Squeezebox 3 Classic

IN STOCK - Free Next Day Delivery The Slim Devices Squeezebox is a stylish network music player that conveniently brings high quality music to any room in your home.    Easy Installation and Configuration Installation and configuration is usually achieved within a couple of minutes, simply install the slimserver software on your computer answer a few simple questions and your Squeezebox will automatically configure it’s self for your network.   Networking Network connectivity is Wireless (802.11b/g) and WPA Personal, WPA2-AES and 64 and 128-bit WEP encryption are all supported. Additionally there is an Ethernet port which allows connection to a fixed Ethernet network or allows the Squeezebox to be used as a wireless bridge, allowing Ethernet devices such as games consoles to connect to the Wireless network via the Ethernet port.   Connectivity Connection to an existing stereo system is usually via the RCA stereo phono outputs, but there are digital (optical and coaxial) outputs if your equipment has digital inputs. In addition a pair of active speakers can be directly connected for use in rooms without an existing stereo easily creating secondary listening areas out of dining rooms, kitchens and bedrooms.   Music Formats A wide variety of music formats are supported MP3, WMA, AAC and Ogg Vorbis – but it also support a wide range of lossless file formats, including raw PCM, AIFF, WAV, FLAC, and both Apple and WMA lossless standards. Please note that the Squeezebox will not allow you to play Digital Rights Management (DRM) protected music. e.g. Music purchased iTunes as Apple have, as yet not released the technology to any other vendors.   Storing your Music You can store your music on your PC, Mac or Linux box or Network Attached Storage (NAS) device. Storing your music on a NAS device will allow you to play your music without having to have your PC switched on. For more information please refer to our Storage section and look at our QNAP and Infrant disk systems.   Internet Radio If you have broadband internet access you will be able to choose from a selection of thousands of available internet radio stations, additional stations can easily be added through a web interface. Through the use of the AlienBBC plug-in you will be able to receive and RealAudio streams, this includes the BBC Radio live feeds as well as the listen again services.   Awards "But all this would be pointless if the basic music server function wasn't any good, and thankfully it's the best we've used. The freedom is immense: searching and browsing is simple, but it's the extras like the Random Mix option that elevate it above the competition." PC Pro Magazine - 13/11/2006 "This neat and stylish device enables you to stream digital music - both stored tracks and Internet radio - over the air from your computer to a hi-fi. If you've been hanging back from joining the media-streaming revolution, it could be the gizmo that brings you onboard." T3 Magazine - 09/05/2006   30 Day 100% Satisfaction Guarantee If for any reason, you are not completely satisfied with your Squeezebox purchase, simply return it to us in a new condition with 30 days and we will exchange it, or help you to choose a more suitable product, or give you a full refund.   To receive your Squeezebox with free next business day delivery, please click the buy button below, or please feel free to give us a call on our free phone number – 0800 0752 621 to order, or discuss your requirements in more detail.

Features

High fidelity 24-bit Burr-BrownTM DAC. Digital optical, coax, and analog connectors. True 802.11g wireless and Ethernet ports. Plays MP3, WMA, WAV, FLAC, AAC & Ogg files from your computer. Stunning aqua display with visualisers. Search 100,000 song libraries in seconds. Access virtually any internet radio station and RSS feed any time, even without a computer. Clock with 7-day alarm, synchronise multiple players. Works with iTunes, MusicMagic, Live365, RadioIO, Shoutcast and Windows Media radio.

System requirements

All Systems 265MB RAM, Ethernet or wireless network, and 20MB hard disk space. Macintosh: OS X 10.3.5 or later. Windows: 733Mhz Pentium running Windows NT/2000/XP. Linux/BSD/Solaris/Other:Perl 5.8.3 or later. NAS: QNAP or Infrant disk system. Broadband internet connection (for internet radio and SqueezeNetwork)

Box Contents

SqueezeBox 3 Power Cord Owners Manual Slim Server (Software) Remote Control and Batteries 6-foot gold plated RCA Cable

Typical set-up