Project Manager: Um , so we can start today to have a first idea of what we want to do what are our experiments with remote control , and any idea ? So , if you have some experience , good or bad , with remote controls you can share it and say what you f what is your idea . Anything .
Industrial Designer: Okay .
Marketing: Well , from experience , um I've had remote controls in the past that have had very they've had lots and lots of buttons and they've been very small , and it's been very hard to to to use , because there's so many buttons , and you know it's very hard to see which buttons do what , and the buttons are very small and very hard to press . Um and and normally you only every use , you know , on a T_V_ remote you only ever use , mostly , you know , f four or f six buttons . Um .
Project Manager: Mm .
Industrial Designer: Oh .
Marketing: So it's frustrated me in the past , th that .
Industrial Designer: Okay , I have also some points uh . Maybe two points . Uh first would be that in current remote controls there is no back light , so if you are if you are uh playing with this in the dark room it's it's probably worth to to have something like uh back light .
Project Manager: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: And maybe it could be also dependant on the the amount of of light in the room , so that if if it's in the day it doesn't need to be back lighted because it works on the battery , so . So something like this . And the second thing , f second point from me would be that in a normal remote control there is uh there are two buttons for volume control .
Project Manager: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: But I prefer like a potential-meter or something like .
Marketing: Ah , okay . Okay .
Industrial Designer: You know , some slider or Project Manager: Okay .
Industrial Designer: Not just two discrete buttons for volume ,
User Interface: Mm-hmm .
Marketing: Okay , n Industrial Designer: but something which Project Manager: Mm-hmm . Yeah .
Marketing: Is that because the of the discrete volume levels , or is that
Industrial Designer: Yeah , but I can reach In uh one second I can mute it down , or or make a high volume .
Project Manager: Are you not afraid that if you take your remote control you can move the slide and it could  the the volume can go up very quickly
Marketing: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: Ah , n .
Project Manager: and it can Industrial Designer: If it drops to the floor then it starts to scream .
Project Manager: Yeah , also if y when you take the the remote control , for example on the table , you take it and you push the button and everything is very loud , and
Industrial Designer: Yeah , f It depends what what you feel about that .
Project Manager: you have a heart attack . Okay .
Marketing: Yeah .
Industrial Designer: Yeah but we can we can think of these things afterwards , but if you have some more notes on that .
Project Manager: Yeah so you can User Interface: Uh I Yeah ,
Project Manager: Do you have something ?
User Interface: just a simple experience . I uh I prefer um remote control working with radio waves , because remote control working with infra-red rays you should you should you should keep it in a specific direction and then try it hard to tune .
Project Manager: Yeah , that's true . Yeah without obstacles and .
Industrial Designer: Okay .
Project Manager: Okay . Let's continue .
Industrial Designer: Um .

Summary: When there are many buttons on the remote control, it's hard to see each buttons' function and it's hard to press small buttons. Remote control without backlight was inconvenient to use in a dark room. Remote control without a potential-meter for volume control couldn't be used to mute the TV down or make a high volume in a second. When using remote control working with infra-red rays, users should keep it in a specific direction and it's hard to tune.