Getting to know Logitech® Squeezebox Touch Wi-Fi Music Player Features Guide
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Contents Thank you! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Use the Sleep Timer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Adjust Audio Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Crossfade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Troubleshooting during setup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Squeezebox Touch isn’t responding. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 I want to start the setup process over. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Thank you! Thank you for purchasing the Logitech® Squeezebox™ Touch, a Wi-Fi music player that delivers clean, rich sound through your Home stereo or powered speakers. We hope you have as muchfun using your Squeezebox as we did building it for you. Getting Help Below are sources of information about Squeezebox Touch including this user guides, online resources, and email and phone contact information.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Squeezebox Touch at a Glance Squeezebox Touch Squeezebox Touch connects directly to your stereo or powered speakers, so you can listen to the music that you want on the system you love. To select a menu option on your Squeezebox, you can use the touchscreen directly or use the remote control.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Remote Control When you are within line of sight of your Squeezebox Touch, use the remote control or the touchscreen directly. Browse your music collection, select the music you want to hear, and send it across your Home network to your stereo system. To make a menu selection with the remote, simply navigate to the option you want and press the Right arrow.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Getting to Know the Squeezebox Touchscreen Your touchscreen display includes a Title Bar and a Status Bar. Title bar Status bar Title Bar When you are at the Home menu, the title bar displays the name of your Squeezebox. During operation, the title bar displays the name of the current menu; for example, Settings or My Apps. There are icons at the right and left of the title bar.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Status Bar The status bar appears at the bottom of the touchscreen when you are Now Playing, and may display the following icons. Pause/Stop—Pause or stop the item you are listening to. Tap the icon to pause your music; press and hold it to stop. Play—Play a tune or station that is currently paused. Shuffle songs—Shuffle the songs within an album. The songs within each album in your playlist will be put in a new order.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Playlists—Creating and Managing Playlists To make a list of items to listen to, create a Playlist. Create and Use your Current Playlist To create a Current Playlist: 1. Navigate to each item you want in your list. 2. Press and hold the item on the touchscreen until a context menu pops up on your screen (or tap the More button on the remote). 3.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Favorites—Quickly Getting to your Favorite Music Squeezebox Touch delivers what you want to hear—from Internet radio stations and music services to podcasts and your personal music collection. For even quicker access to the items you listen to most, add songs, albums, radio stations and playlists to your Favorites. To add an item to Favorites from your Squeezebox: 1.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Play Music from an SD card or USB Drive To play your personal music collection from an SD card or USB drive: 1. Plug a USB drive into the connector on the back of Squeezebox Touch, or insert your SD card into the slot on the right side of your Squeezebox. 2. Wait while the new device is installed on your Squeezebox. You will see the messages “Attaching device” followed by “Starting Squeezebox Server”.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide The Squeezebox Server Control Panel offers easy access to frequently used settings. From a Windows computer: 1. Click on the Squeezebox Server icon in your system tray. 2. Select Open Control Panel. From a Mac: • Go to System Preferences > Squeezebox Server > Advanced. Squeezebox Server Control panel tabs include Status Start and stop Squeezebox Server, set your startup options, and scan your personal music library.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide App Gallery—Finding Music, News, Podcasts, Photos, and More To find and install the apps that you want: • From the Home menu on your Squeezebox, select App Gallery. You can browse the App Gallery by: • Featured Apps • Custom Radio • Music On-Demand • Music Stores • Podcast Services • Photo Services • Radio Networks • Social Networks • Utilities Note: You can access some services just by selecting them.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Set and Use the Alarm Clock Squeezebox Touch includes a full-featured alarm clock that lets you set multiple alarms per day for different times on any day of the week. To set an alarm: 1. From the Home menu, go to Settings > Alarm Clock 2. Select Add Alarm. 3. Select the time you would like the alarm to sound. 4. Back at the Alarm Clock menu, select the alarm that you have just entered. 5. At the next menu, complete the alarm setup.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Provided that your tunes include the necessary tag data, you can select Track gain to make sure that all tracks sound equally loud. Album gain will make sure that all albums sound equally loud, but the volume differences between tracks within an album are preserved. Smart gain implements album gain for songs from the same album, and track gain for a mixed playlist.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide To use images as your screensavers: • Go to Settings > Screen > Screensavers > (when playing, when stopped, when off) > Image Viewer For more information about setting wallpaper and screensavers, go to Customize your Screen in this guide. Customize your Screen This section describes additional options for customizing your Squeezebox Touch screen.