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\chapter{Configuring Rockbox}
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\section{Sound Settings}
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Recorder sound settings Player sound settings
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\par}
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This menu offers a selection of sound properties you may change to
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improve your sound experience.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Volume}
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The sound volume your music is played at. Although settable range is
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0{}-100\%, many units don't produce audible output
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below 40\%. On Recorders, volume settings above 92\% will cause
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distortion (clipping) and are not recommended.
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\item \textbf{Bass}
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This emphasises or suppresses the lower
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(bass) sounds in the track. 0 means that bass sounds are unaltered
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(flat response).
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\item \textbf{Treble}
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This emphasises or suppresses the higher
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(treble) sounds in the track. 0 means that treble sounds are unaltered
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(flat response).
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\item \textbf{Balance}
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How much of the volume is generated by the left or right channel of the
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sound. The default, 0, means that the left and right outputs are equal
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in volume. Negative numbers increase the volume of the left channel
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relative to the right, positive numbers increase the volume of the
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right channel relative to the left.
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\item \textbf{Channels}
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This option controls the on{}-board mixing
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facilities of the Jukebox. A stereo audio signal consists of two
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channels, left and right. Available options are
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Mono Left: }Plays the left channel in both stereo channels.
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\item \textbf{Mono Right:} Plays the right channel in both stereo channels.
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\item \textbf{Mono:} Mix both channels down to mono and send the mixed signal
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back to both.
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\item \textbf{Stereo:} Do not mix the signal
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\item \textbf{Stereo Narrow: }Mixes small amounts of the opposite channel into
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the left and right channels, thus making the sound seem closer
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together.
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\item \textbf{Stereo Wide:} Elements of one channel that are present in the
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opposite channel are removed from the latter. This results in the
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sound seeming further apart.
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\item \textbf{Karaoke:} Removes all sound that is the same in both channels.
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Since most vocals are recorded in this way to make the artist sound
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central, this often (but not always) has the effect of removing the
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voice track from a song.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Loudness (Recorder only)}
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Loudness is an effect which emphasises bass and treble. This makes the
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track seem louder by amplifying the frequencies that the human ear
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finds hard to hear. Frequencies in the vocal range are unaffected,
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since the human ear picks these up very easily.
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\item \textbf{Auto Volume (Recorder only)}
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Auto volume is a feature that automatically lowers the volume on loud
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parts, and then slowly restores the volume to the previous level over a
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time interval. That time interval is configurable here. Short values
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like 20ms are useful for ensuring a constant volume for in car use and
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other applications where background noise makes a constant loudness
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desirable. A longer timeout means that the change in volume back to
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the previous level will be smoother, so there will be less sharp
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changes in volume level.
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\item \textbf{Super Bass (Recorder Only)}
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This setting changes the threshold at which bass frequencies are
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affected by the \textbf{Loudness} setting, making the sound of drums
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and bass guitar louder in comparison to the rest of the track. This
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setting only has an effect if \textbf{Loudness} is set to a value
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larger than 0dB.
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\item \textbf{MDB {}- Micronas Dynamic Bass (Recorder Only)}
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The rest of the parameters on this menu relate to the Micronas Dynamic
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Bass (MDB) function. This is designed to enable the user to hear bass
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notes that the headphones and/or speakers are not capable of
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reproducing. Every tone has a fundamental frequency (the ``main tone'') and also several harmonics, which are related to that tone. The human brain has a
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mechanism whereby it can actually infer the presence of bass notes from
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the higher harmonics that they would generate.\\
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The practical upshot of this is that MDB produces a more authentic
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sounding bass by tricking the brain in believing it's
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hearing tones that the headphones or speakers aren't
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capable of reproducing. Try it and see what you think.\\
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The MDB parameters are as follows.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{MDB enable: } This turns the MDB feature on or off. For many
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users this will be the only setting they need, since Rockbox picks
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sensible defaults for the other parameters. MDB is turned off by
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default.
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\item \textbf{MDB strength:} How loud the harmonics generated by the MDB will
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be.
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\item \textbf{MDB Harmonics}: The percentage of the low notes that is
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converted into harmonics. If low notes are causing speaker distortion,
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this can be set to 100\% to eliminate the fundamental completely and
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only produce harmonics in the signal. If set to 0\% this is the same
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as turning the MDB feature off.
