Logitech Network Music System- User Manual

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 n...

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- ...

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 selectio...

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 Sque...

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, you...

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 online...

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 title...

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 secu...

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 deta...

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 co...

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 ...

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? Simp...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 21 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, year, fol...

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 curr...

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 advan...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 25 MP3tunes MP3tunes allows you to listen to your entire digital music collection on your Squeezebox without the need for a computer. We offer a 60-day free trial Premium Music Locker through MP3tunes, which includes unlimited space to upload your music collection online....

26 Logitech® 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, temporarily disabling it can...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 27 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™ Duet User Guide 29 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 ...

30 Logitech® 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 that cannot be played...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 31 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. SqueezeCent...

32 Logitech® 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 possibility is that the wi...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 33 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 somet...

34 Logitech® 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 an ethernet cable, t...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 35 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 ...

36 Logitech® 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 rule in SqueezeCenter ...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 37 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 cach...

38 Logitech® 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 Home > Settings &...

Squeezebox™ Duet User Guide 39 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] Support Phone: +1 (877) 887-8...

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 instruc- • tions.Do not push objects into apparatus vents or slots because f...