Do I need the controller?

[rhubarbe]

I've chickened out and bought a Duet. I think my wife will like the controller - she liked the Sonos controller but it was always out of charge when she wanted to use it. At leat the SBC comes with a charging base and if it's not charged we can always use Squeezecenter (the Sonos dektop app didn't ever want to connect to my Sonos receiver).

Thanks to all.

[maggior]

Congrats on your purchase. I think you will find that the battery life is really good on the controller. The power management works well and as you point out, it has a cradle that it can easily be dropped in to charge. And while it is charging, it is still functioning.

[Schindler]

just to be curious, why do you change from Sonos to Squeezebox?

Christian

[rhubarbe]

Because the Sonos ZP80 is not responsive to the Sonos desktop software.

I got the Duet (second hand, saved £100) but I can't get a peep out of it. The controller sees it, says now playing, even the Squeezecenter sees it, says it's now playing, but nothing comes out of the digital coax that I can hear.

Is this a common problem?

[pnharrison]

This post may be interesting; changing the cable made a difference here;
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=368414

If that doesn't help, then tell us; are you getting sound from the other outputs (analogue and digitial optical out)?

[rhubarbe]

D'Oh!

Connected digital coax out on SBR to digital coax out on av processor.

It's working now, thanks.

[rhubarbe]

Oops. Connected digi-coax out of SBR to digi-coax out on AVP.

Working now, ta very much.