VL System M·Play Blast
By
Siggy Moersch,
published on March 20, 2006
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: htpc, remote, possibilities
Source: Tom's Guide US | Keywords: htpc, remote, possibilities
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Soundgraph IMon Knob: External USB Receiver
- 3. Pros And Cons
- 4. Soundgraph IMON VFD: Nice Multifunction Display
- 5. Soundgraph IMON VFD, Cont'd
- 6. Pros And Cons
- 7. Multi-Median: The iMON User Interface
- 8. Multi-Median, Cont'd
- 9. Multi-Median, Continued
- 10. Thermaltake Media Lab: Remote Plus Robust VFD Display
- 11. Thermaltake Media Lab, continued
- 12. Pros And Cons
- 13. Thermaltake Multi-Median
- 14. Thermaltake Multi-Median, Continued
- 15. iMON Manager
- 16. iMON Manager, Continued
- 17. iMON Manager, Continued
- 18. VL System: M·Play times three
- 19. VL System M·Play 202: Full Functionality Only For MCE 2005
- 20. VL System M·Play 202, Cont'd
- 21. Pros And Cons
- 22. VL System M·Play Blast
- 23. Pros And Cons
- 24. VL System M·Play Mini
- 25. Pros And Cons
- 26. The Media Home Center Software For The M·Play Series
- 27. Media Home Center Software, Cont'd
- 28. Media Home Center Software, Continued
- 29. Summary And Conclusions
22. VL System M·Play Blast
Retail box
The M·Play Blast includes not only a front panel VFD and a remote control, but also a self-regulating fan controller. The functions and symbols on the display are the same as on the M·Play 202. What's new is monitoring functions for two fans plus a temperature sensor. The fan controller reacts to sensor readings: when temperatures exceed a user-settable threshold, fan speed will increase to provide additional cooling. When the temperature drops below the threshold, the M·Play Blast will lower the fan speed back down again.
Three options windows are used to establish temperature and fan speed settings. Auxiliary display functions, such as a status indicator while burning a DVD, become available only when running Windows MCE 2005.
The VFD unit fits into any empty 5.25" drive bay
Here's how the M-Play Blast software identifies itself
Various displays from the VFD
After identifying the M·Play hardware, the software turns on supported functions
The Basic Setup screen
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