CDs also do not contain any cover or album art. But the Musicbrainz database has links to where B3 can find suitable images. You don’t need to connect to Wifi to play music and videos but you need Wifi for some functions like internet radio, the web UI, getting the time and transferring music from a computer. Loads the offline CD database (mydb) from the USB memory - you can get this file from a link on www.brennan.co.uk - its more than 1Gb

I designed the JB7 and B2 to be as small as possible - I think I inherited that instinct from Clive Sinclair Deletes the offline database (mydb) if installed. You only need the offline database if you don't have an internet connection. It can clutter the results so this removes it. The phone should be on the same local (Wifi) network as the Brennan and you can control several Brennans with the app.The Apps for iPhone and Android give you comprehensive control of any Brennan on the same Wifi network. I'm pleased to say that vTuner have added support for the new BBC streaming mechanism (known as HLS). This necessitated a bit of a rewrite in the Brennan code. I have today released new code for B2B. Please let us know of any difficulties. I aim to release code for BB1 and B3 next week. CD players have several layers of error detection and correction. You will sometimes hear the B3 slow down if it has difficulty reading a CD. B2 gets a few minor tweaks to the Queue function. B3 gets the Queue function and now has Bluetooth Out. Get the latest software from www.brennan.co.uk. You can find the date of your current software in Stats.

I found when I photographed the B2 - it is so small it looked lost in a room setting or alongside other audio equipment. There is no support for sets of CDs. B3 treats the CDs as individual albums. Here are some things to consider. The original and v3m versions of the Web UI let you play through Sonos speakers as well as the wired speaker (or built in speaker on BB1).B3 lets you compress these WAV files into FLAC files. FLAC files are about 60% of the size but there is no loss of information so the process is reversible. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Compression. And Lossless refers to the fact that there is no loss of information. So when I set out to design a replacement for B2 I said OK no compromises - use a fast desktop CD and beautiful IPS TFT colour display. This function writes all the music in a specific playlist to the USB memory. The music on the target device will be organised into artist and album folders. New Recording facility on the original web UI - better control over record from internet radio. And now it also records from Bluetooth as well as the forthcoming Brennan ADC.

B2 and B2B have both been updated to include the new Radiofeeds list and the change to the web UI presets panel. After upgrading the software you should load the new Radiofeeds list using Settings > Radio Update There is a crude tone control (taken from early B2s) added to the settings panel in the original web UI. If you return bass and treble to the middle the tone control will be switched off.

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The queue mechanism leverages the playlist functionality so you will see it creates a temporary playlist called Queue. This is the most requested function on the forum so let me know what you think and let me know of any side effects. Get into the menu by pushing the volume knob. Turn to select an item. Push again to choose that item. You can use playlists to create collections belonging to different family members, different genres and moods or for special occasions. Spotify BBC is introducing a new internet radio system called HLS and the old streams will terminate in 2023. Radiofeeds has augmented its list of 1000+ stations to support these new HLS stations. After the software upgrade you should use Settings->Radio Update to get the new list. You can then find the new stations using Find Stations.

I didn’t know if I’d like the B3 - you never know when you look at computer models. In the past I scrapped several products because I didn’t like them when I saw them in the flesh. This only shows if there is a USB memory device - like a USB hard disk plugged in. Starts the USB MenuRebuilds an index of the music on the hard disk. Useful if B2 was turned off while busy. Turn off and on then do this first if you have any problems.