Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-12 Thread gweempose

-What if some people like the display to be dimmer than others in a
totally dark room? Can the dim level be adjusted?-

DiSNEYN;470955 Wrote: 
 
 
 Very Very Big House You Must Have? In which room do you have every
 player?I'm not sure I understand how your questions relate to my post that you
quoted. I was simply implying that it would be nice if the dim level was
adjustable. As others have already pointed out, some people are
extremely sensitive to light while they're sleeping. Others, myself
included, are not bothered by this as much.

As far as addressing your question about which room my players are in,
I currently have a Boom in the master bedroom on my nightstand. The
other players are in my family room, game room and home theater. The
Radio (which should arrive today :)) will be going in the guest bedroom.
Assuming I like the Radio as much as I think I will, I'll probably buy a
second one for my kitchen. This would be another scenario where
adjustable dimming would come in handy. There would be no reason to dim
it all the way down in the kitchen, and yet it would be nice to dim it
somewhat at night to conserve energy.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-11 Thread Amauta

With the auto adjustment enabled the screen goes really dim. Do not be
affraid. I sleep in a dark room, and the screen is so dim that it is
getting hard to even read the time.

I would like to see an option where you can set the max dim and the max
bright for the auto adjustment.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-11 Thread ccrome2

FYI, I designed the dimming circuit for the display, and I'm super
paranoid about things keeping me up at night.  I made it so that even in
a darkened bedroom, the dimmest setting is just readable.  The current
software does auto-dimming, or manual dimming -- you choose.  There is
still some optimization that needs to be done on the dimming algorithms,
but it's really pretty good as is.  Future software may allow even
dimmer settings.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-11 Thread PetervanHanergem

well thanks for enginering it this way, because it's imported for me
that it's dark in my bedroom.

Give me your adress and i will send the donuts to you :-)


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-11 Thread jmpage2

I'm glad this has been asked and appears to have been addressed.  I am
also a sleeper who is extremely sensitive to lights in my room, to the
point that I've had to put tape over the lights on many things such as
the base to my Harmony remote that is in the bedroom.

One of the questions that I have though is regarding the white numbers
on black background.  Are there plans to provide other colors for the
alarm display?  I've observed that blue is one of the hardest to sleep
with colors and red is one of the easiest to sleep with.

Thanks.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-11 Thread ccrome2

jmpage2;470897 Wrote: 
 I'm glad this has been asked and appears to have been addressed.  I am
 also a sleeper who is extremely sensitive to lights in my room, to the
 point that I've had to put tape over the lights on many things such as
 the base to my Harmony remote that is in the bedroom.
 
 One of the questions that I have though is regarding the white numbers
 on black background.  Are there plans to provide other colors for the
 alarm display?  I've observed that blue is one of the hardest to sleep
 with colors and red is one of the easiest to sleep with.
 
 Thanks.

Good question.  I don't think we've really thought about it.  I'll
forward this question on to the UI designers to see how hard it is to
change text color.  I imagine it's quite simple.  It could probably
either be a built-in clock, or a plugin.  
-Caleb


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-10 Thread toby10

PetervanHanergem;469970 Wrote: 
 thks
 
 btw, how do you become betatester ? :-)

Donuts...lots and lots of donuts!


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-10 Thread PetervanHanergem

toby10;470058 Wrote: 
 Donuts...lots and lots of donuts!


So i baked a few hunderd, do you have an adress to send them to ?


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-10 Thread gweempose

What if some people like the display to be dimmer than others in a
totally dark room? Can the dim level be adjusted?


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-09 Thread MeSue

It goes very dim in a dark room. If you turn the knob or touch any
buttons, it will light up so you can read the screen and then go back to
dim after a short time.

If you want it completely dark, you can set off mode to screen off.
I'm pretty sure that in this case turning the knob would not turn on the
screen. Most likely you will find it gets dim enough with the automatic
light sensor.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-09 Thread MeSue

PetervanHanergem;469840 Wrote: 
 What is short ?
 
 Thks

Whatever you have set for your screensaver delay, I think. 30 seconds
or so.


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Re: [SlimDevices: Radio] Radio use as bedside radio/alarm

2009-10-09 Thread PetervanHanergem

thks

btw, how do you become betatester ? :-)


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