Should the screen light up when I press the button next to it? The card can only go in one way I tried turning it over after you suggested that and it will not go in the other way… shouldn’t it boot/post even without a card? I just get some led lights when I plug in the power but no other signs of life
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The SD card is like the main drive in your computer. It holds the OS and all the operating software. If it is not working, or not had an OS installed on it, then the Pi will do nothing.
This is the most likely reason for the pi not booting.
However, try plugging a monitor into the HDMI connector - it is possible it is booting but not showing anything on the display.
Where did you get your BOSS 2 from.
See here for a thread with download links for the standard software options:
Allo Boss2, Re-image New SD card?
Allo Boss2 (RPi4 - 4GB) arrived and all was working well until, lets say, 'curiosity killed the cat' in that I no longer have the SD card that was supplied with the Boss2, I've lost it, it's fallen between the cracks of the floor boards and disappeared Is it a matter of flashing a new SD card w...
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(See the link about setting up the display for Diet Pi - perhaps woth going with the Moode option to start with)
The best way to put these files on to the SD card is to use the Raspberry Pi Imager
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I bought it new from the official site. I just never had the time to mess with it and hadn’t even powered it on. From the very first post of this thread I saw the picture of the unit with the screen on(the one with the panther). So I was expecting to see something…. I will try with a monitor. I ordered the 16gb card option and if I remember correctly it was supposed to come preinstalled.
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As I said above. Get a new SD card. It is very likely broken or corrupted. Others have already pointed to links how to reinstall the system on a new card.
I made a little bit of progress…. The led screen did come on and it’s showing 0 db. I still have several hurdles though…. I need to purchase a mini hdmi connector and card reader. Does it tell you guys anything from the 0db? Maybe what default ip it may have? Or what software preloaded on the card with what it’s showing? I have a network cable in and no lights come on on the nic…. So it’s questionable if it’s on.. thanks for the help so far 
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What is at the other end of the network cable?I made a little bit of progress…. The led screen did come on and it’s showing 0 db. I still have several hurdles though…. I need to purchase a mini hdmi connector and card reader. Does it tell you guys anything from the 0db? Maybe what default ip it may have? Or what software preloaded on the card with what it’s showing? I have a network cable in and no lights come on on the nic…. So it’s questionable if it’s on.. thanks for the help so far
I have made considerable progress THANK YOU
I have a few more questions…
You were correct and I had moode preloaded. I went ahead and did the Check for software updates option from the System Config page.
It updated a couple times with a reboot each time..
It now sits at 7.3.0 2021-06-25
RaspiOS 10.6
It will not let me update from the gui any further it says system up to date.
I see there is a 8.3.7 version available is my unit supported? Sorry I can’t decipher what the model numbers mean under the 32 or 64 bit versions.
I have a Pi-4B 1.4 4gb
Also in the system config do I have to enable the SSH server and set up user pass there? The initial configuration setup page link you provided doesn’t really go over how to do the ssh stuff just that it’s required..
Thanks again your help is much appreciated.
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Assuming you're trying to play music, maybe try piCore Player and Squeezebox (LMS) software? The installation process is relatively simple and there's some good help pages on line. Just a suggestion.
OK. I'll stay out of this.
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First I had a Raspberry 3 and it worked great a couple of years and then the wifi broke. The I had an Allo Boss with Raspberry 4, it worked a couple of years and now Usb ports stopped working. I used mostly to read files from a hard-disk. I have zero attraction to buy another Raspberry. What can I buy to read files from a hard disk?
I have an Allo Boss 2 player that I use as a streamer dac. I am thinking of connecting my TV output to my hifi system via a HDMI arc extractor. I am wondering if I can then connect the USB output of this to one of Allo's Rpi port and use its dac?
a NUC?
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I had a Nuc at work and it seemed 10x more reliable then Raspberry, at least in my case.
I've had Allo Digione and Boss2 Players. Both ran well for awhile, but then didn't, and it became a crap shoot whether it would work everyday. I recently bought a Beelink Mini PC, and installed LMS. So far, so great.
No - all the Pi USB porrts are host ports. The Pi cant act as a device to receive from a host.
It looks like Allo may be out of business.
Then there's this...
Click "Add To Cart" and...
It's been saying exactly that for well over a month. It doesn't matter what you try to add to your cart, you'll see that message.
Are they done for?
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Then there's this...
Click "Add To Cart" and...
It's been saying exactly that for well over a month. It doesn't matter what you try to add to your cart, you'll see that message.
Are they done for?
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Can't imagine they are alive anymore. They seem to have died a slow death during the Pandemic. At least Moode has finally evolved to where they have fixed the broken driver issue and you can install straight Moode without having to apply patches to get it to work. I've had a Boss2 for several years that I use sporadically as a Roon endpoint (running Moode). I'm assuming that one day soon something will break and it will become a paperweight. Can't complain though, it was cheap and has worked great for me for several years......I'll probably just replace it with a WiiM pro plus when it it finally croaks.
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