Page 2 - Contents
Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 1 Contents Thank You! ................................................................................................................................................. 3 Getting Help............................................................................................
Page 4 - System Requirements; Operating system; Boom Hardware At A Glance; Remote Control
4 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 5 System Requirements Operating system Windows • ® Vista ® , Windows XP, or Windows 2000 (SP4 or later required) Mac • ® OS X, version 10.3 or higher Linux-based OS with Perl 5.8.3 or higher installed • Computer 733 Mhz CPU or faster • 256 MB RAM • 80 MB har...
Page 5 - Front Panel Controls; Tips And Tricks For Using The Controls
6 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 7 Front Panel Controls A. power turns the Squeezebox Boom on or off. B. The navigation wheel allows you to quickly scroll through menus, track lists, music services, and more. Turn the wheel to scroll, and then press the wheel to select an option. When the N...
Page 6 - Back Panel Connectors; Installing Squeezebox Boom; A Word About The Operating Environment; Installation Steps At A Glance
8 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 9 Back Panel Connectors A. Line in. Ideal for connecting an MP3 player, portable CD player, or other audio device with a 3.5mm line level output and enjoying Squeezebox Boom’s advance driver design and acoustics. It’s not necessary to select Line In as a sou...
Page 7 - Create An Online Account And Download Software; An Important Word About Music Sources
10 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 11 If you’re not familiar with your wireless network’s security method or your security key, this information can be obtained by connecting to your wireless router. See your router’s instructions if necessary, or contact your network provider or the party w...
Page 8 - Optional: Download And Install SqueezeCenter; Set Up Squeezebox Boom And Connect It
12 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 13 Optional: Download And Install SqueezeCenter After you complete the SqueezeNetwork sign-up process, you are asked to download SqueezeCenter. SqueezeCenter is only required if you intend to listen to your personal music collection stored on a computer on ...
Page 9 - Optional: Connect To SqueezeCenter
14 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 15 Select A Music Source Once your Squeezebox Boom has successfully connected to your network, you will see a menu asking you to select your music source. Select SqueezeNetwork, the free, Internet-based service operated by Logitech. When you connect to Sque...
Page 10 - Using Your Squeezebox Boom; Now Playing; Viewing Now Playing Using The Remote Control; Clearing The Now Playing List; How to mute your music; pause; Preset buttons and favorites; Favorites and Presets: What’s The Difference?
16 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 17 Using Your Squeezebox Boom Now Playing Squeezebox Boom always maintains the current playlist in its memory. This playlist is called Now Playing and you can modify it by adding tracks from your music collection, tracks and playlists from music services, o...
Page 11 - With SqueezeNetwork; Squeezebox Boom’s Alarm
18 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 19 Squeezebox Boom has six Preset buttons below the display. You can think of these as a miniature list of six favorites that you can recall instantly at any time. Adding an item to a Preset will also add it to your Favorites, if it’s not already in there. ...
Page 12 - Sleep mode; Display Brightness; Selecting and Changing Music Sources; Which Music Source To Choose?
20 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 21 The default snooze length is nine minutes. If you have installed SqueezeCenter, you may change the snooze length: Launch the SqueezeCenter web interface 1. Click on the 2. Player tab From the left pull-down list, select the player you want to configure 3...
Page 13 - play
22 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 23 You’ll probably find that you don’t need to change music sources very often. There are a couple of scenarios where you might: If you normally connect to SqueezeCenter running on a computer, but the • computer is turned off or otherwise unavailable. In th...
Page 14 - Tips, Tricks And Advanced Techniques; Controlling Pandora; Mounting your Boom; Add a NAS Drive To Your Network
24 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 25 Tips, Tricks And Advanced Techniques StereoXL ™ Squeezebox Boom uses Logitech’s StereoXL technology to dramatically widen the stereo image, creating an immersive audio experience. To enable StereoXL, select Settings > Audio > StereoXL from the Home...
Page 15 - Playlist Formats
26 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 27 Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall Firewalls on your computer can often cause connection problems for network devices like Squeezebox Boom. While it is not necessary to disable your firewall in order to allow Squeezebox to communicate with your comput...
Page 16 - Appendix C: Using Apple iTunes; Appendix D: Getting Help; Online Help
28 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 29 Appendix C: 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 Store, where Apple offers music, videos and podcasts for purchase. Sq...
Page 17 - Appendix E: Troubleshooting
30 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 31 Appendix E: Troubleshooting When setting up networking, my network does not appear Squeezebox Boom finds all wireless networks in range and displays them by their network name (also known as their SSID). The first step is to make sure that your network i...
Page 18 - How do I use a static IP with Squeezebox Boom?
32 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 33 Both must be on the same network segment in order for SqueezeCenter to be recognized by your Squeezebox Boom. If you are using a large wireless network with multiple wireess routers or access points, there is a chance that your computer and your Squeezeb...
Page 19 - SqueezeCenter can’t find all of my music
34 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 35 The FORWARD and REWIND buttons do not work with some songs in my music library Seeking through a song (holding fwd or rew ) only works with certain formats: MP3, Ogg, FLAC, WAV and AIFF files stored in your SqueezeCenter • music libraryMP3 and WMA files ...
Page 21 - Logitech; Safety Information
38 Logitech ® Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 39 Logitech ® Hardware Product Limited Warranty Logitech warrants that your Logitech hardware product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for two (2) years, beginning from the date of purchase. Except where prohibited by applicable law, t...
