Logitech ® User Guide
Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 1 Contents Thank You! ...........................................................................................................................................................3 Getting Help...............................................................................................................................................3 Package Contents .................................................................................................................................
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 my iTunes music library does not play. ................................................. 37 I can not sign in to my new SqueezeNetwork account. ................................................................
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 our customers love in an all-in-one device. The built-in amplifier and high-quality speakers allow you to place Squeezebox Boom anywhere within range of your local network, without having to deal with separate speakers.
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, version 10.3 or higher Linux-based OS with Perl 5.8.3 or higher installed Computer • • • 733 Mhz CPU or faster 256 MB RAM 80 MB hard drive space Network • Ethernet and/or 802.11b/g compatible wireless network. Routers which support 802.
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 Now Playing screen. C. left, right, up and down allow you to navigate through track lists, music services, configuration menus, and more. up and down scroll through the menu, right selects the item, and left returns to the previous menu. D.
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 select an option. When the Now Playing screensaver is active, the wheel also serves as a volume control. C. Press play to begin listening to the selected track, artist, album, genre, or playlist.
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 time you specify, between 15 and 90 minutes. sleep also acts as a snooze button, pausing the alarm for a preselected amount of time after it has been activated.
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 to select Line In as a source from the front panel; Squeezebox Boom will automatically detect the connection of your device. B. Headphone or subwoofer out. Connect headphones for private listening, or a powered subwoofer to add bass reinforcement.
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 extreme temperatures. When using outdoors, be sure to keep it out of direct sunlight, as it may cause interference with the infrared sensor. For more information, see Safety Information later in this guide.
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 already connected to your wireless network. For Windows XP and Vista Double click on the wireless networking icon in the system tray. For Mac OS X Click on the wireless networking icon on the menu bar and make note of which network has a check mark next to it.
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™ and SqueezeCenter™. SqueezeNetwork SqueezeNetwork is a free, Internet-based service provided by Logitech.
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 stored on a computer on your local network. If you will only be listening to Internet radio stations or online music services, you may skip this step. We offer versions of SqueezeCenter for Windows®, Mac® OS X, and Linux.
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. 6. You’ll see a menu giving you the choice of connecting via a wired or wireless network. Use the up and down buttons to make your selection, and press right. 7. If you’re connecting to your wireless network, you will see a menu for selecting your region, and then a menu for choosing your wireless network by name.
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 you connect to SqueezeNetwork, your Squeezebox Boom displays a unique code that you can use to link your Boom to your SqueezeNetwork account. Go to www.squeezenetwork.com, select Players, and then enter the code in the Add A Player section of the page.
Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 1. 15 Press and hold back on the front panel (or left on the remote control) to go to the setup screen. 2. Scroll until you see an option to connect to your computer (for example, Connect to john-smiths-computer) 3. Press the navigation wheel (or press right on the remote control) to connect to your computer. If your computer’s name does not appear on this menu, or if Squeezebox Boom is unable to connect, see Appendix E: Troubleshooting.
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 from music services, or even from playlists you’ve saved. Learning how to effectively manage the Now Playing list is a key step to enjoying your Squeezebox Boom.
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 music service and pressing play will clear the Now Playing list and replace it with the selected item.
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 subscription services have restrictions on which types of items can be added to your favorites. If in doubt, press the navigation wheel and see if the next menu offers an option to add to your favorites. Squeezebox Boom has six Preset buttons below the display.
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 if you know the URL for the stream. 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.
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 and power buttons) also functions as a snooze button while the alarm is sounding. The default snooze length is nine minutes. If you have installed SqueezeCenter, you may change the snooze length: 1. Launch the SqueezeCenter web interface 2. Select Settings 3.
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 > Brightness from the Home Screen. From the Brightness menu, you can select your desired brightness when Boom is playing a track, stopped, or off. For each item you can choose automatic brightness adjustment, or manually select the brightness.
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 as your music source is that you don’t have to make sure your computer is on each time you use your Squeezebox Boom. You’ll probably find that you don’t need to change music sources very often.
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 podcast or RSS feed’s URL, you can add it to your favorites using SqueezeNetwork. Sign in to SqueezeNetwork at www.squeezenetwork.com, select Favorites, then select the News Feeds or Podcasts option.
