Page 3 - SLIM; DEVICES; Table of Contents
Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES Table of Contents About Squeezebox ..................................................................................2 System Requirements .........................................................................2 Before You Begin ..................................
Page 4 - About Squeezebox; System Requirements
2 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 sta...
Page 5 - Before You Begin
3 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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, co...
Page 6 - Installing the SlimServer Software; Installing on Windows
4 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 ins...
Page 7 - Installing on Mac OS X; Installing on Linux or Other Operating System
5 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 Sli...
Page 8 - Connecting Squeezebox
6 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES Connecting Squeezebox . 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 connecto...
Page 9 - Configuring Squeezebox; Note
7 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 a...
Page 10 - Connecting to SlimServer
8 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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...
Page 11 - Using the Remote
9 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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...
Page 14 - playing Your Music; Using the Remote to play Music
2 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 ...
Page 15 - Searching for Music with the Remote
3 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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...
Page 16 - Creating and Saving a playlist
4 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 play...
Page 18 - Listening to Internet Radio
6 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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 s...
Page 19 - SqueezeNetwork
7 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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....
Page 20 - Special Features; Alarm Clock
8 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 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, ...
Page 21 - Graphic Visualizers
9 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES want to change and press RIGHT . Press RIGHT when displaying Set Alarm Time to enter the alarm time. Use the arrow keys to move and set the time. Press LEFT when you’ve set the time. Press dOWN to see Alarm Playlist , then press right. Choose from this list th...
Page 22 - Using Squeezebox as a Wireless Bridge; Crossfading Between Tracks
20 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES Using Squeezebox as a Wireless Bridge Squeezebox Wireless has both 802.g and ethernet connections. You can easily connect non-wireless devices (such as a TiVo, PlayStation, XBox, or a home theatre PC) to your wireless network. To set up Squeezebox as a wirele...
Page 23 - RSS News Ticker
2 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES 4. In the Transition Duration section, enter the number of seconds you want the transition between tracks to last and click Change . Squeezebox will now crossfade between tracks as you specified. RSS News Ticker Squeezebox can display RSS news feeds on its dis...
Page 24 - Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes with one SlimServer
22 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES Controlling Multiple Squeezeboxes with one SlimServer Any number of Squeezeboxes on your local network can connect to a single SlimServer. Each player operates independently of the others, so you can play different music on each one. You can also synchronize ...
Page 25 - Troubleshooting
23 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES Troubleshooting The following tips and answers to frequently asked questions will help resolve problems you may encounter. You can find answers to additional questions on our web site at http://faq.slimdevices.com/ . How do I get back to the Squeezebox Setup ...
Page 27 - Tip
25 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES • Port Number: 9000 (TCP) - Name: SlimServer Web Third-party Firewalls: Examples of third party software firewalls include: Brickhouse, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Security Center, PC-Cillin, BlackIce, McAfee Security Center, ZoneAlarm. You will need to ...
Page 28 - Getting More Information
26 Squeezebox Owner’s Guide SLIM DEVICES I added some music to my library but it’s not showing up. I f you add music to your music library, you may need to tell SlimServer to rescan your music library. From the web interface, click Server Settings, and click Rescan. SlimServer begins to examine your...
