Volumio Information
Volumio Version: 2.917 (and 3.083)
Hardware: Raspberry Pi 400
DAC: iFi Zen DAC V2
Hi all,
Recently I have sold my Volumio Primo to go the Raspberry Pi route. I have a Pi 4 8GB coming and had the idea to already run Volumio from the Pi 400, which is basically identical to the Pi 4.
Could you please follow my steps and tell me where I go wrong…
- Fresh download of Volumio 2.917 on the Pi 400.
- Write a micro SD card by using the official Raspberry Pi Imager tool. Select the downloaded Volumio ZIP file, choose the target, which is a fresh SanDisk card, inserted in a USB adapter. Press ‘write’ and there it goes.
- Shut down the Pi 400, swap the SD card and power up.
Meanwhile I have also connected the USB cable to the Zen DAC, which is also separately powered.
What I would expect, after 10 minutes of waiting, is the Volumio WiFi host network showing up. But no network shows up… Wiring the Pi 400 does not help either.
Then I connected a screen and could login via volumio/volumio.
This results in the Pi (Volumio) being visible in my wired network. But still no wireless host network.
Than I can select the Zen V2 as the output device, but the unit itself stays silent. I have tried both variable and fixed RCA outputs. There is simply no sound (and volume to 100).
When I select the HDMI as the audio output device, I have sound coming out of my monitor (from my Qubuz subscription).
So that seems to work. But still no WiFi.
I have read more than once that you do not have to login Volumio (in the terminal window) to make it work. Just start up the (headless) unit and it’s fine (and ignore the login which you don’t see anyway when you use the unit headless.
With the Primo, the HDMI output mirrors the picture from the control device. Now with the Pi, there is a always a terminal window.
Next step was to try the latest Volumio 3 beta, but it does not seem to make a difference
What have I done wrong?
(except selling the excellent Primo)
Thanks for your advice.
arde
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