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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide
Owner’s Guide
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Table of Contents About Squeezebox ..................................................................................2 System Requirements .........................................................................2 Before You Begin .....................................................................................3 Installing the SlimServer Software ........................................................4 Installing on Windows ........................................
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2 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide About Squeezebox Thank you for purchasing a Squeezebox network music player. Squeezebox lets you play your digitized music collection through your stereo system using your wireless or ethernet network. With Squeezebox, you can also listen to internet radio stations, set alarms, display RSS feeds, and more! This user guide includes setup and basic operating instructions for your new player. Since Slim Devices is continually adding new features to Squeezebox, some n
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 3 Before You Begin If you already have a wireless or ethernet network and a computer to use as a server, setting up Squeezebox and SlimServer takes just a few minutes—all you need to get your music playing through Squeezebox is in this owner’s guide. . First, collect your digitized music into one place on your computer. You can put all the files in a single directory, or create a series of subdirectories. The software you use to ‘rip’ your CDs, such as iTunes, ma
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4 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Installing the SlimServer Software Installing on Windows . Download the SlimServer installer program to a location you can find again on your computer. Your Desktop is a good choice. 2. When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the SlimServer installer icon. The SlimServer Setup Wizard starts. Tip: You may see an ‘Open File - Security Warning’, if so, click Run. 3. Follow the instructions to set up SlimServer, and specify: • Where to install the SlimS
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 5 Installing on Mac OS X . Save the .dmg file to your Desktop. 2. When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the disk image file (.dmg) to make it appear on your desktop. Your web browser may do this for you automatically. 3. Double-click on the SlimServer Installer icon. The SlimServer Installer will start. 4. You can choose whether you want to install SlimServer for all users or just for the current user. If you want to install SlimServer for all u
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6 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Connecting Squeezebox Headphone Analog Digital Digital Ethernet Power Mini Jack Audio Optical Coax (RCA) Output Output . Connect Squeezebox to your stereo amplifier or receiver using the included RCA cable with the red and white connectors. You can also connect a digital optical cable to the square connector or digital coaxial cable to the orange connector. (These cables are not included.) If you are using headphones or powered speakers, you can connect them
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 7 Configuring Squeezebox When you plug in Squeezebox, the Slim Devices logo is displayed briefly, followed by a welcome message. Set Up Networking . Press the RIGHT arrow on the remote control. The Set Up Networking menu option is displayed. 2. Press the RIGHT arrow to enter networking setup. 3. If you have a wired-only Squeezebox, skip to step 7. If you have a wireless Squeezebox, choose whether you want to connect Squeezebox to a wireless or wired network by press
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8 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Tip: WEP keys consist of a string of ten or twenty-six digits or letters A through F. WPA passwords are a string of letters, numbers or punctuation. Squeezebox connects to your wireless network. If Squeezebox does not connect to your wireless access point, you can press the LEFT arrow to go back and fix your settings. If you are still having trouble, check the Troubleshooting section at the end of this guide. 7. Choose whether you want the Squeezebox to obtain
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 9 Using the Remote Press pOWER to put Squeezebox into standby mode. This will dim the display, stop the music and show a clock. Press pOWER again to wake Squeezebox. Use the VOLUME buttons to adjust the loudness of the audio Squeezebox is producing. Press REW to immediately begin the current song again. Press REW twice to skip to the previous song. Press and hold REW to scan backwards through the current song. Press pAUSE to pause the current song. Press pAUSE
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0 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide • Folder—Squeezebox plays all songs in that folder and sub- folders. Tip: To save a playlist, press NOW pLAYING then press and hold pLAY. You will be prompted to save the current playlist for use later. Press Add to append the displayed selection to the end of the current playlist. If you press ADD while displaying a • Genre, artist or album—Squeezebox adds all the songs for the displayed genre, artist, or album to the end of the Now Playing playlist • Song—Squee
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Press SHUFFLE to cycle between the following settings: • Shuffle All Songs • Shuffle By Album • No Shuffle Press REpEAT to cycle between the following settings: • Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the current playlist) • Repeat Current Song • Repeat All Songs Press SLEEp to tell Squeezebox to turn itself off in 5 minutes. Add 5 minute increments (up to a total of 90 minutes) by pressing SLEEp repeatedly. If you wish to cancel the Sleep function, press SLEEp
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2 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide playing Your Music Squeezebox plays music that you select with the remote control or the web interface. Using the Remote to play Music . Use the LEFT arrow to go to Squeezebox Home. You may have to press the LEFT arrow more than once to get there. 2. Use the Up and dOWN arrows to find the Browse Music option. 3. Press the RIGHT arrow. The Browse Albums option is displayed. You can scroll down to browse by artist, genre, year, new music, existing playlists, or br
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 3 Mac users can use the SlimServer pane in System Preferences to bring up the web interface. 2. From the left pane of the web interface, you can browse by a variety of categories, including album, artist, genre, album cover art (if available), new music, by year, and more. 3. When you find an album, artist, track, or playlist you want to listen to, click on the play icon to the right of it to hear it immediately. To add an item to be played at the end of the playl
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4 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 3. Press the 1 button repeatedly to cycle through punctuation. 4. Press the LEFT arrow to erase letters. Press and hold to erase more than one character. 5. Press the RIGHT arrow when you are finished entering text to run the search. Creating and Saving a playlist You can use the remote control or the web interface to create playlists and save them for later. Before you create and save a playlist, make sure you have specified a folder for Squeezebox to use for sav
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 5 the playlist, press Add . It is added to the Now Playing playlist. 3. To save the playlist, press NOW pLAYING and then press and hold pLAY on the remote. Using the remote keypad, enter the name you want to give this playlist and press the RIGHT arrow. 4. The playlist is saved. To find it again, use Browse Playlists. SLIM DEVICES
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6 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Listening to Internet Radio You can listen to thousands of internet radio stations with Squeezebox. To access internet radio stations using the remote: . Press LEFT to go back to Squeezebox Home. (You may have to press LEFT more than once.) 2. Press dOWN to scroll to Internet Radio, then press RIGHT. 3. Press dOWN to scroll through a list of internet radio providers. Slim Devices Picks is a frequently updated list of stations recommended by Slim Devices. Other pr
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Squeezebox Owner’s Guide 7 SqueezeNetwork SqueezeNetwork is an always-on service that provides access to Internet Radio, alarm clock, natural sounds, news feeds and more, even when your computer is off. Your Squeezebox connects to SqueezeNetwork using your broadband Internet connection. When your Squeezebox is connected to SqueezeNetwork, it’s not connected to your SlimServer computer. To connect to SqueezeNetwork, press the left button until Squeezebox Setup or Squeezebox Home are display
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8 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide Special Features Squeezebox has a beautiful high-resolution vacuum fluorescent display. In addition to displaying the name of the track or internet radio station you’re currently listening to, you can tell Squeezebox to show you dynamic content via RSS feeds, gorgeous graphic music visualizers, as well as a variety of screensavers, games and more. There are wide range of settings to let you customize your Squeezebox to your liking. Explore! You won’t be sorry. H