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\item \textbf{MDB Centre Frequency: }The cutoff frequency of your headphones or speakers. This is usually given in the specification for the headphones/speakers.
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\item \textbf{MDB shape: }It is recommended that this parameter be set to 1.5
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times the centre frequency.\\
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This is the frequency up to which harmonics are generated. Some of the
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lower fundamentals near the cut{}-off range
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will have their lower harmonics cut off, since they will be below the
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range of the speakers. Fundamentals between the
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cut{}-off frequency and the lower frequency will have their harmonics proportionally boosted to compensate and restore the 'loudness' of these
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notes.\\
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For most users, the defaults should provide an improvement in sound
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quality and can be safely left as they are. For reference, the
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defaults Rockbox uses are:
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\begin{tabular}[c]{|p{4.5290003cm}|p{1.56cm}|}
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\hline
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{\centering\bfseries\itshape
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Setting
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\par}
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&
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{\centering\bfseries\itshape
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Value
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\\\hline
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{\centering\upshape
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MDB Strength
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\par}
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50dB
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\\\hline
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{\centering\upshape
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MDB Harmonics
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\par}
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48\%
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\\\hline
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{\centering\upshape
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MDB Centre Frequency
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\par}
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60Hz
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\\\hline
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{\centering\upshape
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MDB Shape
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\par}
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90Hz
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\\\hline
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\end{tabular}
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\end{itemize}
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\end{itemize}
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\section{\label{ref:GeneralSettings}General Settings}
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Recorder general settings Player general settings
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\par}
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\subsubsection{\label{ref:PlaybackOptions}Playback Options}
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This menu is for configuring settings related to MP3 playback
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Shuffle}
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Select shuffle ON/OFF. This alters how Rockbox will select which next
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song to play.
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\item \textbf{Repeat}
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Repeat modes are Off/One/All. ``Off'' means no
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repeat. ``One'' means repeat one track over
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and over. ``All'' means repeat playlist/directory.
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\item \item{Play Selected First }
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This setting controls what happens when you press PLAY on a file in a
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directory and shuffle mode is on. If this setting is Yes, the file you
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selected will be played first. If this setting is No, a random file in
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the directory will be played first.
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\item \textbf{Resume}
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Sets whether Rockbox will resume playing at the point where you shut
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off. Options are: Ask/Yes/No/Ask once.
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``Ask'' means it will ask at boot time. ``Yes'' means it will unconditionally try to resume. ``No'' means it will not resume. ``Ask once'' will erase the resume info if you answer no, and thus not ask you again.
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\item \textbf{FFwd / Rewind}
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Two options are available at this point
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{FF/RW Min Step}
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The smallest step, in seconds, you want to fast forward or rewind in a
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track.
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\item \textbf{FF/RW Accel}
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How fast you want search (ffwd/rew) to accelerate when you hold
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down the button. ``Off'' means no acceleration. ``2x/1s'' means double the
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search speed once every second the button is held. ``2x/5s'' means double the search speed once every 5 seconds the button is held.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Anti{}-skip Buffer}
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This setting is really ``extra anti{}-skip''. It lets you set
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a timer for how many seconds earlier than normally necessary the disk
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should spin up and start reading data. You don't need
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this unless you shake and bump the unit a lot. Spinning up the disk
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earlier than necessary naturally drains the batteries a little extra.
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Most users will not need this setting.
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\item \textbf{Fade on Stop/Pause}
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This setting enables and disables a fade effect when you pause
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or stop playing a song. Fade is a progressive increase or reduction of
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volume, from your set volume to 0, and vice versa.
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\item \textbf{ID3 tag priority}
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ID3 tags in an MP3 file contain information about the artist, title,
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album etc. of the track. This option controls whether Rockbox uses the information from ID3v2 tags in preference to that from ID3v1 tags when both types of tag are present.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{File View}
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This menu deals with options relating to how the file browser displays
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files
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Sort Case Sensitive}
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If this option is enabled files that start with a
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lower case letter will appear after the files that start with an upper case letter have all been listed If disabled, then case will be ignored when sorting files.
