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Squeezebox™ Owner’s Guide

Use the VOLUME buttons to adjust the loudness of the 
audio Squeezebox is producing.
Press REW to immediately begin the current song again. 
Press REW twice to skip to the previous song. Press and 
hold REW to scan backwards through the current song.
Press pAUSE to pause the current song. Press pAUSE again 
to continue. Press and hold pAUSE to stop playback.
Press FWd to skip to the next song. Press and hold FWd to 
scan forward through the current song.
Use the Up, dOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT arrows to navigate 
within the music library. Up displays the previous item 
within a list, dOWN the next item. Press LEFT to go out 
of the current list. Press RIGHT to go into the item or to 
display additional information about a song. 
Press pLAY to play the songs contained within the 
displayed selection. If you press pLAY while displaying: 
• Genre, artist or album—Squeezebox plays all the 
songs for the displayed genre, artist, or album
• Song—Squeezebox plays that song. If that song is 
displayed within the rest of an album, the whole 
album is played, starting at the song on the display.
• Playlist—Squeezebox plays all of the songs in that 
playlist.
• Folder—Squeezebox plays all songs in that folder 
and sub-folders.
Tip: To save a playlist, press NOW pLAYING then press 
and hold pLAY. You will be prompted to save the 
current playlist for use later.
Press Add to append the displayed selection to the end of 
the current playlist. If you press ADD while displaying a
 • Genre, artist or album—Squeezebox adds all the 
songs for the displayed genre, artist, or album to the 
end of the Now Playing playlist 
						

							
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• Song—Squeezebox adds that song to the end of the list.
• Playlist—Squeezebox adds all of the songs in that playlist.
• Folder—Squeezebox adds all the songs in that folder and sub-folders.
Tip: You can press and hold Add to insert the item on the screen to be played 
immediately after the currently playing song.
Tip: When in the Now Playing list: Press Add to remove the visible song from the 
playlist. Press and hold Add to move the song from the current playlist to the end 
of the Zapped Songs playlist.
Press FAVORITES to jump to the list of favorite items you’ve saved. Press and hold 
FAVORITES while displaying a song, radio station or playlist name to add it to your 
favorites list
Press BROWSE to browse through your music library by Genre, Artist, Album, and more.
Press SEARCH to search for Albums, Artists, or Songs. When Squeezebox displays Search 
Music, press the RIGHT arrow to enter your search text.
Use the number buttons to enter letters (just like entering text with a cell phone.) For 
example, press the 2 button once for “A,” twice for “B,” three times for “C,” and four 
times for “”. Use 0 for spaces. Press 1 to cycle through punctuation. Press RIGHT to see 
the results of your search.
Tip: In sorted lists such as lists of artists, albums or genres, press the number 
buttons to jump to the first item that starts with the corresponding letter.
Tip: In unsorted lists such as playlists, press a number button to jump 
proportionally through the list.
Press SHUFFLE to cycle between the following settings:
• Shuffle All Songs
• Shuffle By Album
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Press REpEAT to cycle between the following settings: 
• Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the current playlist)
• Repeat Current Song
• Repeat All Songs
Press SLEEp to tell Squeezebox to turn itself off in 5 minutes. Add 5 minute increments 
(up to a total of 0 minutes) by pressing SLEEp repeatedly. If you wish to cancel the Sleep 
function, press SLEEp until the player displays Sleep Cancelled.
Press NOW pLAYING to display the song you are listening to. Press NOW pLAYING again 
to cycle through different display formats for the now playing song, including graphic 
visualizers and progress meters.
Press SIZE to cycle between different display font sizes. You can do this while Squeezebox 
is powered on or off.
Press BRIGHTNESS to cycle through Squeezebox display brightness levels. You can do this 
while Squeezebox is powered either on or off. If you want to dim the display completely, 
press BRIGHTNESS to cycle to a completely dark screen. If Squeezebox is powered off, 
it will stay dark until you power it back on or press BRIGHTNESS again. If Squeezebox is 
powered on, press any button on the remote to turn on the display. 
						

							
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playing Your Music
Squeezebox plays music that you select with the remote control or the web interface.
Using the Remote to play Music
.  Use the LEFT arrow to go to Squeezebox Home. You may have to press the 
LEFT arrow more than once to get there.
.  Use the Up and dOWN arrows to find the Browse Music option. 
3. Press the RIGHT arrow. The Browse Albums option is displayed. You can scroll 
down to browse by artist, genre, year, new music, existing playlists, or browse the 
contents of your music folder.
. To browse an album, artist, or genre, press the RIGHT arrow to select it, then the 
Up and dOWN arrows to scroll through the list.
5. When you find an album, artist, genre or song you want to listen to, press pLAY to 
play all the songs associated with the displayed item.
Tip: If you want to play the selected songs after the songs that you are already 
listening to, press Add and they will be added to the end of the list.
6. Press NOW pLAYING to jump to the list of songs that you have selected to play. 
Scroll through the list with the Up and dOWN arrows. Press the LEFT arrow to 
return to the main Squeezebox Home menu.
Using the Web Interface to play Music 
.  Open the web interface in your browser. 
  If you are using the computer where you installed SlimServer, go to 
http://localhost:9000/
 If you are using a different computer on the same local network as the 
SlimServer computer, use  
“http://:9000/” where  is the IP address or name of 
the SlimServer computer. See the Troubleshooting section at the end of this 
guide for details.
Tip: Windows® users can use the SlimServer System Tray icon to bring up the 
web interface automatically on their SlimServer computer. Mac users can use the 
SlimServer pane in System Preferences to bring up the web interface. 
						

