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    User Guide Logitec h ® Network Music Syst em english (emea)[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 1 Contents About Squeezebox Duet ............................................................................................................... 2 Getting Help ............................................................................................................................ 2 Packag e Contents ..............[...]

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    2 Logitec h ® About Squeezebo x Duet Thank you f or purchasing Logit ech’s Squeezebox Duet netw ork music system. We hope y ou have as muc h fun using it as we had building it for y ou. The Squeezebox Duet pac kage includes Squeezebox Contr oller , a multi-room wireless controller that lets y ou browse, select and pla y your personal music colle[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 3 Pack age Contents Included in the pack age you will find: Squeezebox Controller • Rec hargeable Li-ion batt er y • Charging cradle with po wer supply • Squeezebox R eceiver • Power suppl y for the R eceiver • Gold-plated st ereo RCA cable • Plug adapters f or your region • Quick S[...]

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    4 Logitec h ® Befor e Y ou Begin If you already ha ve a wireless or ethernet netw ork and a computer to use as a server , setting up y our Squeezebox Duet should tak e about 30 minutes. T o make the set up as sim ple as possible, there are a f ew things you should do. Choose Y our Network Setup Installing your new Sq ueezebox Duet is easier if you[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 5 WEP ke ys are entered as hex adecimal numbers (the numbers 0 to 9 • and the letters A t o F). 64-bit WEP ke ys are exactly 1 0 digits in length; 1 28-bit ke ys are exactly 26 digits. WP A and WP A2 key s are between 8 and 63 charact ers long, • and can use any lett er (both upper - and lower -case) number [...]

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    6 Logitec h ® Squeezebo x Controller Interface A. The SCROLL WHEEL allow s you to easily mov e up and down through lists and menus. B. Press the CENTER button t o open a menu item, song, album, artist, or genre. C. Pr ess P L AY to play a song, album, ar tist, or genre. This will replace your current selection. D. Press BACK to mov e back one menu[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 7 Set Up the Hardw are Charge the Battery For t his step you’ll need: Squeezebox Controller • Charging cradle with A C adapter • Plug adapter f or your region • Battery • Y ou’ll star t the installation process by c harging the batt er y so it will be ready when you configure Sq ueezebox Contr[...]

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    8 Logitec h ® Connect Squeezebo x Receiv er For t his step, you’ll need: Squeezebox R eceiver • AC adapt er for Squeezebo x Receiv er • Plug adapter f or your region • RCA stereo cables or y our own optical or coaxial S/PDIF cable • Y our own ethernet cable (f or • “h ybrid” and “bridged” installations) Next, you[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 9 Set Up A SqueezeNetw ork ™ Account For t his step you’ll need: A computer wit h a web browser • A broadband Inter net connection • A valid email account • SqueezeNetwork is an Int ernet-based service that connects you t o thousands of Internet radio stations, as w ell as online music services like[...]

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    10 Logitec h ® Install SqueezeCenter (Optional) SqueezeCenter is t he music server that runs on y our computer and connects your Squeezebo x players and contr ollers to your local music files, as well as allowing you t o use third-party plug-ins (applications that extend the features and functions of y our Squeezebox). If y ou’re planning to us[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 11 Connect Squeezebo x Duet This step will connect Squeezebo x Controller and Receiv er to your local network and allow y ou to select your music source. Ther e are three sections, each detailing the st eps for t he dif ferent netw ork configurations described in the section titled “Choose Y our Network Setup” ea[...]

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    12 Logitec h ® If your wireless netw ork is secured, Squeezebox Controller will try to 6. determine t he type of security used. If the Controller can’t deter mine the type of encryption used, you will be asked t o select it from a list. Once the encryption is determined, you’ll be ask ed to enter y our security ke y using the SCROLL WHEEL t o [...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 13 Note: If y ou’ve installed SqueezeCent er and confirmed it is running, but your com puter name doesn’t appear on the Controller’s screen, you ma y hav e a firewall t hat’s preventing it fr om being found. See “ Appendix A: Configuring Y our Firewall” in this User Guide f or details on configuring yo[...]

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    14 Logitech ® Next you’ll see t he Wireless Connection screen, where you can 5. choose t o “Connect using Squeezebox” or “Connect using other wireless network”. Since y ou will be using the hybrid installation, you should select “Connect using other wir eless network.” Y ou’ll see the Wireless Networks screen, listing the a vailabl[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 15 Note: Y ou can verify the MA C address b y looking at the label on the bottom of Squeezebo x Receiv er . Note: If y our play er does not appear in the list, verify t hat the button on the front of the R eceiver is flashing red. If it isn’t, press and hold the button on the R eceiver for fiv e seconds to reset t[...]