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\item \textbf{Sort Directories}
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This option controls how Rockbox sorts folders. The default is to sort
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them alphabetically. ``By date'' sorts them with the oldest folder
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first. ``By newest date'' sorts them with the newest folder first.
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\item \textbf{Sort Files}
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This option controls how Rockbox sorts files. In addition to the
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options for directory sorting above, there is a ``By type'' option
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which sorts files alphabetically by their type (such as .mp3) then
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alphabetically within each type.
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\item \textbf{\label{ref:ShowFiles}Show Files}
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Controls which files are displayed in the directory browser:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Music: }
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Only directories, .mp3, .mp2, .mpa and .m3u files
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are shown. Extensions are strippe'd. Files anddirectories starting with . Or with the ``hidden'' flag set are hidden.
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\item \textbf{Playlists:}
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Only shows directories and playlists, for
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simplified navigation.
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\item \textbf{Supported:}
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All directories and files Rockbox understands (see page \pageref{ref:Supportedfileformats}) are shown. Files and directories starting with . or with the
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``hidden'' flag set are hidden.
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\item \textbf{All:}
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All files and directories are shown. Extensions are shown. No files or
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directories arehidden
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Follow Playlist}
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If Follow Playlist is set to ``Yes'', you will find yourself in the same
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directory as the currently playing file if you go to the Directory
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Browser from the WPS. If set to ``No'', you will stay in the same directory as you were last in.
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\item \textbf{Show Icons}
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This indicates whether Rockbox will display an icon representing what
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type a file is on the left of the file in the browser. For details of
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these icons, please see page \pageref{ref:Supportedfileformats}.
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\end{itemize}
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\subsection{\label{ref:Displayoptions}Display Options}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Browse fonts}
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Browse the fonts that reside in your \textbf{/.rockbox} directory.
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Selecting one will activate it. See page \pageref{ref:Loadingfonts} for further details about fonts.
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\item \textbf{Browse WPS files}
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Opens the file browser in the \textbf{/.rockbox} directory and displays
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all .wps files. Selecting one will activate it, stop will exit back to
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the menu.\\
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For further information about the WPS see page \pageref{ref:WPS}. For
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information about editing a .wps file see page \pageref{ref:ConfiguringtheWPS}.
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\item \textbf{LCD Settings}
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This submenu contains settings that relate to the display of the
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Jukebox.
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\item \textbf{Backlight:}
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How long the backlight shines after a key
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press. Set to OFF to never light it, set to ON to never shut it off or
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set a preferred timeout period.
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\item \textbf{Backlight on WhenPlugged:}
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This option turns the backlight on constantly while the charger cable is connected.
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\item \textbf{Caption Backlight:} This option turns the backlight on for
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25 seconds either side of the start of a new track so that the display
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can be read to see song information.
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\item \textbf{Contrast:} Changes the contrast of your LCD display.
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Warning: Setting the contrast too dark or too light can make it hard to
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find this menu option again!
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\item \textbf{LCD Mode} (Recorder only): This setting lets you invert
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the whole screen, so now you get a black background and green text
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graphics.
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\item \textbf{Upside Down: }Displays the screen so that the top of the
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display is nearest the buttons. This is sometimes useful when carrying
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the Recorder in a pocket for easy access to the headphone socket.
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\item \textbf{Line Selector: }Select this option to have a bar of
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inverted text (``Bar'' option) mark the current line in the File
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Browser rather than the default arrow to the left (``Pointer'' option).
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This gives slightly more room for filenames.
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\item \textbf{Scrolling}
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This feature controls how text will scroll in Rockbox. You can configure
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the following parameters:
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\item \textbf{Scroll Speed:}
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Controls how many times per second the scrolling text moves a step.
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\item \textbf{Scroll StartDelay:}
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Controls how many milliseconds Rockbox should wait before a new text begins scrolling.
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\item \textbf{Scroll Step Size:}
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Controls how many pixels the text scroll should move for each step. (Recorder/Ondio only)
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\item \textbf{Bidirectional Scroll Limit: }
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Rockbox has two different scroll methods, always scrolling the text to the left, and when the line has ended, beginning again at the start, or moving to the
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left until you can read the end of the line, and scroll right until you
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see the beginning again. Rockbox chooses which method it should use,
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depending of how much it has to scroll left. This setting lets you tell
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Rockbox where that limit is, expressed in percentage of line length.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Status/Scrollbar (Recorder only)}
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Settings related to on screen status display and the scrollbar.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Scroll Bar: }Enables or disables the scroll bar at the
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left.
