Logitech manual Using Your Squeezebox Boom, Now Playing, How to mute your music

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Using Your Squeezebox Boom

Now Playing

Squeezebox Boom always maintains the current playlist in its memory. This playlist is called Now Playing and you can modify it by adding tracks from your music collection, tracks and playlists from music services, or even from playlists you’ve saved. Learning how to effectively manage the Now Playing list is a key step to enjoying your Squeezebox Boom.

Viewing Now Playing Using The Remote Control

Press HOME to go to the Home Screen, if you’re not already there. Then, press HOME again.

Viewing Now Playing Using The Front Panel

Press BACK until you are at the Home Screen. Then, use the navigation wheel to scroll to Now Playing, the first option on the Home Screen. Then click the wheel or press PLAY to advance to the Now Playing screen.

Adding Tracks, Albums, Playlists, And Other Items

Press ADD on the remote control or front panel. The currently selected item will be added to the end of Now Playing. If you press and hold ADD, the selected item will be inserted into Now Playing so that it plays next.

Saving As A Playlist

Squeezebox Boom can save your Now Playing list to your computer’s hard drive for later use. This feature can be particularly useful for entertaining – one of the great things about Squeezebox Boom is that everybody wants to play with it! Saving your playlist before the party starts allows you to restore your playlist if one of your guests clears it or adds music you don’t like.

First, make sure your Squeezebox Boom is connected to SqueezeCenter. Then, from the Home Screen, select Extras > Save Playlist. You can use the arrow keys on the remote or the navigation wheel on the front panel to give your playlist a unique name.

The number of playlists you can save is limited only by the hard drive space on your computer.

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Clearing The Now Playing List

Selecting a track, album, genre, or playlist from your music collection or from an online music service and pressing PLAY will clear the Now Playing list and replace it with the selected item.

TIP: if you’re entertaining and you hand the remote control to a guest and invite them to select a song, it’s important to show them how to use the ADD button to add their song to Now Playing. If they hit PLAY instead of ADD, it will replace your list with their song. If you have repeat mode enabled, it will continue to play that song until all of your guests leave in dismay. That’s also why it’s important to save your Now Playing list as a playlist on your computer before your guests arrive, so if your lovingly crafted music set is accidentally erased by a guest, you can restore it easily by selecting Music Library > Playlists from the Home Screen.

How to mute your music

Since Boom is like a CD player, there’s no need for a Mute button. For most music sources, you can hit PAUSE and enjoy the ability to come back to your music at exactly the same point later.

Music from your library, as well as music from interactive online services, can generally be paused for as long as you like. If you are listening to a streaming radio station, pressing PAUSE will pause the music until Squeezebox Boom’s memory buffer is full. The memory buffer can store several minutes of music, with the exact length dependent on the radio station’s sampling rate.

To fully stop playing an item, press and hold PAUSE for a few seconds.

Preset buttons and favorites

Favorites and Presets: What’s The Difference?

We’ve covered favorites briefly earlier in this guide. You can add the currently selected song, album, radio station or playlist to your list of favorites by pressing PAUSE on

the remote control or pressing the navigation wheel, and then selecting Add to favorites from the next screen. There are a few instances of items that cannot be added to your favorites – for example, if you are listening to an Internet radio station, you can add the station to your favorites, but not the track the station is currently playing. Some subscription services have restrictions on which types of items can be added to your favorites. If in doubt, press the navigation wheel and see if the next menu offers an option to add to your favorites.