall wart that supplies the device its power. Many of these wall warts have been in service well past their design lives. With increasing age, 90% of present Squeezebox problems can be traced back to a weak and/or failing PSU. If still original, it can go at any time. The good news is, most all are easily replaceable with generic units available on Ebay and many electronics supply houses. I always keep an assortment of spare PSUs on hand. Just be sure to match up the appropriate output voltage, amperage, and the correct plug configuration for your player. My recollection is that the Receiver uses a 9v/1A or better, center-positive, 1.05mm x 3.5mm supply. If you cannot find an exact fit, the absolute worst case is that you can splice the old power connector to a new 9v PSU. I would not abandon the SB ecosystem over a balky Receiver. As streaming platforms go, the community supported LMS one is still quite good, with a virtually insignificant resource footprint, and free. I tried Roon. IMO, it is way overpriced and a resource pig. Hopefully, Roon eventually figured out how to stream Internet radio stations, something LMS does easily. Conversely, you can run LMS off a Raspberry Pi, a $30 mini computer smaller than a pack of cigarettes. If you give up on the balky Receiver, a Touch is a much better, more versatile player, and those now routinely sell for under $150 used. Or cheaper still is a Raspberry Pi client. Get iPeng on your phone or pad to run it, and you're all set. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ sgmlaw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13995 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116975 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
