aubuti;415671 Wrote: 
> Although I also generally have an aesthetic preference lowercase am/pm,
> I do like the fact that I can look at a switched off SB and know
> immediately whether it is connected to SC or SN. So it's not
> necessarily an "inconsistency" if it is relaying useful information
> about the state of the SB. The Boom even takes it a step further,
> telling you when it is not connected to either SC or SN. In that case
> the Boom's real time clock displays uppercase AM/PM, and also lights up
> its front panel buttons. 
> 
> These SB "signals" actually saved me a lot of running up and down the
> stairs when I was sorting out problems getting my SC server to
> automatically suspend to SN using the SrvrPowerCtrl plugin. Now it
> serves as an easy confirmation that the plugin and the server are doing
> what they are supposed to do.

I see what you're saying, but it isn't something that I like!  I pretty
much know when my SB3/Boom are connected to SN.  I use SvrPowerControl
(great plugin) to switch off SC at night, and switch over my SB3 and
Boom to SN.  Then at 6.30 the server restarts and reconnects those
devices.  Works very well.

peterw;415674 Wrote: 
> I always figured that was a feature. It's an easy way for the observant
> user to determine whether the Squeezebox is on SN or a local server.
> 
> If you're using Mac OS or Linux/Unix, you can edit a .pm file
> (Slim/Utils/DateTime.pm) to add a lowercase time format. On Windows
> you'd need to switch to ActiveState's interpreter or rebuild, I think.

Thanks for that tip - I did wonder if it was as simple as that.  Of
course, it will get over written on SC upgrade, hence it would be good
to have the addition in the distribution.

toby10;415700 Wrote: 
> ....and I think the large AM/PM makes reading the time at a glance more
> difficult.  This was brought up before and there was no resolution for
> it.
> 
> I don't use the Boom or SB3 for clock display but everytime I
> disconnect  the Boom from the router I see the time displayed.....and I
> always think to myself "boy, I'm glad I don't need to read THAT when I
> wake up".   :)

I completely agree!  I find the upper case AM/PM does make it harder to
read.  Sounds odd, but its tree.  I guess it is a matter of personal
taste.  That is one of the strengths of SC/SB3/Boom etc - you can
configure it to be "just right" for you.

MeSue;415703 Wrote: 
> The case for upper and lower case has already been explained in this
> thread. I just thought I would mention that there is an option to leave
> the AM/PM off entirely. It's in the date format settings.

Thanks for the tip - I did try that, but I like having am/pm there.

andyg;415704 Wrote: 
> It's a feature, not a bug. :)

Hmmmm, sounds like the kind of thing I say to our customers at work! 
As a feature it is missing the ability to configure it!


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