Should a Squeezebox Touch be able to...

PSOVLSK
PSOVLSK Posts: 5,371
edited January 2012 in Electronics
be moved between home audio systems? I have a 2-channel system in my computer room for more critical listening and another system in the living room for listening while doing stuff around the house. Shouldn't I be able to move my Squeezebox Touch between the two systems? The problems I'm having are fairly inconsistent, which makes it all the more irritating. Sometimes when I move from one system to the other it works fine. Sometimes Pandora is there, sometimes it isn't. Sometimes my Favorites are there and sometimes there aren't. A couple of times it has re-loaded all of my Pandora stations so that I have each station twice.

Shouldn't I just be able to just unplug it from one system and hook it up to the other? Not the ideal situation, but shouldn't it work?
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,545
    edited January 2012
    I think ideally, they aren't meant to be moved around often. The Touch is always "on" even though the screen is blank when ("soft") powered off. I noticed when I powered mine down completely to hook up the new power supply, it took it awhile, and I had to stop/re-start LMS on my computer for it to find my library.

    Next time you move it, stop/re-start LMS, then power up the Touch---see if that helps.

    My duet controller sometimes has "hitches" where it acts like it's not getting a signal, when I know it is (it's only 15ft from my modem) and it'll just freeze; requiring a power down/power up cycle to get it working correctly. Although the whole time I'm doing this, the Touch continues to play without a hitch. The wireless signal strength to my Touch is 100% per LMS.
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  • tonyb
    tonyb Posts: 33,064
    edited January 2012
    Every time you unplug it, your asking it to re boot the whole system which may take some time. Best bet may to pick up another squeezebox for the other room. This was one of the limiting factors which made me go the Sonos route though be it more expensive, just took alot of the hassles out of going wireless.
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  • Drenis
    Drenis Posts: 2,871
    edited January 2012
    Probably pulls a different IP address when you switch it. Has to re populate everything I'd imagine. I don't really know for sure.
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  • Glowrdr
    Glowrdr Posts: 1,103
    edited January 2012
    I've thought about picking up a second receiver for this purpose. I know the remotes can connect to multiple receivers. Might be a worthwhile option.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,371
    edited January 2012
    I think you may have nailed it Steve. I've moved it twice tonight with the LSM running on my computer and I've had no issues.

    At any rate, I'm buying the Classic in the FM for convenience and for fear of messing something up on the Touch by continually unplugging/restarting.
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  • pearsall001
    pearsall001 Posts: 5,200
    edited January 2012
    tonyb wrote: »
    Every time you unplug it, your asking it to re boot the whole system which may take some time. Best bet may to pick up another squeezebox for the other room. This was one of the limiting factors which made me go the Sonos route though be it more expensive, just took alot of the hassles out of going wireless.

    +1 There's a reason the Sonos is a little more pricey...those problems just don't exist with the Sonos. It's own built in wi-fi system is what makes the difference. Picking up another Classic as you mentioned will hopefully take care of the problem you're having.
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  • mdaudioguy
    mdaudioguy Posts: 5,165
    edited January 2012
    Problems? What problems? How is this a "limiting factor"? Nobody ever moves a CD player or a turntable from room to room... Put a SB receiver in every place you need one, and there's no problem at all. That said, I recently moved one from my basement that supplies an outdoor zone that's unused this time of year. Put it in my bedroom and had no problems at all. Looks like I'll be in the market for another one also, and that's the best solution.
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  • PSOVLSK
    PSOVLSK Posts: 5,371
    edited January 2012
    mdaudioguy wrote: »
    Nobody ever moves a CD player or a turntable from room to room...

    That's a good point. I never looked at it from that perspective. I guess since it's such a small unit I consider it to be portable.
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  • Sherardp
    Sherardp Posts: 8,038
    edited January 2012
    I've not ran into this problem. I pulled the SBT when I reinstalled my components, new receiver along with a new power supply for the Touch. I have mine connected over lan cable though, so not sure if it would be different depending on connection.
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