I cannot find any mention of such a request...

I'd really like to see the unit save the info mode. Currently, I set the info to line mode but this resets every time the unit powers off. When the unit powers up again the info is back to the default.

Am I missing something and the unit already does this? It seems like a pretty obvious request since the unit already saves the visualization mode.

Mk2 090000816 in S2000

I assume you mean in the car i am afriad this is a feature so that some sue happy yank doesn't get into his car and then drive into something and blame the fact the empeg is in a visual mode. So to keep them selves safe in car it automatically defaults to the info mode but sadly it doesn't default to now and next which i prefer.

Try this post:
http://empeg.comms.net/php/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=empeg_general&Number=30671&page=&view=&sb=&o=

Fabian
S/N 080000540 12GB blue

As you know by now, switching to info (or rather, out of visual) on startup in the car mode is a 'safety' (read 'anti-litigation') feature defeatable by a kernel hack. If the player does not remeber which of full-screen info modes was selected (track or now&next), then it's a bug. I think this has been discussed, even supposedly fixed.

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

Currently, I set the info to line mode but this resets every time the unit powers off.

Boy, today is turning out to be Newbies Please Read The FAQ day here on the Empeg BBS.

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Tony Fabris

Yes, Tony, I'm a newbie to this site. However, I'm not a newbie to message posting sites in general. I performed several searches prior to posting my question. I just did not enter the right phrase that would have returned the FAQ message that you so nicely gave me a link to. Thanks for making my first post a memorable one.

Mk2 090000816 in S2000

Don't get offended, the question you asked is the one question that will get some rather frustrated replies. This is because it was the subject of at least two long running flame threads (which are rare around here) and it gets asked about a million times.

As well as the FAQ, reading the user guide will yield the answer!

I'm starting to think that we should have done what other multimedia head manufacturers do, and put up a warning screen when the player starts. At least there would be no confusion then.

Rob

eek... i prefer your manner of dealing with the legal-happy culture of we yanks in the states more than a "warning screen"

with a warning screen there comes the battles of "how long should it be displayed? 30 seconds isn't long enough" and "the text is too small... better make it two or three screens long with big scrolling letters"

i'll personally sacrifice the niceity of having my visuals come right back for the convenience immediate access to my music after the unit boots. =)


- Dixieland
MK1 : 6 GB : s/n 00246
MK2 : 16 GB : s/n 080000348

I think you should also add a warning sign that it is not a good idea to put the empeg in the microwave or similar helpfull advices

Fabian
S/N 080000540 12GB blue

I performed several searches prior to posting my question.

Not your fault.

The BBS doesn't really support a "FAQ" forum particularly well. If it did, we'd have it categorized, and properly linked from the top of the page, etc. Instead, what we get is a forum with the messages piled in there willy-nilly. And also, it's split across multiple pages. So it's hard to find stuff even if you're looking.

I was only kidding with my "newbie" comment, hence the smiley-face. I had just noticed that all my replies so far that day had been to link the FAQ entries.

Welcome to the BBS, by the way!

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Tony Fabris

do not use empeg as hammer

Warning, content may be hot (depending on your taste in music I guess).

Rob

Warning this equipment is may contain Steps

Warning: Unit may unexpectedly play Britney Spears.

(Oh, sorry, that message only comes up on Hugo's player.)

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Tony Fabris

Warning: Unit may unexpectedly play Britney Spears.

Ahh, thanks for reminding me to go in and zap a few songs by her that a friend decided to upload for our last road trip. Never let friends use emplode unattended

do not bathe with empeg

12 gig, green...

do not bathe with empeg


OH MAN! I was planning on having a nice relaxing romantic bath with candles and a nice bottle of wine tonite!

Damn :)

Damien Heiser

RioCar / empeg 12GB Blue Mark 2a SN: 120001043

Sorry for my reaction Tony. I seriously searched for 20 minutes and by the time I posted my question I was quite frustrated at not finding something. I knew it must have been addressed some time before. And in fact, the FAQ reminded me of reading something like that in the user manual when I first received the unit. I had forgot all about it.

Thanks for the welcome!

Mk2 090000816 in S2000

I wonder if these will make it into the manual for the rio players

I wonder if these will make it into the manual for the rio players

There's a guy that likes to tempt fate.

Yeah, but what were you planning on doing with the hammer?

One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015

Actually, I *have* used my empeg as a hammer once - it's pretty solid and heavy. I'm not recommending anyone else does it, though :)

Hugo

Far too much like the butthole surfer's album, which had a warning label "Warning! May contain Butthole surfers".

Not that I like that band, but I did see the album and liked their sense of humour :)

Hugo

Not sure I'd want to use it as a "defensive handbag" due to the mass of the thing.

There again, I know people for whom I could make an exception

One of the few remaining Mk1 owners... #00015

Works even better if encased in a Pelican case - whack'em hard and
still no damage to the empeg (haven't tested, but I'd be surprised if
anything happend to the unit...)

/Michael