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There is no support for sets of CDs. B3 treats the CDs as individual albums. Here are some things to consider. Many of the JB7 and B2 design decisions followed naturally from the decision to be as small as possible.
I designed the JB7 and B2 to be as small as possible - I think I inherited that instinct from Clive Sinclair Bluetooth In - play music from your mobile phone or tablet through B3 - nothing to do on B3 just connect on your phone/tablet and play. Upgrade the software from a USB memory in USB A. You need to get a file called b2s.tar.gz from www.brennan.co.uk So when I set out to design a replacement for B2 I said OK no compromises - use a fast desktop CD and beautiful IPS TFT colour display.The queue mechanism leverages the playlist functionality so you will see it creates a temporary playlist called Queue. This is the most requested function on the forum so let me know what you think and let me know of any side effects. It's always a good idea to wash difficult CDs - use soap or detergent and warm water - but nothing abrasive. Pat dry with kitchen towel Displays the current Wifi signal strength. The readout uses negative numbers so -40dBm is better (stronger) than -50dBm
There is a crude tone control (taken from early B2s) added to the settings panel in the original web UI. If you return bass and treble to the middle the tone control will be switched off. This release for VB1, B2B and B3 fixes a problem with the new Sonos Era speakers. (We have only tested Era 100.) I didn’t know if I’d like the B3 - you never know when you look at computer models. In the past I scrapped several products because I didn’t like them when I saw them in the flesh. You don’t need to connect to Wifi to play music and videos but you need Wifi for some functions like internet radio, the web UI, getting the time and transferring music from a computer.Rebuilds an index of the music on the hard disk. Useful if B2 was turned off while busy. Turn off and on then do this first if you have any problems. You can play music on the B2 to any and all of your Sonos speakers. Add music to the queue and create Sonos playlists. The B2 becomes part of the Sonos system. iPad NAS App You can use playlists to create collections belonging to different family members, different genres and moods or for special occasions. Spotify The Apps for iPhone and Android give you comprehensive control of any Brennan on the same Wifi network.
New Recording facility on the original web UI - better control over record from internet radio. And now it also records from Bluetooth as well as the forthcoming Brennan ADC. External laptop computer style 24V power supply / AC adaptor - included - works from 110V to 240V. Size 3cm x 6cm x 13cm. 3m overall lead length. The brennan has a menu system to let you find and play music and videos. The menu is also used for things like setting up Wifi and loading music from USB. Internet Radio - 40,000+ stations from around the world. Organised geographically or search by name with the Web UI - ten presets
The screen is bigger on the x-14 and seemingly more user friendly than the Brennan, but probably comparable. I like the CD art icons displayed on the x-14 during play, as well as for cataloguing and searching, which is more like a jukebox style, rather than just lists. It is possible to load B3 with a copy of the CD database. This is called an offline database - as opposed to online for the internet database.
This only shows if there is a USB memory device - like a USB hard disk plugged in. Starts the USB Menu B3 can also play through wireless Sonos speakers in different rooms - up to 32 speakers simultaneously. You don’t need the web UI for basic playing - but you will need it for several functions like finding radio stations, setting presets, creating Playlists, ripping CDs - you can think of the web UI as a super remote control. CDs also do not contain any cover or album art. But the Musicbrainz database has links to where B3 can find suitable images. Get the latest software from www.brennan.co.uk. You can find the date of your current software in Stats.In my case, this wasn't true, when i opened the box, it looked brand new, all the wires were neatly bundled, everything was wrapped in plastic, there was a protective film over the display but when i plugged it in there was already 334 songs by 30 artists installed on the HD.. in effect, someone else's music library so in reality it was pre-owned. BBC is introducing a new internet radio system called HLS and the old streams will terminate in 2023. Radiofeeds has augmented its list of 1000+ stations to support these new HLS stations. After the software upgrade you should use Settings->Radio Update to get the new list. You can then find the new stations using Find Stations.
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