Logitech Squeezebox Receiver User Manual

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Logitech

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Squeezebox

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 Owner’s Guide

1.  Download the SlimServer installer program to a location you can fi nd again on 

your computer. Your Desktop is a good choice.

2.  When the fi le has fi nished downloading, double-click on the SlimServer 

installer icon. The SlimServer Setup Wizard starts.

Tip: You may see an ‘Open File - Security Warning’, if so, click Run. 

3.  Follow the instructions to set up SlimServer, and specify:

•  Where to install the SlimServer software
•  Where on your computer your music collection is (you can change this later)
•  Where to save and look for any playlists you create
•  Where to place shortcuts and icons for the application

4. Click 

NEXT to accept the default value at each panel. If you want to go back and 

change your selection, click BACK.

 

When you have fi nished confi guring your installation, the Setup Wizard displays 
a summary of your choices. 

5. Click 

INSTALL.

 

SlimServer is installed and the “Completing the SlimServer Setup Wizard” panel is 
displayed.

6. Click 

OK. 

7.  A Squeezebox icon will appear in your Windows

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 System Tray at the bottom right 

of your screen, right-click on this icon to show a menu and choose to open the 
SlimServer software, Stop SlimServer or go to the Slim Devices web site.

1.  Save the .dmg fi le to your Desktop. 

2.  When the fi le has fi nished downloading, double-click on the disk image fi le 

(.dmg) to make it appear on your desktop. Your web browser may do this for you 
automatically.

3.  Double-click on the SlimServer Installer icon. The SlimServer Installer will start. 

4.  You can choose whether you want to install SlimServer for all users or just for the 

current user. If you want to install SlimServer for all users, you must provide an 
administrator password. (If you install SlimServer for all users, the user that starts 
SlimServer will be the only user who can stop SlimServer later on.)

5. Click 

INSTALL. After the Installer completes the installation, click OK.

6.  System Preferences will open and show you the SlimServer preference pane. 

Here you can choose whether you would like the SlimServer to start automatically 
whenever you start or log in to your computer.

7. Click 

START SERVER. After a few seconds you can click on the Web Access button. 

The SlimServer web interface will open in your web browser. Feel free to bookmark 
this page so you can get back to it quickly in the future. 

If you are running Red Hat Linux

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 or other compatible distributions, you can install the RPM 

fi le using the rpm tool. 

If you are using another Unix

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 platform, you can download the SlimServer software perl 

scripts available in gzipped tar or zip format. Instructions for starting the perl server are 
included with the scripts.

Additional information about installing SlimServer on other platforms can 
be found on our web site at 

 or in our forums 

at 

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