Logitech Transporter SE Owners Guide - Page 12

Graphic Visualizers, Using Transporter as a Wireless Bridge, Crossfading Between Tracks, RSS News

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22 Logitech® To set alarms using the web interface: 1. Open the SlimServer web interface and click on Player Settings for the player. 2. Click on the Alarm tab on the top left area of the page. 3. Use the form to choose which alarms you'd like to set, the time you'd like them to go off and what playlist you'd like to hear when the alarm goes off. Click Change to save your choices. Once you've set the alarms you like, your Transporter will wake up on the day and time you've set and start playing. Tip: You can set unique alarm times for each day of the week under the additional weekday setting. Graphic Visualizers Transporter can display graphic visualizers such as spectrum analyzers and VU meters that beat to the music as it's playing. You can choose to show visualizers on the display all the time or as a screensaver. Press the VISUAL button on the front panel to rotate through the different visualizers which are displayed on the right side of the display. To choose a graphic visualizer to display as a screensaver: 1. Under settings, choose Player Settings, then scroll to Screensavers. 2. Choose from the list of screensavers. Using Transporter as a Wireless Bridge Transporter has both 802.11g and ethernet connections. You can easily connect non-wireless devices (such as a TiVo, PlayStation, XBox, or a home theatre PC) to your wireless network. To set up Transporter as a wireless bridge: 1. Plug the device that you want to connect to your wireless network into the ethernet port on the back of Transporter using an ethernet crossover cable. You can purchase a crossover cable at most retail computer stores. 2. Press and hold the LEFT arrow on the remote for five seconds to enter the Transporter setup screens. 3. Press UP to scroll to the Set Up Networking selection and press RIGHT. 4. Go through the network setup screens, choosing to connect to a wireless network and then select your region. 5. You are presented with the option to turn on wireless bridging. Select Yes and then press RIGHT. 6. Continue pressing RIGHT to finish setting up your wireless connection. At the end, your Transporter will be acting as a wireless bridge. Transporter™ Owner's Guide 23 Crossfading Between Tracks Transporter can crossfade between songs. You can change the type of crossfade or turn it off completely. 1. From the web interface, click Player Settings. 2. From the menu at the top, click Audio. 3. In the Transition section, choose the type of transition you want from the drop down list and click Change. Choose from: • Crossfading between the two songs • Fading in at the beginning of a song • Fading out at the end of a song • Fading out and in at song transitions • No fading at all 4. In the Transition Duration section, enter the number of seconds you want the transition between tracks to last and click Change. Transporter will now crossfade between tracks as you specified. RSS News Ticker Transporter can display RSS news feeds on its display. SlimServer is pre-configured with subscriptions to several RSS news feeds. To view an existing RSS feed: 1. Press LEFT to go back to Transporter Home. (You may have to press LEFT more than once.) 2. Press DOWN to scroll to Plugins, then press RIGHT. 3. Press DOWN to scroll to the RSS News Ticker option. Press RIGHT. 4. Press DOWN to scroll through the list of available news feeds. 5. Press RIGHT to view the list of items in that feed, press again to view the details of a specific feed. To change the list of RSS feeds available on Transporter: 1. From the web interface, click Server Settings, then Plugins. 2. Scroll down to the RSS News Ticker section and enter the URL for an RSS feed into one of the fields. You can replace the existing subscriptions, add one to the end, or delete them entirely.

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Transporter
Owner’s Guide
To set alarms using the web interface:
1. Open the SlimServer web interface and click on
Player Settings
for the player.
2. Click on the
Alarm
tab on the top left area of the page.
3. Use the form to choose which alarms you’d like to set, the time you’d like them to go
off and what playlist you’d like to hear when the alarm goes off. Click
Change
to save
your choices.
Once you’ve set the alarms you like, your Transporter will wake up on the day and time you’ve
set and start playing.
Tip: You can set unique alarm times for each day of the week under the additional
weekday setting.
Graphic Visualizers
Transporter can display graphic visualizers such as spectrum analyzers and VU meters that
beat to the music as it’s playing. You can choose to show visualizers on the display all the time
or as a screensaver.
Press the
VISUAL
button on the front panel to rotate through the different visualizers which
are displayed on the right side of the display.
To choose a graphic visualizer to display as a screensaver:
1.
Under settings, choose
Player Settings
, then scroll to
Screensavers
.
2.
Choose from the list of screensavers.
Using Transporter as a Wireless Bridge
Transporter has both 802.11g and ethernet connections. You can easily connect non-wireless
devices (such as a TiVo, PlayStation, XBox, or a home theatre PC) to your wireless network. To
set up Transporter as a wireless bridge:
1.
Plug the device that you want to connect to your wireless network into the ethernet
port on the back of Transporter using an ethernet crossover cable. You can purchase a
crossover cable at most retail computer stores.
2.
Press and hold the
LEFT
arrow on the remote for five seconds to enter the Transporter
setup screens.
3.
Press
UP
to scroll to the
Set Up Networking
selection and press
RIGHT
.
4.
Go through the network setup screens, choosing to connect to a wireless network and
then select your region.
5.
You are presented with the option to turn on wireless bridging. Select
Yes
and then
press
RIGHT
.
6.
Continue pressing
RIGHT
to finish setting up your wireless connection. At the end,
your Transporter will be acting as a wireless bridge.
Crossfading Between Tracks
Transporter can crossfade between songs. You can change the type of crossfade or turn it
off completely.
1. From the web interface, click
Player Settings
.
2. From the menu at the top, click
Audio
.
3. In the Transition section, choose the type of transition you want from the drop down
list and click
Change
. Choose from:
Crossfading between the two songs
Fading in at the beginning of a song
Fading out at the end of a song
Fading out and in at song transitions
No fading at all
4. In the Transition Duration section, enter the number of seconds you want
the transition between tracks to last and click
Change
.
Transporter will now crossfade between tracks as you specified.
RSS News Ticker
Transporter can display RSS news feeds on its display. SlimServer is pre-configured with
subscriptions to several RSS news feeds.
To view an existing RSS feed:
1. Press
LEFT
to go back to
Transporter Home
. (You may have to press
LEFT
more
than once.)
2. Press
DOWN
to scroll to
Plugins
, then press
RIGHT
.
3. Press
DOWN
to scroll to the
RSS News Ticker
option. Press
RIGHT
.
4. Press
DOWN
to scroll through the list of available news feeds.
5. Press
RIGHT
to view the list of items in that feed, press again to view the details of
a specific feed.
To change the list of RSS feeds available on Transporter:
1. From the web interface, click Server Settings, then Plugins.
2. Scroll down to the RSS News Ticker section and enter the URL for an RSS feed into one
of the fields.
You can replace the existing subscriptions, add one to the end, or delete them entirely.