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Joel:

Can you please provide a brief explanation as to how one sets this up to work...

Thanks so much,

Hi Joel,

It's standard as far as all SB units go.

Load Squeezecentre on your office PC

Switch on SB Boom (SB3, Duet etc) and link to Squeezecentre (30 seconds if you know your router wifi password)

Select Internet Radio...select station ...press play.

There is nothing complex about it.

Cheers

Nick:

Appreciate that but I might not have been clear enough (and, to the extent that I am missing something, apologies)...I am looking to stream Sirius satellite radio which i get on my laptop through a browser...will this too work...

Hi Joel, if it has a web URL then you should be able to get it. Easy enough to test if you simply load squeezecentre try it. Alternatively, post the url here and any SB user can try it.


edit....just had a look at my set up here:-

I see Hardcore Sports radio, CBC Radio 3 and Bande á Part listed under Sirius as part of the standard application.

Any good ?

ps...Bande á Part is coming in at 192kbps CBR...sounds pretty good

Nick

Is that Sirius Satellite radio or an similar sounding set of stations? Reason why I ask, is that my Sonos gets the channels you mention, but going on Sirius Satellite radio web site, its a subscription service and I cannot see those channels mentioned. Do I don't know if there are two Sirius Radio's or not.

Possibly you need to subscribe then attempt to capture the url then it can be put into Sonos / Squeeze as a url and played. Otherwise, it looks like it may be a web only app or something needing a more complex plugin like those for Napster, Last.fm etc

Hi Ian,

They show up when I list all stations under Sirius Satellite Radio and play OK.

Whether there are more stations that appear when subscribed I don't know.

There is a Sirius Radio plug in listed also. Will check that later on.

Haven't found Camberley FM yet

Nick:

Appreciate the effort...

The channel that I am looking for is the NFL Channel which is SIRIUS 124 because for music I simply use what I have ripped in lossless fromat...

The reason why I ask and am unsure is due to:

i) SONOS is Canada will NOT do Sirius do to some licensing restrictions...I have a real dislike for the Canadian Radio and Television Coproration (the regulator.

ii) To access Sirius radio via the internet in Canada I need to enter BOTH a user id and a password...how does the Squeezebox handle these...


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The STP is even more confusing as teh CI have advised me that i) the routers/switches that I am using do support STP and ii) that is, in fact, enabled...very confused...

That said, we are going to try putting a wired zonebridge in close proximity to the S5 ro see whether this improves its operation and reliability...the reason fro doing this is that it is the easiest solution as it involves NO cutting of holes in walls to get run a cable...will of course, let you know...

Should anyone have any other ides pleas ekeep them coming...

Interesting what Google throws up sometimes

http://www.sirius.com/squeezebox

Nick:

Interesting indeed...

Thanks so much...

Its the same with Sonos

http://www.sirius.com/sonos

http://www.sonos.com/music/partners/sirius/Default.aspx?rdr=true&LangType=1033

Possibly the same limitations with Sonos will apply with Squeeze? Or there are geographical limitations affecting what can be picked up on the relevant devices compared to what can be streamed via a web browser?

My Sonos in UK does get Sirius Radio and many of the Sirius channels, but not the NFL channel, although I did a search and gor some NFL programmes listed for broadcast in a few days time (Saturday?), but I don't think these were from the official NFL channel.

As Nick suggested, if you decide to opt for Squeeze, download the squeezeserver and softsqueeze [edit: now superseded with squeezeplay] application (a software version of a squeezebox) and see if Squeeze supports the Sirius channels that you want.

Ian, fyi Softsqueeze is replaced by Squeezeplay which is a small app with the same GUI as you see on the SB Touch screen. I quite like it as it's far smaller and quicker than using the web front-end.

I loaded the Sirius plug-in but couldn't see a user ID area etc. Ran out of time so may try again later.