sgmlaw wrote: > 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.
Well, I persisted with the balky receivers and finally got the controller properly connected. Thanks very much to Michael and sgmlaw for their help and encouragement. Dan McInerney ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [email protected]'s Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17776 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116975 _______________________________________________ Squeezecenter mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/squeezecenter
