BB1 Menu Summary
Main Menu | |
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Artists | Starts the Browse Artists Menu |
Albums | Starts the Browse Albums Menu |
Videos | Starts the Browse Videos Menu |
Presets & Playlists | Starts Presets Menu |
Pick Speaker | Select a speaker, Internal or a Sonos, to play music to - the controls on the BB1 are then assigned to the selected speaker/zone. Zones must be setup using the Sonos app. |
Search | Opens the Search page. |
Settings & Tools | Starts the Settings Menu |
Turn Random mode on | Turn Random play mode on - toggles between on and off. |
Turn Headphone Output On | This only appears if a USB DAC is plugged in. Plays music through the DAC and turns off the internal speaker. |
Bluetooth Out | Select a device to play music to - must be paired with the BB1. |
USB Functions | This only appears if there is a USB memory device (USB stick or hard disk) plugged in. Starts the USB Menu |
Browse Artists | |
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Browse Albums | |
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Browse Videos | |
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Pick Preset | |
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USB Functions | |
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Browse USB A | Lets you see the contents of an attached USB memory stick or USB drive and import folders or individual tracks. This menu is not available unless there is a USB device plugged in. Push the knob to open a folder and see whats inside. Press Next to import a folder or file. Press back to go back up the hierarchy then exit the menu. The bottom line alternately shows the current Path and hints. |
Export Playlist to USB A | Copy the selected Playlist to a USB memory stick in USB A - music and titles - to play on other devices. |
Backup to USB A | Copy all music on the BB1 to an external USB drive |
Settings & Tools | |
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Setup Wifi | Use this to select a Wifi network and enter the password for that network. There is a Reset WiFi option in the Advanced menu. |
Hotspot On | Turns on the Brennan hotspot - that means you can connect your computer/tablet/phone to the Brennan and use the web UI when there is no Wifi - it doesn't connect the BB1 to the internet. The SSID of the hotspot is Brennan BB1. The Password is thebrennan. If the Hotspot is already on this will say Hotspot off. |
Set Timezone | Sets the hours on the clock to your timezone. |
Stats | Displays useful information like how much music you have, memory used, software version and MAC Address |
Maintenance | Starts the Maintenance Menu |
Tools | Starts the Tools Menu |
Sleep in 60 mins | Start the 60 minute Sleep Timer. |
Maintenance | |
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Select Bluetooth | Selects the Bluetooth input. Not usually necessary but you might use this if you interrupted Bluetooth to play some local music and wanted to switch back. |
Delete Youtube Cache | Removes all the stored Youtube videos. |
Delete All Music | Removes all Music |
Scan Disk | Rebuild the music index. Not usually necessary. Doesn't do any harm. |
Tone Presets | Adjust the sound of the BB1. |
Image Demo | Displays all the album art rapidly |
Web Upgrade | Gets latest software from the web. |
USB Upgrade | Gets the latest software from USB memory - you need a file called bTubeV8.tar.gz |
Reset Bluetooth | Clears all pairings and history. |
Start NAS | Turn NAS mode on - toggles between on and off. Enables BB1 network storage - you need to turn this on for Sonos. |
Start DLNA | Turn DLNA mode on - toggles between on and off. Allows DLNA enabled devices to play music stored on the BB1. |
Hidden SSID | Find hidden networks |
Sonos Scan | Discover any Sonos speakers/zones on the same network. Zones can be groups of speakers, stereo pairs, etc - these must be setup using the Sonos app. |
Forget Sonos | Clear the stored list of Sonos speakers/zones. |
Install USB DAC Driver | Only appears once - if not listed in the menu, the DAC software has already been loaded. |
Advanced | Starts the Advanced Menu. |
Tools | |
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Export Playlists | Copy Playlists to a USB device plugged into USB - titles only, no music. |
Import Playlists | Copy Playlists from the attached USB deice - titles only, no music. |
Compress WAV to MP3 | Start the compression process - convert WAV files to MP3. |
Compress WAV to FLAC | Start the compression process - convert WAV files to FLAC. |
Compress FLAC to MP3 | Convert FLAC files to MP3 - to save space. |
Advanced | |
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Copy SD OS (and delete P3) | Use this to copy the BB1's OS (operating system software) to a new SD Card plugged into USB. |
Create P3 | Creates a partition for storing music on the new SD Card |
Copy P3 | Copy the music from the BB1's SD Card to the new SD Card. |
Format USB A | Format the external USB device (HDD, SSD or USB memory stick) to FAT32. This will erase everything on the USB device. |
DAC Diagnostics | Run this if the USB DAC doesn't work and copy the Debug page. |
Repair SD - (backup first) | Repair routine for the SD Card - may delete files so backup first. |
Upgrade Bluetooth | Load the updated Bluetooth software. |
Reset WiFi - and reboot | Clears all SSIDs and passwords. Select this and then run Setup WiFi again if you are having problems connecting to your WiFi network. |
WiFi Strength | Display the WiFi signal strength at the BB1. Displayed in dBm's where -40dBm is stronger than -50dBm, etc. |
Get Libresoft | Load Libresoft software to enable Spotify - requires a Spotify Premium account to work - more info here - Link. |
- Push the knob to open the Main Menu
- Turn the knob to scroll through items
- Push the knob to select the highlighted item
- Press back to go back.