Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time?

Posted by: tfabris

Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 31/07/2000 18:20

I can't reliably reproduced this, but it seems to me that sometimes the "hold the bottom button to toggle vis/info" feature doesn't work the first time I try it after a reboot. Many times I've held the bottom button but it didn't switch until I released it and did it a second time.

Has anyone had this happen to them, and can anyone reliably reproduce it?

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Tony Fabris
Posted by: bobo

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 01:56

I noticed this effect too..
but I also can't reproduce it exectly.

bobo

Posted by: Geoff

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 02:12

I've noticed it since about 12b, and it seems to happen quite often. I think it happens to me most often if the volume indicator is displayed, although I have seen it happen occasionally at other times.

Trying to reproduce it is more likely to cause me to crash the car than having the visuals on but I will have a look at it again later.

Geoff
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Got one of the first Mark 2 empegs...
Posted by: TommyE

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 03:48

I have noticed it too, from time to time. Don't know why or when.

TommyE

Posted by: Nils

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 05:14

Well, it's time for a good Ol' well hated "MEEE TOOOO"


Nils :-)


Posted by: tfabris

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 09:22

Hmm, here's an idea. It seems to happen to me mostly when I first get into the car. Does it happen only the first time after a switch from AC to DC power?

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Tony Fabris
Posted by: Nils

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 12:32

Could be true, Tony, the only 2 times i remember, i still was in the garage :-)

Nils
P.S. But at which other time should i use the function anyways ?? its always my first keypresses

EMPEG People, didnt you want to change the behaviour to simply get back to the last setting before switching off ?? it is annoying this way ....

-from text only switching to full screen vis, them having to switch on info-line ...


Posted by: Geoff

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 12:42

If it is a deliberate decision, i.e. kind of an "Are you SURE you want these distracting visuals flickering away in the corner where they may make you crash and damage your lovely car, or worse, hurt someone?" then I can live with it. Pressing the button twice, the first time I get in the car is no big deal.

But if it is a bug, and is going to happen randomly on other occasions, obviously it would be nice to have it fixed.

Of course, if it's between this and the 'skipping' bug, I know which I'd rather have fixed

Geoff
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Got one of the first Mark 2 empegs...
Posted by: rob

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 01/08/2000 15:21

It's certainly not deliberate. I THINK it could be a bug related to one of the PIC's (and not specific to the bottom button) in which case it's not likely to get fixed (as the PIC code is not re-writable).

Hugo is the person to say for sure, though...

Rob


Posted by: altman

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 02/08/2000 01:32

I don't think it's a PIC problem, the button ups & downs are fine. The issue used to be a lot worse in earlier releases - I thought it had been fixed, in fact. Back on beta11 is happened all the time.

Hugo


Posted by: Big John

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 02/08/2000 02:31

Hi Tony,

I can't reliably reproduced this, but it seems to me that sometimes the "hold the bottom button to toggle vis/info" feature doesn't work the first time I try it after a reboot. Many times I've held the bottom button but it didn't switch until I released it and did it a second time.

Has anyone had this happen to them, and can anyone reliably reproduce it?

Happens to me every time I turn the player on. Takes two goes to get the bottom button hold-in feature to work, it's fine after the 1st time. This is on the MKI with beta12C and is quite repeatable.

Regards,


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John, (MK1 114-20G, MK2 15-36G).
Posted by: mac

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 02/08/2000 07:38

John thinks he's fixed this one. Should be in the next release.

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Mike Crowe
I may not be speaking on behalf of empeg above :-)
Posted by: tfabris

Re: Hold bottom button doesn't work 1st time? - 03/08/2000 15:54

John thinks he's fixed this one. Should be in the next release.

FYI- Happened to me twice today on my lunch hour, after installing RC1.

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Tony Fabris