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Logitech~ Logitech Squeezebox™Boom Network Music System ...

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Thank you! Thank you for purchasing a Logitech0 Squeezebox™ Boom, part of our family of Squeezebox network music players and network music systems. We hope you have as much fun using it as we did creating it for you. Squeezebox Boom is an all-in-on...

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__________ 9uick start guide • Telephone support is available Monday through Friday, from 9:00 AM to 7:00 PM, Pacific time, at the following numbers: +1 (877) 887-8889 (Toll-free in North America) +1 (646) 454-3237 (For all other countries) • Ema...

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Logitech Squeezebox BooM Getting to know Squeezebox Boom Using the remote A. POWER turns the Squeezebox Boom on or off. B. HOME returns the display to the Home screen. Pressing HOME again from the Home screen displays Now Playing. C. LEFT, RIGHT, UP,...

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Quick start quide E. Press ADD to add the selected track, artist, album, genre or playlist to the end of the current playlist. F. REWIND, PAUSE, and FORWARD control the playback of your music. Press Forward to skip to the next song, REWIND to skip ba...

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Logitech Squeezebox Boom Using the front panel A. POWER turns Boom on or off. B. The wheel allows you to scroll quickly through menus, track lists, music services, and more. Turn the wheel to scroll, and then press the wheel to select an option. When...

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Quick start quide E. REWIND, PAUSE, and FORWARD control the playback of your music. F. VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN G. PRESET BUTTONS allow you quick access to your favorite tracks, Internet radio stations, playlists, or albums. Tap one of the preset bu...

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Using the back connectors A. line in. Ideal for connecting an MP3 player, portable CD player, or other audio device with a 3.5mm line level output and enjoying Squeezebox Boom's advanced driver design and acoustics. B. Headphone or subwoofer out...

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--_.~._--,. --------- Make a note of your network settings ~uick start gulch If you can connect a computer to your wireless network, you should have little trouble setting up your Squeezebox Boom. Gathering information about your network now will mak...

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Logitech Squeezebox Boom Create an online account and dovvnload sofbNare A word about music sources All players and controllers in the Squeezebox family must be connected to a music source in order to function. There are two possible music sources: S...

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Quick start guide Set up a SqueezeNetwork account To get the most from your Squeezebox Boom, we recommend that you set up an account by visiting www.squeezenetwork.com and u~lng the sign-up wizard. If you already have an account, instructions for add...

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Logitech Squeezebox BOOfT set up Squeezebox Boom and connect it to your netvvork 1. Slide open the battery compartment door on the remote to expose the battery, peel the protective tab from the battery, and then close the battery compartment door. 2....

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Quick start quide 7. If you've connected to your wireless network, you will see a menu for selecting your region, and then choosing your wireless network by name. If you are using a security-enabled wireless network, you'll need to enter th...

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LogitC'ch Squeezebox Boo If you select SqueezeNetwork, a PIN will be displayed. It is your Squeezebox Boom's unique identifying number, used to register the player using your SqueezeNetwork account. Visit www.squeezenetwork.com. log in, and...

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Quick start quide set Up an alann (optional) If you'll be using Squeezebox Boom near your bedside, you can use the alarm clock feature to wake you to your favorite online music source. In the event of a network failure, Squeezebox Boom will subs...

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Logitech Squeezebox 8oon~ Troubleshooting In most cases, setting up Squeezebox Boom is easy and trouble free. If you encounter some network or connection issues, however, please refer to this troubleshooting section for help and advice. Some of the m...

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Quick start quide If your network name appears, but the Squeezebox Boom cannot connect This can have a number of causes. Here are some things to try: • Confirm that your wireless network is operating properly by trying to connect with your network ...

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I 0(' I'l<:;rh c.;(J l JepZ'- {)I)OX Boo L J ~CLI I --~ Ie '-- ,,-! • Check vvhether your wireless router is using M/\C filtering. MAC filtering provides an extra level of security by ensuring that no unknown computers or oth...

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Quick start guide 1. SqueezeCenter isn't running. • If you have not yet downloaded and installed SqueezeCenter, visit slimdevices.com to begin. • To check SqueezeCenter's status on Windows, hover your mouse pointer over the SqueezeCente...

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Log -- itpt-h Sque. f.Jzebox Bar) rl.· .. ~'-_~ I _ ,_ 'i. ....... 2. Click Security Center. • If you are using Windows XP, click Windows Firewall under Manage security settings for username. • If you are using'Vindows Vista, clic...

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Quick start quide For Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger): 1. Open System Preferences and select Sharing, and then click Firewall. 2. Click New ... to create a new rule. 3. For Port Name, select Other. 4. For TCP Port Number(s), enter 3483, 9000 5. For UDP Port Nu...

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For Third-Party Firewaiis: If you're using firewall software provided by a third party, such as ZoneAlarm Pro, add exceptions for three ports: • Name: SqueezeCenter Discovery • Port number: 348~ • Protocol: UDP • Name: SqueezeCenter Cont...

