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    User Guide Logit ec h ® Network Music Sy stem english (emea)[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 1 Contents About Squeezebo x Duet ............................................................................................................... 2 Getting Help ............................................................................................................................ 2 Pack age Cont ents ...........[...]

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    2 Logitec h ® About Sq ueezebo x Duet Thank you f or pur chasing Logit ec h’s Squeezebo x Duet network music syst em. W e hope you ha v e as much fun using it as w e had building it f or you. The Squeezebo x Duet pack age includes Squeezebo x Controller , a multi-room wireless controller t hat lets you br owse, select and pla y y our personal mu[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 3 Pack age Cont ents Included in the pac kage y ou will find: Squeezebo x Controller • R echar geable Li-ion batt er y • Charging cradle wit h power suppl y • Squeezebo x R eceiver • Pow er supply f or the R eceiver • Gold-plated st ereo R C A cable • Plug adapters f or y our region •[...]

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    4 Logitec h ® Bef ore Y ou Begin If you already ha v e a wireless or ether net network and a comput er t o use as a server , setting up your Sq ueezebox Duet should tak e about 30 minutes. T o make t he set up as simple as possible, t here are a f e w things y ou should do. Choose Y our Network Setup Installing your ne w Squeezebo x Duet is easier[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 5 WEP k eys ar e enter ed as hexadecimal numbers (t he numbers 0 to 9 • and the lett ers A to F). 64-bit WEP k eys are exactl y 1 0 digits in length; 1 28-bit k eys ar e exactly 26 digits. WP A and WPA2 k eys are between 8 and 63 c haract ers long, • and can use an y letter (bot h upper - and lo wer -case) [...]

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    6 Logitec h ® Squeezebo x Controller Int erface A. The SCROLL WHEEL allo ws y ou to easily mov e up and down t hrough lists and menus. B. Press the CENTER butt on to open a menu item, song, album, artist, or genre. C. Press P L AY to pla y a song, album, ar tist, or genre. This will replace your curr ent selection. D. Press BACK to mov e bac k one[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 7 Set Up the Hardw are Charge the Batt ery For t his st ep you’ll need: Squeezebo x Controller • Charging cradle wit h A C adapter • Plug adapter f or y our region • Battery • Y ou’ll star t the installation process b y c harging t he battery so it will be ready when you configure Sq ueezebox[...]

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    8 Logitec h ® Connect Squeezebo x R eceiver For t his st ep, you’ll need: Squeezebo x R eceiver • A C adapter f or Sq ueezebox R eceiver • Plug adapter f or y our region • R C A st ereo cables or y our own optical or coaxial S/PDIF cable • Y our own ethernet cable (f or • “h ybrid” and “bridged” installations) Ne[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 9 Set Up A SqueezeNetw ork ™ A ccount For t his st ep you’ll need: A comput er with a w eb brow ser • A broadband Int ernet connection • A valid email account • SqueezeNetw ork is an Inter net-based service that connects y ou to t housands of Inter net radio stations, as well as online music servic[...]

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    10 Logitec h ® Install SqueezeCent er (Optional) SqueezeCent er is the music serv er that r uns on your com puter and connects your Sq ueezebox pla y ers and controllers t o your local music files, as w ell as allowing y ou to use t hird-party plug-ins (applications that extend t he featur es and functions of your Sq ueezebox). If y ou’re plann[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 11 Connect Squeezebo x Duet This step will connect Sq ueezebox Contr oller and R eceiver t o y our local network and allow y ou t o select your music sour ce. There are t hree sections, each detailing t he st eps for t he different netw ork configurations described in the section titled “Choose Y our Network Setup[...]

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    12 Logitech ® If your wireless netw ork is secured, Sq ueezebox Controller will try to 6. deter mine the type of security used. If t he Controller can’t det ermine the type of encr yption used, y ou will be ask ed to select it fr om a list. Once the encr yption is det ermined, you’ll be ask ed to enter y our security k ey using t he SCR OLL WH[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 13 Note: If y ou’v e installed Sq ueezeCenter and confir med it is running, but y our comput er name doesn’t appear on the Controller’s screen, y ou ma y ha v e a firew all that’s pre v enting it from being f ound. See “ Appendix A: Configuring Y our Fire wall” in this User Guide f or details on confi[...]

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    14 Logitech ® Next you’ll see t he Wireless Connection screen, wher e you can 5. choose t o “Connect using Squeezebo x” or “Connect using other wireless network”. Since y ou will be using the h ybrid installation, you should select “Connect using ot her wireless network.” Y ou’ll see the Wireless Networks screen, listing t he avail[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ 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 R eceiv er . Note: If y our pla yer does not appear in the list, v erify that the butt on on the front of the R eceiver is flashing red. If it isn’t, press and hold the button on the R eceiv er f or fiv e seconds to re[...]

