equinux The Tube 2.11.4 - Manual (Page 40)

Preferences
All preferences are read at startup and used as
default settings. Some settings can be changed
temporarily using the appropriate menu options.
Choose The Tube > Preferences… to open the Preferences win-
dow.
General
The General settings define automatic startup and update behav-
ior. You can also activate the Apple Remote for The Tube here.
Settings
The five checkboxes change the following options:
‣ Whether to start the Tube automatically whenever you connect
your TV device to your Mac.
‣ Whether The Tube should automatically check for updates.
‣ Whether you can control The Tube using your Apple Remote.
‣ The Tube can ignore your Mac’s Energy Saver settings. This op-
tion can be useful to avoid screen saver activation when watch-
ing TV for longer periods of time.
‣ The final option automatically sets your iChat status to the cur-
rent channel you’re watching.
equinux ID
Here you can enter and validate your equinux ID so you can login
to TubeTalk and TubeToGo.
Locations
Set up different TV locations. Please see the chapter “Managing
Channels“ for details.
Watch
These options can be used to control the display settings at
startup as well as the default full screen options.
To always use the main display for Full Screen mode instead:
‣ Select the appropriate option.
When full screen mode is active, all other displays can be dimmed
with a configurable color.
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