Setting up a Touch without connecting to mysb.com

[Mnyb]

I've got a brand-new Touch here and I'm trying to specifically set it up with no mysb.com connection. I'm unplugging my broadband modem from my router during setup to ensure that mysb.com isn't available.

For whatever reason, it is completely stuck on the "Connecting to mysqueezebox.com" page. The "hidden" left corner trick just isn't working for me.

Is there a trick to this?

Maybe hold a bit longer , or I wonder if holding the left button on the ir remote does a similar trick ?

[toby10]

Try a screen swipe L to R?

[pallfreeman]

Maybe hold a bit longer

It's more than 12 hours since the OP. I hope he's not still holding it...

[gharris999]

It's more than 12 hours since the OP. I hope he's not still holding it...

Wha?? Sorry, I fell asleep holding the left corner.

Seriously, left remote button press didn't work; swiping didn't work; pressing and holding the upper left corner didn't work. I'd like to hear confirmation from JohnSwenson that pressing and holding the upper left corner did work for him with a new, just out of the box SBTouch (i.e. original firmware) with no internet connection.

[pallfreeman]

Seriously, left remote button press didn't work; swiping didn't work; pressing and holding the upper left corner didn't work.

Oh, great.

Thanks for trying. And, if you've managed to resist the urge to tinker and kept it unconfigured, respect.

[JohnSwenson]

Wha?? Sorry, I fell asleep holding the left corner.

Seriously, left remote button press didn't work; swiping didn't work; pressing and holding the upper left corner didn't work. I'd like to hear confirmation from JohnSwenson that pressing and holding the upper left corner did work for him with a new, just out of the box SBTouch (i.e. original firmware) with no internet connection.

Yes I did, here is the procedure:

Put a modern firmware (say 7.7.2) fab4.bin in the root dir of a clean USB stick. (it doesn't have to be completely empty, but it definitely should NOT contain a music library or any other media files) Disconnect everything from the Touch, NO ethernet cable. Plugin the USB stick. Plugin the power cord. You will get the spinney thingy trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com. Let it do that, after a couple minutes it will give up and you will get a screen saying you have no network connection. NOW press and hold upper left arrow. This will get you to a home menu (this one has no icons, it looks very different but it works). Select Setup->Advanced->Software Update. You will see a screen that says install from media, under that is one menu item that says Begin Update, select that. This loads the firmware and reboots. You will get the normal home menu with icons etc. Select USB Device->Eject. Take out the USB stick.

What you do next depends on how you want to use the touch. If you want to use TinyLMS plugin the USB drive (or stick) with the music library and continue as normal. Let it scan the library. Then go to My Music and select the server on the Touch if it doesn't automatically connect to it.

If you want to connect to LMS on another computer select Setting->Advanced->Networking->Choose Network, select either wifi or ethernet. Let it make the connection, then go to My music and select your LMS. (or mysqueezebox.com, but the whole purpose of this was to NOT connect to mysqueezebox.com)

At this point you should be fully up and running.

John S.

[Supertramp]

Yes I did, here is the procedure:
John S.

Thanks a lot, John. I copied your procedure into a document for future reference.

Can Triode's EDO and Display Off components also be installed without mysqueezebox.com. I have been looking under the plug-ins section in the LMS web client, however I cannot find them. Just like to make sure I can (re-)setup my SB Touch as a USB streaming client post the msb.com era.
By the way, I already downloaded the components from triodeapplets.

Thank you in advance!!

[gharris999]

Yes I did, here is the procedure:

Put a modern firmware (say 7.7.2) fab4.bin in the root dir of a clean USB stick. (it doesn't have to be completely empty, but it definitely should NOT contain a music library or any other media files) Disconnect everything from the Touch, NO ethernet cable. Plugin the USB stick. Plugin the power cord. You will get the spinney thingy trying to connect to mysqueezebox.com. Let it do that, after a couple minutes it will give up and you will get a screen saying you have no network connection. NOW press and hold upper left arrow. This will get you to a home menu (this one has no icons, it looks very different but it works). Select Setup->Advanced->Software Update. You will see a screen that says install from media, under that is one menu item that says Begin Update, select that. This loads the firmware and reboots. You will get the normal home menu with icons etc. Select USB Device->Eject. Take out the USB stick.

What you do next depends on how you want to use the touch. If you want to use TinyLMS plugin the USB drive (or stick) with the music library and continue as normal. Let it scan the library. Then go to My Music and select the server on the Touch if it doesn't automatically connect to it.

If you want to connect to LMS on another computer select Setting->Advanced->Networking->Choose Network, select either wifi or ethernet. Let it make the connection, then go to My music and select your LMS. (or mysqueezebox.com, but the whole purpose of this was to NOT connect to mysqueezebox.com)

At this point you should be fully up and running.

John S.

John: I don't think you've answered my question...which is: how does one set up a BRAND NEW SBTouch that's never been powered on before without having to connect to mysb.com?

The procedure you describe above seems to be for a SBTouch that's already been configured for the network and, as far as I can tell, must have connected to mysb.com at least once.

What are the steps? I.e., from power-on and the "pick language" prompt, what should one do next?

Thanks..

[JohnSwenson]

John: I don't think you've answered my question...which is: how does one set up a BRAND NEW SBTouch that's never been powered on before without having to connect to mysb.com?

The procedure you describe above seems to be for a SBTouch that's already been configured for the network and, as far as I can tell, must have connected to mysb.com at least once.

What are the steps? I.e., from power-on and the "pick language" prompt, what should one do next?

Thanks..

My latest post (the one quoted) WAS for a brand new Touch straight out of the box. The procedure got it up and running off TinyLMS without ever having plugged in an ethernet cable or connected to wifi.

At that point you can manually select ethernet or wifi and connect to your local LMS if you wish.

John S.

[garym]

I have 3 new in the box Touch players in my office at the moment. I'm about ready to take them home and set each of the 3 up (connect to ethernet, set a fixed IP, connect to mysb.com, update firmware, etc.). Then I'm putting back in the box (these are backup units). Before I do all this, is there any particular reason I might want to keep any of these "as is" (no initial setup). Thoughts?