Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
Howard Passman;330195 Wrote: I've taken to my treadmill again and I'd love to just take the controller down to the basement with me and plug the controller into my stereo. Isn't there supposed to be some sort of a surprise built into the release of 7.2? Maybe it's the enabled headphone

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-19 Thread funkstar
ModelCitizen;330527 Wrote: Isn't there supposed to be some sort of a surprise built into the release of 7.2? Maybe it's the enabled headphone socket. Mind you it could be Napster too... or maybe the whole secret thing is just a joke. MC Well enabling the headphone output is public

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-19 Thread ModelCitizen
funkstar;330534 Wrote: The surprise could be related to something leaked by a certain dutch retailer a couple of weeks ago :) Oh, that old news! Bummer. MC -- ModelCitizen On average people have fewer than two feet. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread Howard Passman
Nonreality;330216 Wrote: Howard I have to agree here. I'm using an SB3 but a duet would be cool once they get the networking better and the headphone jack fully functional. I would upgrade at that time but for now the SB3 is very cool and works great for me. ...I have to admit, once I got

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread damager
Sam here - it took some time to figure out how it works, but once I got all the wrinkles ironed out, the Duet has been flawless. -- damager damager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15940 View

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread browellm
I too am very excited to get this functionality, but I fear the battery life on the Controller will be pants :s -- browellm browellm's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14260 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread Howard Passman
browellm;330311 Wrote: I too am very excited to get this functionality, but I fear the battery life on the Controller will be pants :s If it'll run an hour or two, I'll be good for what I want it for. If I'm on the treadmill any longer than that, my heirs will get it :-) I would think they

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread Jonnio
The battery is actually quite large - it is over twice the size of an IPOD touch and larger than an IPhone - both of which people use to stream music regularly and have much larger screens to take up battery juice. -- Jonnio

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread andynormancx
Jonnio;330448 Wrote: The battery is actually quite large - it is over twice the size of an IPOD touch and larger than an IPhone - both of which people use to stream music regularly and have much larger screens to take up battery juice. I have no idea whether what you say about the sizes is

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread andynormancx
A quick Google also confirms that the iPhone battery is in fact pretty much the same volume as the SBC battery. -- andynormancx Yes, it will. Yes, all of them. Yes, SoftSqueeze as well. What ? I SAID ALL OF THEM !

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread Jonnio
andynormancx;330450 Wrote: I have no idea whether what you say about the sizes is true or not. But the same certainly can't be said about the battery capacity. The iPhone has a larger battery capacity at 1400mAh compared to the SBC at 1250mAh. The Touch is about the same as the SBC.

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread andynormancx
Jonnio;330456 Wrote: I saw the Iphone at 1200 and the touch at 500...I can dig out the sites if that helps, not saying they are necessarily right, but that's what my research found. This one looks fairly definitive and puts the Touch at 900 and the iPhone at 1400.

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-18 Thread Jonnio
andynormancx;330459 Wrote: This one looks fairly definitive and puts the Touch at 900 and the iPhone at 1400. http://www.ipodbatteryfaq.com/ipodbatteryandpower.html Yeah, I found some other sites offering OEM touch batteries at 900 mah too. Still 30%ish less than the Duet remote. I am

[slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-17 Thread Howard Passman
I've taken to my treadmill again and I'd love to just take the controller down to the basement with me and plug the controller into my stereo. Yeah, I know I'm being lazy, but I'm also afraid when I'm dragging the receiver, power supply and controller downstairs that I might drop it. Come on

Re: [slim] Man, I cannot wait until they activate the headphone jack on the Controller....

2008-08-17 Thread Nonreality
Howard Passman;330195 Wrote: I've taken to my treadmill again and I'd love to just take the controller down to the basement with me and plug the controller into my stereo. Yeah, I know I'm being lazy, but I'm also afraid when I'm dragging the receiver, power supply and controller