Rebuilds 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. The biggest difference is the hardisk memory capacity. The x-14 can take up to 8 TB, whereas the Brennan only about 1-2 TB max. And the cheaper models of the latter only use SD memory cards, which to me seems like a rip-off. Yes you have to buy the disc or sshd on the x-14 separately and install it yourself, but its very easy, and the company will walk you through it. To me it was worth it. And the price is cheap for 1-2 TB. And if you want to increase later, you can import the pre-existing DB. You cant do that with the Brennan. NAS (Network Attached Storage) facility - lets you see the Brennan hard disk contents on a computer. I could not really find a way to fit a colour display. I needed a letter box shaped display but colour displays usually have a squarish TV shape. This only shows if there is a USB memory device - like a USB hard disk plugged in. Starts the USB Menu

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. The Brennan can play internet radio stations. There are more than 40,000 to choose from. Use the vTuner tab on the Web UI to explore. Assign favourites to Presets. Bluetooth It is possible to load B3 with a copy of the CD database. This is called an offline database - as opposed to online for the internet database.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. 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. This has the advantage that you can then rip CDs without an internet connection. The offline database also contains a copy of an older database known as Freedb so you might find it can identify a CD that is not in Musicbrainz.

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. Upgrade the software from a USB memory in USB A. You need to get a file called b2s.tar.gz from www.brennan.co.ukAs far as customer service goes, for me this was a big issue for new electronics. I read that Novatron was faster in responding than Brennan, but that could be anecdotal. Novatron is made in Korea, Brennan in the UK. I actually like the idea of supporting private innovating entrepreneurs like Brennan, but when it comes to service, I think the bigger company delivers.