Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread Peter
chank wrote: peter;284811 Wrote: Well, it looks like the Slim folks fixed this completely on the Receiver! ... but not with the controller AFAICT. There seems to be no screensaver setting to turn off the screen altogether when idling in the cradle. If you leave it out of the cradle

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread radish
Ben Sandee;285529 Wrote: On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:33 PM, radish radish.374b0b1206934502 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: To be fair, you can certainly set the screen to switch off when in the cradle (mine is now). The enh req you link to is about having it do that

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread Ben Sandee
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:22 AM, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you do that? I've tried all the settings but cannot get my screen to shut off in the cradle. The option is something like dim screen while charging - once docked the backlight will go off after the appropriate

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread chank
Ben Sandee;285701 Wrote: Ahh, yes. I saw that dozens of times and never considered it would do that, because it doesn't actually *say* that. :-) Me too! Thanks. -- chank chank's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread MadScientist
Mine goes blank even when lying on the table. What I really like is that as soon as you pick it up it comes on - some sort of motion sensor I guess. MS -- MadScientist MadScientist's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread Ben Sandee
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Ben Sandee [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 8:22 AM, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you do that? I've tried all the settings but cannot get my screen to shut off in the cradle. The option is something like dim screen

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread Ben Sandee
On Mon, Mar 31, 2008 at 10:59 AM, MadScientist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mine goes blank even when lying on the table. What I really like is that as soon as you pick it up it comes on - some sort of motion sensor I guess. Mine goes blank on the table, which is great I agree. I want it to

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-31 Thread chank
radish;285527 Wrote: To be fair, you can certainly set the screen to switch off when in the cradle (mine is now). The enh req you link to is about having it do that when the player is stopped but stay on when it's playing, a slightly different requirement. And this is what I am after. When

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-30 Thread chank
peter;284811 Wrote: Well, it looks like the Slim folks fixed this completely on the Receiver! ... but not with the controller AFAICT. There seems to be no screensaver setting to turn off the screen altogether when idling in the cradle. If you leave it out of the cradle then the screen

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-30 Thread radish
To be fair, you can certainly set the screen to switch off when in the cradle (mine is now). The enh req you link to is about having it do that when the player is stopped but stay on when it's playing, a slightly different requirement. -- radish

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-30 Thread Ben Sandee
On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:33 PM, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be fair, you can certainly set the screen to switch off when in the cradle (mine is now). The enh req you link to is about having it do that when the player is stopped but stay on when it's playing, a slightly different

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-30 Thread tyler_durden
chank;285514 Wrote: ... but not with the controller AFAICT. There seems to be no screensaver setting to turn off the screen altogether when idling in the cradle. If you leave it out of the cradle then the screen does indeed turn off. The screen on the controller is an LCD with an LED

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread tyler_durden
peter;284180 Wrote: sapnho wrote:[color=blue] I find that turning my SB3's off with the SBC is quite a hassle, the powersave pluging fixed that nicely. It's nice, but do you know if it is actually saving any power? The on/off function in the SB is a software function that does not

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Peter
tyler_durden wrote: peter;284180 Wrote: sapnho wrote:[color=blue] I find that turning my SB3's off with the SBC is quite a hassle, the powersave pluging fixed that nicely. It's nice, but do you know if it is actually saving any power? The on/off function in the SB is a software

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Siduhe
tyler_durden;284717 Wrote: It's nice, but do you know if it is actually saving any power? Probably not, but it is protecting the screens of my SBs (at least the way I have it set up). My SB2 is suffering a little bit of screen burn (where the : between the hour:minute is on the time). Only

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
Siduhe;284723 Wrote: (although I think they have a different screen type from the SB2s anyway). Same screen, different colour filter. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread max . spicer
Siduhe;284723 Wrote: Probably not, but it is protecting the screens of my SBs (at least the way I have it set up). My SB2 is suffering a little bit of screen burn (where the : between the hour:minute is on the time). Only really noticable when brightness is on high, but I'm hoping that

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Siduhe
Screen burn may not be the correct technical term - is very much what is described here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36636#6 When on full brightness, the : is between the hours/minutes is not as bright as the surrounding pixels to the point where you can identify the shape of

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Peter
Siduhe wrote: Screen burn may not be the correct technical term - is very much what is described here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36636#6 When on full brightness, the : is between the hours/minutes is not as bright as the surrounding pixels to the point where you can

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread JJZolx
max.spicer;284749 Wrote: That's the first time I've ever heard anyone report screen burn on a squeezebox. I'm seeing it here as well on an SB2 that always runs the date/time screensaver. As Siduhe says, it isn't comparable to burn-in as seen with CRT monitors. More like burn-out - the

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-28 Thread Peter
JJZolx wrote: max.spicer;284749 Wrote: That's the first time I've ever heard anyone report screen burn on a squeezebox. I'm seeing it here as well on an SB2 that always runs the date/time screensaver. As Siduhe says, it isn't comparable to burn-in as seen with CRT monitors.

