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Post by jbeede on Mar 30, 2011 23:22:51 GMT -5
Gen Y'ers please move on to the next post...  Has anyone hacked their usp-1 to dim or shutdown the volume control's blue halo illumination? I tried doing a search for this but came up empty. I do 99% of my listening at night and the blue halo has got to go! |
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Post by Pauly on Mar 31, 2011 0:22:33 GMT -5
Yes, yes, yes I agree. Although I don't have a USP, but the same goes for the power buttons on my XPA-5 and UMC-1. If you're going to put runway lights on a piece of gear, I wish they would make every light dimmable or able to shut down completely. My gear is right below my TV, and we only watch movies and TV at night in very low light(so it looks the best) and the lights still drive me crazy after all this time lol.
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Post by villock on Mar 31, 2011 1:32:26 GMT -5
No way. I say the lights stay! I love the look of my gear
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2011 1:41:27 GMT -5
Villock, you dingbat, these guys are simply asking for an option to dim the ridiculously bright and obnoxious light. You can keep yours on and burn out your retinas if you like. Frankly I wish Emo would address this problem. And it IS a problem.
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Post by bobbyt on Mar 31, 2011 1:51:34 GMT -5
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Post by Pauly on Mar 31, 2011 2:00:42 GMT -5
Yeah, I actually love the lights, but they just really need to add the option to dim them down or all the way off preferably. They made the other lights dimmable, why not the power buttons? I like them in a bright room with a bunch of sunlight coming in, but when the lights go out, and it's movie time, I want my gear to disappear. These blue power buttons in a dark room light up like the Vegas strip.
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Post by villock on Mar 31, 2011 3:56:35 GMT -5
Villock, you dingbat, these guys are simply asking for an option to dim the ridiculously bright and obnoxious light. You can keep yours on and burn out your retinas if you like. Frankly I wish Emo would address this problem. And it IS a problem. -RW- Hey rlw I know that. I was just showing some love for the lights. But I believe the title of the thread is the blue halo has got to go. What do you think they should do? I've got the perfect solution for you. Turn your gear around and have it face the wall that way you don't have to look at those ridiculously bright and obnoxious lights. Your Welcome |
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Post by Nemesis.ie on Mar 31, 2011 4:11:19 GMT -5
No way. I say the lights stay! I love the look of my gear Sure, leave them, but have a switch to power them off. All the black tape over my gear kind of ruins the look of it. |
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Post by Nemesis.ie on Mar 31, 2011 4:12:50 GMT -5
Villock, you dingbat, these guys are simply asking for an option to dim the ridiculously bright and obnoxious light. You can keep yours on and burn out your retinas if you like. Frankly I wish Emo would address this problem. And it IS a problem. -RW- Hey rlw I know that. I was just showing some love for the lights. But I believe the title of the thread is the blue halo has got to go. What do you think they should do? I've got the perfect solution for you. Turn your gear around and have it face the wall that way you don't have to look at those ridiculously bright and obnoxious lights. Your Welcome Of course if you do that, you need to buy an IR repeater or you will likely not be able to operate the unit. |
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Post by RPA-1 man on Mar 31, 2011 5:50:07 GMT -5
I know that it's not possible for everyone to do this, but I have my gear on the same side of the room as my seating. I don't see the lights unless I actually turn and look at the gear.
I do agree that a dim option for all lights would be nice though.
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Post by villock on Mar 31, 2011 6:00:00 GMT -5
Hey rlw I know that. I was just showing some love for the lights. But I believe the title of the thread is the blue halo has got to go. What do you think they should do? I've got the perfect solution for you. Turn your gear around and have it face the wall that way you don't have to look at those ridiculously bright and obnoxious lights. Your Welcome Of course if you do that, you need to buy an IR repeater or you will likely not be able to operate the unit. Easy, tape a mirror to the wall. Problem solved. |
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Post by pitbullmike on Mar 31, 2011 8:51:51 GMT -5
Of course if you do that, you need to buy an IR repeater or you will likely not be able to operate the unit. Easy, tape a mirror to the wall. Problem solved. But than they will see the reflection of the obnoxious lights again  I luv da lights  |
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Post by Porscheguy on Mar 31, 2011 9:05:08 GMT -5
I don't directly look at my gear as it is off to the side. I see a lot of guys pile their gear under TV/Screens and then I agree it looks like a Xmas tree. When you look at my screen thats all you see...
I like the blue lights. Makes me feel like the cops are chasing me.... :-)
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Post by rclark on Mar 31, 2011 13:39:26 GMT -5
The lights are a nice touch and definitely add a wow factor when people see the gear for the first time, but it would be nice to be able to shut them off completely.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2011 20:03:47 GMT -5
Villock, you dingbat, these guys are simply asking for an option to dim the ridiculously bright and obnoxious light. You can keep yours on and burn out your retinas if you like. Frankly I wish Emo would address this problem. And it IS a problem. -RW- O man, dingbat??? LMAO!!! I never get tired of someone saying that! |
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Post by xki on Mar 31, 2011 21:29:13 GMT -5
I'll just bet that with about 3 feet of 22 gauge wire, a SPST toggle switch (or cheapo potentiometer), a 1/4" drill bit, a soldering gun, and a screwdriver, our prayers could be answered. (Not for the timid.)
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Post by jbeede on Mar 31, 2011 22:01:30 GMT -5
I wonder if the blue halo is some of homage to the vacuum tube. I had a small vacuum tube headphone amp from China... it came with a blue LED under the 12au7 socket to add more light since the filament didn't give enough glow, I guess. I sold it to a young guy and when he noticed the bright blue LED I offered to disconnect it for him. "No way! I like it" he said.  Tube glow I like. LED glow... not so much. |
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Post by redsoxfan on Apr 1, 2011 0:07:18 GMT -5
try a dry erase marker or a sharpie if the tape looks bad  |
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Post by Pauly on Apr 1, 2011 0:08:34 GMT -5
I was thinking about that redsox. Is that what you did?
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Post by flamingeye on Apr 5, 2011 13:26:21 GMT -5
I remember long ago Emo stated that it would add quit a bit to the price and is hard to put a dimmer in because it can intrados noise if not done right , but anyway my IPS-1 can be dimmed pretty low and turned off so they can do it it`s just costly and pretty tricky to implement I guess
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