JohnSwenson wrote: > People could be confused, the OTG port looks exactly like the "micro > power USB" port, they are physically identical. Someone could plug the > OTG port into a charger and nothing happens, or plug the charger port > into a computer and expect it to be a USB DAC and nothing happens. > > We can label one power and the other data, but there are still people > that don't read labels on the back panel. All the other jacks have a > unique function for the type of jack, this would be the exception where > two physically identical jacks have different functions. > > That brings up another issue, do we want labels on the back pannel, and > if yes, should they be text or icons, and if text what language. > > Most of the jacks should be pretty obvious to anybody who will be using > this device: > > RJ-45 for ethernet > USB type A jack for USB host > RCA jacks for analog > 3.5mm for headphone > TOSLINK jack for optical S/PDIF > HDMI jack for HDMI > Standard barrel jack for power > BNC for coax S/PDF > > The only one I see as a little unusual is the BNC for coax S/PDIF > > Then we have a micro USB for data (to use as a USB DAC) and a USB micro > for power. > > John S.
So there ar both a barrel and a USB micro for power ,thats confusing make it be the barrel only imho . That USB host and USB data are different and have different functions ,can make it confusion and thus you may need labels otherwise all other functions are self explanatory . I'm I bit naive to expext an USB connector to actually have all/same functionality as any other USB connector on the same product if thats not the case marking is needed . If there was two unmarked USB connectors I would immediately assume that they where interchangeable and i could put a hardrive or dac in any of them . ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mnyb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4143 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97881 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
