Logitech/Slim Devices Squeezebox 3 Network Music Player [XP00075]

Squeezebox 3 - Stream your music anywhere in the house - All in Black

Squeezebox is a great way to deliver high quality digital music into any room of your home. It plays a wide variety of digital music files, including uncompressed and lossless formats — across a true 802.11g wireless network connection. The audio quality is also outstanding, with the well regarded 24-bit Burr-Brown™ DAC for extremely low distortion and clean signal reproduction.

The Squuezebox is a revolutionary way to listen to your MP3s and digitial music. It reads (or streams) your digital music files (MP3 and other formats) across a wireless or wired network. You simply install a free copy of the SlimServer music streaming server on your PC (or network storage device, such as a NAS) and any Squeezebox players on your network will be able to access your music. No more loading CDs into your CD player or messing around with your PC to hear the music you want.

The new, third-generation Squeezebox is the easiest way to listen to the music stored on your Mac, PC, Network Attached Storage (NAS) device or internet radio station on your stereo. The modern design of the Squeezebox is attractive and sits alongside your existing equipment beautifully.

Best of all the set-up is very easy, so you’ll be listening to your favourite music in no time at all. You can either stream music directly from your PC (using Slim Devices/Logitech's SlimServer software) or from network storage devices with built-in SlimServer software such as the QNAP TurboStation range.

Features

• Stream music throughout your home or office by adding players to any room
• Beautiful fluorescent display with choice of visualizers
• Supports MP3, WMA, OGG, AAC, and Lossless formats
• Built in 54Mbit/sec 802.11g wireless (dual internal antennas) and wired ethernet port
• Rapidly search huge song libraries
• Access Internet radio stations and RSS news feeds any time, even without a computer.
• Works with iTunes, MusicMagic, Live365, RadioIO, Shoutcast, Moodlogic, Pandora, Rhapsody and Windows Media radio
• Wireless bridging via the ethernet port to give other devices a connection on to the network
• Clock with 7-day alarm
  

Future Proof Design

Squeezebox and SlimServer support all the leading and emerging audio formats, meaning you can get access to your entire digital music collection. The current list includes Lossless Formats (Apple Lossless, FLAC, WMA Lossless), Uncompressed formats (AIFF, WAV, PCM) and Compressed formats (MP3, AAC, Ogg Vorbis, MP2, MusePack, WMA).

Squeezebox will transform the way you listen to your music by making it easily accessable. Its convenient and stylish form makes it ideal for placing in any room, with the choice of analogue (phono) or digital (coax and optical) audio connections.

By utilizing true 54Mbit/sec 802.11g wireless networking and dual internal antennas, where you listen to your music is no longer constrained by where you can run cables.

Detailed Specifications

• Flash upgradeable firmware
• Network settings are stored in non-volatile memory
• Auto-configuration for most networks
• Easy setup for wireless networks
  

Architecture:

• 250 MHz 8-way multithreaded RISC processor
• "Pure software" SlimDSP™ architecture
• Field-upgradeable Xilinx CPLD
• 64Mb high-speed RAM
• 16Mb program flash
• Low-power design, all solid-state, fanless

Wireless Network:

• True 802.11g wireless networking
• Bridging capability allows Ethernet devices to connect to the network through Squeezebox Wireless
• Throughput up to 54Mbps, high speed PCI interface to radio module
• Dual antennas for improved range and throughput
• Supports all 802.11b and 802.11g access points
• Internal antennas: planar inverted-F antenna
• Automatically detects available networks for quick setup
• Supports both WPA Personal, WPA2-AES and 64/128-bit WEP encryption

Ethernet wired network:

• True 100Mbps throughput
• Shielded CAT5 RJ-45 connector
• Connects to any 100Mbps or 10Mbps network
• Auto-detects full duplex and half duplex modes
• Automatic receive polarity correction
• Maximum cable length: 100 meters (328 feet)

Physical specification:

• Large, high-resolution vacuum fluorescent display
• 320x32 greyscale pixels
• Beautiful high-speed, full-screen visualizers
• Bitmapped graphics, multiple fonts, animation, and images
• Brightness control
• Dimensions: 192mm x 93mm x 80mm including stand

System Requirements (for SlimServer):

• All systems: 256MB RAM, ethernet or wireless network, and 20MB hard disk space
• Macintosh: Mac OS X 10.3 or later
• Windows: 733Mhz Pentium running Windows NT/2000/XP
• Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other: Perl 5.8.3 or later

What You Get

• Squeezebox 3 Network Music Player
• AC Power adaptor with UK plug
• User's manual
• SlimServer software (requires download)
• Custom infrared remote, 2 AAA batteries included
• 6-foot gold plated phono (RCA) cable