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Quick start quide To check the IP address of the computer running SqueezeCenter, open SqueezeCenter's web interface, click Settings, and then the Status tab. The IP address will be listed under the SqueezeCenter Information section. To check the...

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----_._-----------~ safety infonnation lAllA! CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD • Do rlot use this apparatus near wa~,- r. • Do not block any ventilation opt'I-llngs. Install in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. • Do not pu...

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Quick start quide WARNING: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF FIRE OR ELECTRIC SHOCK, DO NOT EXPOSE THIS APPARATUS TO RAIN OR MOISTURE. UL Safety: Your product has been UL tested. It should only be used with other UL listed devices. FCC THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH ...

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[DE] Verbrauch dieses Produktes wird in den folgenden U3ndern autorisiert: AT, CY, BE, BGR*, DK, UK, FI, FR", DE, GR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PT, ES, SE, IS, L1, NO, CH, CZ, PL, RO, SK, SI, EE, LV, LT, MT [EN] .. General license require for outdoor use;...

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C)UiCK start quich:" Logitech hardware product limited warranty Logitech warrants that your Logitech hardware product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for two (2) years, beginning from the date of purchase. Except where pro...

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Logi www.logitech.com © 2008 Logitech. All rights reserved. Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Logitech assumes no resp...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 1 Contents Thank You! .................................................................................................................................................3 Getting Help.......................................

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2 Logitech ® Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall ......................................................................................................26 Appendix B: Supported File Formats ............................................................

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 3 Thank You! Thank you for purchasing Logitech’s Squeezebox Boom network music system. We hope you have as much fun using it as we had building it for you. Squeezebox Boom combines the features and technology that ...

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4 Logitech ® System Requirements Operating system Windows ® Vista ® , Windows XP, or Windows 2000 (SP4 or later required) Mac ® OS X, version 10.3 or higher Linux-based OS with Perl 5.8.3 or higher installed Computer 733 Mhz C...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 5 Boom Hardware At A Glance Remote Control A. POWER turns the Squeezebox Boom on or off. B. HOME returns the display to the Home Screen (the top level menu). Pressing HOME again from the Home Screen displays the ...

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6 Logitech ® Front Panel Controls A. POWER turns the Squeezebox Boom on or off. B. The navigation wheel allows you to quickly scroll through menus, track lists, music services, and more. Turn the wheel to scroll, and then press the wheel to selec...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 7 F. VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN. After you press VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN you can also use the navigation wheel to adjust the volume. G. PRESET BUTTONS allow you quick access to your favorite tracks, Internet radio ...

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8 Logitech ® Back Panel Connectors A. Line in. Ideal for connecting an MP3 player, portable CD player, or other audio device with a 3.5mm line level output and enjoying Squeezebox Boom’s advance driver design and acoustics. It’s not necessary...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 9 Installing Squeezebox Boom A Word About The Operating Environment Squeezebox Boom is intended primarily for indoor use. It can be used outdoors temporarily when adequate protection is provided against moisture and ...

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10 Logitech ® If you’re not familiar with your wireless network’s security method or your security key, this information can be obtained by connecting to your wireless router. See your router’s instructions if necessary, or contact your netw...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 11 Create An Online Account And Download Software An Important Word About Music Sources Squeezebox Boom must be connected to a music source in order to function. There are two music sources available: SqueezeNetwork ...

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12 Logitech ® Optional: Download And Install SqueezeCenter After you complete the SqueezeNetwork sign-up process, you are asked to download SqueezeCenter. SqueezeCenter is only required if you intend to listen to your personal music collection sto...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 13 You’ll see a menu giving you the choice of connecting via a wired or wireless 6. network. Use the UP and DOWN buttons to make your selection, and press RIGHT. If you’re connecting to your wireless network, y...

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14 Logitech ® Select A Music Source Once your Squeezebox Boom has successfully connected to your network, you will see a menu asking you to select your music source. Select SqueezeNetwork, the free, Internet-based service operated by Logitech. Whe...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 15 Optional: Connect To SqueezeCenter If you’d like to listen to your personal music collection stored on your computer and you’ve successfully downloaded and installed SqueezeCenter, take these steps to connect...

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16 Logitech ® Using Your Squeezebox Boom Now Playing Squeezebox Boom always maintains the current playlist in its memory. This playlist is called Now Playing and you can modify it by adding tracks from your music collection, tracks and playlists f...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 17 Clearing The Now Playing List Selecting a track, album, genre, or playlist from your music collection or from an online music service and pressing PLAY will clear the Now Playing list and replace it with the sel...

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18 Logitech ® Squeezebox Boom has six Preset buttons below the display. You can think of these as a miniature list of six favorites that you can recall instantly at any time. Adding an item to a Preset will also add it to your Favorites, if it’s...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 19 With SqueezeNetwork To add a radio station to your list of favorites on SqueezeNetwork, go to www.squeezenetwork.com, click Favorites, select a name for the stream and enter the URL. To add a radio station to yo...

