[slinkelist] Help with Device Files

[AndyStein@aol.com]

    I just installed the latest nonbeta version of CDJ (4/11/00).  I would 
like CDJ automatically to switch to the proper input on my Yamaha RX-V995 
when I select a track or disc, whether by double-clicking or by running a 
playlist.

    However, the closest model I find in the Devices/Yamaha folder is in the 
file yamaha_vs71360_rx-v890_dsp_receiver.cde.  Is the RX-V890, which I assume 
this file controls, close enough to my RX-V995 that everything should work 
with minimal change? I once had a significantly lower model number of Yamaha 
receiver that appeared to use the same remote that my RX-V995 uses.

    In addition, as I mentioned in an earlier post, I have one additional 
dilemma.  The RX-V995 assigns names to each input, e.g., VCR, CD, TV.  The CD 
input connects to one analog and one digital device and advances from mode to 
mode--CD Auto, CD DTS, and CD Analog--with each press of the remote's CD 
button.  I need CDJ to select the proper CD input (CD Auto or CD Analog) when 
I choose a track or disc.  The potential problem seems to be that the RX-V995 
defaults to CD Auto (digital) mode on the first manual press of the remote's 
CD button, then advances to CD DTS mode on the next manual press, and finally 
ends on CD Analog mode on the third press.  The fourth press sets the mode to 
default CD Auto.  But if one sets the mode to CD Analog and then uses the 
remote to switch to, say, VCR 1, the next press of the remote's CD button 
returns the RX-V995 to its last CD mode, in this case CD Analog.  And if CDJ 
wants to play a track on a CD connected to the CD Auto (digital) port, CDJ 
will have no way to know in what CD mode the RX-V995 last sat and thus will 
not be able to choose between CD Auto (digital), CD DTS, and CD Analog.  Can 
anyone think of a way for CDJ to distinguish CD modes? Perhaps some kind of 
counter could remember the number of presses of the remote's CD button and 
thus would know the correct number of additional presses required to advance 
the CD mode to the proper input.

    Since I cannot program, I remain unsure how to proceed.  Thanks for your 
help.


    Andrew