Page 2 - Contents
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 1 Contents About Squeezebox Duet ............................................................................................................... 2 Getting Help ..................................................................................................................
Page 3 - About Squeezebox Duet; Getting Help; Support
2 Logitech ® About Squeezebox Duet Thank you for purchasing Logitech’s Squeezebox Duet network music system. We hope you have as much fun using it as we had building it for you. The Squeezebox Duet package includes Squeezebox Controller, a multi-room wireless controller that lets you browse, select ...
Page 4 - Operating system
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 3 Package Contents Included in the package you will find: Squeezebox Controller • Rechargeable Li-ion battery • Charging cradle with power supply • Squeezebox Receiver • Power supply for the Receiver • Gold-plated stereo RCA cable • Plug adapters for your region • Quick ...
Page 5 - Before You Begin; Choose Your Network Setup; Find Your Wireless Network Settings
4 Logitech ® Before You Begin If you already have a wireless or ethernet network and a computer to use as a server, setting up your Squeezebox Duet should take about 30 minutes. To make the set up as simple as possible, there are a few things you should do. Choose Your Network Setup Installing your ...
Page 6 - Using Squeezebox Controller
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 5 WEP keys are entered as hexadecimal numbers (the numbers 0 to 9 • and the letters A to F). 64-bit WEP keys are exactly 10 digits in length; 128-bit keys are exactly 26 digits. WPA and WPA2 keys are between 8 and 63 characters long, • and can use any letter (both upper-...
Page 7 - Squeezebox Controller Interface; home; Now Playing; pause
6 Logitech ® Squeezebox Controller Interface A. The scroll wheel allows you to easily move up and down through lists and menus. B. Press the center button to open a menu item, song, album, artist, or genre. C. Press play to play a song, album, artist, or genre. This will replace your current selecti...
Page 8 - Set Up the Hardware; Charge the Battery
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 7 Set Up the Hardware Charge the Battery For this step you’ll need: Squeezebox Controller • Charging cradle with AC adapter • Plug adapter for your region • Battery • You’ll start the installation process by charging the battery so it will be ready when you configure Squ...
Page 9 - Connect Squeezebox Receiver
8 Logitech ® Connect Squeezebox Receiver For this step, you’ll need: Squeezebox Receiver • AC adapter for Squeezebox Receiver • Plug adapter for your region • RCA stereo cables or your own optical or coaxial S/PDIF cable • Your own ethernet cable (for • “hybrid” and “bridged” installations) Next, yo...
Page 10 - Listen Even When Your Computer is Turned Off
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 9 Set Up A SqueezeNetwork ™ Account For this step you’ll need: A computer with a web browser • A broadband Internet connection • A valid email account • SqueezeNetwork is an Internet-based service that connects you to thousands of Internet radio stations, as well as onli...
Page 12 - Connect Squeezebox Duet; All-Wireless Network Configuration; Set Up Squeezebox Controller
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 11 Connect Squeezebox Duet This step will connect Squeezebox Controller and Receiver to your local network and allow you to select your music source. There are three sections, each detailing the steps for the different network configurations described in the section titl...
Page 13 - back; Set Up Squeezebox Receiver
12 Logitech ® If your wireless network is secured, Squeezebox Controller will try to 6. determine the type of security used. If the Controller can’t determine the type of encryption used, you will be asked to select it from a list. Once the encryption is determined, you’ll be asked to enter your sec...
Page 14 - Hybrid Network Configuration
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 13 Note: If you’ve installed SqueezeCenter and confirmed it is running, but your computer name doesn’t appear on the Controller’s screen, you may have a firewall that’s preventing it from being found. See “Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall” in this User Guide for det...
Page 17 - Bridged Network Configuration; Set Up Squeezebox Controller and Receiver
16 Logitech ® Bridged Network Configuration This configuration should only be used if you do not have a wireless network in your home. Your Squeezebox Receiver will be connected to your wired ethernet network, and Squeezebox Controller will use an ad-hoc connection to the Receiver for it’s network c...
Page 19 - The Squeezebox Controller Display
18 Logitech ® The Squeezebox Controller Display Title Bar The title bar at the top of the screen displays the name of the current menu. It may also contain a thumbnail of cover art when you’re viewing information about an album. Tip: When you are at the Home menu, the menu title bar will display the...
Page 20 - Status Bar
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 19 Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of the screen and may display the following icons or elements: Play/Pause – A play icon is displayed while the player is playing audio. It is replaced by a pause icon when the audio playback is paused. When stopped or no...
Page 21 - Playing The Music; Random Mix; Play All Songs
20 Logitech ® Playing The Music If you’ve made it this far and haven’t played any music, it’s time to change that. This section covers the different ways you can browse your music collection to find the perfect mix for your mood. Random Mix Do you just want to “Shuffle and Play All” your tracks? Sim...
Page 22 - Selecting Playlists Created on Your Computer; Music Library > Playlists; Saving a Playlist; Playlists; Favorites
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 21 Here you can see details about that song including the artist, genre, file format, and bitrate. Want to quickly build a playlist? Press the add button and the selected item will be added to the end of your current playlist. If the selected item is a genre, artist, yea...
Page 23 - Add to Favorites; Clearing “Now Playing”; Clear Playlist; Editing A Playlist Saved On Your Computer; Music Library; Searching Your Music Library
22 Logitech ® From the Now Playing menu, press the 1. center button to see more optionsScroll down to 2. Add to Favorites and press the center button Clearing “Now Playing” To clear the current playlist, press home to get to the Now Playing screen and press center to get the list of songs in the cur...