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20 Logitech ® The default snooze length is nine minutes. If you have installed SqueezeCenter, you may change the snooze length: Launch the SqueezeCenter web interface1. Click on the 2. Player tab From the left pull-down list, select the player y...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 21 Selecting and Changing Music Sources Squeezebox Boom must be connected to a music source to operate. There are two types of music sources: SqueezeNetwork (a free online service operated by Logitech) A comput...

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22 Logitech ® You’ll probably find that you don’t need to change music sources very often. There are a couple of scenarios where you might: If you normally connect to SqueezeCenter running on a computer, but the  computer is turned off o...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 23 Last.fm Audioscrobbler If you use Last.fm (available on the web at last.fm), you might already be familiar with Last.fm’s “audioscrobbler,” which keeps track of what you play on your computer and updates yo...

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24 Logitech ® Tips, Tricks And Advanced Techniques StereoXL ™ Squeezebox Boom uses Logitech’s StereoXL technology to dramatically widen the stereo image, creating an immersive audio experience. To enable StereoXL, select Settings > Audio >...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 25 Listening To Your Music Collection Without A Computer You do not need to keep your computer on to listen to Internet radio stations and online music services. Just connect your Squeezebox Boom to SqueezeNetwork, ...

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26 Logitech ® Appendix A: Configuring Your Firewall Firewalls on your computer can often cause connection problems for network devices like Squeezebox Boom. While it is not necessary to disable your firewall in order to allow Squeezebox to commu...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 27 Appendix B: Supported File Formats Squeezebox Boom and SqueezeCenter support a variety of music file formats. Some formats are supported in Squeezebox Boom’s hardware, meaning that the player itself does the f...

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28 Logitech ® Appendix C: Using Apple iTunes Apple’s iTunes is a music manager that helps you organize your collection, rip your CDs, create and manage playlists, etc. It also connects to the iTunes Store, where Apple offers music, videos and po...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 29 Appendix D: Getting Help Online Help Squeezebox website: slimdevices.com Online FAQ: faq.slimdevices.com Customer Forums: forums.slimdevices.com Squeezebox Wiki: wiki.slimdevices.com Contact Us Support E-mail: ...

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30 Logitech ® Appendix E: Troubleshooting When setting up networking, my network does not appear Squeezebox Boom finds all wireless networks in range and displays them by their network name (also known as their SSID). The first step is to make ...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 31 If your wireless router uses a common network name (SSID) like NETGEAR  or LINKSYS, there may be more than one wireless network in range that has the same name as yours. Your Squeezebox Boom might be attempt...

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32 Logitech ® Both must be on the same network segment in order for SqueezeCenter to be recognized by your Squeezebox Boom. If you are using a large wireless network with multiple wireess routers or access points, there is a chance that your compu...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 33 My music sound choppy, distorted, or skips There may be excessive interference in your wireless connection, or the wireless signal may otherwise be too weak. Try moving your Squeezebox Boom closer to the wireless ...

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34 Logitech ® The FORWARD and REWIND buttons do not work with some songs in my music library Seeking through a song (holding FWD or REW) only works with certain formats: MP3, Ogg, FLAC, WAV and AIFF files stored in your SqueezeCenter  music...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 35 Some of my track names are missing or incorrect If you know that your songs all have valid tags or that your album art images are fine, you may want to have SqueezeCenter rescan your music collection by doing th...

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36 Logitech ® I have installed SqueezeCenter to allow playing of music that’s kept on my computer. However, some or all of my iTunes music library does not play Apple does not allow streaming of music to which DRM has been applied. Most music p...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 37 Appendix F: Using Boom As Part Of A Whole- Home System Squeezebox Boom is just one member of a growing family of Squeezebox network music players and network music systems. Our products can be divided into three ...

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38 Logitech ® Logitech ® Hardware Product Limited Warranty Logitech warrants that your Logitech hardware product shall be free from defects in material and workmanship for two (2) years, beginning from the date of purchase. Except where prohibite...

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Squeezebox ™ Boom User Guide 39 Safety Information AC POWERED PRODUCTS: IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION CAUTION ELECTRIC SHOCK HAZARD Do not use this apparatus near water. Do not block any ventilation openings. Install in accordance with the ...

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40 Logitech ® FCC THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING TWO CONDITIONS: (1) THIS DEVICE MAY NOT CAUSE HARMFUL INTERFERENCE, AND (2) THIS DEVICE MUST ACCEPT ANY INTERFERENCE RECEIVED, INCLUDING IN...

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© 2008 Logitech. All rights reserved. Logitech, the Logitech logo, and other Logitech marks are owned by Logitech and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Logitech assumes no responsibility for any e...