(queue rousing, patriotic music)

Rule, Britannia! no doubt (I don't know why, but it always reminds me of David Niven and gorilla suits). But the dick was without a doubt a long distance one, no?

Cheers!

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

I meant "cue" obviously...

(but then they do say us Brits are good a queuing, which probably explains how the original empeg ordering system came about)

__
Unit serial number 47 (was 330 in the queue)...

Cheers Rob

It was worth a go I would do anything to get me one of those tuners.


J

MKII 12GB Blue 080000438

I guess 1.03 will be released for the Mk.1, as our builder automatically builds for both revisions. I doubt it will have any new tuner features - the idea with 1.03 is to get basic tuner functionality in NOW, with new features appearing in 1.1.

Rob

Ermm... I tend to prefer my deserts over a small distance.

Rob

"Doesn't anybody read anything here!! "
Yes we do... however there Dirk ol' buddy, not all of us have time to search through tons of old posts for a couple of quick answers.

Rob... What the hell does "You can have seconds of spotted dick at lunch. " Mean??? If it really refers to food (I hope) you guys are just plain whacked. Here in the states (Tea party thing) that sounds like an advance no real man would ever want to hear.
Very odd indeed.



12Gb MKII 080000516 Blue

Ermm... I tend to prefer my deserts over a small distance.

Errr, forget it, the wrong dick...

Dragi "Bonzi" Raos
Zagreb, Croatia
Q#5196, MkII#80000376, 18GB green

I think this should remain one of those mysterious British things. I'd hate to spoil the gruesome mental images you have with the equally gruesome reality of spotted dick. Suffice to say, it becomes a more enticing proposition if you cover it with custard.

Rob

What the hell does "You can have seconds of spotted dick at lunch. " Mean???

See here.

Roger - not necessarily speaking for empeg

I actually appreciated Robs offer, and was quite looking forward to a second helping of spotted dick . Unfortunately the cook in the cafeteria here (in Germany) had absolutely no idea what it was so I won't even get a first helping (can't be bothered finding a recipe and trying to teach him how to make it either. It is one of those things you should just know! ).

Oh and flashman "ol' buddy", my name is Derek, not Dirk (I'm not German, even though I live in Germany), and if you don't want to seach through tons (or even tonnes) of old posts for a couple of quick answers, try the Search option. It does work! Tony can tell you how it works if you can't figure it out (and if he doesn't have a FAQ on it already ). Sorry to be a bit picky, but it is just a little annoying when the same questions get asked again and again, and especially when it occurs numerous times in the same thread!

Derek

(list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 6GB blue)

Errr, forget it, the wrong dick...

Don't worry, Bonzi, some of us were listening very carefully even though you said it only once (and shame on you Rob for getting hold of the wrong end of the dick, after we were discussing that very programme at the curry shop).

Peter

dick

Um, no kids read this BBS, right?

Peter

That hits like a dick on a drum...
( dutch saying meaning : that doesn't make sense )

Frank van Gestel

i love this forum we start off with a picture of the tuner module and end up with links to pudding recipes

now GO AWAY, or i shall taunt you a secont time...

12 gig, green...

Shape into a cylinder :)

Okay, I already knew what spotted dick was, but that recipe seems almost pornographic now! ;)

DiGNAN
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, etc.

the search function can be a pain in the arse sometimes... do a search on "tuner" and you'll get about 800 results..

32GB (JUST UPGRADED!) Mk. II BLUE
Detroit, MI USA
www.PfeifferBeer.com

I don't mean to get off topic, and I'm not sure if this has been released in any of the "1.1 version feature leaks", but is the Tuner (software, not hardware) going to be improved with the 1.1 release?

I remember that my MK1 tuner wasn't really all that awe-inspiring. I'd go so far as to say the display was actually very, very, VERY dull (contrary to the WOW factor of everything else the empeg does). Is the ability to use visuals when listening to the radio a technical possibility now? (I remember with MK1 it wasn't, but that might have changed with MK2).

Again, sorry if this duplicates previous posts... If it does, I'm sure Tony will point me there in the next few minutes.. ;)

(O|||||O)

1.1 will include some new tuner functionality and it is now possible to have visuals for the tuner and aux input. That hasn't been implemented yet, and all I can really say it to wait and see if it makes that release - I don't know yet!

Rob

ClemsonJeep: I took your 1024x768 picture of your Jeep and resized it so it would work with the BBS's 65x75 format! Now everyone's page will load quicker and your Jeep wont look "squished"! I did it in PNG and JPEG formats... Hope you don't mind, I was just bored..

32GB (JUST UPGRADED!) Mk. II BLUE
Detroit, MI USA
www.PfeifferBeer.com

I thought most browsers would support PNG by now... guess not. Here is the JPEG.

32GB (JUST UPGRADED!) Mk. II BLUE
Detroit, MI USA
www.PfeifferBeer.com

can't see that one at all! It's so tiny!!

as the actress said to the bishop

Murray 06000047
I don't think, therefore I am not.

Is it really too small? It is hard because the BBS only allows images 65 pixels wide and 75 pixels tall (good for portraits) but cars are usually shot horizontally...

32GB (JUST UPGRADED!) Mk. II BLUE
Detroit, MI USA
www.PfeifferBeer.com

1.1 will include some new tuner functionality and it is now possible to have visuals for the tuner and aux input. That hasn't been implemented yet, and all I can really say it to wait and see if it makes that release - I don't know yet!

That's good news that the hardware allows you to sample from the radio and get the information needed for visuals....

But you didn't mention if the tuner is going to look any "prettier" than the boring (my opinion of course...) MK1 tuner screen.

(O|||||O)

Where do you even see that picture? I mean I know I put it in my profile, but I have yet to see where you actually SEE the picture in any of the forum pages...

Otherwise I would have probably resized it myself by now. :)

(O|||||O)

The picture only appears if you've enabled that feature in your BBS profile. I also have the pictures turned off, so I never noticed it either.

___________
Tony Fabris

If you want pretty you will be able to switch to a visual. I'm not sure what else we can do with the main tuner screen, it shows the info you need to see!

Actually, I just realised that if you don't have RDS the screen must look quite empty. RDS add's a scrolling show information line, station name, RDS indicator and probably other stuff as well.

Rob

All I could think of for that would be to either just show the station number in large text, or have the option of naming presets in emplode. Can you do either on the Mark 1 tuner?

Otherwise, I can't imagine there being much to show without RDS

DiGNAN
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, etc.

Yes the Mk1 tuner does allow you to set the station name. It will even get it for you automatically if the station transmits RDS text. You can of course give the station preset a different name to the one transmitted (well I'm pretty sure you can - it's a while since I used my Mk1). The station frequency is displayed, as is the preset number, any live RDS text being transmitted my the station, and of course the station name. I thought the radio display on the Mk1 was pretty good actually!

(list 6284, Mk1 S/N 00299 4GB blue [for sale]. Mk2 S/N 080000094 6GB blue)

For anyone in the DC area (ClemsonJeep, etc): any stations in our area with RDS? I imagine if any had it it would be DC101, they're always touting "the strongest signal on the east coast [maybe metro area]", and they did have web broadcast for a while, so I bet they;d be on top of stuff like this.

My next bet would be 106.7. Man, wouldn't it be cool to listen in to Redskins games on WJFK and have the score updated on the botom of the screen? Man...

I can't wait for the tuner!!

DiGNAN
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da, etc.