=== The original message was multipart MIME === === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === Hi everyone! An issue that is annoying me about a lot of personal audio equipment is the lack of a standard for remote control of these devices. The standard should define issues like a common connector type; a common set of commands for the equipment and a standard set of attributes describing what is being played, to pass back to the controller for use as part of a system display. This can come in handy where the personal-audio devices are connected to other audio equipment in order to provide playback or recording services to the equipment. This would work in a similar way to the MD WALKMAN IN facility on the Sony DHC-MD555 bookshelf system. This connection allowed selected MD Walkman units to work as part of the system, offering system-based control, sync-start dubbing and title-copying. Once the standard is defined, a car-audio supplier could provide integrated personal-audio control with such features as media-pause during traffic announcements and cellular-phone calls; program-detail information on the set's display (also comes in handy with vehicles that use an integrated display); and ability to control the personal-audio unit with the car sound system's controls (which comes in handy with vehicles that have the sound system able to he controlled at the steering wheel). Also someone can improve the cassette adaptor by designing a "smart adaptor" which can inform the personal-audio device about whether the tape mechanism is running or has stopped. This could allow one to stop the CD or MD that is playing by ejecting or pausing the tape; or simply switching off the car stereo. Car stereos that are equipped with RDS, ARI (SDK / VF) or Timed News Interrupt would work well with this adaptor -- causing the MD or CD to stop when the set goes into the automatic-interrupt mode. For home-audio devices; the personal-audio device can work as though it is part of the home-audio system. For example, it will respond to timer-start; system-initiated syncro-recording; same-room and (in some setups like the B&O Master Control Link system or the Bose Lifestyle systems) different-room remote control. As well, it could be able to provide "one-touch" play or portable-started syncro-record for suitably-equipped systems or present the media data on the system's primary display unit. I hope that there is some activity in this idea. With regards, Simon Mackay === MIME part removed : text/html; === ----------------------------------------------------------------- To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
