Ah hah! Yes, I have seen this symbol as well and like you I have no idea
what they are trying to convey here. If it is an exclamation point, I agree
that it is poor execution. It doesn't look like one at all!

Richard

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>
> Richard Forester (nospam) wrote:
>> So are you saying that you never noticed the "&" symbol missing
> before or
>> that they actually do indeed show up on your radio?
>>
>> I'll look for the backward ">" that you describe.
>
> I took another look. What I described as a backward ">" is not quite.
> Just take the > and rotate it about 120 degrees counter-clockwise (such
> that the upper side is now vertical. Or in other words, it is a "Y"
> with the upper left segment missing. This appears at the end of words
> all the time, like it is an exclamation point. Makes no sense to me at
> all. Maybe it is supposed to be a slash. Poor execution.
>
> And I'm pretty sure there is no ampersand on my display. Never noticed
> before.
>
> JM
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Ah hah! Yes, I have seen this symbol as well and like you I have no idea
what they are trying to convey here. If it is an exclamation point, I agree
that it is poor execution. It doesn't look like one at all!

Richard

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>
> Richard Forester (nospam) wrote:
>> So are you saying that you never noticed the "&" symbol missing
> before or
>> that they actually do indeed show up on your radio?
>>
>> I'll look for the backward ">" that you describe.
>
> I took another look. What I described as a backward ">" is not quite.
> Just take the > and rotate it about 120 degrees counter-clockwise (such
> that the upper side is now vertical. Or in other words, it is a "Y"
> with the upper left segment missing. This appears at the end of words
> all the time, like it is an exclamation point. Makes no sense to me at
> all. Maybe it is supposed to be a slash. Poor execution.
>
> And I'm pretty sure there is no ampersand on my display. Never noticed
> before.
>
> JM
>



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Thanks to everyone who responded. I guess this is a more wide problem
than I thought and I feel better that it's not just my specific unit. I
agree that it's not really a big deal. It's just a detail that makes the
manufacturer come off looking like they don't know what they are doing. By
the way, I found this page while doing some research on this topic. It
seems that there is a some problem with the way the units parse XML. In
Honda's case they are probably just ignoring the data and in this case it's
interpreting the whole string as data.

http://www.jeffsandquist.com/PermaLi...ae186c3ca.aspx

Richard


"Richard Forester" <richard_forester(nospam)@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2004 Honda Accord EX which comes with the XM Satellite Radio
>system. I love XM but the stereo itself leaves much to be desired. For
>instance, this head unit doesn't display the ampersand sign (&) in the
>titles of songs or artists for some reason. Does anyone else notice this?
>If not, which model number does your stereo have in the lower right hand
>corner?
>
> Is there any way to replace the stereo? I am guessing not since it also
> displays the status of the heating/cooling system.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
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Thanks to everyone who responded. I guess this is a more wide problem
than I thought and I feel better that it's not just my specific unit. I
agree that it's not really a big deal. It's just a detail that makes the
manufacturer come off looking like they don't know what they are doing. By
the way, I found this page while doing some research on this topic. It
seems that there is a some problem with the way the units parse XML. In
Honda's case they are probably just ignoring the data and in this case it's
interpreting the whole string as data.

http://www.jeffsandquist.com/PermaLi...ae186c3ca.aspx

Richard


"Richard Forester" <richard_forester(nospam)@msn.com> wrote in message
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>I have a 2004 Honda Accord EX which comes with the XM Satellite Radio
>system. I love XM but the stereo itself leaves much to be desired. For
>instance, this head unit doesn't display the ampersand sign (&) in the
>titles of songs or artists for some reason. Does anyone else notice this?
>If not, which model number does your stereo have in the lower right hand
>corner?
>
> Is there any way to replace the stereo? I am guessing not since it also
> displays the status of the heating/cooling system.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
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I have a 2004 Accord EX-L with XM but without nav. That symbol that
you speak of, Richard, could signify the end of the single line
(artist/song title) and that the name or song title has more letters
than what the radio display is capable of showing. Just my theory.

 

I have a 2004 Accord EX-L with XM but without nav. That symbol that
you speak of, Richard, could signify the end of the single line
(artist/song title) and that the name or song title has more letters
than what the radio display is capable of showing. Just my theory.

 

If you are talking about the broken "Y" symbol I'm not too sure of that. It
appears after titles that are as short as a few characters. Also, I find
that titles that are longer than the display will hold in one line are
merely truncated (another reason I don't like the stock stereo).

Richard


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> I have a 2004 Accord EX-L with XM but without nav. That symbol that
> you speak of, Richard, could signify the end of the single line
> (artist/song title) and that the name or song title has more letters
> than what the radio display is capable of showing. Just my theory.
>
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