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\item \textbf{Status Bar: }Enables or disables the status bar
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at the upper side.
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\item \textbf{Button Bar:} Enables or disables the button bar prompts
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for the F keys at the bottom of the screen.
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\item \textbf{Volume Display:} Controls whether the volume is displayed
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as a graphic or a numerical percentage value on the Status Bar.
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\item \textbf{Battery Display: }Controls whether the battery charge
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status is displayed as a graphic or numerical percentage value on the
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Status Bar.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Peak Meter (Recorder only) }
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The peak meter can be configured with a number of parameters. (For a description of the peak meter see page \pageref{ref:Peakmeter}.)
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\item \textbf{Peak Release:}
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This determines how fast the bar shrinks when the music becomes softer.
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Lower values make the peak meter look smoother.
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\item \textbf{Peak Hold Time:}
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Specifies the time after which the peak indicator will reset. If you set this value e.g. to 5s then the peak indicator displays the loudest volume value
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that occurred within the last 5 seconds. Big values are good if you
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want to find the peak level of a song, which might be of interest when
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copying music from the jukebox via the analogue output to some other
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recording device.
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\item \textbf{Clip Hold Time:}
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How long the clipping indicator will be visible after clipping was detected
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\item \textbf{Performance:}
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In high performance mode, the peak meter is updated as often as possible. This reduces the chance of missing a peak value, making the peak meter more precise. In energy save mode the peak meter is updated just often enough to look fluid.
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This reduces the load on the CPU and thus saves a little bit of energy. If you crave every second of runtime for your jukebox or simply use the peak meter as a screen effect, the use of energy save mode is recommended. If you want to use
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the peak meter as a measuring instrument you'll want to use high performance mode.
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\item \textbf{Scale:}
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Select whether the peak meter displays linear or logarithmic values. In
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``dB'' (decibel) scale the volume values are scaled logarithmically.
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This very similar to the perception of loudness. The volume meters of
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digital audio devices usually are scaled this way. If you are
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interested in the power level that is applied to your headphones you
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should choose ``linear'' display. Unfortunately this value
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doesn't have real units like volts or watts since that
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depends on the phones. So they can only be displayed as percentage
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values.
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\item \textbf{Minimum and maximum range:} These two options define the
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full value range that the peak meter displays. Recommended values for
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dbFs are {}-40 for min. and 0 for maximum. For linear display, use 0
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and 100\%. Note that {}-40 dbFs is approximately 1\% in linear value,
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but if you change the minimum setting in linear mode slightly and then change to dbFs there will be a large change. You can use these values for
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'zooming' into the peak meter.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection{\label{ref:SystemOptions}System Options}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Battery}
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Options relating to the batteries in the Jukebox unit.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Battery Capacity} can be used to tell the Jukebox what
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capacity (in mAh) of battery is being used inside it. The default is
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1500mAh for NiMH battery based units, and 2300mAh for LiOn battery
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based units, which is the capacity value for the standard batteries
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shipped with these units. This value is used for calculating remaining
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battery life.
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\item \textbf{Deep discharge (Non{}-FM recorder only)}
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Set this to ON if you intend to keep your charger connected for a long
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period of time. It lets the batteries go down to 10\% before starting
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to charge again. Setting this to OFF will cause the charging to restart
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on 95\%.
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\item \textbf{Trickle Charge (Non{}-FM recorder only)}
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The Jukebox cannot be turned off while the charger is connected.
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Therefore, trickle charge is needed to keep the batteries full after
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charging has completed. For more in depth information about charging
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see Battery FAQ in your \textbf{/.rockbox/docs }directory.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Disk}
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Options relating to the hard disk.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{DiskSpindown:}
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Rockbox has a timer that makes it spin down the hard disk after being idle for acertain time. You can modify this timeout here. This idle time is only
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affected by user activity, like navigating through file browser. When
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the hard disk spins up to fill mp3 buffer, it automatically spins down
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afterwards.
