Scifi Hifi

About the Dual MN 8010, the remarkable retro stereo set you've never heard of, that has a removable GUI (Graphical User Interface).

4 notes:
1. The clock reset is actually by design and described in the manual.
2. I mixed up Left and Right and one point (one of my specialties)
3. The tone function actually bypasses bass/treble settings
4. It sounds quite good, especially the amplifier seems quite crisp, with better speakers it can sound even better.

0:00 Why
1:03 History
2:42 MN 8010 G
4:22 Power on
5:08 Removing the control unit
5:33 Comparing with other remotes
6:04 How it communicates
6:31 The battery
7:59 More drawbacks
8:16 Basic operation
9:12 GUI demo
9:57 LCD display patterns
10:27 GUI demo continues
13:24 Conclusion
13:43 Next planned video
13:58 You can stop watching

[markrolston]

Wow. surprised to see this pop up. I designed this interface back in 1994 while at frogdesign. It's a handmade interface, written in machine code, running on a moto 6508 with 128kb ram- totally custom hardware and software build. Everything is custom drawn, even the fonts, as 4 bit art. And it supports a bunch of different languages. I have two sitting here at my desk at work. They still work.

[theslowmoguys]

I’ll watch anything this channel makes.

[SquimpusMcGrimpus]

your editing is always so nice. very stylized and professional, but not in an in-your-face way. like a good documentary

[nikolaknezevic]

I love how this thing gives off a late 20th century retro futurism vibe, like if the internet never existed sound systems like this would be everywhere.

[salimsirieh]

The user interface is so timeless it made me speechless! Never in my life have I seen something so well designed and so much ahead of its time. I mean the whole design is timeless, but the graphic interface, wow that is something! It still feels modern.

[GGYThere]

honestly i quite like the way they implemented the controls on this device, just a few quality of life tweaks and youve got a beautiful machine

[stevendodd]

Found your channel fairly recently from your mouse cursor video and have binged almost all of your content since. I’m shocked you haven’t grown sooner!

[collincole]

@posy - Even with its flaws, I'm proud to have worked on this for several years in the '90s. Still a good example of how design ideas (some great, some naive) fare when they hit the realities of product economics, engineering and manufacturing realities.

[malancheril]

OMG! What a blast from the past. Really enjoyed working on this and the video brought back so many memories. He says there was never a pull out remote like this. That's true for home audio but this was inspired by car audio systems with removable faces for security reasons. The original proposal was to have a GUI on the device and have a standard SONY-style remote. But that would require our users to learn two different systems. The removable car stereo inspired this (coincidentally I had one in my little pickup truck).

Also love seeing all the graphics. I remember the constraint of no color - just 256 shades of grey.

Posy, thanks for posting this. And you did it on my wedding anniversary - what a gift!

[greatvedas]

Cannot appreciate enough, how well the video is made. I am able to appreciate this dual player so much because of your amazing presentation that explores every hidden functionality & clear explanation. Chapeau!

[zo]

The way my jaw dropped seeing how the remote was removed from the docking station! What a fabulous piece of design, your presentation of these machines that I would never normally think about is so exciting. Keep up the great work!

[banjofries]

Man. The simple styled black-to-white GUI really gives a sense of nostalgia for similar types of GUI that showed up on websites, mp3 players, and software in the early 2000s.
It reminds me of one person in particular I really wish I payed more attention to before they got taken off the internet.
Thanks for showing this off for all of us.

[EilonwyWanderer]

The blue one is the same color as the Game Boy Advance SP I had back in the day!

Very very interesting and bizarre system. Great to see you cover it!

[CalebsBoring]

The little cry the remote gives before death when the battery is flat, is just so... adorable, sad, funny and frightening all at the same time.

[kaylzshter]

How the hell did you turn a review for obscure tech into actual video art. Your presentation, music, editing, narration, and storytelling are just fantastic! Bravo!

[tiggerbiggo]

I really like your music, it's refreshing to hear unique sounds rather than stock music and it's great that you put the effort in to make a backing track for your video work, wanted to let you know I appreciate it :)

[BjornNordseth]

The production value of these videos is just insane. Every segment is well-edited and thought through, and the sound-mixing is perfect. Thank you!

[amplifierheadache]

Absolutely love the feel of every video I've watched from Posy! Truly worthy of anyone's time to watch. Also the music and little tidbits offered to the viewers and everyone else, i.e. cursors, music etc, is wonderful.

[JohnDaubSuperfan]

Wow, brings back so many memories, I *definitely* worked on this as well! In fact, I was the assistant (to the) lead designer. There's a few "easter eggs" hidden into the UI, hope you find them! 😉

[haqk]

Definitely a project of a talented and passionate staff member. Only someone with that kind of dedication would have put so much effort into getting the details in the GUI so pixel perfect.