Preamplifier: Sony TA-E9000ES, with TA-N9000ES Power Amp CD Player: Sony CDP-X779ES DVD Player: Sony DVP-S7700 DSS Receiver 1: Hughes HIRD-4532 Platinum DSS Receiver 2: Sony SAT-3 DVHS Recorder: Hughes HDR-205 SVHS Recorder: Sony SLV-R1000 Television: Sony KW-34HD1 HDTV X-10 Power Control
Basic Layout ------------
The HOME page controls the preamp and links to all devices. Each device has its own page, except MD and Tape which are strictly manual and only preamp switching is required.
The page / frames layouts are as follows. An indented page means it's linked via an LCD button in the parent page's first frame.
Preamp (HOME) - 2 frames Setup - 3 frames CD - 3 frames DVD - 3 frames DSS 1 - 2 frames Station Channels - 2 frames Music Channels - 1 frame DSS 2 - 4 frames SVHS - 5 frames TV - 5 frames DVHS - 1 frame
Navigation ----------
The HOME page LCD contains links to all devices (duh! :-). In addition, from any device page, double-clicking buttons 1-7 will switch the T2 to a specific device page:
1 - DSS 1 2 - DVD 3 - CD 4 - DSS 2 5 - SVHS 6 - TV 7 - DVHS (from DSS 1 page only)
Device Selection ----------------
Holding the device button down in the HOME page no only switches to the device page as described in NAvigation, but also powers up the required devices and sets all the proper inputs. The two bottom music buttons set the system up for the DSS 1 device and go to either the classical or dance music channel. Holding down the power button in a device page will set the system up for that device also.
The Home / Preamp Page ----------------------
In addition to providing links to the devices as described above, I have set up the cursor buttons to select various favorite soundfields (normal click and hold providing different choices in some) and decoder modes, and the numeric keypad is split so that 1-6 select specific center speaker levels, and the 7-0, * and Enter select specific surround speaker levels.
Cursor Keys in the SVHS and DVD Pages -------------------------------------
These are set up so that normally they control the menu cursor, but when held control the transport (Right for play, Select for pause, Down for stop).
Three functions in one key! ---------------------------
This actually works really well! In both my DSS devices, the Guide key is programmed as follows:
Normal press: show the Guide Hold down: triggers the Info function Double-click: shows the options menu
Because you use the info function to get details in the guide, and the guide function to change the guide format, it all actually flows very well.
Hopefully we'll be able to load some configuration files soon! Cheers,
