The color of the status LED in standby (again...)

[kingen]

Okay, this has been posted before, but the issue is still the same. To me it seems really unintuiative that the status LED is white in standby. Sure, it's dimmer, but in a sunny room that doesn't say much without a reference. All my other units, like most units in hifi history, have a red standby LED. I really think this should be changed, both for the sake of function and esthetics. If this seem annoying to some people, at least provide a configuration option to switch between the two.

Please!

 

[slartibartfast]

That's not the point. What's important is an easily readable indicator, not just white-white.

Why is it important though? Does it make a difference to you if it is in standby mode or not?

 

[taube Taube]

Yeah, in that case it's a real issue. I've had cases when friends stream from their phones, I turn off the preamp when we leave, and they don't stop the stream and it keeps playing. With unlimited internet it's not an issue though. I'm just happy "at a glance" to see that everything is in standby, while other people might not care.

The most interesting thing is that, as the elders claim, the indicator in standby mode was red a long time ago, but I wasn't around back then. Honestly, I wonder what the developers were thinking when they changed this?

 

[slartibartfast]

Perhaps. Thankfully, even though my eyes are old, I don't have issues seeing the LED. My point was that the OP stated a preference for the LED to be Red or Off when the WiiM is in Standby. I simply confirmed that LED off is easily achievable.

If the LED was off in Standby how would you know the device was still connected to mains power?

 

[taube Taube]

Why is it important though?

Yes, I explained above.

 

[Erebus]

If the LED was off in Standby how would you know the device was still connected to mains power?

Indeed. Once again, I was stating that LED Off is achievable for anyone who may choose to do so.

 

[taube Taube]

LED Off is achievable for anyone

And LED On too!

 

[slartibartfast]

Yes, I explained above.

Well you said
"I also don't care what color it is in standby mode or if it's off, the main thing is that you can distinguish this state at a glance".
Why does it matter what state the player is in? I can tell if mine is playing and if it isn't playing it goes into standby after 2 minutes but I don't see any benefit in knowing which state it is in.

 

[taube Taube]

Well you said
"I also don't care what color it is in standby mode or if it's off, the main thing is that you can distinguish this state at a glance".
Why does it matter what state the player is in? I can tell if mine is playing and if it isn't playing it goes into standby after 2 minutes but I don't see any benefit in knowing which state it is in.

"For me, this isn't just a wish or a perfectionist pursuit. I have a limited internet connection and an external power amplifier, and a couple of times Wiim has already wasted my internet while the amplifier was off."

 

[QuarryHunslet]

The RGB LED fitted in these devices is quite basic, and doesn't produce very good colours.

There isn't a specific colour for when the device is out of standby, and can be either white, green, light green, or orange, depending on which input is selected. The same is true for the standby LED colour, all depending on which input is selected.

These colours also look very different, depending on what angle you are viewing the LED from.

 

[taube Taube]

The RGB LED fitted in these devices is quite basic, and doesn't produce very good colours.

There isn't a specific colour for when the device is out of standby, and can be either white, green, light green, or orange, depending on which input is selected. The same is true for the standby LED colour, all depending on which input is selected.

These colours also look very different, depending on what angle you are viewing the LED from.

Thank you so much for finding for me something to do! I spent a long time circling the WiiM, switching inputs. There's a little bit of that, but it's not critical, and it's at a very steep angle.

 

[slartibartfast]

"For me, this isn't just a wish or a perfectionist pursuit. I have a limited internet connection and an external power amplifier, and a couple of times Wiim has already wasted my internet while the amplifier was off."

I have my subwoofer on the same smartplug as my WiiM Amp. One workaround would be connecting your Amplifier and WiiM to a smartplug. No need to worry about standby then.