Logitech 930-000101 User Manual

Squeezebox

Radio

Feature Guide

10/14/2009

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Squeezebox

Radio

Feature Guide

10/14/2009

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Contents

Thank you!

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User Guides

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Getting Help

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Online Help

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Contact Us

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Squeezebox Radio at a Glance

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Buttons and Functions

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Screen Display

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Title Bar

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Status Bar

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Online P

ortal

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Now Playing

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Creating and Managing Playlists

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Create a Now Playing List

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Access your Now Playing List

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Create a Playlist

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..9Save and Retrieve Playlists

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Delete a Playlist

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Internet Radio

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Finding and Playing Internet Radio Stations

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My Music

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Playing yo

ur Personal Music Library

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Squeezebox Server

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Using the Control Panel

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Access your music library

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App Gallery

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Finding and Play

ing Music Services, Podcasts, Newsfeeds and More

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Access your Apps

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Favorites

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Quickly Getting to your Favorite Music

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Save Favorites

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Set and Use Preset Buttons

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Settings

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More Options for Using Squeezebox Radio

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Shuffle and Repeat

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Image Viewer

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.....13Set a

nd Use the Alarm Clock and Sleep Mode

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Use the Sleep Timer

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Audio Settings

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....14Crossfade

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.......14Volume Adjustments

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Sound Effects

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.14Set Screen Brightness

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Choose a Player

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Customize your Home Menu

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Customize your Screen

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Set Date and Time Formats

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Select Screensavers and Wallpaper

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Rename your Squeezebox

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Advanced Settings

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Diag

nostics

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Find Software/firmware Version, MAC Address, IP address

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.......16Change the Language

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Get Squeezebox and mysqueezebox.com Information

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....16Log in Remotely

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.16View or change Wireless Networks

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...16Updating Squeezebox Software

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Perform a Factory Test or Reset

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Music Inputs and Outputs

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Use Headphones

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Connect MP3 players

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Using Squeezebox Radio as Part of a Whole

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Home System

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Developer Resources

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Troubleshooting during setup

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Squeezebox Radio isn’t responding

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..18Redo Squeezebox Radio setup tasks

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I don’t have my wireless network name and password

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.....18My network is not listed

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Network password was not accepted

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Network connection not made

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Not connecting

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Ethernet

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Can’t connect to mysqueezebox.com

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Troubleshooting after setup

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Music is not playing

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Sound is choppy, distorted, or skips

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..22FORWARD and REWIND buttons don’t seek

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My computer or music library is not listed at My Music

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.....22Can’t play my personal music collection

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Is Squee

zebox Server running?

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....23Do you have Firewall issues?

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Supported formats

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My iTunes music isn’t playing

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Look for Apple’s DRM (Dig

ital Rights Management)

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.....25Check additional items

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Squeezebox Radio can’t find all of my personal music

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.....27Make sure you have one music folder

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Check Tagging

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Rescan your music folder

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Clear library, rescan, delete cached files

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I need to change the language

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Squeezebox

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Squeezebox Server

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Logitech hardware product limited warranty

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Squeezebox

Radio

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Thank you!

Thank you for purchasi

n

g the

Logitech® Squeezebox™

Radio, a Wi

-Fimusic player

that delivers clean, rich sound

anywhere in your home. We hope you have as much fun using your Squeezebox as we did building it for you.

User Guides

There are two complementary Squeezebox Radio guides:



Sque

ezebox Radio Quick start g

uide

-

T

akes you through the hardware setup process,

and

points you to

theon-

screen steps to complete

your Squeezebox setup. This fold

-

out guide also provides

basic troubleshooting

help

.



Squeezebox

Radio

Feature Guide

-

(this doc

ument)

A

how

-

to guide for the feature

-

rich Squeezebox

Radio that

includes

detailed information to

help you get the most out of your new Squeezebox.

As

there are ongoing upgrades to

our products and documentation

,

please go to

www.mysqueezebox.com > Support

for the latest Squeezebox documentation.

Getting H

elp

Below are additional sources of information about Squeezebox

Radio

, including

online resources and email and phone

contact information.

Online H

elp

To find Squeezebox Radio support tools and informatio

n, go to

www.mysqueez

ebox.com >

Support

.

From there you

will have access to

product documentation, customer forums, and other support tools and information.

