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Use the Favorite Visuals feature.

Thanks! I have used the empeg for about 4 years and didn’t think it was possible that there were features built in that I hadn’t yet discovered 

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Customizable display modes. You can edit the XML to lay out the text on the display any way you want it. With or without flashing and distracting visuals. Also has song "ranking" feature… having lyrics scrolling on your car dashboard is so mind-bendingly cool as to induce spontaneous combustion.

2 things. Is there a guide to making the changes (or is there going to be)? And this whole lyrics thing DOES sound cool. But I listen to so much punk rock and indie music, I doubt there’s going to be any lyrics out there and I have thousands of sounds. I have thought about picking one album and testing it out, but because of the time delay switching songs and the flashing visuals, I had put it off. But I will turn the visuals off and may feel completely different.

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The relevant FAQ entry to edit config.ini is here.

Right! Thanks, that’s what I had done before but it’s been awhile.

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what is the username and password for ftp?

I was able to log in, but when I tried to rename a file, I got a 553 error. I figured I was in as a user without write access to the file, but apparently that’s not the case. Any idea why I wouldn’t have been able to rename config.ini.pre-emphatic to config.bak? here is what I tried:
ftp> ren config.ini.pre-emphatic config.bak
350 Next command required.
451 Internal error.
ftp> del config.ini.pre-emphatic
550 Failed.
ftp>

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The hush feature is activated by one of the buttons on the Rio Remote

Ok, I never use the remote, I’ll check it out.

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9. is there a quicker way to switch between aux in and empeg from the front panel besides the 7 button pushes i do now? i know with emphatic i could just hold in the button on the right, but that's not enough to make it worth using for me.

Two ways.

1. You can do shortcuts to specific menu items by pressing the corresponding number key on the remote. Similar to the first trick listed here.

2. You can configure hijack so that a short knob-press swtiches sources.

Thanks, that worked for me. since my tuner is on the aux line, this is a good solution.

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It's meant to be a rotary encoder that is turned gently with fingertip control on its top surface.

It just feels ‘slippery’ to me, not that it slips on the shaft. I’ll see if I can come up with something grippy…

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Wait for a more stable release before you try it.

Sorry if my comments came across as not being ready to try out pre-release software. I’ve actually tested software professionally for years, and put many of the beta 2 software on. The information about this product is so scattered, I honestly did not even think to search the FAQ for the answers. Most of the questions had been nagging at me for some time and I have not been on the message boards for months. That being said, I would love to give the alpha 3 a try if that’s possible.

Thanks for such a comprehensive reply!