Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD

Posted by: bodybag

Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 12:22

What is this? Small icon that looks like a battery come on intermittantly during operation of the player when it's in the car.
Posted by: fusto

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 12:28

This means that there was/is a power dip in the power being routed to the empeg.
During car start up this could be fairly normal, during regular use this could be a "bad thing" TM.

Read this:
http://www.riocar.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=FAQ&file=index&myfaq=yes&id_cat=8#205
Posted by: bodybag

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 12:42

Thanks a bunch, didn't see that in the FAQ's
Posted by: fusto

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 12:44

No sweat.

Z~
Posted by: AndrewT

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 17:24

Do I detect the distinct possibility of the car player giving a voltage readout of the car's electrical system, erm, yeah, maybe
Is this really possible, does the player have an A-D convertor hooked up to the +12v line or is it fixed (hardware) voltage threshold detection?

Rue
Posted by: fusto

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 17:28

ooh!
Somebody's thinking...

Z~
Posted by: AndrewT

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 17:48

LOL, well it's no biggie, more of an "if it can be done" kinda thing. It would probably help some people and satisfy the curiosity of others (me for one!).

If I were posting this over on the Wish List forum I'd ask for it to be (optionally) overlaid onto the 'Track' display somewhere.
Rue
Posted by: tman

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 12/03/2002 19:35

Afraid not. Hugo says it is a simple potential divider here which means you can't tell what the voltage is. Only that it's dropped below the value set by the component values.

- Trevor
Posted by: AndrewT

Re: Battery icon in upper left corner of VFD - 13/03/2002 18:33

tman,
Thanks for the reply - that about closes the matter I guess<g>

Rue