### Getting Started

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## Guide: Remote

### Slim Devices Remote

#### Setting up the remote

The Slim Devices remote control requires two AAA battery cells—alkaline cells are recommended. Keep batteries fresh. Weak batteries cause the vast majority of problems with poor remote control performance. You can peel off the protective plastic sheet that surrounds the buttons on the remote.

### Buttons

POWER - Press POWER to put the Squeezebox into standby mode. This will dim the display, stop the music and show a clock display. Press POWER again to wake up.

VOLUME - Use the blue volume controls to adjust the volume of the audio the Squeezebox player is producing.

NOW PLAYING - Press the gray NOW PLAYING button to view the current song playing in the playlist. Use the gray UP and DOWN buttons to scroll through the current playlist. Press NOW PLAYING again to switch between display of minutes and seconds into the current song, minutes and seconds remaining in a song, a bar graph of progress through the song, or a combination of time and progress.

REW - Press the light blue REW button to immediately start playing the current song again. Press REW again immediately to skip to the previous song. Press and hold the REW button to scan backwards through the current song.

PAUSE - Press the light blue PAUSE button to pause the currently playing song. Press PAUSE again or PLAY to continue.

FWD - Press the light blue FWD button to skip to the next song. Press and hold the FWD button to scan forward through the current song.

PLAY - Press the light blue PLAY button to play the currently displayed item:

- A directory—the Squeezebox player plays all songs in that directory, repeating the first song after the last one has played.
- A song—the Squeezebox player plays that song.
- A playlist file—the Squeezebox player plays all of the songs within that playlist.

ADD - Press the gray ADD button to add the currently displayed item to the current playlist (the list of songs to play):

- If the currently displayed item is a directory, add all songs within that directory recursively
- If the currently displayed item is a song, add that song only.
- If the currently displayed item is a playlist file, play all songs within that playlist.
- If you are browsing in the current playlist, pressing the ADD button will remove the song from the playlist. Press and hold the ADD button to remove the song from the playlist and add it to the end of the playlist named Zapped Songs in the Saved Playlists area.

UP, DOWN, LEFT, RIGHT - Use the gray UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT buttons to navigate within the music library. UP displays the previous item in a directory, DOWN the next item. Press LEFT to go up one level in the directory structure. Press RIGHT when displaying a directory or playlist file to view the items in that directory or playlist. Press RIGHT when viewing a song to display additional information about that song.

0-9 - You can use the number buttons to enter letters (similar to entering text with a cell phone.) For example, press the 2 button once for “A,” twice for “B,” three times for “C,” and four times for “2.” In addition, 0 can be used for spaces, and pressing 1 repeatedly displays punctuation symbols. In sorted lists you press the number buttons to jump to the first item that starts with the corresponding letter. In unsorted lists (like playlists), press the number buttons to jump proportionally through the list. Finally, use the number buttons to enter text for search.

SEARCH - Press the gray SEARCH button to search for Albums, Artists, or Songs. Once the Squeezebox player is in Search Music mode, press the gray RIGHT button to begin entering your search text.

SHUFFLE - Press the gray SHUFFLE button to shuffle the order of the songs in the current playlist. Press SHUFFLE again to return the items to the order in which they were added to the current playlist.

REPEAT – Press the REPEAT button to switch between repeat settings: Repeat Off (stop playing at the end of the current playlist), Repeat Current Song and Repeat All Songs.

SLEEP - Press the gray SLEEP button to activate the Squeezebox player sleep function. You can add 15 minute increments to the sleep function, up to a total of 90 minutes by pressing the SLEEP button repeatedly. If you wish to cancel the Sleep function, press the SLEEP button again repeatedly until the player says, “Sleep cancelled.” At the end of the sleep time, the player will turn itself off.

NOW PLAYING - Press the gray NOW PLAYING button to display the currently playing song.

SIZE - Press the gray SIZE button to toggle between displaying standard and extra-large characters on the Squeezebox player display.

BRIGHTNESS - Press the gray BRIGHTNESS button to cycle through the Squeezebox player display brightness levels. You can do this both while the player is powered on and off.