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    16 Logitec h ® Bridged Netw ork Configuration This configuration should only be used if y ou do not hav e a wireless network in your home. Y our Squeezebo x R eceiver will be connect ed t o your wir ed ethernet netw ork, and Squeezebo x Controller will use an ad-hoc connection to t he R eceiver f or it’s network connection. Note: A d-hoc conne[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 17 Select your Sq ueezebox R eceiver from the list. It will appear on t he 7 . display as “Sq ueezebox XXXXXX” wher e XXXXXX is the last six digits of the pla y er’s MA C address (its unique netw ork identifier). Note: Y ou can verify the MA C address b y looking at the label on the bottom of Squeezebo x R ece[...]

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    18 Logitec h ® The Squeezebo x Controller Displa y Title Bar The title bar at the t op of the screen displa ys t he name of the curr ent menu. It may also contain a thumbnail of cov er ar t when you’r e viewing infor mation about an album. Tip: When y ou are at the Home menu, the menu title bar will displa y the name of the curr ently selected p[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 19 Status Bar The status bar appears at the bott om of the scr een and may displa y t he follo wing icons or elements: Play/Pause – A pla y icon is displayed while t he play er is playing audio. It is r eplaced by a pause icon when t he audio playbac k is paused. When st opped or not connected t o a play er , no ic[...]

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    20 Logitec h ® Pla ying The Music If you’v e made it this f ar and hav en’t pla yed an y music, it’s time to change that. This section co vers t he different wa ys y ou can bro wse your music collection to find t he per f ect mix f or your mood. Random Mix Do you just w ant to “Shuffle and Pla y All” y our tracks? Simply select Home &g[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 21 Here you can see details about t hat song including t he ar tist, genre, file for mat, and bitrat e. W ant to q uic kly build a pla ylist? Press the add button and t he selected it em will be added to t he end of your cur rent pla ylist. If the select ed it em is a genre, artist, year , folder , or even anot her [...]

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    22 Logitec h ® F rom the Now Pla ying menu, press t he 1 . center button t o see more options Scroll down t o 2. Add t o F a v orites and press t he center butt on Clearing “No w Pla ying” T o clear the current pla ylist, press home t o get t o the N ow Pla ying screen and press center t o get t he list of songs in the curr ent playlist. Scr o[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 23 the center butt on, and t hen scroll down t hrough t he results using t he scroll wheel . F rom the results display ed scroll t o y our choice and pr ess center t o select that it em or pla y to immediat ely pla y it. T agging Y our Music Files SqueezeCent er org anizes y our music by Album, Artist, Genre, and Y e[...]

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    24 Logitec h ® The Home > Inter net Radio menu also offers a selection of Int ernet radio services, including RadioIO, RadioTime, Liv e365, and SHOUT Cast. These services help you find radio stations. Some of t hem offer the ability to creat e an account so y ou can manage lists of stations and tak e advantage of ot her personalization options[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 25 Appendix A: Configuring Y our F ire wall Firew alls on your com puter often cause connection problems f or Squeezebox Duet and other netw ork devices. While it is not necessar y to disable y our firewall in or der to allo w Squeezebo x to communicat e wit h your com put er , tem porarily disabling it can be a q [...]

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    26 Logitec h ® Appendix B: Button Color Codes The follo wing inf ormation co vers t he colors displa yed b y t he button on Squeezebo x R eceiver . It is useful f or troubleshooting. No light: Squeezebo x R eceiver is OFF . Low whit e: Squeezebo x R eceiv er is ON but no music is playing. Bright white: Squeezebo x R eceiver is ON and music is pla [...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 27 Blue: Connected t o the netw ork and waiting t o connect to a music sour ce (such as Sq ueezeNetwork or SqueezeCent er). If you are att em pting to connect t o SqueezeCent er and the light remains blue, t he most lik ely cause is a firewall r unning on the com puter on whic h SqueezeCent er is installed. See Appe[...]

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    28 Logitec h ® Appendix C: Updating the Softw are The sof tware t hat pow ers your Sq ueezebox Duet is periodicall y updated to im prov e reliability and add ne w featur es. Updating Squeezebo x Controller Y ou’ll see a message on your Controller when a software updat e is available. T o manually reinstall the software on y our Controller , star[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 29 Appendix D: Suppor ted F ile F ormats Music File F or mats The Squeezebo x Duet and SqueezeCent er suppor t a variety of music file for mats. Some f ormats are supported in Squeezebo x R eceiver’s har dware, meaning that t he play er itself does t he f ormat decoding. Other f ormats that cannot be pla y ed in h[...]

