Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product Network Music System Logitech
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User Guide Logitec h ® Network Music Syst em english (north america).
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 Contents About Squeezebox Duet ............................................................................................................... 2 Getting Help .............................................................
2 Logitec h® About Squeezebo x Duet Thank you f or purchasing Logit ech’s Squeezebox Duet netw ork music system. We hope y ou have as muc h fun using it as we had building it for y ou.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 3 Pack age Contents Included in the pack age you will find: Squeezebox Controller • Rec hargeable Li-ion batt er y • Charging cradle with po wer supply • .
4 Logitec h® Befor e Y ou Begin If you already ha ve a wireless or ethernet netw ork and a computer to use as a server , setting up y our Squeezebox Duet should tak e about 30 minutes. T o make t he set up as simple as possible, there are a f ew things y ou should do.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 5 WEP ke ys are entered as hex adecimal numbers (the numbers 0 to 9 • and the lett ers A to F). 64-bit WEP k eys are exactly 1 0 digits in length; 1 28-bit ke ys are exactly 26 digits.
6 Logitec h® Squeezebo x Controller Interface A. The scroll wheel allow s you to easily mov e up and down through lists and menus. B. Press the center butt on to open a menu item, song, album, artist, or genre. C. Pr ess pla y to pla y a song, album, ar tist, or genre.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 7 Set Up the Hardw are Charge the Battery For t his step you’ll need: Squeezebox Controller • Charging cradle with A C adapter • Plug adapter f or your region.
8 Logitec h® Connect Squeezebo x Receiv er For t his step, you’ll need: Squeezebox R eceiver • AC adapt er for Squeezebo x Receiv er • Plug adapter f or your region • RCA stereo cabl.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 9 Set Up A SqueezeNetw ork™ Account For t his step you’ll need: A computer wit h a web browser • A broadband Inter net connection • A valid email account .
10 Logitec h® Install SqueezeCenter (Optional) SqueezeCenter is t he music server that runs on y our computer and connects your Squeezebo x players and contr ollers to your local music files, as well as allowing you t o use third-party plug-ins (applications that extend the features and functions of y our Squeezebox).
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 1 Connect Squeezebo x Duet This step will connect Squeezebo x Controller and Receiv er to your local network and allow y ou to select your music source.
12 Logitec h® If your wireless netw ork is secured, Squeezebox Controller will try to 6. determine t he type of security used. If the Controller can’t deter mine the type of encryption used, you will be asked t o select it from a list.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 3 Note: If y ou’ve installed SqueezeCent er and confirmed it is running, but your com puter name doesn’t appear on the Controller’s screen, you ma y hav e a firewall t hat’s preventing it fr om being found.
14 Logitech® Next you’ll see t he Wireless Connection screen, where you can 5. choose t o “Connect using Squeezebox” or “Connect using other wireless network”. Since y ou will be using the hybrid installation, you should select “Connect using other wir eless network.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 5 Note: Y ou can verify the MA C address b y looking at the label on the bottom of Squeezebo x Receiv er . Note: If y our play er does not appear in the list, verify t hat the button on the front of the R eceiver is flashing red.
16 Logitech® Bridged Network Configur ation This configuration should only be used if you do not ha ve a wireless network in your home. Y our Squeezebox R eceiver will be connect ed to your wired ethernet network, and Sq ueezebox Controller will use an ad-hoc connection to the R eceiver f or it’s network connection.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 7 Select your Squeezebo x Receiv er from the list. It will appear on the 7 . display as “Squeezebo x XXXXXX” where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the pla yer’s MAC address (its uniq ue network identifier).
18 Logitec h® The Squeezebo x Controller Displa y Title Bar The title bar at the top of t he screen displays t he name of the current menu. It ma y also contain a thumbnail of cover art when you’re viewing information about an album.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 1 9 Shuffle – A shuffle icon is display ed when the connected play er is set to shuffle song or albums. T o enable shuffle mode, go to Home > Settings > Shuffle . Wireless – this icon displa ys the quality of t he wireless connection.
20 Logitec h® Pla ying The Music If you’v e made it this far and hav en’t played an y music, it’s time to chang e that. This section cov ers the different wa ys you can browse y our music collection to find the perfect mix f or your mood.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 2 1 you can see details about that song including t he ar tist, genre, file for mat, and bitrate. Want t o quickl y build a playlist? Press the add butt on and the selected it em will be added to the end of y our current playlist.
22 Logitec h® F rom the Now Pla ying menu, press the 1 . center button t o see more options Scroll down t o 2. Add to F av orites and press t he center button Clearing “Now Pla ying” T o clear the current pla ylist, press home to get to t he Now Playing scr een and press center to g et the list of songs in the current pla ylist.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 23 center button, and t hen scroll down through t he results using the scr oll wheel . F rom the results displa yed scroll to y our choice and press center t o select that item or pla y to immediatel y play it. T agging Y our Music Files SqueezeCenter or ganizes your music b y Album, Ar tist, Genre, and Y ear .
