3 cheers to kdf and azinck3!   I would NEVER have suspected, nor
inferred by what Andy said (who claims to be a Slim Devices Developer)
what azinck3 just said.  But then again, even in standby, the device is
still really on, so could, although not obviously, respond to certain
key strokes.  Very interesting.  Because, in the mind of most users,
when the red button is pressed, it’s off, and off means off.  But then
again, this is the SqueezeBox!   Leave it to an engineer (Andy) to
explain something in plain English!  I’d like to test this - can a
person test this by unplugging the lan cable from the wireless router,
or does the downtime service message have to originate from the
SqueezeNetwork servers?

I’ve noticed that the brightness state seems to be more random than
azinck3 or others described, since when it goes into the “Now Playing”
mode the brightness sometimes changes.   Azinck describes 3 brightness
states: on, standby, and idle.  Isn’t the brightness state of the
“standby” mode something Andy just invented?  And if he didn’t just
invent it, then what had been it’s purpose?   I commented earlier that
I thought it peculiar that there would be more than 1 brightness state.
Previous to now, what was the purpose of having multiple brightness
states?  And how might one take advantage of  this feature, aside from
the newly introduced example?   These are features that are simply not
described or explained in the user manual OR in the forums.  What a
waste if only a few people discover them by accident.

And where does this “new” functionality reside?  It would seem to be
impossibe, like my microwave spontaneously acquiring an 11th power
setting.  What I’m getting at is, it seems that kdf has explained some
feature that has always existed, and that Andy isn’t the accommodating
wizard he seems to be.  Dorothy, it’s time to start clicking the heels
of those sparkling red shoes!


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