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    30 Logitec h ® Appendix E: Using Apple iT unes Apple’s iT unes is a music manager that helps y ou org anize y our collection, rip your CDs, creat e and manage pla ylists, etc. It also connects to t he iT unes Music S tore, wher e Apple offers music, videos and podcasts for pur c hase. SqueezeCent er can use the iT unes music librar y . It cannot[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 31 Appendix F: T roubleshooting When setting up the Controller , m y network does not appear . The most common cause is lack of signal str ength. Eit her the Contr oller is too far aw ay fr om the wir eless rout er , or there is something int erfering with t he signal. Another possibility is t hat the wireless netw o[...]

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    32 Logitec h ® When setting up the Controller , no music sources appear . Normally , you will see an option f or SqueezeNetw ork, as well as one or more comput ers running SqueezeCent er . The comput ers running SqueezeCent er will appear as the y do to t he network; often the name will be somet hing similar to JOHN-SMITH-C OMPUTER . SqueezeNetw o[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 33 If MA C filtering is enabled on t he wireless rout er , the pla y er’s MA C 3. address should be added to t he wireless r outer’s list of allo wed addresses. The Squeezebo x R eceiv er’s MA C address can be f ound on the bott om of the unit. If you are connecting t o t he rout er using an ethernet cable, tr[...]

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    34 Logitec h ® Check t he rout er’s network name (also kno wn as SSID) you’r e • connecting to. If it’s a def ault name, lik e NET GEAR or LINKSYS, consider changing y our network’s name t o somet hing unique t o be sure you’r e not inadvertently connecting t o a nearb y wireless network wit h the same name. Check y our distance t o[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 35 Please note t hat b y default W A V and AIFF files are conv er ted t o FL AC (a compressed, lossless f ormat) in or der to sa v e network bandwidth, and theref ore cannot be fast-forwarded. In order to seek t hrough W A V or AIFF files, you need t o disable the W A V t o FL AC decoder rule in Sq ueezeCenter b y [...]

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    36 Logitec h ® S top Sq ueezeCenter 1 . On Windows, right-clic k on the Sq ueezeCent er icon and click • “ St op SqueezeCenter ” On Mac OS X, open • Sy stem Pref erences > Sq ueezeCenter and click on “ S top Serv er ” R emov e the Cac he f older used b y SqueezeCent er 2. On Windows XP , the default location f or the cac he f [...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 37 Appendix G: R est oring Def ault Settings If you w ould lik e to r epeat the setup process (c hoosing y our wireless netw ork, entering y our network security passw ord, and selecting y our music source), you can rest ore Sq ueezebox Contr oller to its def ault settings by going t o Home > Settings > Adv anc[...]

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    38 Logitec h ® A dditional Inf or mation Online Help Squeezebo x websit e: slimdevices.com Online F AQ: faq.slimdevices.com Customer F orums: for ums.slimdevices.com Squeezebo x Wiki: wiki.slimdevices.com Contacting Support Suppor t E-mail: suppor t@slimdevices.com De v eloper R esources Our SqueezeCent er software is open source. If you w ant to [...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 41 Logitech ® Hardw are Product Limited W arr anty Logitec h warrants that y our Logitec h hardwar e product shall be free from def ects in material and workmanship for tw o (2) years, beginning from t he date of pur chase. Ex cept where prohibit ed by applicable law, t his warranty is nontransf erable and is limit [...]

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    42 Logitec h ® Saf ety Inf or mation A C PO WERED PR ODUCTS: IMPORT 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 accor dance with t he manufacturer’s • instructions. Do not push objects into apparatus v ents or slots because fire or e[...]

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    Squeezebo x ™ Duet User Guide 43 Logitech compliance For additional com pliance infor mation, go to http://www .logitec h.com/compliance. Use of this product is aut horized in the f ollowing countries: A T , CY , BE, BGR*, DK, UK, FI, FR**, DE, GR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PT , ES, SE, IS, LI, NO, CH, CZ, PL, R O, SK, SI, EE, L V , L T , MT * General lice[...]

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    © 2008 Logitec h. All rights reserved. Logit ech, t he Logitec h logo, and other Logitec h marks are owned by Logit ech and ma y be register ed. All other trademarks are the property of their respective o wners. Logitec h assumes no responsibility for an y errors t hat may appear in t his manual. Infor mation contained herein is subject to c hange[...]