The Phoniebox video guide:
A Weekend Project
»The easiest option with off the shelf hardware«, concludes the online magazine iphone-ticker.de while presenting their version in this video. Read the full article here. All in German, true. If you have an English video to replace this with, contact us!
Step-by-Step Screencast by We love Tech (in German)
Full Video Tutorial
Phoniebox fits your family
Child's play to build and child's play to use
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Childishly
simple to use...
Simply swipe the RFID card, fob or sticker to trigger the audio fun.
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... child's play
to build.
Quickly assembled from plug'n'play components, no soldering iron needed. The software and instructions are for free on the web.
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Manage via
phone or PC
The Phoniebox is accessible over WiFi from your phone, tablet or PC. This is how you add audio files, streams and register new cards.
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CDs? Tapes? MP3! OGG!
Podcasts, webradio, spotify and more
The Phoniebox plays (almost) everything. Some smarty pants even got Spotify working.

You never build alone
Free software, community and Raspberry Pi
Community
Many Phoniebox enthusiasts are helpful and online, as in this German forum forum-raspberrypi.de or in English at the feature and bug reporting.
Raspberry Pi
The small and affordable Raspberry Pi is at the heart of the Phoniebox. Any Pi will do, so you can save money and the planet by getting a used one.
Free Software
The software of the Phoneibox is open source and freely available on the web. The same page also features a detailed installation guide.