							
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.  From the left pane of the web interface, you can browse by a variety of 
categories, including album, artist, genre, album cover art (if available), new 
music, by year, and more. 
3. When you find an album, artist, track, or playlist you want to listen to, click on the 
play icon to the right of it to hear it immediately. To add an item to be played at 
the end of the playlist, click on the add icon.
Searching for Music with the Remote
You can enter the name of the song, artist or album you are looking for in two ways. In 
each case, the cursor automatically advances three seconds after you press a button. If 
the button you want next is different from the last button you pressed, you can proceed 
as quickly as you want. If you have to press the same button consecutively, wait for the 
cursor to advance before pressing the button again, or press the RIGHT arrow to move 
on.
Tip: You don’t have to enter the entire album name, artist name, or song title 
to search successfully; just enter the first few letters and press RIGHT, then scroll 
down through the results using the dOWN arrow.
Using the LEFT, RIGHT, Up, and dOWN arrows to enter letters or numbers:
.  Press the Up or dOWN arrows until the character you want is displayed.
.  Press the RIGHT arrow once to advance one space to the right.
3. Fix errors by pressing the LEFT arrow.
. After you’ve entered all of the text you want to use for the search, press the 
RIGHT arrow twice to run the search.
Using the “cellphone” method to enter letters or numbers:
.  Press the black number buttons (2 – 9) one, two, three or four times for letters 
and numbers.
.  Press the 0 (zero) button for a space.
3. Press the 1 button repeatedly to cycle through punctuation.
. Press the LEFT arrow to erase letters. Press and hold to erase more than one 
character.
5. Press the RIGHT arrow when you are finished entering text to run the search. 
						

							
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Creating and Saving a playlist
You can use the remote control or the web interface to create playlists and save them 
for later. Before you create and save a playlist, make sure you have specified a folder for 
Squeezebox to use for saving playlists. 
To specify a playlists folder:
.  From the web interface, click the Server Settings link.
.  In the Playlists Folder section, enter the path to the folder on your hard drive that 
you want Squeezebox to use for saving playlists, and click Change.
To create a playlist using the web interface:
.  Search or browse through your music library for music you want to put in the 
playlist. 
.  When you locate a song, album, artist or genre you want to put in the playlist, 
click the plus (+) sign next to it. It is added to the current  Now playing playlist. 
3. To change the order of the tracks in the playlist, use the up and down arrows to 
move tracks up and down the list. 
. To save the playlist, click the SAVE button at the top of the current playlist, on 
the right half of the page. The new playlist should appear on the left side of the 
page. Enter the name you want to give this playlist and click Save. The playlist is 
saved to the folder you specified. To find it again, use the Browse Playlists feature. 
To create a playlist using the remote control:
.  Search or browse through your music library for music you want to put in the 
playlist. 
.  When you locate a song, album, artist or genre you want to put in the playlist, 
press Add. It is added to the Now playing playlist. 
3. To save the playlist, press NOW pLAYING and then press and hold pLAY on the 
remote. Using the remote keypad, enter the name you want to give this playlist 
and press the RIGHT arrow.
.  The playlist is saved. To find it again, use Browse playlists.  
						

							
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Listening to Internet Radio
You can listen to thousands of internet radio stations with Squeezebox. To access internet 
radio stations using the remote:
.  Press LEFT to go back to Squeezebox Home. (You may have to press LEFT more 
than once.)
.  Press dOWN to scroll to Internet Radio, then press RIGHT.
3. Press dOWN to scroll through a list of internet radio providers.
 picks is a frequently updated list of stations recommended by Slim Devices. 
Other providers show more stations organized by genre, type, name, popularity 
or recommendation.
. Press RIGHT to enter a provider’s area. Use the arrow buttons to navigate through 
the choices to display the station you’d like to tune to.
. Press pLAY to tune into the station. It may take a few seconds to connect to an 
internet radio station.
To play an internet radio station that’s not shown in the Internet Radio area:
.  Using the SlimServer web interface, click the Radio Tune In link.
.  Enter the URL for the radio station you want to listen to in the Radio URL field and 
click Tune In. 
						

