[slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread consciouspnm
There's an option on the controller to turn the receiver off. Why would you want to do this, what does it save? -- consciouspnm Duet/SB3 -> Linn Kinos -> Linn 5Ch Amp -> Linn Speakers consciouspnm's Profile: http://forum

Re: [slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread radish
Very little! There are a few reasons it's useful (switches off the output lines which can help some amps auto-swtich) but in general it's there on the SBR and all the other SB players because people complain if there isn't an off switch ;-) -- radish ---

Re: [slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread peterw
bklaas;287040 Wrote: > "Off" is really a convention with the Squeezebox players, and some users > are not comfortable without it. In reality the receiver is an always-on > device, and what you are doing by hitting "off" is really hitting > "pause". Pardon my pedantry... Off and Pause are differe

Re: [slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread bklaas
consciouspnm;287032 Wrote: > There's an option on the controller to turn the receiver off. Why would > you want to do this, what does it save? "Off" is really a convention with the Squeezebox players, and some users are not comfortable without it. In reality the receiver is an always-on device,

Re: [slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread bklaas
peterw;287043 Wrote: > Pardon my pedantry... Off and Pause are different. Turn off a player > that's been synced with another player and the other player keeps going > through the playlist. Pause a player that's been synced with another > player and the whole sync group goes silent and maintains

Re: [slim] Turning Duet receiver off

2008-04-03 Thread JimC
peterw;287043 Wrote: > Pardon my pedantry... Off and Pause are different. Turn off a player > that's been synced with another player and the other player keeps going > through the playlist. Pause a player that's been synced with another > player and the whole sync group goes silent and maintains