Okay, I've looked and looked and it's been brought up a few times before, but what the hell is all the stuff on the Aux Info mode? (Rob previously said that only Toby knows, so: VISUAL and, to be safe, xyzzy. And how about a kibo for good measure?)

At the top, on the first line, it's apparently showing the ``track number'', apparently using silence to indicate when new tracks happen. Fair enough. It also shows time, which seems to pause when the input is silent. Also fair. But it then sometimes also has a slash and another time reading. What is that and when does it appear?

Directly underneath that, it shows a line that blinks annoyingly when the input is silent. Can someone at least confirm that it blinks on theirs as well?

Underneath those, to the left, it shows the ``artist'' and ``album'' as defined through emplode. Also easy enough.

Beneath those, sort of centered, there is a lateral gauge of some nature with a marker that remains pegged to the left when the input is silent, but that moves around seemingly randomly when there is noise. I have absolutely no idea what this is.

To the right side of the screen underneath the time or times and the line is a play/pause indicator that switches intelligently when there is something playing. Beneath that is a graph that looks roughly like:

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and whose vertical lines are all bright when there's no sound being played, but become consecutively dim from the right when there is sound being played. And when the sound stops, it takes a second or so for all the lines to become bright again. I'm thinking that this might be an inverse max volume thing, but I'm not sure at all. It's only slightly less confusing than the random gause mentioned above.

Then, all the way to the right, there's a pair of what seem to be straightforward left and right channel volume indicators.

So what are those things that I can't identify?

And has anyone seen any use for setting names for the track, album, and artist fields?

And why does the aux mode exist under AC power? There's nowhere for me to attach an auxiliary input.

I agree...
what does it all mean????

and yes, mine line blinks when there is no sound, as well...

I think it's showing the gain setting on the analogue input used to produce the visuals from the aux input. The quieter the signal, the more the gain is bumped up.

Hugo

then what's the bar on the bottom in the middle?

It shows how much the signal is being normalised by.

The gauges are designed to help set the optimum output level from your aux device. Ideally the gain (one to the right) should remain somewhere in the middle.

They are available in AC power mode as some people (including myself) have stuff fed into the aux in via the docking connector when not in the car. Some future applications may make it very attractive to have the aux input available when not docked in the car.....D........J...........

He dropped a hint! Did everyone see that!? He dropped a hint!

Okay, so I have two questions...

1) Is this Aux-Input screen likely to stay as-is for a while? Is the current layout pretty solid?

2) If the answer to (1) is "yes", could someone please summarize what the screen elements are for me, and I'll put up a FAQ entry with a nice annotated graphic.

Has it ever changed?

I reckon the answer to your question is yes and my question is no.

Therefore I will email you a description of the various elements on the screen soon - It may take a few days though.

Toby.

pitch control!?

is this in the FAQ now?

No, not yet.

can you post the link here?
I'm interested to see what it looks like once it's in there...
no rush though...