Dean,

Thanks for the reply.  Right now I'm using the "unplug your player"
method.  This works but feels silly to do something so low-tech on such
a high-tech player!  I tried holding LEFT for a few seconds and it
definitely disconnected.  I watched the player for a few minutes
afterward and it didn't appear that the screen ever went dim.  Does the
"screensaver" not kick in when you go into setup mode?  I was afraid it
might wear out the screen if I have it in that bright mode all the
time.  Plus it would be distracting when I'm watching tv or something.

You are correct in what we are asking.  We are requesting that you add
a setting for this though such as "Disconnect from network on Power Off
(Yes/No)?"  Right now there is no choice.  It is "hard coded" to always
stay connected.  With that menu choice you could make the default
behavior to stay connected so for most people it would look the same,
but there would be an option for people like us using sleep modes to
have it disconnect on power down.

By the way, I think you will see this become more and more of an issue
as time goes on.  As you can see from all of Intel's current marketing
they are really pushing the low-power aspect of their new dual core
architecture.  Plus in the new Windows Vista to come out late next year
they will be simplifying power-down schemes there.  Supposedly there
will be just one power-down mode (as opposed to stand-by and hibernate
now) and it will have "instant on" wake-up.  I would guess that more
and more people will start using these methods going forward so it
would be nice to have capabilities for that in place.  The few "early
adopters" of this kind of thing like me will be mighty happy too.

Please let me know about the screen brightness thing when I hold LEFT. 
If it will eventually dim then that could be a solution.  The power
button option would be more elegant though if it's not a ridiculous
amount of work to implement.

Cheers,
Brad

dean Wrote: 
> Well, this behavior has been in all of our products since 2001 and  
> hasn't really been an issue before, but I understand what you are  
> saying.
> 
> There are actually three ways to disconnect from your server:
> 
> 1.  Unplug your player.
> 2.  Press and hold LEFT for a few seconds.
> 3.  Connect to SqueezeNetwork.
> 
> I guess what you are asking for is a fourth way to disconnect, using  
> the POWER button, right?
> 
> > [/color]


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bgriffis
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