Well I'm bummed. The display on my Squeezebox Classic SB3 has died after nearly 7 years of continuous use. Haven't used it to play music as much the last few years but we did use it as a large digital clock next to the TV that also showed the current outside temperature from my weather station as well as the humidity until that sensor died not that long ago. I really liked the green 2-line vacuum fluorescent display. Originally made by Slim Devices, the company was acquired by Logitech in 2006 and the product line was discontinued just last summer.<br>
<br>At first I thought my WiFi access point had locked up again as the display goes dark when it has no connection but cycling power on the WAP had no effect. I thought the Slimbox was dead but I noticed the red glow from the TOSLINK jack. I could ping it. Took some digging but found my browser bookmarks to control it via the web and it responds. It's playing through my receiver right now but the display appears to be dead. Buttons on the remote seem to work, I can turn it on and off, FWD, pause, etc. Found a few discussions about removing the WiFi card but that didn't seem to do anything plus I'm currently connecting via WiFi. Tried one of the resets but not the factory reset as I would have no way to reconfigure. When I had it open, I saw only two caps, both looked fine.The CPU board and WiFi adapter card are connected. The RCA outputs died a few years so I've been using the optical cable for the DVD player. Haven't tried the wired network connection in ages.<br>
<br>Anyone know how long VFDs last? Easily 60,000+ hours on this thing. Anyone try to replace a Noritake 280x16 pixel display? Or better, does anyone have a squeezebox they are no longer using and willing to sell?<div>
<br></div><div>Cross posting to the main SGVLUG list as I seem to remember someone else had one when I was thinking of doing a presentation about this thing a few years ago.<br><br>
Claude<br><br>
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