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    16 Logitech ® Bridged Network Configur ation This configuration should only be used if you do not ha ve a wireless network in your home. Y our Squeezebox R eceiver will be connect ed to your wired ethernet network, and Sq ueezebox Controller will use an ad-hoc connection to the R eceiver f or it’s network connection. Note: Ad-hoc connections o[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 17 Select your Squeezebo x Receiv er from the list. It will appear on the 7 . display as “Squeezebo x XXXXXX” where XXXXXX is the last six digits of the pla yer’s MAC address (its uniq ue network identifier). Note: Y ou can verify the MA C address b y looking at the label on the bottom of Squeezebo x Receiv er [...]

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    18 Logitec h ® The Squeezebo x Controller Displa y Title Bar The title bar at the top of the screen displa ys the name of the current menu. It ma y also contain a thumbnail of cover art when you’re viewing information about an album. Tip: When you ar e at the Home menu, the menu title bar will display t he name of the currentl y selected pla yer[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 19 Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of t he screen and may displa y the follo wing icons or elements: Play/Pause – A pla y icon is displayed while t he player is playing audio. It is replaced b y a pause icon when the audio playbac k is paused. When stopped or not connected t o a play er , no icon is [...]

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    20 Logitec h ® Pla ying The Music If you’v e made it this far and hav en’t played an y music, it’s time to chang e that. This section cov ers the different wa ys you can browse y our music collection to find the perfect mix f or your mood. Random Mix Do you just want t o “Shuffle and Play All” your trac ks? Simply select Home > Musi[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 21 Here you can see details about t hat song including the ar tist, genre, file format, and bitr ate. Want t o quickl y build a playlist? Press the add butt on and the selected it em will be added to the end of y our current playlist. If t he selected item is a genre, artist, year , folder , or even another playlist,[...]

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    22 Logitec h ® F rom the Now Pla ying menu, press the 1 . center button t o see more options Scroll down t o 2. Add to F av orites and press t he center button Clearing “Now Pla ying” T o clear the current pla ylist, press home to get to t he Now Playing scr een and press center to g et the list of songs in the current pla ylist. Scroll down t[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 23 the center butt on, and then scroll down t hrough the results using the scroll wheel . F rom the results displa yed scroll to y our choice and press center t o select that it em or pla y to immediatel y play it. T agging Y our Music Files SqueezeCenter or ganizes your music b y Album, Ar tist, Genre, and Y ear . It[...]

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    24 Logitec h ® The Home > Internet R adio menu also of fers a selection of Int ernet radio services, including RadioIO, RadioTime, Liv e365, and SHOUTCast. These services help you find radio stations. Some of t hem of fer the ability to creat e an account so you can manage lists of stations and take adv antage of other personalization options.[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 25 Appendix A: Configuring Y our Firew all Firewalls on y our computer often cause connection problems f or Squeezebox Duet and other network de vices. While it is not necessar y to disable your firewall in or der to allow Squeezebo x to communicate with y our computer , temporaril y disabling it can be a quick wa y[...]

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    26 Logitec h ® Appendix B: Button Color Codes The follo wing information cov ers the colors display ed by the butt on on Squeezebox R eceiver . It is useful f or troubleshooting. No light: Squeezebox R eceiver is OFF . Low white: Squeezebox R eceiver is ON but no music is pla ying. Bright white: Squeezebox R eceiver is ON and music is pla ying. F [...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 27 Blue: Connected t o the network and waiting to connect to a music source (suc h as SqueezeNetwork or SqueezeCenter). If you are att empting to connect to Sq ueezeCenter and the light remains blue, t he most likely cause is a firewall running on t he computer on whic h SqueezeCenter is installed. See Appendix A: Co[...]

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    28 Logitec h ® Appendix C: Updating the Softwar e The software that powers y our Squeezebox Duet is periodically updat ed to impr ove reliability and add new f eatures. Updating Squeezebo x Controller Y ou’ll see a message on your Controller when a software update is a vailable. T o manually reinstall the software on your Controller , star t at [...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 29 Appendix D: Supported File F ormats Music File F ormats The Squeezebox Duet and Sq ueezeCenter support a variety of music file formats. Some f ormats are supported in Squeezebox R eceiver’s hardw are, meaning that the pla yer itself does the f ormat decoding. Other f ormats that cannot be pla yed in hardware are[...]

