Pat Farrell;223732 Wrote: > plympton wrote: > > > Well, I hate to say this, but then they should have done what Tivo > did > > - make the volume keys programmable (and the power key) so that it > > could control the receiver directly. > > The TiVo is not close to a slim device. It has a full blown Linux OS in > > it. Different philosophy. Its got a hard disk and all sorts of stuff. > ... > Perhaps, but again, I never touch mine. I've got three SqueezeBoxes and > > a Transporter. >
I was just referring to the Tivo REMOTE - not the box (although they have no buttons, too). The REMOTE can be programmed to raise/lower the TV volume, mute, and power (tv & amp) - no need for IR blasters. If the SD remote is so useful, and so audiphile friendly, they should have done the same thing - make it so that the cool remote does all the cool things *AND* I don't have to find the remote to crank up the tunes on my Denon/Sony/Whatever receiver. Kinda conflicting story in that the only way to use the included remote for the stereophile device is to lossy-ly lower the volume using the DAC, no? (that's what I read it's doing) That, or use an IR blaster (kludge) or have 2 remotes around (dumb) or buy yet another remote (OK, you can argue Audiophiles will have a universal remote.. though the audiophiles I know hate all remotes & have tubes in the house, etc..) (yes, I know they were a startup, and the SliMP3 used a Sony remote, etc... but this is today) > Ultimately, the SqueezeBox should be built into your Receiver or amp. > Agreed - that would be great! -Dan -- plympton ------------------------------------------------------------------------ plympton's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12955 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=37980 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
