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#109690 - 15/10/2004 19:24 Backwards custom faces? [Re: David]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
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Would be better to turn the display board 180, rotate the display image and build a custom facia.


Right, so take out the display board, remount it upside down, install a hacked kernel which writes into the display in the now-right order, and do this... and then we only need a face. Anyone want to make a new face for the backwards mounted display?

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#109691 - 15/10/2004 20:15 Re: Backwards custom faces? [Re: Daria]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
That wouldn't be too terribly hard. Just design the face in CAD and have it send to a prototyper to create an SLA model. That model could be dyed any color and probably painted flat black. It wouldn't look perfect, but it would get the job done in a week or two. Since there's probably not a huge need for it, SLA would be a good way to make one or two.

I also recently found a process called FDM which can create prototypes in ABS and, if the machine is new enough (a Stratasys Titan machine), polycarbonate. From what I've heard talking to prototype companies, the results don't look as good as SLA, but you can get them done in colors. Or, do it in white, sand it down if it's rough, and paint it flat black.
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#109692 - 15/10/2004 20:17 Re: Backwards custom faces? [Re: FireFox31]
Daria
carpal tunnel

Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
What I really want is a backwards version of the face I have. But... no dice.

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#109693 - 15/10/2004 20:20 Re: Backwards custom faces? [Re: Daria]
FireFox31
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Registered: 19/09/2002
Posts: 2494
Loc: East Coast, USA
There is a very very very remote chance that I could try and hack this CAD into a backward fascia and create an FDM or SLA prototype. It would be fun, but I wouldn't have time until at least January. If you want to remind me then, I could try; or maybe contact some of the others who have the fascia CAD (or their own fascia CAD, like Mach and speedy67? (who bought 303's design??)).
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#109694 - 15/10/2004 20:31 Re: Upside Down Empeg (for US installs) [Re: introvert]
SE_Sport_Driver
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Registered: 05/01/2001
Posts: 4903
Loc: Detroit, MI USA
I used to complain about the volume knob being on the right, but now, I prefer it that way. I used the menu buttons far more than I do the volume knob, so it's handy to have them closer. Whenever I'm in my passanger seat and want to play with the empeg, I get annoyed that the menu keys are so far away.
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#109695 - 15/10/2004 20:35 Re: Upside Down Empeg (for US installs) [Re: SE_Sport_Driver]
Daria
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Registered: 24/01/2002
Posts: 3937
Loc: Providence, RI
I use the remote. It just looks wrong.

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#109696 - 15/10/2004 20:36 Re: Backwards custom faces? [Re: Daria]
mdavey
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Registered: 06/03/2003
Posts: 269
Loc: Wellingborough, UK
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Right, so take out the display board, remount it upside down, install a hacked kernel which writes into the display in the now-right order, and do this... and then we only need a face. Anyone want to make a new face for the backwards mounted display?


ISTR there already is an "upside-down display" config setting when compiling the Kernel (at least, the Hijack version) - no idea if it works or not.

Edit: Of course, you would have to invert the IR input too as all the lows would be highs and vice versa now


Edited by mdavey (15/10/2004 20:43)
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