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    30 Logitec h ® Appendix E: Using Apple iT unes Apple’s iT unes is a music manager that helps you or ganize your collection, rip your CDs, creat e and manage playlists, et c. It also connects to the iT unes Music St ore, where Apple offers music, videos and podcasts for purc hase. SqueezeCenter can use t he iT unes music librar y. It cannot play [...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 31 Appendix F: T roubleshooting When setting up the Controller , my netw ork does not appear . The most common cause is lack of signal strengt h. Either the Controller is t oo far awa y from the wireless r outer , or there is somet hing interfering with the signal. Another possibility is that t he wireless network has[...]

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    32 Logitec h ® When setting up the Controller , no music sources appear . Normally , you will see an option f or SqueezeNetwork, as w ell as one or more computers running Sq ueezeCenter . The comput ers running SqueezeCenter will appear as they do t o the network; often the name will be somet hing similar to JOHN-SMITH-COMPUTER . SqueezeNetwork is[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 33 If MAC filt ering is enabled on the wireless rout er , the play er’s MAC 3. address should be added to t he wireless router’s list of allow ed addresses. The Squeezebox R eceiver’s MA C address can be found on the bottom of t he unit. If you are connecting t o the router using an et hernet cable, tr y the 4.[...]

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    34 Logitec h ® Check t he router’s network name (also known as SSID) y ou’re • connecting to. If it’s a default name, lik e NET GEAR or LINKSYS, consider changing y our network’s name to something uniq ue to be sure you’re not inadv er tently connecting t o a nearby wireless network with t he same name. Check y our distance to the w[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 35 Please note that b y default W A V and AIFF files are converted to FL AC (a compressed, lossless f ormat) in order to sa ve network bandwidth, and theref ore cannot be fast-f or warded. In order to seek t hrough WA V or AIFF files, you need to disable t he WA V to FL AC decoder rule in SqueezeCenter b y going to [...]

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    36 Logitec h ® St op SqueezeCenter 1 . On Windows, right-clic k on the SqueezeCenter icon and clic k • “ Stop Sq ueezeCenter ” On Mac OS X, open • Syst em Preferences > SqueezeCenter and click on “ S top Server ” Remo ve the Cac he folder used b y SqueezeCenter 2. On Windows XP , the default location for t he cache folder is: [...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 37 Appendix G: R estoring Def ault Settings If you would lik e to repeat t he setup process (choosing y our wireless network, entering y our network security password, and selecting your music sour ce), you can rest ore Squeezebox Controller t o its default settings by going t o Home > Settings > Adv anced > [...]

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    38 Logitec h ® Additional Inf ormation Online Help Squeezebox w ebsite: slimdevices.com Online F A Q: faq.slimdevices.com Customer F orums: forums.slimde vices.com Squeezebox Wiki: wiki.slimdevices.com Contacting Support Suppor t E-mail: suppor t@slimdevices.com Dev eloper R esources Our SqueezeCenter software is open source. If y ou want to learn[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 41 Logitech ® Hardw are Product Limited W arranty Logitech war rants that your Logitec h hardware product shall be free from defects in mat erial and workmanship for two (2) y ears, beginning from the date of purc hase. Except where prohibited b y applicable law, t his warranty is nontransferable and is limited t o t[...]

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    42 Logitec h ® Safety Inf or mation AC PO WERED PRODUCTS: IMPOR T ANT SAFETY INFORMA TION CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD Do not use this apparatus near wat er. • Do not block an y ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the manuf acturer’s • instructions. Do not push objects into apparatus vents or slots because fire or electr[...]

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    Squeezebox ™ Duet User Guide 43 Logitech compliance For additional compliance inf ormation, go to http://www.logit ech.com/compliance. Use of this product is authorized in t he following countries: A T , CY , BE, BGR*, DK, UK, FI, FR**, DE, GR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PT, ES, SE, IS, LI, NO, C H, CZ, PL, RO, SK, SI, EE, L V , L T , MT * General license r[...]

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    © 2008 Logitech. All rights reserv ed. Logitech, the Logit ech logo, and other Logitec h marks are owned by Logitec h and may be registered. All ot her trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Logitech assumes no responsibility f or any errors t hat may appear in this manual. Information contained herein is subject to chang e withou[...]