OK, I found out how to do the setup out of box or after a factory reset without mysqueezebox.com.
The basic thing to know is that when you are in a screen that is not going anywhere or trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com or some other screen which wants you to do something you don't want to do, you can press and HOLD the arrow key in the upper left corner, this gets you out of the process. Even if the arrow doesn't show up on the screen it still works, just press the upper left corner and let it sit there for a few seconds. So details of a few scenarios: brand new Touch, local LMS, connected to ethernet, mysqueezebox.com still up and running but you don't want to register. Get the fab4.bin for the server you are running from http://update.slimdevices.com. Put this in the root directory of a USB stick, it's best if there is nothing else on it. Do NOT plug in the USB stick yet. Plug in the power, let it go through the setup process, it will connect to mysqueezebox.com and ask you to register, at this point press and hold the upper left corner, this will get you out and bring you to the home menu. Press my music and try and connect to your LMS. This may or may not load the correct firmware. If it does not, pull the power, plug in the USB stick and plug the power back in, after boot you should get a message asking if you want to install the firmware, agree, the firmware should load and reboot, you should be up and running. If you don't get a message asking to install the firmware go to settings->advanced->update firmware->install from media. The same but either mysqueezebox.com doesn't exist or you don't have an internet connection, but you DO have a local network. Do the same as above but when you get to the screen trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com, press and hold the upper left corner, this will get you out. Connect to the server or load the firmware from USB. If your are doing a factory reset the above still applies but you don't need to load the firmware since it is already on your Touch. You don't have a network connection at all (completely self contained). Do NOT plug in your music drive yet, somehow get the firmware and put it on a USB stick. Plug the stick into the Touch. Plug the power in. Follow the prompts. When you get to the screen saying you don't have a network connection, press and hold the upper left arrow, this gets you to a main menu. Select settings->advanced->update firmware->install from media. This will load the firmware from the stick and reboot. Unplug the Touch and plug in the music drive, plug in the Touch, you should now be running standalone. If you have a network connection but no DHCP server (router) it will ask you to enter a static IP, choose what you want for this and continue. I have tried these scenarios and they do work. If you need to (re)setup without mysqueezebox.com give it a try. John S. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ JohnSwenson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=96209 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
