OKAY WELCOME TO THE SECOND MEETING OF THIS UH DESIGN GROUP UM I'LL BRIEFLY GO THROUGH THE UH NOTES OF THE OF THE LAST MEETING UH JUST DONE IN IN NOTE FORM AND I HAVEN'T ATTRIBUTED ANYTHING TO INDIVIDUALS BECAUSE WE'RE WORKING STRICTLY AS A TEAM HERE AND UH N NOBODY'S WORKING EQUALLY SO UH UM WE WE S WE SAW THAT THE THE PROBLEMS WITH EXISTING REMOTE CONTROLS WERE THE UH B A BORING SHAPE AND BORING COLOUR UM AND AND WE S WE SAW THAT THE UM WHAT WE NEEDED TO DO WAS TO TO MAKE SURE THE DEVICE UM CONTROLS SEVERAL ITEMS THAT SWITCHING WAS EASY THAT YOU SHOULDN'T NEED TO POINT THE THING AT UH ANYTHING IN PARTICULAR UM THAT IT NEED TO BE CONTOURED TO MAKE IT INTERESTING THAT THE KEYS MIGHT BE CONCAVE SIMPLY BECAUSE THAT HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE THAT WE KNOW OF UM SHOULD HAVE INTERCHANGEABLE FASCIAS SO PEOPLE CAN PERSONALISE IT UM ILLUMINATED SO THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE IT IN DARK ROOMS UM AND THAT PEOPLE MIGHT WANT IT AS AS IN ADDITION TO THEIR EXISTING REMOTE CONTROLS UM AND THAT IT SH IT SHOULD JUST ALWAYS WORK WHENEVER YOU UH UM MM UH USE IT AND THAT IT SHOULDN'T BE TOO SMALL MM THAT IT IT GETS LOST UM NOW UH UH I'LL SHORTLY ASK FOR FOR THREE THREE PRESENTATIONS UH BEFORE I DO THAT HOWEVER I WILL GO THROUGH SOME NEW PROJECT REQUIREMENTS THAT UM THE THE MANAGEMENT HAVE PLACED ON US AND UH WILL BE CHALLENGING IN TERMS OF WHAT WE DISCUSSED AT THE FIRST MEETING UM THE UH THE MA THE MANAGEMENT HAS HAD IT'S OWN THOUGHTS ON THIS AND UH THE THEY DON'T NECESSARILY AGREE WITH WITH WHAT WE UH WE THOUGHT UM AND AND THEN WE'LL AS A RESULT OF THAT WE WILL THEN TALK THROUGH THE THE FUNCTIONS THAT WE SEE THE THE DEVICE UM ACTUALLY B CARRYING OUT AND WE HAVE UH FORTY MINUTES TO DO THIS IN AND I UH ANYWAY OKAY NOW THE N THE NEW REQUIREMENTS ARE UM THE THE MANAGEMENT TEAM SEE THAT UM TELETEXT IS NO LONGER OF ANY IMPORTANCE GIVEN THE UH THE RISE OF THE INTERNET UM AND AND THEY WANT IT ONLY TO COVER TELEVISIONS UM NOW WHAT IS NOT Q QUITE CLEAR FROM THEIR DIRECTIVE IS WHETHER THEY MEAN TH THEY DON'T WANT IT TO COVER TELETEXT OR WHETHER THEY DON'T WANT IT TO COVER YOU KNOW VIDEOS D. V. D. S UM SATELLITE BOXES WHICH UH I MEAN WE SAW AS BEING FUNDAMENTAL TO THE UH TO THE EXERCISE THE UM THE ACTUAL WORDING OF THE DIRECTIVE IS THAT IT SHOULD COVER TELEVISION ONLY UM AND ON THAT BASIS UM I I THINK WE WE NEED TO BEAR THAT IN MIND UM BUT POSSIBLY UH KEEP AT THE BACKS OF OUR MINDS THAT THE REALITY THAT PEOPLE EVEN WHEN THEY UH NO LONGER THEY DON'T LOOK AT TELETEXT ANYMORE THEY CERTAINLY DO LOOK AT OTHER THINGS UM THE DEVICE HAS TO INCORPORATE THE COMPANY LOGO AND COLOURS UM THE THE LOGO UH BEING AT B THE BOTTOM OF THE SCREEN THERE THE THE THE TWO R. S IN GREY AGAINST UH A YELLOW BACKGROUND UM NOW THIS DOESN'T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT WE HAVE TO GIVE UP SOME OF OUR IDEAS ABOUT MAKING IT ATTRACTIVE TO THE T TO THE MARKET BUT UH DO DO INTRODUCE SOME SOME CONSTRAINTS AS TO HOW WE MIGHT DO THAT UM IT ALSO HAS TO BE SIMPLE WHICH TO SOME EXTENT GOES ALONG W WITH THE FIRST ONE