A method and apparatus for analog to digital conversion includes processing that begins by quantizing an analog input signal to produce a stream of digital data at an over sampling rate. Setting information of the pattern of the incoming tone selected by using the jog dial is stored into the RAM during the selecting operation of the incoming tone. For these examples, the exchanged messages may include information associated with the communication ports or the inputout devices. The selective provision of a trickplay indicator can include providing a first trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is available and providing a second, different trickplay indicator when the trickplay feature is unavailable.