Brennan B3 (2TB Black) Hifi - Hard disk CD ripper & recorder, storage and player with Bluetooth, Compatible with Sonos, Internet Radio, Stereo Power amplifier, NAS, Wav, Lossless (FLAC) and MP3.

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Many of the JB7 and B2 design decisions followed naturally from the decision to be as small as possible. Get the latest software from www.brennan.co.uk. You can find the date of your current software in Stats. NAS (Network Attached Storage) facility - lets you see the Brennan hard disk contents on a computer.

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.

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But B3 has become my favourite. Sure it takes up more space on my desk but the display is just so right - I’m looking forward to working with owners to do more with the display. This only shows if there is a USB memory device - like a USB hard disk plugged in. Starts the USB Menu

The Web UI has a number of panels that are pretty much available in all the views - although there are some differences in implementation. Now Playing The database has been compiled by volunteers over the years. So there may be inaccuracies, misspellings and inconsistencies like using “The Beatles” or “Beatles” - B3 will treat these as different artists. 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. Get into the menu by pushing the volume knob. Turn to select an item. Push again to choose that item.Bluetooth In - play music from your mobile phone or tablet through B3 - nothing to do on B3 just connect on your phone/tablet and play. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage - that basically means that the music on the Brennan B2 hard disk can be seen by other devices on the same network. External laptop computer style 24V power supply / AC adaptor - included - works from 110V to 240V. Size 3cm x 6cm x 13cm. 3m overall lead length. 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. It's always a good idea to wash difficult CDs - use soap or detergent and warm water - but nothing abrasive. Pat dry with kitchen towel 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. 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.

Android apps don't automatically detect the B3 as claimed but its okay, you can manually add the B3 to the app by IP This release for VB1, B2B and B3 fixes a problem with the new Sonos Era speakers. (We have only tested Era 100.) 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. In my case, this wasn't true, when i opened the box, it looked brand new, all the wires were neatly bundled, everything was wrapped in plastic, there was a protective film over the display but when i plugged it in there was already 334 songs by 30 artists installed on the HD.. in effect, someone else's music library so in reality it was pre-owned. Set the path to the Brennan B2 music folder. You can use Browse - you will find it under the network folder.I designed the JB7 and B2 to be as small as possible - I think I inherited that instinct from Clive Sinclair If you have just ripped (or attempted to rip) a CD then you can find the digital fingerprint in the debug panel of the original web UI. There isn't any documentation for Bluetooth Out yet but you should be able to work it out. You can drive it from the front panel or the original web UI (Cog then Bluetooth). The offline database has two disadvantages. It does not have any album art and it does not know about recent CDs.