For you guys that have the 3000 remotes.. Is the touch screen more responsive to selecting a button. On my 2000 I sometimes have to try the on screen selection a couple of times before the IR command is sent.

I'm getting itchy fingers to get one of these remotes and have been waiting for Daniels review, but I don't know if I can wait much longer.




This message was edited by Archer on 02/10/03 01:33.

The TSU3000 touch screen is OK. Is more responsive than my TS1000.

But, the hard buttons (and I was planning on opening a thread with this) they are HARD. You have to press real hard to get the command sent (at least the four on the scroll wheel, and on the sides).

I think I will get used to that, but I wanted to navigate the menus on the DVD and TV as fast as I changed channels on the TS1000, but the fact that the TSU3000 is still slow sending IR and that the hard buttons are really HARD won't let me go that fast.

Also, (sorry if I am out of your question) the hard buttons are very noisy. When you change channels you hear two "tap" sounds, one on the first press and the other when you let go the button. I liked the silence of the TS1000. I will get used to that too, I like this remote.

Willy.

This message was edited by willy4360 on 02/07/03 18:42.

The tap sound which comes when you press the LCD and buttons can be controlled by the settings. To do it, click on the activity icon (the one before the device overview button). It will take you to the settings page. Use PageDown to goto the second page where you can control the sound settings.
If you feel that the animations are slow, you can turn them off also using the settings in the same page so that your pronto responds faster.
- alsuba.

First. The "TAP" sound comes from the hardware. The sound you are refering to is a "BEEP" wich I have turned OFF in the software settings. Everytime you press a hard button you hear this "TAP" twice, one when you press the button and another when you let go the hardbutton.

And the hard buttons are realyy hard. You have to press them strong enough to make them preform the action.

Second. I am not talking about animations, wich I have set to OFF. It is the overall performance of the remote. It is slow. When I press a button, the action is not performed instantaneously (a jump, an IR command). Even sending IR commands are slow in macros.

Anyway I think the speed of the remote may be fix by a firmware?

alsuba: do you have this remote? maybe you can share your thoughts...

Willy.

Willy, I misunderstood what you have meant. Now, its clear. Yes, I agree with you that the hardbuttons (the buttons on the side and the firmkeys) gives a Tap sound when pressed and released and this may be annoying to users.

I agree with this also.

I was not clear in my explaination. That was just a bit of additional info (unrelated to ur question) I thought of giving.

Yes,I have a TSU3000 remote with me. When I tried out some steps after seeing ur comment, I identified this strange thing:
I had set my button beep to zero (no beep) and then I downloaded a new PCF file. The setting still showed No beep but it was actually beeping. When I altered the settings again, I was able to set it into No beep mode. Maybe, you can also try this.
An extra info: I tried to measure the speed of IR transmission by changing channels in a TV. I counted approximately 65 channel changes in a minute.
- alsuba

Thanks for your comments!

I measured the speed of a jump and it takes 3.28 secs to go from one page to another, can u believe that? 3 SECONDS! My TS1000 takes 2.20 secs to do the same jump.

Try a macro to change channels... slow, even with the new firmware.

That's what is giving me problems with my plasma menu, I can't navigate the menu with a macro, and I've tried everything. I am waiting for a new firmware.

Willy.