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread sapnho
Hey guys, I don't know about energy prices in the US, but in Europe it is damn expensive. So whilst saving the world maybe nice, this is about my personal energy costs and I like to know how much something costs so that I can make a conscious decision how to deal with it. BTW: A gallon of gas

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread sapnho
radish;284043 Wrote: From my memory the SB3 takes around 5W whether idle or playing, slightly less when the screen is dimmed. I imagine the screen is one of the larger power consumers so I'd expect the SBR to take less, maybe 3-4W? And I agree, 5W is nothing. Thanks for the info. --

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread Peter
sapnho wrote: radish;284043 Wrote: From my memory the SB3 takes around 5W whether idle or playing, slightly less when the screen is dimmed. I imagine the screen is one of the larger power consumers so I'd expect the SBR to take less, maybe 3-4W? And I agree, 5W is nothing. Thanks for

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread tyler_durden
sapnho;284151 Wrote: BTW: A gallon of gas here costs $8.82. Drive safely! :-)) Thank W for that! Everything is cheap here- you should come and buy some stuff while the $ is in the toilet. Houses and real estate are really cheap now. TD -- tyler_durden

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread peterw
sapnho;284008 Wrote: Search was unsuccessful, so maybe someone can help: What is the power consumption of the Duet receiver on/off http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43071 Receiver 3-4 watts. Controller cradle 0-1 watts. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31789

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-27 Thread sapnho
tyler_durden;284350 Wrote: Thank W for that! Everything is cheap here- you should come and buy some stuff while the $ is in the toilet. Houses and real estate are really cheap now. TD New chance in November! :-)) -- sapnho

[slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread sapnho
Search was unsuccessful, so maybe someone can help: What is the power consumption of the Duet receiver on/off (from my experience with squeezebox the difference will probably not be huge). Do people usually power it off? As the receiver isn't really visible - the great WAF advantage in a non

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread Fletch
sapnho;284008 Wrote: The other item is the controller. Is it recommended to turn it off? How much energy does it use? It takes so long until it powers up again. I guess here again people don't bother to turn it off. Any views? Lots of info on the SBC power saving modes at

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread radish
From my memory the SB3 takes around 5W whether idle or playing, slightly less when the screen is dimmed. I imagine the screen is one of the larger power consumers so I'd expect the SBR to take less, maybe 3-4W? Small enough for me not to care about. -- radish

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread Phil Leigh
Of course turn it off... a glacier is in jeopardy! 5w is like...h so much energy. Seriously, you probably burn 5w each time you open the fridge door! -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU -

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread Listener
Phil Leigh;284060 Wrote: Of course turn it off... a glacier is in jeopardy! 5w is like...h so much energy. Seriously, you probably burn 5w each time you open the fridge door! So sapnho should leave the SBR on and turn the fridge off? Bill -- Listener

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread tyler_durden
This whole energy consumption thing is getting so ridiculous! The press runs stories that make you feel guilty about your 5W energy consumption while the guy who runs the media empire is flying off to dinner in Paris on his private jet. Try to acquire some sense of proportion. In the overall

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread slimkid
For the sense of proportion, try to think how much energy was wasted while everybody red and participated on this topic :) K -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase substantially.

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread SuperQ
slimkid;284136 Wrote: For the sense of proportion, try to think how much energy was wasted while everybody red and participated on this topic :) K I wonder how many watt-hours it takes to do a Google search. Think about that next time you hit I'm feeling lucky ;-) -- SuperQ

Re: [slim] Duet power consumption and user habits

2008-03-26 Thread mortslim
There is an interesting article in the Los Angeles Times today that says an alternate view by an increasing number of scientists is just to accept the fate of a changing world and don't try to stop it. They argue it is cheaper to adapt than to try to hopelessly change the dim future. --