24 Logitech® accordingly. If your Squeezebox Boom is not connected to SqueezeCenter or SqueezeNetwork: 1. Connect your device using the included 3.5mm stereo cable 2. Select Line In from the Home Screen Learn More About SqueezeNetwork and SqueezeCenter As covered earlier, your Squeezebox Boom must be connected to a music source (SqueezeNetwork or SqueezeCenter) to operate.
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 Settings > Audio > StereoXL from the Home Screen. Then, use the navigation wheel (or the up and down buttons on the remote) to turn StereoXL on or off, or adjust its intensity. Controlling Pandora If you’ve used Pandora’s web interface (pandora.
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 server. A list of compatible NAS drives can be found at www.logitech.com, under Support | Troubleshooting. Select Wireless Music Systems from the list of product categories. Create an MP3tunes Music Locker MP3tunes (mp3tunes.
Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 27 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 communicate with your computer, temporarily disabling it can be a quick way of diagnosing the problem.
28 Logitech® 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 format decoding. Other formats that can not be played in hardware are converted into a playable format by SqueezeCenter. Supported in hardware: Supported with transcoding: MP3 (CBR and VBR) FLAC WAV AIFF WMA (CBR and VBR) Ogg Vorbis AAC (.
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 music, videos and podcasts for purchase. SqueezeCenter can use the iTunes music library. It can not play songs purchased from the iTunes Store that are protected by Apple’s FairPlay Digital Rights Management (DRM) software.
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@slimdevices.com Support Phone: +1 (877) 887-8889 (Toll-free in North America) +1 (646) 454-3237 (For all other countries) Support hours are Monday – Friday, 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM Pacific. Developer Resources Our SqueezeCenter software is open source.
Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 31 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 sure that your network is operating correctly and that you’re within range and free from potential sources of interference.
32 Logitech® • Confirm 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. 64-bit and 128-bit WEP keys are 10 characters and 26 characters, respectively. If the key you’ve entered into Squeezebox Boom is only five or 13 characters long, then you have an ASCII encryption key, which must be converted to hexadecimal.
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 Running doesn’t float, right-click the icon and select Start SqueezeCenter. • To check SqueezeCenter’s status on Mac OS X, launch System Preferences, and then click on SqueezeCenter. If SqueezeCenter is running, you’ll see a button labeled Stop Server.
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 display the message Address Problem – There was a problem obtaining a DHCP address on your network. Scroll down to Use a static address and press the navigation wheel.
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 Plus” tracks do not contain DRM. Other online music stores may apply DRM to downloaded tracks. If you’re not sure, contact the music store for clarification.
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 sure your Boom is connected to SqueezeCenter, then select Settings > Rescan Music Library. From the following menu you can start a rescan, as well as set up automatic rescanning. Some of my track names are missing or incorrect.
Squeezebox™ Boom User Guide 37 • On Mac OS X, the default location for the cache folder is: Home > Library > Application Support > SqueezeCenter 3. Restart SqueezeCenter. The scanning process will begin as soon as the server starts. 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.
38 Logitech® Appendix F: Using Boom As Part Of A WholeHome 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 players feature built-in amplifiers and speakers, so you can place them anywhere within range of your network without having to worry about connecting them to an audio system. Squeezebox Boom is our first all-in-one network music player.
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 the office, and Squeezebox Boom players in the kitchen and bedroom, all under your command with a Squeezebox Controller. If you love the musical experience your Squeezebox Boom brings you and you’re ready to expand into a whole-home music system, visit www.
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 prohibited by applicable law, this warranty is nontransferable and is limited to the original purchaser. This warranty gives you specific legal rights, and you may also have other rights that vary under local laws.
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 manufacturer’s instructions. • Do not push objects into apparatus vents or slots because fire or electric shock hazards could result. • Maintain a minimum distance of at least 6 inches around apparatus for sufficient ventilation.
42 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 INTERFERENCE THAT MAY CAUSE UNDESIRED OPERATION. NOTE: THE MANUFACTURER IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY RADIO OR TV INTERFERENCE CAUSED BY UNAUTHORIZED MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EQUIPMENT. SUCH MODIFICATIONS COULD VOID THE USER’S AUTHORITY TO OPERATE THE EQUIPMENT.
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