incircuitous;527019 Wrote: > Wow, Mnyb, that touch remote looks cool! I wish I had heard from you a > day or two sooner! > > I already ordered and received my cheapie $10 remote, but the touch > remote seems way better. > > Can I ask some questions about it from anybody who has one? > > 1. Does anybody have experience operating a SBR with the touch remote? > 2. Is the screen on it a clone of the screen on the SBR, so the remote > can operate all functions? > 3. What kind of batteries does it take? It sounds like you may be confusing the SB Touch remote with the SB Touch player. The $20 remote that mnyb referred to is an infrared remote, much like the remotes you've been looking at for your SB Radio. The main difference is that the SB Touch remote is bigger, and therefore accommodates additional buttons, including alphanumeric buttons (like a cell phone). It does not have any screen. It is available now. I'll see if I can find a photo of the Touch's infrared remote.
The SB Touch _player_ is the successor to the SB Classic. It has not been released yet, and when it is it will cost US$300. The "normal" use for the SB Touch is to connect it to your audio system. You can control the SB Touch using the built-in touchscreen, or the included infrared remote (see paragraph above), or the SB Duet Controller. You can also use the SB Touch to control other SBs, such as an SB Radio, but I think very few users would buy a Touch solely as a controller for other SBs. With that background, to answer your questions: 1) I've controlled the SB Radio with both the infrared remote ($20) and the SB Touch itself ($300). Either works okay, but for me the IR remote is much more useful because my Radio and Touch are in different rooms. (I have a Touch because I'm one of the beta testers.) 2) The interface on the SB Touch player is the same as the SB Radio screen, except much larger, and it's a touchscreen. The SB Touch infrared remote has no screen, just buttons. 3) The SB Touch has no batteries, it runs off of standard AC power. The SB Touch IR remote uses two standard batteries, but I forget whether they're AA or AAA. NB: For most people on the forum, SBR=SB Duet Receiver, not SB Radio. -- aubuti ------------------------------------------------------------------------ aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=75638 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