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\item \textbf{Disk Poweroff:}(non v2/FM{}-recorder only)
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Whether the disk is powered OFF or only set to ``sleep'' when spun
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down. Power off uses less power but takes longer to spin{}-up.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Time and Date (Recorder Only)}
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Time related menu options.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Set Time/Date: }
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Set current time and date.
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\item \textbf{Time Format: }
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Choose 12 or 24 Hour clock.
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{\label{ref:idlepoweroff}Idle Poweroff}
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Rockbox can be configured to turn off power after the unit has been idle
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for a defined number of minutes. The unit is idle when playback is
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stopped or paused. It is not idle while the USB or charger is
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connected, or while recording.
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\item \textbf{Sleep Timer}
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This option lets you power off your jukebox after playing for a given
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time. This setting is reset on boot. Using this option disables the
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\textbf{Wake up alarm} (see below).
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\item \textbf{Wake up alarm (Recorder v2/FM only)}
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This option turns the Jukebox off and then starts it up again at the
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specified time. This is most useful when combined with the Resume
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setting in the Playback options set to ``Yes'', so that the Jukebox
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wakes up and immediately starts playing music. Use LEFT and RIGHT to
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adjust the minutes setting, UP and DOWN to adjust the HOURS. PLAY
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confirms the alarm and shuts your Jukebox down, and STOP cancels
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setting an alarm. If the Jukebox is turned on again before the alarm
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occurs the alarm will be canceled. Using this option disables the \textbf{Sleep Timer} (see above).
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\item \textbf{Limits}
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This submenu relates to limits in the Rockbox operating system.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Max files in dir browser: }Configurable limit of files in
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the directory browser (file buffer size). You can configure the size to
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be between 50 and 10000 files in steps of 50 files. The default is 400,
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higher values will shorten the music buffer.\\
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Note: the device must be rebooted for settings to take effect!
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\item \textbf{Max playlist size: }Option to configure the maximum size
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of a playlist. The playlist size can be between 1000 and 20000 files in
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steps of 1000. By default it is 10000. Higher values will shorten the
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music buffer.\\
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Note: the device must be rebooted for settings to take effect!
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Car Adapter Mode}
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This option turns on and off the car ignition auto stop
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function.
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When using the Jukebox in a car, car adapter mode automatically stops
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playback on the Jukebox when power (i.e. from cigarette lighter power
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adapter) to the external DC in jack is turned off.
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When the external power off condition is detected, the Car Adapter Mode
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function only pauses the playback. In order to shut down the Jukebox
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completely the \textbf{Idle Poweroff} function (see above) must also be
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set.
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If power to the DC in jack is turned back on before the \textbf{Idle
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Poweroff} function has shut the Jukebox off, playback will be resumed
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5 seconds after the power is applied. This delay is to allow for the
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time while the car engine is being started. Once the Jukebox is shut
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off either manually, or automatically with the \textbf{Idle Poweroff
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}function, it must be powered up manually to resume playback.
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\item \textbf{Line In (Player only)}
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This option activates the line in port on Jukebox Player, which
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is off by default.
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This is useful for such applications as:
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\begin{itemize}
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\item Game boy {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater} human
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\item laptop {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater}human
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\item LAN party computer {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater} human
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\end{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Manage settings}
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This submenu deals with loading and saving settings.
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Browse .cfg Files: }
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This displays a list of configuration
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|
(.cfg) files stored in the \textbf{/.rockbox} system directory. This
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|
is useful if the Jukebox is plugged into more than one different output
|
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device (e.g. headphones, computer, car stereo, hi{}-fi) so that a settings file can be maintained for each.
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\item \textbf{Browse Firmwares:} This displays a list of firmware (.mod
|
|
for Players and .ajz for Recorders) file in the \textbf{/.rockbox} system directory. Playing a firmware file loads it into memory. Thus it is possible to
|
|
run the original Archos firmware or a different version of Rockbox from
|
|
here assuming that you have the right files installed on your disk.
|
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\item \textbf{Reset Settings: }This wipes the saved settings in the
|
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Jukebox and resets all settings to their default values.
|
|
\item \textbf{Write .cfg file: }Saves the current settings into a .cfg
|
|
file for later use with \textbf{Browse .cfg Files} above.
