What is the aux in naming good for?

Hi,

I can understand the utility of being able to rename the aux input to the name of whatever's plugged into it. For example, I might rename mine to XM if I plug in an XM tuner. What I'm having a hard time understanding, however, is the ability to assign "album" "artist" and "track" names. I guess this is useful if you have a CD player hooked up that plays the same song over and over, but I don't understand it otherwise.

Can anyone give me a real world example of what they use these fields for, and why someone might find them useful?

They just correspond with the three lines on the display.

Rob

They just correspond with the three lines on the display.

What about just renaming the text labels in the Emplode dialog box so that they're "Line 1", "Line 2", etc., so that it's not confusing?

That would be too sensible.

Rob

If they just correspond to the three lines of the display, that makes sense. However, that's evidently not all they do. Since the "track" line has that auto increment number thingie, it has to be treated a little differently by people like me who are figuring out what to put in those fields. Any way to turn that off?

Here are a few more questions about the "Aux Info" screen...

In my first post in this thread, I didn't post that I wanted to know more about the aux info screen since I was sure I'd be able to answer my questions by searching the BBS or the FAQ. However, I can't find any information anywhere. If someone can point me to where these questions are already answered, I'll humbly apologize.

So, on to the questions:

What the heck are these things on the "Aux Info" screen? The thing with the two vertical bars is measuring the volume of the incoming sound, right? So, what's that thing that looks like the radio signal strength meter? And (the real confusing part), what's that thing on the middle-left bottom that has that short vertical line that just jumps randomly from side to side for no discernable reason?

Does everyone know and they're just keeping it a secret from me?

I just have mine set to:

This is a local aux
For local people
There's nothing for you here

'Cos any unit I have feeding into it has its own display anyway.

Not sure what the icons around the screen mean on Aux mode, but that never really mattered. I just want Das Blinkenlichts to blink.

This is a local aux
For local people
There's nothing for you here

Whoa, cool. Is that a Haiku?

If not, it should be. I now suggest the First Annual Aux-In Haiku contest. Who will submit the first entry?

'tis from a cult British TV show

http://www.leagueofgentlemen.co.uk/

and

http://www.roystonvasey.co.uk/

This is the AUX in
Do not bother with a name
It is quite useless

//matt

Mine just lets me know the Playstation is on. It's something like
PSOne
Look down stupid
Playing while driving is a health hazard

Auxiliary In Haiku:

Price of tuners hurts
Must plug in small Shack unit
It’s all good for now

--JP

ROFL, great one. Who else?

I've got one:

There are no replies
So how does aux info work?
Nobody can help?


Seriously, doesn't anyone know what the little interface things on the Aux Info screen are for?

Well, I think the two vertical bars are the PAUSE icon...

Not the ones on the right. They're obviously some sort of meter. I'm a lot more curious about the signal strength looking thingy and the random jumping line thingy.

Tony, you're on the alpha list. Did any explanation of this screen ever come up in discussion?

Well to be technically correct a Haiku should be about something natural like the wind, or trees or whatever or have references to natural images.

A Haiku without natural elements/imagery is called something else also with a Japanese name (whose exact name escapes me for now).

For instance this haiku (from the book Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson)

Two tires fly. Two wail.



A bamboo grove, all chopped down



From it, warring songs

Now if you removed the reference to "a bamboo grove, all chopped down" (and replaced with something else: say
"empeg, car, Hijacked software").
Then it wouldn't be a Haiku anymore as it no longer has anything to do with nature/natural images/things.

Heres a second from the same source:

Antenna searches



Retriever's nose in the wind



Ether's far secrets

If this haiku didn't mention Retriever (this image being one of a dog) and the wind, then it too would not be officially a haiku any more.


Just my 18 syllables worth...

I stink at poetry, so I just decided to impress my passengers by leading a little faux British Invasion:

Jim H and The Blokes
title: Slag Off
album: Mind the Gap!

Now I just have to write that song or they'll be pissed. Or is it teed off?

I think only Toby fully understands what they do.

To get his attention we just have to utter the magic word : visual

He'll be along soon

Rob

Just my 18 syllables worth...

Not that it really matters at all but...

Usually a Haiku has 3 lines and 17 syllabes distributed in 5, 7 and 5.

Just to let you know
A Haiku is made that way
Don't know if you care



//matt

No, empeg, it's not...
Track 1 passed some time ago!
...you can't bring it back.



-n

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Usually a Haiku has 3 lines and 17 syllabes distributed in 5, 7 and 5.

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Ahh, off by one error :-)
I knew that [well I couldn't recall if it was 7 or 8].