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1 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES T able of Contents About Squeezebox .................................................................................. 2 System Requirements ......................................................................... 2 Before Y ou Begin ........................................................................[...]

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 stations, set alarms, display RSS feeds, and more[...]

3 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Before Y ou 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. 1. First, collect your digitized music into one pla[...]

4 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Installing the SlimServer Software Installing on Windows 1. Download the SlimServer installer program to a location you can find again on your computer . Y our Desktop is a good choice. 2. When the file has finished downloading, double-click on the SlimServer installer icon. The SlimServer Setup Wizard [...]

5 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Installing on Mac OS X 1. 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. Y our web browser may do this for you automatically . 3. Double-click on the SlimServer Installer icon. The SlimServer I[...]

6 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Connecting Squeezebox 1. Connect Squeezebox to your stereo amplifier or receiver using the included RCA cable with the red and white connectors. Y ou can also connect a digital optical cable to the square connector or digital coaxial cable to the orange connector . (These cables are not included.) If you [...]

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 1. Press the RIGHT arrow on the remote control. The Set Up Networking menu option is displayed. 2. Press the RIGHT arrow to enter networking setup. 3. If you h[...]

8 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES T ip: WEP keys consist of a string of ten or twenty-six digits or letters A through F . WP A 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 can press the LEFT arrow to go back and fi[...]

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 immediately begin the current song again. Pre[...]

10 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES • Folder—Squeezebox plays all songs in that folder and sub- folders. T ip: T o save a playlist, press NOW PLA YING then press and hold PLA Y . Y ou will be prompted to save the current playlist for use later . Press ADD to append the displayed selection to the end of the current playlist. If you press[...]

11 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Press SHUFFLE to cycle between the following settings: • Shuffle All Songs • Shuffle By Album • No Shuffle Press REPEA T to cycle between the following settings: • Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the current playlist) • Repeat Current Song • Repeat All Songs Press SLEEP to tell Squee[...]

12 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Playing Y our Music Squeezebox plays music that you select with the remote control or the web interface. Using the Remote to Play Music 1. Use the LEFT arrow to go to Squeezebox Home . Y ou may have to press the LEFT arrow more than once to get there. 2. Use the UP and DOWN arrows to find the Browse Musi[...]

13 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 , and more. 3. When you find an album, artis[...]

14 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 Playlist Y ou can use the remote control or the [...]

15 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES the playlist, press ADD . It is added to the Now Playing playlist. 3. T o save the playlist, press NOW PLA YING and then press and hold PLA Y on the remote. Using the remote keypad, enter the name you want to give this playlist and press the RIGHT arrow . 4. The playlist is saved. T o find it again, use [...]

16 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Listening to Internet Radio Y ou can listen to thousands of internet radio stations with Squeezebox. T o access internet radio stations using the remote: 1. Press LEFT to go back to Squeezebox Home . (Y ou may have to press LEFT more than once.) 2. Press DOWN to scroll to Internet Radio , then press RIGHT[...]

17 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. Y our Squeezebox connects to SqueezeNetwork using your broadband Internet connection. When your Squeezebox is connected to Squeeze[...]

18 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, gorgeous graphic music visualizers, as wel[...]

19 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES want to change and press RIGHT . Press RIGHT when displaying Set Alarm T ime 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 the playlist that you’d like to hear when t[...]

20 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES Using Squeezebox as a Wireless Bridge Squeezebox Wireless has both 802.11g and ethernet connections. Y ou can easily connect non-wireless devices (such as a T iV o, PlayStation, XBox, or a home theatre PC) to your wireless network. T o set up Squeezebox as a wireless bridge: 1. Plug the device that you wa[...]

21 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES 4. In the T ransition 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 T icker Squeezebox can display RSS news feeds on its display . SlimServer is pre- configured with [...]

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. Y ou can also synchronize them to play the same music in every room of [...]

23 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES T roubleshooting The following tips and answers to frequently asked questions will help resolve problems you may encounter . Y ou can find answers to additional questions on our web site at http://faq.slimdevices.com/ . How do I get back to the Squeezebox Setup menu? Press and hold the LEFT arrow for fi[...]

24 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES How do I find the IP address of the computer where I have installed SlimServer? On Windows: Click Start > Run, type in cmd and hit enter . In the DOS window , type ipconfig and hit enter . On Mac OS X: Go to System Preferences > Network. Under the ‘Show:’ drop-down, pick the network interface [...]

25 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES • Port Number: 9000 (TCP) - Name: SlimServer W eb Third-party Firewalls: Examples of third party software firewalls include: Brickhouse, Norton Personal Firewall, Norton Security Center , PC-Cillin, BlackIce, McAfee Security Center , ZoneAlarm. Y ou will need to configure your firewall software or ha[...]

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 music folder , looking for new music. Dep[...]

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2 Squeezebox Owner’ s Guide SLIM DEVICES SLIM DEVICES Slim Devices, Inc. 455 National A venue Mountain View , CA 94043 +1 (650) 210-9400 http://www .slimdevices.com support@slimdevices.com Copyright 2006, Slim Devices, Inc.[...]