24 Logitec h® The Home > Internet R adio menu also of fers a selection of Inter net radio services, including RadioIO, RadioTime, Live365, and SHOUT Cast. These services help you find radio stations. Some of t hem of fer the ability t o create an account so you can manage lists of stations and tak e advantage of other personalization options.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 25 MP3tunes MP3tunes allows you t o listen to y our entire digital music collection on your Squeezebox wit hout the need for a com puter . W e of fer a 60-da y free trial Premium Music Lock er through MP3tunes, whic h includes unlimited space to upload your music collection online.
26 Logitec h® Appendix A: Configuring Y our Fir ew all Firewalls on y our computer often cause connection problems f or Squeezebox Duet and other network de vices.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 27 Appendix B: Button Color Codes The follo wing information cov ers the colors display ed by the butt on on Squeezebox R eceiver . It is useful f or troubleshooting. No light: Squeezebox R eceiver is OFF . Low white: Squeezebox R eceiver is ON but no music is pla ying.
28 Logitec h® remains blue, chec k to mak e sure that your Int ernet connection is working correctl y. Blinking Purple: This indicates an unreco verable hardware er ror .
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 29 Appendix C: Updating the Softwar e The software that powers y our Squeezebox Duet is periodically updat ed to impro ve reliability and add new f eatures. Updating Squeezebo x Controller Y ou’ll see a message on your Controller when a software update is a vailable.
30 Logitec h® Appendix D: Supported File F ormats Music File F ormats The Squeezebox Duet and Sq ueezeCenter support a variety of music file formats. Some f ormats are supported in Squeezebox R eceiver’s hardw are, meaning that the pla yer itself does the f ormat decoding.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 3 1 Appendix E: Using Apple iT unes Apple’s iT unes is a music manager that helps you or ganize your collection, rip your CDs, creat e and manage playlists, et c. It also connects to the iT unes Music St ore, where Apple offers music, videos and podcasts for purc hase.
32 Logitec h® Appendix F: T roubleshooting When setting up the Controller , my netw ork does not appear . The most common cause is lack of signal strengt h. Either the Controller is t oo far awa y from the wireless r outer , or there is somet hing interfering with the signal.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 33 When setting up the Controller , no music sources appear . Normally , you will see an option f or SqueezeNetwork, as w ell as one or more computers running Sq ueezeCenter . The comput ers running SqueezeCenter will appear as they do t o the network; often the name will be somet hing similar to JOHN-SMITH-COMPUTER .
34 Logitec h® If MAC filt ering is enabled on the wireless rout er , the play er’s MAC 3. address should be added to t he wireless router’s list of allow ed addresses. The Squeezebox R eceiver’s MA C address can be found on the bottom of t he unit.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 35 Check t he router’s network name (also known as SSID) y ou’re • connecting to. If it’s a default name, lik e NET GEAR or LINKSYS, consider changing y our network’s name to something uniq ue to be sure you’re not inadv er tently connecting t o a nearby wireless network with t he same name.
36 Logitec h® Please note that b y default W A V and AIFF files are converted to FL AC (a compressed, lossless f ormat) in order to sa ve network bandwidth, and theref ore cannot be fast-f or warded.
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 37 On Windows, right-clic k on the SqueezeCenter icon and clic k • “ Stop Sq ueezeCenter ” On Mac OS X, open • Syst em Preferences > SqueezeCenter and click on “ S top Server ” Remo ve the Cac he folder used b y SqueezeCenter 2.
38 Logitec h® Appendix G: R estoring Def ault Settings If you would lik e to repeat t he setup process (choosing y our wireless network, entering y our network security password, and selecting your music sour ce), you can rest ore Squeezebox Controller t o its default settings by going t o Home > Settings > Adv anced > Factory R eset .
Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 39 Additional Inf ormation Online Help Squeezebox w ebsite: slimdevices.com Online F A Q: faq.slimdevices.com Customer F orums: forums.slimde vices.com Squeezebox Wiki: wiki.slimdevices.com Contacting Support Suppor t E-mail: suppor t@slimdevices.
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Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 4 1 Logitech ® Hardw are Product Limited W arranty Logitech ® war rants that your Logitec h hardware product shall be free from defects in mat erial and workman- ship for two (2) y ears, beginning from the date of purc hase.
Safety Inf or mation AC PO WERED PRODUCTS: IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INFORMA TION CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD Do not use this apparatus near wat er. • Do not block an y ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s instruc- • tions.
FCC THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH P ART 1 5 OF THE FCC RULES. OPER A TION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLL OW- ING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MA Y NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, IN CLUDING INTERFERENCE THA T MA Y CAUSE UNDESIRED OPER A TION.
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