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\end{itemize}
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\end{itemize}
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\subsubsection{\label{ref:Bookmarkconfigactual}Bookmarking}
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\begin{itemize}
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\item \textbf{Bookmark on Stop}
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|
Write a bookmark to the disk whenever the stop key is pressed. If
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|
playback is stopped it can be resumed easily at a later time. The
|
|
\textbf{Resume} function remembers your position in the most
|
|
recently accessed track regardless of this setting.
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\item \textbf{Load Last Bookmark}
|
|
When this is on, Rockbox automatically returns to the position of the
|
|
last bookmark within a file when it is played. If set to Ask, Rockbox
|
|
will ask the user whether they want to start from the beginning or the
|
|
bookmark. When set to no, playback always starts from the beginning
|
|
and the Bookmark file must be played or \textbf{Load Bookmark} selected
|
|
from the \textbf{Bookmarks} submenu of the Main Menu while the file is
|
|
playing.
|
|
\item \textbf{Maintain a list of Recently Used Bookmarks}
|
|
If this option is turned on, Rockbox will store a list of Bookmarks that
|
|
have been accessed recently. This is then accessible from the
|
|
\textbf{Recent Bookmarks} option of the \textbf{Bookmarks} submenu of
|
|
the Main Menu.
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|
\end{itemize}
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\subsection{\label{ref:Language}Language}
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This setting controls the language of the Rockbox user interface.
|
|
Selecting a language will activate it. The language files must be in
|
|
the \textbf{/.rockbox/lang/} directory.
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|
|
|
See page \pageref{ref:Loadinglanguages} for further details about
|
|
languages.
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|
\subsection{Voice}
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|
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
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\item \textbf{Voice Menus}
|
|
This option turns on the Voice User Interface, which will read out menu items and settings as they are selected by the cursor. In order for this to work, a voice file must be present in the \textbf{/.rockbox/lang/} directory on the recorder. Voice files are large (1.5MB) and are not shipped with Rockbox by
|
|
default.
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|
|
|
The voice file is the name of the language for which it is made,
|
|
followed by the extension .voice. So for English, the file name would
|
|
be \textbf{english.voice}.
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|
|
|
This option is on by default. It will do nothing unless the appropriate
|
|
.voice file is installed in the correct place on the Jukebox.
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|
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
|
\item \textbf{Limitations}
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
|
\item Setting the Sound Option \textbf{Channels} to ``karaoke'' may
|
|
disable voice menus.
|
|
\item Plugins and the wake up alarm do not support voice features.
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
|
|
|
\item \textbf{Voice Directories}
|
|
This option turns on the speaking of directory names. The Jukebox is
|
|
not powerful enough to produce these voices in real time, so a number of options are available.
|
|
|
|
\begin{itemize}
|
|
\item \textbf{.talk mp3 clip: }
|
|
Use special pre{}-recorded MP3 files (\textbf{\_dirname.talk}) in each directory. These must be generated in advance, and are typically produced synthetically using a text to speech engine on a PC. If no such file exists, the output is as for the ``numbers'' option below.
|
|
\item \textbf{Spell: }
|
|
Speak the directory name by spelling it out letter
|
|
by letter. Support is provided only for the most common letters and
|
|
punctuation.
|
|
\item \textbf{Numbers: }
|
|
Each directory is assigned a number based upon its position in the file list. They are then announced as ``Directory 1'', ``Directory 2'' etc.
|
|
\item \textbf{Off: }
|
|
No attempt will be made to speak directory names.
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
|
|
|
\item \textbf{Voice Filenames}
|
|
This option turns on the speaking of directory names. The options
|
|
provided are ``Spell'', ``Numbers'', and ``Off'' which function the same as for \textbf{Voice Directories} and ``.talk mp3 clip'', which functions as above except that the files are named with the same name as the music file (e.g. \textbf{Punkadiddle.mp3 } would require a file called \textbf{Punkadiddle.mp3.talk}).
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
|
\end{itemize}
|
|
See
|
|
\url{http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/VoiceHowto} for more details on configuring speech support in Rockbox.
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