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Rename your Squeezebox By default your Squeezebox name is Squeezebox Touch. To change the name of your Squeezebox: • From the Home menu, go to Settings > Squeezebox Name This name will appear in the title bar at the Home menu, in the Settings > Choose Player menu and anywhere your player is listed in the Squeezebox Server Control Panel or at mysqueezebox.com.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Play SD or USB Music Libraries If, instead, you have set up Squeezebox Touch to play the personal music you have on an SD card or USB drive, simply switch libraries from Player2, and play. For example, if you have an SD card inserted into Squeezebox Touch and you want to play that music library from another player: 1. From Player2, go to My Music > Switch Library and select Squeezebox Touch (SD). 2. Navigate to the tune you want , and play.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Squeezebox Server To start or stop the Squeezebox Server that is built into your Squeezebox, or to rescan your personal music library: • From the Home menu, go to Settings > Advanced > Squeezebox Server The built-in Squeezebox Server is used to support listening to your personal collection from an SD card or USB drive.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Using Squeezebox Touch as Part of a Whole Home System Squeezebox Touch is just one member of a growing family of Squeezebox Wi-Fi music players. These products can be divided into three categories: 1. 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 Touch Features Guide I don’t have my wireless network name and password As part of the setup process, if you have a wireless network you will need to know the name and password that are currently assigned to it. Note: A network name is sometimes referred to as an SSID, and a password is sometimes referred to as a wireless key, or security key. Note: If your network is not secured or you have an Ethernet network, it does not have a password.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Note: Network names (SSIDs) are case-sensitive. For example, if you’ve named your network MyNetwork, the name mynetwork will not be accepted. Note: For information about accessing and changing your router settings, refer to your router manual and your router Settings page online, or contact your router manufacturer or ISP. My network password was not accepted If your wireless network password was not accepted: • Try entering your password again. There could be a typo.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide My Squeezebox can’t connect to mysqueezebox.com mysqueezebox.com not only allows you to manage your Squeezebox online, but it provide the connection between your Squeezebox and Internet sources. Wireless Network Problems connecting to mysqueezebox.com are often the result of DNS (Domain Name System) issues, which can be resolved with a router reset as follows: • Unplug your router, wait 30 seconds, and plug it back in.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Sound is choppy, distorted, or skips If your music quality is sub-standard, there could be excessive interference in your wireless connection, or the wireless signal might be too weak for some other reason. Try the following: • If possible, move your Squeezebox and router closer together or remove sources of potential interference, such as cordless phones. • You can also try connecting your Squeezebox directly to the router using an Ethernet cable.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide In addition, the following are automatically converted into supported formats by a transcoding engine that is built into Squeezebox Server: WMA Lossless, Monkey’s Audio (.APE). Squeezebox Touch recognizes playlists saved by a variety of music applications, including iTunes and Windows Media Player. Supported playlist formats include: PLS files, M3U files (WinAMP) and WPL files (Windows Playlist).
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide 3. From the Squeezebox Server web interface, click the iTunes tab. 4. Under iTunes Music Library.XML Location, enter the path to the file. • Windows XP default path is: C:\Documents and Settings\username\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\ • Windows Vista and Windows 7 default path is: C:\Users\username\Music\iTunes\iTunes Music Library.xml • Mac OS X, the default path is:/Users/username/Music/iTunes 5.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide • Make sure Squeezebox Server is looking in the correct location for your music: a. Windows: Click on the Squeezebox Server icon in the system tray. Select Open Control Panel. Mac: Go to System Preferences > Squeezebox Server > Advanced. b. Click the Library tab. c. Browse to and click on the music and playlist folders that contain the music you want to play. d. Click Apply. Squeezebox Server will scan your computer and index your selections into the music library.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide b. If your firewall is not covered by our Knowledge Base, go to your firewall software and add exceptions for three ports as follows. Name Port # Protocol Squeezebox Discovery 3483 UDP Squeezebox Control 3483 TCP Squeezebox Web 9000 TCP For information about how to make this change in your firewall software, search the Internet for “exceptions, ports, ,” or contact your ISP or your firewall software manufacturer for support.
Squeezebox Touch Features Guide Clear library, rescan, and delete cached files If your songs are in supported formats but some of your track names or album art are missing or incorrect, try clearing your Squeezebox Server music library, rescanning your computer, and then deleting cached files. To clear your library and rescan the music folder on your computer: 1. Windows: Click on the Squeezebox Server icon in the system tray. Select Open Control Panel.
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