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1 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES T able of Contents About Squeezebox2 .................................................................................. 3 System Requirements .................................................................
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3 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES About Squeezebox2 Thank you for purchasing a Squeezebox2 network music player . Squeezebox2 lets you play your digitized music collection through your ster eo system using your wireless or ethernet network.
4 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Befor e Y ou Begin If you already have a wir eless or ethernet network and a computer to use as a server , setting up Squeezebox2 and SlimServer takes just a few minutes—all you need to get your music playing through Squeezebox2 is this owner’ s guide.
5 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Installing the SlimServer Softwar e Installing on Windows: 1. Download the SlimServer installer program to a location you can fi nd again on your computer . Y our Desktop is a good choice. 2. When the fi le has fi nished downloading, double-click on the SlimServer installer icon.
6 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES 2. When the fi le has fi nished downloading, double-click on the disk image fi le (.dmg) to make it appear on your desktop. Y our web browser may do this for you automatically . 3. Double-click on the SlimServer Installer icon.
7 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Connecting Squeezebox2 1. Connect Squeezebox2 to your stereo amplifi er or receiver using the included RCA cable with the red and white connectors. Y ou can also connect a digital optical cable to the square connector or digital coaxial cable to the orange connector .
8 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Confi guring Squeezebox2 When you plug in Squeezebox2, the Slim Devices logo is displayed briefl y , followed by a welcome message. Set Up Networking 1. Press the RIGHT arrow on the r emote control. The Set Up Networking menu option is displayed.
9 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Hint: WEP keys consist of a string of ten or twenty-six digits or letters A through F . WP A passwords are a string of letters, numbers or punctuation.
10 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Using the Remote Press POWER to put Squeezebox2 into standby mode. This will dim the display , stop the music and show a clock. Press POWER again to wake Squeezebox2. Use the VOLUME buttons to adjust the loudness of the audio Squeezebox2 is producing.
11 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES • Folder—Squeezebox2 plays all songs in that folder and sub-folders. Hint: T o save a playlist, press NOW PLA YING then press and hold PLA Y . Y ou will be prompted to save the current playlist for use later .
12 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES • No Shuffl e Press REPEA T to cycle between the following settings: • Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the curr ent playlist) • Repeat Current Song • Repeat All Songs Press SLEEP to tell Squeezebox2 to turn itself off in 15 minutes.
13 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Playing Y our Music Squeezebox2 plays music that you select with the remote contr ol or the web interface. Using the Remote to Play Music 1. Use the LEFT arrow to go to Squeezebox Home . Y ou may have to press the LEFT arrow mor e than once to get there.
14 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES can use the SlimServer pane in System Prefer ences to bring up the web interface. 2. From the left pane of the web interface, you can br owse by a variety of categories.
15 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Creating and Saving a Playlist Y ou can use the remote control or the web interface to cr eate playlists and save them for later . Before you create and save a playlist, make sur e you have specifi ed a folder for Squeezebox2 to use for saving playlists.
16 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Listening to Inter net Radio Y ou can listen to hundreds of internet radio stations with Squeezebox2. T o access internet radio stations using the remote: 1. Press LEFT to go back to Squeezebox Home . (Y ou may have to press LEFT more than once.
17 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Special Featur es Squeezebox2 has a beautiful high-resolution vacuum fl uorescent display . In addition to displaying the name of the track or internet ra.
18 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES 4. Go thr ough the network setup screens, choosing to connect to a wireless network and then select your r egion. 5. Y ou should be presented with the option to turn on wireless bridging. Select Yes and then press RIGHT .
19 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES 3. Press DOWN to scroll to the RSS News Ticker option. Press RIGHT . 4. Press DOWN to scroll thr ough the list of available news feeds. 5. Press RIGHT to view the list of items in that feed, press again to view the details of a specifi c feed.
20 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES T r oubleshooting The followingt tips and answers to frequently asked questions will help r esolve problems you may encounter . How do I get back to the Squeezebox2 setup menu? Press and hold the LEFT arrow for fi ve seconds to bring Squeezebox2 back to the setup menu.
21 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES How do I fi nd the IP address of the computer where I have installed SlimServer? On Windows: Click Start > Run, type in cmd and hit enter . In the DOS window , type ipconfi g and hit enter . On Mac OS X: Go to System Prefer ences > Network.
22 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES BlackIce, McAfee Security Center , ZoneAlarm, and eT rust. Y ou will need to confi gur e your fi rewall softwar e or hardware to allow connections to ports 3483 and 9000 for both UDP and TCP connections. Refer to the documentation that came with your fi r ewall for details.
23 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Depending on how much music you have, this could take several minutes. The new music will not appear in your music library on the SlimServer until the rescan is complete. Some of the songs in my iT unes library don’t show up on Squeezebox2 or say STOPPED when I try to play them.
24 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES FCC NOTICE INFORMA TION FOR THE USER This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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26 Squeezebox2 Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES SLIM DEVICES Slim Devices, Inc. 958 San Leandro A venue Mountain View , CA 94043 +1 650 210 9400 support@slimdevices.
An important point after buying a device Slim Devices 2 (or even before the purchase) is to read its user manual. We should do this for several simple reasons:
If you have not bought Slim Devices 2 yet, this is a good time to familiarize yourself with the basic data on the product. First of all view first pages of the manual, you can find above. You should find there the most important technical data Slim Devices 2 - thus you can check whether the hardware meets your expectations. When delving into next pages of the user manual, Slim Devices 2 you will learn all the available features of the product, as well as information on its operation. The information that you get Slim Devices 2 will certainly help you make a decision on the purchase.
If you already are a holder of Slim Devices 2, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Slim Devices 2.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Slim Devices 2. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Slim Devices 2 along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
