I had to help my asst manager turn back on   
   the background music in our store today.   
      
   I also got a good look at the device that mixes   
   together the music and POP announcements,   
   it sits on top of the mixer/amp I mentioned above.   
   It looks sort of like a fancy cable box, with a   
   scrolling backlit LCD display, a couple of buttons,   
   and a round wheel which either scrolls through   
   menus or controls the device's output/volume.   
      
   I tried turning it counterclockwise, hoping it   
   would lower the devices output level so we could   
   get the amp "Aux" knob out of 1 into a useful range   
   (4-5) but it was in a mode other than volume   
   mode, and did nothing.   
      
   I did not pay attn to the make/model of this 'thing',   
   and could describe it only as a 'music server',   
   with cat5 connector, power, and audio out   
   connections on the back.  Very Star Trek   
   looking box!  The brains of the music system.   
      
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