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Logitech Squeezebox Duet | 
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| Brand: Logitech
Category: CE
List Price: £279.00
Buy New: £264.40
You Save: £14.60 (5%)
New (6) Used (1) from £237.99
Rating:  10 reviews
Sales Rank: 1222
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Fragile: No
Batteries Included: Yes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 4.4
Dimensions (in): 19.7 x 19.7 x 19.7
MPN: 930-000034
Model: 930-000034
EAN: 5099206007468
ASIN: B0012K6VIW
Release Date: February 17, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Play all of your music from the palm of your hand | | • | Experience incredible sound quality | | • | Enjoy a hassle-free, wireless setup | | • | Listen even when your computer is off | | • | Music everywhere |
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Product Description
Awarded the title of "Best of CES 2008" in the Home Audio category, the Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is a clever music player that transfers digital media from your computer to your HiFi system via a cabled or wireless connection! The Squeezebox Duet is easy to install and use, and has a 2.4 colour LCD screen, a convenient scroll wheel, user-friendly menus and intuitive buttons, so you can browse, select and play songs with ease. Youll be able to search for tracks by style, artist or play list, and even use the shuffle mode. The Squeezebox Duet is compatible with MP3, AAC, WMA, Ogg, Apple Lossless, WMA, and WAV, and tunes into thousands of Internet radio stations without your having to turn on your computer. You can enjoy your favourite music in any room of your home with the Squeezebox Duet!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 5 more reviews...
 This Requires Certain Setup Requirements! June 30, 2008
Martin A Hogan (San Francisco, CA.)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Like most Logitech devices, the Squeezebox Duet is attractive, sleek and very intuitive. It looks good anywhere and the convenience of listening to music out of any entertainment center from files stored on your computer are fantastic. The sound is as clear as you can expect as well.
However, there are some things you need to know about the Squeezebox Duet set-up before you buy. Your computer needs to have wi-fi or a router connected to it. If you use a direct DSL cable (Ethernet cable), you also need an Ethernet cable in the room where your entertainment center is (My computer is in my office and my entertainment center is in my living room). The only other option is to run a cable through your walls between you computer and entertainment center, which is a hassle. I have direct DSL cable, so I switched from that to my old router system (fortunately, I also had an Ethernet cable source in my living room). Then I just installed the Squeezebox Receiver directly into my Music Entertainment receiver with the stereo analog cables. The set-up with the controller was a little tricky, as I had to call my service provider to get my SSID numbers (An SSID is the name of a wireless local area network (WLAN). All wireless devices on a WLAN must employ the same SSID in order to communicate with each other). Then I had to enter my Key Code. After that it was amazing stuff.
The handheld controller is very cool. It has a bright 2.5 inch screen that shows all your music information. The SqueezeBox Network controller displays all the song title information during playback. You can also save Internet Radio favorites in a play list. Your entire music collection can be stored online in an MP3tunes music locker and played back through your Squeezebox. The music volume is easily controlled and I found that the sound was even throughout, even when switching from rock to classical.
One minor question I want to ask Logitech: Why do all your socket plugs hang vertically instead of a direct push-in like any plug? I find myself with numerous circuit breakers.
 Squeezebox duet Setup walkthrough June 23, 2008
V. Pallaram (UK)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a great little product. Love the Album art, track metadata, FLAC playback, quality of the built in DAC, portability... I could go on!
As most other reviewers have mentioned, it's a bit tricky to setup so I'll walk you through my setup experience:
1) Firstly added the MAC addresses (handset and receiver) to my router's MAC filtering access list as I've opted for controlled wireless security in my home. This is not necessary unless you've setup MAC filtering.They are printed on each product.
2) Installed all necessary plugs and cables to each device. I opted for Ethernet and coaxial connections to my AV receiver and wireless router.
3) Placed the handset in the charging dock as the pre-charged battery life soon depletes quickly when initially setting up.
4) Registered the devices on the website link found on the printed flyer. Don't worry about the PIN at the moment.
5) Downloaded and installed SqueezeCentre from Slimdevices website to my computer.
6) On the handset searched for available wireless networks and entered my WEP key for my wireless router (assuming you have a secure wireless network)
7) Hopefully you should get a strong wireless signal showing on the handset screen. Update the handset's firmware from the setting menu.
8) After restart you should get a PIN number. Enter in the registration website for the products.
9) Then if not already done, pair the receiver with the handset. Press and hold the front button on the receiver until the logo turns solid white.
10) Finally make sure your playback device is set to the correct source, scroll to the music source (computer folder or NAS for example which you set up in SqueezeCentre's options menu - can take a while to scan the music files) and hit play!
11) Enjoy!
Hopefully this has helped iron out some of the initial setup problems that give many a headache if not too familiar with tech stuff.
 Get set up out of the way & it's a joy! June 16, 2008
Steven Bailey (Kent, England)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I recently bought a Logitech Harmony 1000 remote & was very impressed so I thought I'll check out what else Logitech do.
After looking on their website and seeing the Duet I checked out some reviews. It was all thumbs up so I went ahead & bought one.
I received my Duet & very impressed by the packaging and the size of the units, thought they were going to be bigger! Was a little concerned about the lack of instructions in paper, had to go online @ slimdevices to do set up. The set up online was fairly straight forward but did crash a couple of times, once I got through the crashing I thought I finished my set up there was more! You have to also download Squeezenetwork which is your internet radio, then you have to make sure all your settings are correct on Squeezecentre which you downloaded from slimdevices........too many names! I think I agree with some of the other reviews, if you are a novice you will struggle.
Once all the software is downloaded then the set up on the remote was quick & easy, it found my wireless network not a problem all I needed was my wep key. I set up my receiver to amp using digital output and am very impressed by the sound quality. I've stopped using itunes & MP3's & download in FLAC or WAV now as it streams to higher quality. I'm loving the remote, it's so simple to use and I'm thinking of creating a couple of extra zones (receivers) in the house as you can control different zones independantly or all at once! Great for parties!
In short- get through the pain of setting up & you'll love it!
Will this work with iTunes May 4, 2008
R. Foster (Scarborough, North Yorks)
1 out of 8 found this review helpful
I'm told this won't work with DRM protected tunes, like those bought from iTunes. It this is so, should it not be made clear?
Very good product but.......................... May 3, 2008
Mr. A. Holt (west midlands UK.)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
As some of the other reviewer`s have mentioned not the easiest product to setup, unlike it`s most obvious rival Sonos this being a breeze to setup, then again it`s 3 times the price.
Once setup, does take along time to scan music files on PC and any NAS,more on NAS`s in a moment, once done though music easy to find. sound quality seem`s to very good, the only problem is the analouge output`s can`t be switched to fixed level like the digital outputs.
the control is easy to use and i like the ability to access podcasts directly.
One word of caution though, if you want to use this product with a NAS, and independantly of your PC, it will only work with certain NAS`s, check the logitech website for details. I have, or had a Netgear 500gb storage central sc101, i`ve had to change this for another netgear product the ReadyNAS DUO as this will run slimserver software, which is required for those times when your PC is not active, or in my case i don`t have a desk top PC only a laptop.
To sum up very good product, require`s patience to setup and get best out of.
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