Contact U

s

To contact us directly,

email support is available from

www.mysqueez

ebox.com

>

Support

.

Telephone support is available

as follows

:Monday through Friday, from 6:00 AM to 9:00 PM (0600

-

2100) Pacific time

, and



Saturday and Sunday from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM (0700

-

1700) Pacific time

at the following numbers:

+1 (877) 887 8889 (Toll

-

free North Amer

ica)

+1 (646)

454 3237 (For all other countries)

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Squeezebox Radio at a Glance

Simply plug in

Squeezebox

Radio and listen to the music you want to hear. Use

the

push

-

button knob or the optional

remote control to

browse and

select menu items on your Squeez

ebox

.

Volume

(push to mute)

3.5 mm

Line-in

Preset

buttons

Push

-

button

knob

Headphone

Optional Accessory Pack

(www.logitech.com)

Rechargeable

battery pack

Remote control

3.5 mm audio cord

–

connects your iPod

®

or MP3 player

Power adapter with

removab

le plug

Rechargeable

battery

compartment

Ethernet

Power

Home

More

Rewind

Forward

Pause/stop

Play

Alarm

Back

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Buttons and F

unctions

Power

Use the

Power

button to turn your Squeezebox off and on.

A soft power off induces a sleep state and a clock is displayed on your Squeezebox.



Simply tap the Power button to

turn your Squeezebox off. Tap it again to go back to

where you left off.

For a full power off and minimal power consumption:



Press and hold the Power button for 2 seconds. Wait 10 seconds and tap the power

button to turn your Squeezebox back on.

Volume

T

urn the

Volume

knob to control how loud the sound is, and press it to

mute

the sound.

When you adjust the volume, this icon appears in a pop

-

up box on your screen,

showing you the current volume setting.

Home

Tap the Home button to get back to the Home

menu. Always a good place to start from,

the Home menu includes basic Squeezebox Radio menu items, including:

Internet

Radio, My Music, My Apps, App Gallery and Favorites.

Tap the Home button twice to get back to

Now Playing

.

Push

-

button

knob

Turn the

Push-

button

knob

to navigate a menu and press it to make a selection.

Play

Tap the

Play

button to hear any selection. This will create a new

Now Playing

list or

replace an existing one.

More

Use the

More

button to get additional information about a sele

ction, purchase a tune,

save an item to

Favorites

, add to your

Now Playing

list and more.

When you highlight a tune, radio station, podcast or other item on your Squeezebox, tap

the

More

(+) button instead of

Play

. A

context menu

will pop up to provide wi

th you these

additional options.

To view the

More

(+) context menu:

1.

Navigate to a selection on your Squeezebox.

2.

Instead of pressing

Play

, tap the

More

(+) button.

Preset buttons

Get quick access to up to six of your favorite tunes or radio stations.

A

larm

Tap the Alarm button to add an alarm, select a new sound for your alarm, disable all

alarms while you are on vacation and more.

Rewind

Tap

Rewind

to restart a tune or station or, within the first thirty seconds of a tune, to skip

back to the previou

s item on the playlist.

Note

: The Rewind button can function in a slightly different way depending on the app

you are using.

Pause

Tap the

Pause

button to mute or pause your selection and tap it again to resume where

you left off.

Press and hold the but

ton to stop your music.

Forward

Tap the

Forward

button to go to the next item in a Playlist.

Back

Tap the

Back

or left

-

arrow button to return to the previous menu.

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Screen

Display

Your Squeezebox display includes a Title Bar, menu options or artwork,

and a Status Bar.

Title Bar

The title bar at the top of the

screen displays the name of

the current menu

.

When you are at the

h

ome menu, the title bar

displays

the

name of

your Squeezebox.

Note

: By default, your Squeezebox name is Squeezebox Radio. To r

ename it, go to

Settings > Squeezebox Name

and

enter the name you want to use.

When you are playing music, the title bar displays the name of the tune or station you are listening to.

Title bar

Status bar

Title bar

Status bar

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Status Bar

The status bar appears at t

he bottom of the screen and may display the

following i

cons.

Pause

–

A Pause icon is displayed while a tune is paused.

If you press the Play

button on your Squeezebox or remote, this on

-

screen icon will change to Play.