							
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SqueezeNetwork
SqueezeNetwork is an always-on service that provides access to Internet Radio, alarm 
clock, natural sounds, news feeds and more, even when your computer is off. Your 
Squeezebox connects to SqueezeNetwork using your broadband Internet connection. 
When your Squeezebox is connected to SqueezeNetwork, it’s not connected to your 
SlimServer computer.
To connect to SqueezeNetwork, press the left button until Squeezebox Setup or 
Squeezebox Home are displayed on the screen. Then use the dOWN button to scroll to 
SqueezeNetwork and press RIGHT. 
The first time you connect to SqueezeNetwork, you’ll be asked to choose a language and 
time zone. You’ll then be provided with a Personal Identification Number (PIN) for your 
Squeezebox. 
Visit http://www.squeezenetwork.com/ with your web browser to create an account 
on SqueezeNetwork and enter your PIN to register. From that web site you can add 
favorites to your SqueezeNetwork account, add and modify your favorite radio stations, 
RSS News feeds and more.
If you ever need to find your PIN again later, connect to SqueezeNetwork with your 
remote and scroll dOWN to Settings, press RIGHT, then scroll to Squeezebox pIN and 
press RIGHT again.
To switch back to your SlimServer from SqueezeNetwork, press LEFT until you see 
SqueezeNetwork on the top line of the display, then scroll to Log Off, then press 
RIGHT.
Tip: “Where am I?” Press LEFT repeatedly until you get to the top most menu. If 
you are connected to SqueezeNetwork, you’ll see SqueezeNetwork on the top 
line. If you are connected to your SlimServer computer, you’ll see Squeezebox 
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Special Features
Squeezebox has a beautiful high-resolution vacuum fluorescent display. In addition to 
displaying the name of the track or internet radio station you’re currently listening to, you 
can tell Squeezebox to show you dynamic content via RSS feeds, gorgeous graphic music 
visualizers, as well as a variety of screensavers, games and more. 
There are a wide range of settings to let you customize your Squeezebox to your liking. 
Explore! You won’t be sorry. Here are a few to get you started. 
Alarm Clock
Squeezebox has a built-in alarm clock feature with eight alarms—one for each 
day of the week and another that goes off every day at the same time. 
To set the alarms using the remote control:
1.   Press the LEFT arrow until you see Squeezebox Home or 
SqueezeNetwork on the top line of the display.  Scroll down until you 
see Settings and press the RIGHT arrow.
2. Scroll down until you see Alarm Clock then press the RIGHT arrow.
3. To set an alarm that goes off every day:
 Press RIGHT when displaying Set Alarm Time to enter the alarm time. 
Use the arrow keys to move and set the time.  Press LEFT when 
you’ve set the time.
 Press dOWN to see Alarm playlist, then press right.  Choose from this 
list the playlist that you’d like to hear when the alarm goes off.  Press 
LEFT once you’ve chosen your playlist.
 Press DOWN to see Alarm Volume, then press right. Use the Up and dOWN 
buttons to adjust the volume for the alarm.  Press RIGHT when you’ve finished.
 Press dOWN to see Alarm Clock Off.  Press RIGHT to turn on the alarm.  
Press RIGHT again to turn it off.
4. To set alarms for individual days of the week, press dOWN until you 
see Weekday Alarms.
 Press RIGHT to see a list of days of the week.  Scroll to the day you 
want to change and press RIGHT. 
						

							
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  Press RIGHT when displaying Set Alarm Time to enter the alarm time. 
Use the arrow keys to move and set the time.  Press LEFT when 
you’ve set the time.
 Press dOWN to see Alarm playlist, then press right.  Choose from this 
list the playlist that you’d like to hear when the alarm goes off.  Press 
LEFT once you’ve chosen your playlist.
 Press DOWN to see Alarm Volume, then press right. Use the Up and dOWN 
buttons to adjust the volume for the alarm.  Press RIGHT when you’ve finished.
 Press dOWN to see Alarm Clock Off.  Press RIGHT to turn on the alarm.  
Press RIGHT again to turn it off.
To set alarms using the web interface:
1. Open the SlimServer web interface and click on player Settings for the 
player. 
2. Click on the Alarm tab on the top left area of the page.
3. Use the form to choose which alarms you’d like to set, the time you’d 
like them to go off and what playlist you’d like to hear when the 
alarm goes off.  Click Change to save your choices.
Once you’ve set the alarms you like, your Squeezebox will wake up on the day 
and time you’ve set and start playing.
Graphic Visualizers
Squeezebox can display graphic visualizers such as spectrum analyzers and VU meters 
that beat to the music as it’s playing. You can choose to show visualizers on the display 
all the time or as a screensaver.
To choose a graphic visualizer to display all the time:
Press NOW pLAYING several times to cycle through the visualizer choices.
To choose a graphic visualizer to display as a screensaver:
.   Under settings, choose player Settings, then scroll to Screensavers.
.   Choose from the list of screensavers.