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SliMP3
Ethernet MP3 Player
Owner's Manual
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 Quick Start Guide 4 Setting up the IP addresses 6 Using the SliMP3's interface 7 Remote control quick reference 11 Remote control details 11 Troubleshooting guide 14 2
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Introduction Thank you for purchasing the SliMP3 Ethernet MP3 Player! This owner’s manual includes setup and basic operating instructions for your player. Since we’re continually adding new software features, some of the more advanced capabilities of the SliMP3 player will not be covered here. At our web site, http://www.slimdevices.com/ , you can find additional information about the latest SliMP3 features, as well as detailed documentation for developers. The SliMP3 software is the result of
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Quickstart Guide If you already have an Ethernet LAN and a machine to use as the server, setting up the SliMP3 will take you just a few minutes, and all you will need is this quick start guide - each step is boldfaced, followed by a brief explanation. Setting up the player Connect the Ethernet port to your hub using a standard RJ45 patch cord Connect the player your Ethernet hub or switch using the included CAT5 patch cord. If you are connecting it directly to the Ethernet card in your server ma
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To enter the static IP addresses, use the UP/DOWN buttons to edit each digit, and LEFT/RIGHT to go to the next digit, then press OK to complete each entry. Zero out the beginning of each number to make it three digits - eg "10.5.35.164" would be entered as "010.005.035.164" Testing your LAN setup ping the player from your server On your server, type: ping your.players.ip.address If your IP addresses are set up correctly, the player will respond to the pings, and display a message indicating wher
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Configuring the IP addresses Setting up the SliMP3 for your network is much the same as setting up any other kind of computer. You will need to know the following information: Does your network support DHCP? If so, then there is no configuration necessary. The SliMP3 will automatically obtain its IP address and locate your server PC on the network. If your network does not have DHCP, then you will need to configure the player using static IP addresses. You will need know the IP address of your c
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buttons to select the digit to edit, and up/down to change that digit. Press "ok" to go the next screen (the 'ok' button is just below and to the right of the arrow buttons). When you've finished entering all off the addresses, you will see the following message. At this point, you can either press left to go back and review your changes, or press right to save the changes and exit the setup menu. Using the SliMP3’s Interface The SliMP3's remote control interface uses a system of menus which are
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Browsing the music trees Pressing right to enter the Music Library will bring up a list of all the items at the top level of the hard disk heirarchy. This is saying that we're at the top level of the Music Library, there are ten items here, and the one currenty selected is "Punk". The arrow in the bottom right corner indicates that this is a directory which we can enter. Pressing "down" will scroll to the next item in this folder, for example: Pressing down again to go to the next item: Pressing
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Now press play, and this track will begin to play. Even as a track is playing, you can continue to browse around in other folders. Adding files and directories to the current playlist The SliMP3 maintains a "current playlist" at all times. Individual tracks, entire albums, even large directory trees can be added to the playlist. There a two ways to add a items to the playlist. You can press "play", which will clear out the current queue and play the selected item(s), or you can press "rec" to ap
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Viewing additional information about a track From either the playlist view or the browser, you can view additional infromation about an item by pressing "right" when the item is selected. Press up/down to view addition information about the track: and so on... Searching The SliMP3 provides an advanced search mechanism to help you locate songs in large collections. you can search by song title, by artist, or by album. To access the search feature, choose "Search" from the top level menu, and then
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Remote Control Details Configuration To configure the remote for use with your SliMP3 press "S, DVD, 0, 0, 7, ENT, DVD" You can also configure the remote to adjust the SliMP3 volume. To configure the remote to adjust the SliMP3 volume press "S, TV, 0, 2, 8, ENT, DVD, S, TV, VOL+, ENT". Layout POWER - Press POWER to turn off the SliMP3 player (stopping music and dimming display. Press again to turn on. While the SliMP3 is in standby mode, you can use CH+/CH- to adjust the brightness of the alarm
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OK - Press OK to shuffle the current playlist. Press OK again to put the songs back in the original order. Each time you shuffle the playlist the order is different. VOL+, VOL- - Increase or decrease the volume. The remote needs to be configured to send volume commands to the SliMP3, instead of to a Sony TV, as it is by default. To program the remote to control the SliMP3's volume, first press the following sequence: "S TV 0 2 8 ENT". Then, to make the volume also work when in DVD (SliMP3) mode,
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Troubleshooting Guide I'm having trouble starting the server software under Unix Your version of Perl may be too old. Type "perl -v" to find out what you have. The SliMP3 requires at least V5.6.0. This version comes pre-installed in MacOS X and nearly all recent Linux distributions. If you get errors on a UNIX system about "Time::HiRes", it may be because you are running the software on an unsupported architecture. This module is included with the SliMP3 software for FreeBSD, Linux (X86 and PPC)
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Any such messages may be safely ignored – they’re just for debugging. Some parts of the web interface are not showing up correctly The SliMP3's web interface is available in several different "skins". Some skins use Javascript, Java, CSS, or other other elements which may not be available in all browsers. The "SliMP3's Default look" skin is very simple, and should render correctly in all web browsers. To change the skin, open the web interface and click "Server Settings". The web interface won't
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