Logitech Squeezebox Boom User Manual

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User Guide Logitech ® ...

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

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2 Logitech® Some of my track names are missing or incorrect. ........................................................................ 36 I have installed SqueezeCenter to allow playing of music that’s kept on my computer. However, some or all of ...

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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 ou...

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4 Logitech® Power supply with plug adapters for your region• 3.5mm male to male audio cable• Quick Start Guide• System Requirements Operating system Windows® Vista®, Windows XP, or Windows 2000 (SP4 or later • required) Mac® OS X, ver...

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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 H. sleep, on the top panel, has three purposes. During normal use, tapping it quickly displays the current time. Holding it down for a few seconds activates the sleep timer to turn the power off after a period of t...

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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 e...

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10 Logitech® router. See your router’s instructions if necessary, or contact your network provider or the party who installed your wireless router. Your wireless network’s name can be determined by using a computer on your network that’s alr...

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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 stor...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 13 pressing the wheel. For the rest of this section, we’ll refer to using the various buttons on the remote, but you can use the navigation wheel, as well. You’ll see a menu giving you the choice of connecting via...

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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. When...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 15 Press and hold 1. back on the front panel (or left on the remote control) to go to the setup screen. Scroll until you see an option to connect to your computer (for 2. example, Connect to john-smiths-computer) Pre...

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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 fr...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 17 The number of playlists you can save is limited only by the hard drive space on your computer. Clearing the Now Playing List Selecting a track, album, genre, or playlist from your music collection or from an online...

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18 Logitech® instances of items that can not be added to your favorites – for example, if you are listening to an Internet radio station, you can add the station to your favorites, but not the track the station is currently playing. Some subscri...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 19 browse thousands of radio stations and add them to your favorites or presets. If your favorite online station isn’t available via one of these guides, it’s easy to use SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork to add it ...

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20 Logitech® The Snooze Bar Like any good alarm clock, Squeezebox Boom has a snooze bar. While the alarm is sounding, tapping the large bar on the top panel will delay the alarm. The sleep button on the remote control (located between the home a...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 21 Display Brightness Squeezebox Boom has a built-in light sensor that allows it to adjust the brightness of the display to match lighting conditions. However, you may override this by selecting Settings > Display ...

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22 Logitech® If you’ll only be listening to Internet radio and online services, or if you’ve uploaded your personal music collection to an MP3tunes music locker, then you can connect to SqueezeNetwork. The advantage of using SqueezeNetwork a...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 23 Podcasts and RSS News Feeds Squeezebox Boom’s capabilities don’t stop at music – you can also use it to listen to your favorite podcasts, and display items from your favorite RSS news feeds. If you know a pod...

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24 Logitech® accordingly. If your Squeezebox Boom is not connected to SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork: Connect your device using the included 3.5mm stereo cable1. Select 2. Line In from the Home Screen Learn More About SqueezeNetwork and Squeeze...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 25 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 Setti...

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26 Logitech® music collection without turning on your computer, you have a couple of options. Add a NAS Drive to Your Network Any NAS (Network Attached Storage) device which is compatible with SqueezeCenter can be added to your network as a music ...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 27 Appendix A: Confi guring 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 fi rewall in order to allo...

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28 Logitech® Appendix B: Supported File Formats Squeezebox Boom and SqueezeCenter support a variety of music fi le formats. Some formats are supported in Squeezebox Boom’s hardware, meaning that the player itself does the format decoding. Other...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 29 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 ...

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30 Logitech® 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: support@slimdevice...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 31 Appendix E: Troubleshooting When setting up networking, my network does not appear. Squeezebox Boom fi nds all wireless networks in range and displays them by their network name (also known as their SSID). The fi...

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32 Logitech® Confi rm that you’ve entered your network’s security key correctly and • that you’ve selected the correct network security type. NOTE: Squeezebox Boom follows the 802.11 standard and uses hexadecimal keys for WEP encryption. ...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 33 visit www.slimdevices.com to begin. To check SqueezeCenter’s status on Windows, hover your mouse • pointer over the SqueezeCenter icon at the bottom right of the display, near the clock. If SqueezeCenter Runnin...

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34 Logitech® addresses. You may need to consult the party that installed or maintains your network for assistance. How do I use a static IP with Squeezebox Boom? If you have set up your network to use static IP addresses, your Squeezebox Boom will...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 35 No music will play. Make sure your music is not DRM protected. SqueezeCenter and Squeezebox can not play DRM protected music. If your music was purchased from the iTunes Store, it may contain DRM. Only “iTunes Pl...

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36 Logitech® SqueezeCenter to automatically rescan your music library periodically, click the Advanced tab and then select “Rescan Music Library” from the pull-down menu on the left. To rescan your music library using Squeezebox Boom, make sur...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 37 On Mac OS X, the default location for the cache folder is: Home > • Library > Application Support > SqueezeCenter Restart SqueezeCenter. The scanning process will begin as soon as 3. the server starts. I...

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38 Logitech® 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 categories: All-in-one...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 39 bedrooms), or select different models according to your exact needs – for instance, a Squeezebox Transporter connected to your high-end AV system, a Squeezebox Receiver connected to a set of powered speakers in t...

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40 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 prohib...

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Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 41 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 manuf...

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42 Logitech® FCC THIS DEVICE COMPLIES WITH PART 15 OF THE FCC RULES. OPERATION IS SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOW- ING 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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