Play

-

The

Play icon is disp

layed when a

tune or station is playing

. If you press the

Pause button, this on

-

screen icon will change to Pause.

Shuffle

album/playlist

–

A shuffle icon is displayed when the Squeezebox is set to

shuffle songs or albums in your playlist. To change s

huffle settings, go to

Settings >

Shuffle

from the home menu at your Squeezebox.

Repeat

song/playlist

–

A repeat icon is displayed to allow you to repeat songs or

playlists. To change repeat settings, go to

Settings > Repeat

from the home menu at

your Squeezebox.

Wireless

–

The Wi

-Fi icon displays the quality of a wireless connection. Signal

strength is indicated by the number of bars displayed.



If this icon shows red, there is no wireless connection

.If it shows blue, there is no connecti

on with Squeezebox Server.

Battery

–

The battery icon shows battery strength or that battery is charging.

5:19PM

Time of day

-

The time of day is displayed in the center of the status bar

.

Online Portal

There is a web portal for Squeezebox Rad

io at

www.mysqueezebox.

com from your computer. Its main features include:

My Music

At

My Music

, download

Squeezebox Server

so you can access and listen

to your personal music library

.

App Gallery

A central location for browsing and downloading apps. Sele

ct, install and

configure the apps that you want, and set up accounts where needed.

Note

: You can also browse and select apps directly from your Squeezebox from the

App

Gallery

option at the home menu. In this case, you will only need to go online if you

have not

used the app before and it requires an account.

My Apps

Review and manage the apps that you have selected, installed and

downloaded to your Squeezebox.

Favorites

Offers robust management of your

Favorite

s

.

Add, edit or delete from

your list.

Note

: Although you can view, play and edit your Favorites at your Squeezebox,

mysqueezebox.com offers a convenient way to efficiently view and manage your entire

Favorites list in one place.

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Player

s

Find information about the Squeezebox players that are c

onnected to your

account. You can also change player names, and pick a different language

and timezone.

Remote

C

ontrol

Control Squeezebox Radio from your desktop.

Support

Easy access to Squeezebox community forums and customer support.

Account Settings

Review the settings for the mysqueezebox.com account that you created

during the setup process.

Now Playing

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Creating and Managing Playlists

You can

create and manage your Now Playing list,

and retrieve and

listen to existing playlists

.

Create a Now Pl

aying List

When

you select a

song, Internet radio station or app

and press Play, it becomes your current

Now Playing

list,and the

Now Playing

option appears in your home menu.

Note

:

When you play a song that is part of an album, the entire

album become

s

your

Now Playing

list.

If you already have a

Now Playing

list, when you select and

Play

a new item, your

Now Playing

list is replaced

by the new item.

To select an item, play it, and replace your existing

Now Playing

list:1.Navigate to and highlight a s

election.

2.

Press

Play

.

You can also add

songs to

Now Playing

without deleting your existing Now Playing list.

To add a selection to the end of your

Now Playing

list, or to add a selection to play next in your

Now Playing

list:1.Navigate to and highlig

ht a selection.

2. Instead of pressing Play, tap the

More (+)

button, or press and hold the push

-

button knob.

3.

A pop

-

up context menu will give you the option to play the tune immediately, add it to the end of your Now Playing

list, or play it next. Sele

ct

Add to end

or

Play next

.

Access your Now Playing List

When you go to

Now Playing

, you will see the item that is currently playing or was most recently played, followed by a list

of all items in your

Now Playing

list.

To get to

Now Playing

:Select

Now P

laying

from the home menu.

orIf you are not at the home menu, tap the

Home

button twice to get to

Now Playing

.

To see your complete

Now Playing

list:1.From the home menu, select

Now Playing

. You will see currently playing, or most recently played item.

2.Select that item to move to the next screen and see all items in your

Now Playing

list.

Create a Playlist

To create a Playlist to access and retrieve later from your personal music collection:

1.

Navigate to each item you want in your list.

2.

Instead of pressing

Play, tap the

More

(+) button, or press and hold the push

-

button knob.

3.

A pop

-

up context menu will give you the option to

Add

the tune to your Playlist.

4.

Repeat the above steps until you have selected all of the items you want in your Playlist.

5.

From the hom

e menu at your Squeezebox, select

Now Playing

.