Page 25 - Home > Internet Radio; Music Services; MP3tunes
24 Logitech ® The Home > Internet Radio menu also offers a selection of Internet radio services, including RadioIO, RadioTime, Live365, and SHOUTCast. These services help you find radio stations. Some of them offer the ability to create an account so you can manage lists of stations and take adva...
Page 26 - Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 25 Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall Firewalls on your computer often cause connection problems for Squeezebox Duet and other network devices. While it is not necessary to disable your firewall in order to allow Squeezebox to communicate with your computer, temporari...
Page 27 - Appendix B: Button Color Codes
26 Logitech ® Appendix B: Button Color Codes The following information covers the colors displayed by the button on Squeezebox Receiver. It is useful for troubleshooting. No light: Squeezebox Receiver is OFF. Low white: Squeezebox Receiver is ON but no music is playing. Bright white: Squeezebox Rece...
Page 28 - Configuring Your Firewall.
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 27 Blue: Connected to the network and waiting to connect to a music source (such as SqueezeNetwork or SqueezeCenter). If you are attempting to connect to SqueezeCenter and the light remains blue, the most likely cause is a firewall running on the computer on which Squeez...
Page 29 - Appendix C: Updating the Software; Updating Squeezebox Controller; Home; Update; Updating Squeezebox Receiver; Community > Newsletter
28 Logitech ® Appendix C: Updating the Software The software that powers your Squeezebox Duet is periodically updated to improve reliability and add new features. Updating Squeezebox Controller You’ll see a message on your Controller when a software update is available. To manually reinstall the sof...
Page 30 - Appendix D: Supported File Formats; Music File Formats
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 29 Appendix D: Supported File Formats Music File Formats The Squeezebox Duet and SqueezeCenter support a variety of music file formats. Some formats are supported in Squeezebox Receiver’s hardware, meaning that the player itself does the format decoding. Other formats th...
Page 31 - Appendix E: Using Apple iTunes
30 Logitech ® Appendix E: Using Apple iTunes Apple’s iTunes is a music manager that helps you organize your collection, rip your CDs, create and manage playlists, etc. It also connects to the iTunes Music Store, where Apple offers music, videos and podcasts for purchase. SqueezeCenter can use the iT...
Page 32 - Appendix F: Troubleshooting; When setting up the Controller, my network does not appear.; scroll wheel; When setting up the Receiver, my player does not appear.; Flashing Red; Set Up Receiver
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 31 Appendix F: Troubleshooting When setting up the Controller, my network does not appear. The most common cause is lack of signal strength. Either the Controller is too far away from the wireless router, or there is something interfering with the signal. Another possibi...
Page 33 - When setting up the Controller, no music sources appear.; Appendix; The audio from Squeezebox is too quiet.
32 Logitech ® When setting up the Controller, no music sources appear. Normally, you will see an option for SqueezeNetwork, as well as one or more computers running SqueezeCenter. The computers running SqueezeCenter will appear as they do to the network; often the name will be something similar to J...
Page 34 - How do I use Static IP addresses with Squeezebox Duet?; Address Problem – There was a problem; The Controller’s interface is sluggish, with long delays before
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 33 If MAC filtering is enabled on the wireless router, the player’s MAC 3. address should be added to the wireless router’s list of allowed addresses. The Squeezebox Receiver’s MAC address can be found on the bottom of the unit.If you are connecting to the router using a...
Page 35 - The Receiver fails to connect to the network using an; Configuring Your Firewall; The FWD and REW buttons do not work with some songs in; fwd
34 Logitech ® Check the router’s network name (also known as SSID) you’re • connecting to. If it’s a default name, like NETGEAR or LINKSYS, consider changing your network’s name to something unique to be sure you’re not inadvertently connecting to a nearby wireless network with the same name.Check y...
Page 36 - Server > Basic Settings
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 35 Please note that by default WAV and AIFF files are converted to FLAC (a compressed, lossless format) in order to save network bandwidth, and therefore cannot be fast-forwarded. In order to seek through WAV or AIFF files, you need to disable the WAV to FLAC decoder rul...
Page 37 - I have installed SqueezeCenter to allow playing of music
36 Logitech ® Stop SqueezeCenter 1. On Windows, right-click on the SqueezeCenter icon and click • “ Stop SqueezeCenter ” On Mac OS X, open • System Preferences > SqueezeCenter and click on “ Stop Server ” Remove the Cache folder used by SqueezeCenter 2. On Windows XP, the default location for the...
Page 38 - Appendix G: Restoring Default Settings
Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 37 Appendix G: Restoring Default Settings If you would like to repeat the setup process (choosing your wireless network, entering your network security password, and selecting your music source), you can restore Squeezebox Controller to its default settings by going to H...
Page 39 - Additional Information; Online Help; Logitech Contact Information; must
38 Logitech ® Additional Information Online Help Squeezebox website: slimdevices.com Online FAQ: faq.slimdevices.com Customer Forums: forums.slimdevices.com Squeezebox Wiki: wiki.slimdevices.com Contacting Support Support E-mail: [email protected] Developer Resources Our SqueezeCenter software...
Page 43 - Safety Information
42 Logitech ® Safety Information AC POWERED PRODUCTS: IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD Do not use this apparatus near water. • Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manufacturer’s • instructions.Do not push objects into apparatus vents or slo...
