MegaBUS

[Eero]

Hi all,


I've tried my best to translate posts with Babelfish, but the MegaBUS situation has not become entirely clear to me.. So, how is it doing? Will we soon se gadgets that can be hooked into it?

And what exactly are the possibilities of MegaBUS?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but the 5.1-setting seems to rely heavily on an external DVD-reader? Or is it possible to add DVD-reading capability into the current player?

And also, how is the User Interface translation tool proceeding?

[pipen]

MegaBUS is a hi-speed (10 MBps) extension bus for CDD. Up to ~30 external devices with different speed requirements can be attached to it.

Currently we are working on "ATA-PI Box" - external HDD unit. It will be a small box with: 2"5 HDD inside + MegaBUS interface for CDD attachment + USB2.0 for music uploading from PC.

Also other devices can be designed for MegaBUS (miscellaneous sensors, interfaces for 3rd party devices, etc). But we have no active projects for them at this time.

Regarding "5.1" speakers configuration: it means real SPEAKERS CONFIGURATION in a car. There are no 5.1 sound sources in CDD now, however support for them will be added in the future (e.g. compression file formtas such as AC3, or external DVD player/reader). But You can use "5.1" speakers configuration with stereo source right now.

And last Your Q: User Interface tool is not started yet (we have hard load with other tasks). I think that work starts in October-November.

[Eero]

Thanks, pipen!