AND THAT WE'VE ALREADY SAID THAT IT MUST BE SIMPLE 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT ANYWAY UM BUT THEY ALSO WANT IT TO BE SIMPLE TO GET IT TO THE MARKET QUICKLY WHICH UM MM UH IS IS IS THEIR CHOICE BUT UH UM WE WE NEED TO TALK THAT THROUGH UM OKAY SO UH AFTER THE MEETING IT'LL BE SUMMARISED AND UH UM NOTES SENT OUT AND UH ETCETERA OKAY SO WE'LL FIRST OF ALL MM HAVE INDIVIDUAL REPORTS FROM EVERYBODY UM AGAIN I THERE IS NO ORDER OF PRECEDENCE HERE UM SO I I I'LL LEAVE IT UP TO YOU TO WHO WHO WHO THINKS THEY WOULD LIKE TO GO GO FIRST UH I DON'T MIND UH CAN I STEAL THE CABLE OH SORRY YOU CAN INDEED CHEERS I GOT A HOW DO I START THERE OH IF YOU CLICK ON THE UM UH THE ONE THAT THAT LOOKS LIKE A PROJECTION SCREEN NO THE ONE TO THE RIGHT OF THAT THAT ONE COOL WELL THESE ARE FUNCTIONALITY REQUIREMENTS FROM THE OUR OUR GUYS DOWN IN THE THE RESEARCH LAB TOOK HUNDRED PEOPLE AND COVERED ALL THE ASPECTS OF WHAT UM IS NEEDED BY PEOPLE AND WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE UM EVERYTHING KINDA FROM FUNCTIONALITY AND HOW INDIVIDUAL FUNCTIONS ARE HOW MU HOW HOW OFTEN THEY'RE USED AND HOW MUCH THEIR NECESSARY AND STUFF AND GENERAL OPINIONS ABOUT CURRENT CURRENT REMOTES SEE THAT AS WE KINDA NOTICED SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF PEOPLE FIND THEIR REMOTE CONTROLS UGLY SO SOME KIND OF A NEW STYLE SHOULD BE INCORPORATED THAT'S LESS UGLY UH ALONG WITH UM LOOKING LESS UGLY IF IT LOOKS BETTER EIGHTY PERCENT OF PEOPLE SAID THEY'D SPEND MORE MONEY ON IT WHICH IS A A PLUS FOR US IF WE CAN MAKE IT LOOK BETTER IT'D BE UH MORE COST EFFECTIVE AND WE CAN PUT THE PRICE UP CURRENT REMOTE CONTROLS DO NOT MATCH THE OPERATING BEHAVIOUR OF THE USER I CAN EMPL I KINDA TAKE THAT TO MEAN AS UM THEY THEY DON'T UH THEY YEAH THEY ONLY USE THEY ONLY WORK FOR THE TELEVISION OR YEAH LIKE AS IN IN MY FLAT I'VE GOT SIX REMOTE CONTROLS FOR A STEREO SYSTEM A DIGITAL BOX A D. V. D. PLAYER A VIDEO PLAYER AND T. V. IF IT WAS UH I MEAN TH MY BEHAVIOUR IS TO USE MULTIPLE THINGS AT THE SAME TIME AND MULTIPLE REMOTES AREN'T REALLY MATCHED WELL TO MY BEHAVIOUR UH AGAIN SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT IS SEVENTY FIVE PERCENT OF USERS SAY THEY ZAP A LOT I TOOK TO MEAN THAT THEY JUST THEY USE IT A LOT THEY USE IT REGULARLY RATHER THAN STANDING UP AND MANUALLY CHANGE CHANNELS OR VOLUME AND UH YEAH UH I THINK THE BIG ISSUE IS FIFTY PERCENT USERS ONLY USE TEN PERCENT OF THE BUTTONS 'CAUSE UH WH IF WE GOT A REMOTE THAT LIKE WELL WE'LL HAVE SOME BUTTONS TAKEN OFF BY THE LACK OF TELETEXT BUT UH OH AND WE'RE GOING TO SEE UH ON THE UH THAT SOME OF THE FUNCTIONS LIKE AUDIO SETTINGS AREN'T H HARDLY EVER USED AND USED VERY AREN'T CONSIDERED RELEVANT BY THE USER SO I THINK MAYBE FEWER BUTTONS WHICH ALSO MAKE THE DESIGN LOOK SLEEKER I DUNNO UH UM YEAH AND UH FRUSTRATIONS OF LIKE PEOPLE LOSING REMOTE CONTROL I DUNNO MAYBE SOME KIND OF SYSTEM OF YOU PRESS A BUTTON ON THE T. V. OR MAYBE THAT'S B IT WOULD HAVE TO INCORPORATE BUT LIKE SOME KIND OF SYSTEM WHERE YOU CAN F USE SOMETHING ELSE TO FIND THE REMOTE CONTROL