Jim, the volume knob acts as a volume knob by default. If you press "Select", you'll go into "Menu Mode." The the volume knob acts like an up/down menu control. If you press-hold "Select" you'll go back to "Volume Mode." If you do nothing, it will go back to "Volume mode" automatically after a timeout. SO the knob which looks like it controls volume will do just that, almost all of the time.
Ha! The Slim Devices logo is _orange_?! The logo on the top of this forum screen looks _red_ to me. Well what do I know? ;) I don't like the logo in red on the front of this box. Don't exactly know why. Maybe with very thin red accents. I think the yellow-orange is ok--less distracting maybe. This is a minor point. If SD builds it, it'll be what they want it to be. Jim Wrote: > A better idea might be to move the display higher and place a row of > these buttons (with labels) below the display window. I'd even add a > couple - Brightness, Size, Shuffle, Repeat, and maybe Now Playing. > These could small round buttons - figure 8 or 10 will fit comfortably > beneath the display. > > See: http://www.arcam.co.uk/images/fmj_C31_large.jpg > > The front faceplate will likely need to be taller. I think something > along the lines of 3.25" to 3.75" would be ideal. The current size in > the drawings looks a bit slim to me. Ok, I see what you mean on the Arcam box. Wouldn't like it to take more vertical space, though. I would be up for a _few_ more buttons, but I also like the backlighting of the functional icons on the buttons. The Arcam labels are not back-lit. The Arcam box has so many buttons, they had to come up with a way to display them all. We have far fewer. Moving the display off vertical center to accomodate buttons seems like a big detraction. Our VF display is larger, more prominent, and much nicer looking than the Arcam display. It's the most noticable aspect of the whole box and needs to be placed carefully so that other features do not detract from it. Re: backlighting in general: On a black box, inside a dark entertainment center in a dimly-lit room, I think the backlighting of the buttons is necessary. With only two buttons (select and left-right toggle), they would not need back-lit icons; perhaps only back-lit outlining, like the volume knob. -- Dave D _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
