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\chapter{\label{ref:rockbox_interface}Quick Start}
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\section{Basic overview}
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\subsection{The \daps{} controls}
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\begin{center}
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\includegraphics[height=8cm]{rockbox_interface/images/\specimg-front}
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\end{center}
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Throughout this manual, the buttons on the \dap{} are labelled according to the
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picture above. In detail the buttons are described in the following paragraph.
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\blind{
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%
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\opt{h1xx}{
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If you lay the \dap{} on the table with the joystick pointing
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towards you, and the curved sides at the top, you will find the following
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if you start from the top-right corner and follow the side of the \dap{} in a
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clockwise direction:
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On the right side the buttons \ButtonOn{}, \ButtonOff{}, \ButtonMode{} and
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the hold switch. Next comes on the bottom the USB port,
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a small hole for resetting the \dap{}, charger plug. On the left side located
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is the button \ButtonRec{}. At least the top has headphone minijack plug,
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remote port, optical/line in and optical/line out.
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The joystick in the middle of the \dap{} is
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used to navigate menus by pressing it up, down, left and right. Pressing the
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joystick down is labelled \ButtonSelect{} throughout this manual. Its
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directions are labelled \ButtonRight{}, \ButtonDown{}, \ButtonLeft{} and
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\ButtonUp{}.}
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\opt{h300}{
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Hold the lay the \dap{} so that the side with the button pad and
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LCD is facing towards you. The buttons on the button pad are as follows: top
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left corner: \ButtonOn{}, bottom left corner: \ButtonOff{}, top right corner:
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\ButtonRec, bottom right corner: \ButtonMode{}. In the center of the button pad
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is a button labelled \ButtonSelect{}. Surrounding the \ButtonSelect{} button are
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four directional buttons used to navigate up, down, left and right.
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On the top panel of the \dap{}, from left to right, you can find the
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following: headphone minijack plug, remote port, Line-in, Line-out.
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On the bottom panel of the \dap{}, from left to right, you can find the
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following: power jack and two USB ports. The USB port on the right is used
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to connect your \dap{} to your computer. The USB port on the left is not
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used in Rockbox.
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}
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%
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\opt{ipod4g, ipod3g,ipodcolor,ipodvideo,ipodmini}
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{
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The main controls on the \dap{} are a slightly indented scroll wheel
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with a flat round button in the center. Hold the \dap{} with these controls
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facing you.
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The top of the player will have the following, from left to
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right:
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\opt{ipod4g, ipod3g ,ipodcolor}{remote connector, headphone jack, hold
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switch.}
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\opt{ipodvideo}{hold switch, headphone jack.}
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\opt{ipodmini}{hold switch, remote connector, headphone jack.}
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The dock connector that is used to connect your \dap{} to your computer is on
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the bottom panel of the \dap{}.
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The button in the middle of the wheel is called \ButtonSelect{}. You can
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operate the wheel by pressing the top, bottom, left or right sections,
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or by sliding your finger around it. The top is \ButtonMenu{}, the bottom is
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\ButtonPlay{}, the left is \ButtonLeft{}, and the right is \ButtonRight{}.
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When the manual says to \ButtonScrollFwd{}, it means to slide your finger
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clockwise around the wheel. \ButtonScrollBack{} means to slide your finger
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counterclockwise. Note that the wheel is sensitive, so you will need to move
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slowly at first and get a feel for how it works.
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Note that when the hold switch is pushed toward the center of the \dap{},
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``hold'' is on, and none of the other controls do anything. Be sure ``hold''
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is off before trying to use your player.
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}
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%
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\opt{ipodnano}{
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The main controls on the \dap{} are a slightly indented wheel with a
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flat round button in the center. Hold the \dap{} with these controls on the
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top surface. There is a Hold switch at one end, and headphone and USB jacks
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at the other; be sure the end with the switch is facing away from you.
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The button in the middle of the wheel is called \ButtonSelect{}. You can
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operate the wheel by pressing the top, bottom, left or right sections,
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or by sliding your finger around it. The top is \ButtonMenu{}, the bottom is
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\ButtonPlay, the left is \ButtonLeft, and the right is \ButtonRight{}.
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When the manual says to \ButtonScrollFwd{}, it means to slide your finger
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clockwise around the wheel. \ButtonScrollBack{} means to slide your finger
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counterclockwise. Note that the wheel is sensitive, so you will need to move
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slowly at first and get a feel for how it works.
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Note that when the Hold switch is pushed toward the center of the \dap{},
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Hold is on, and none of the other controls do anything; be sure Hold is
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off before trying to use your player.
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}
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\nopt{h1xx,h300,ipodnano,ipodvideo,ipodmini,ipod4g,ipod3g,ipodcolor}
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{
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\fixme{Write a section describing the \dap{} for blind users.}
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}
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}
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\subsection{Turning the \dap{} on and off}
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To turn on and off your Rockbox enabled \dap{} use the following keys:
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\begin{table}
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\begin{btnmap}{}{}
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\opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonOn}%
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\opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{\ButtonMenu{} / \ButtonSelect}%
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\opt{ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonOff}\opt{RECORDER_PAD,PLAYER_PAD}%
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{Hold \ButtonOn\ for 2--3s}%
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\opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD}{\ButtonPower}%
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& Start Rockbox\\
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\opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{Hold \ButtonOff}%
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\opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD}{Hold \ButtonPlay}%
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\opt{ONDIO_PAD,recorderv2fm}{Hold \ButtonOff}%
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\opt{recorder}{Double tap \ButtonOff\ when playback is stopped}%
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\opt{PLAYER_PAD}{From the Main Menu, select \textbf{Shutdown}}%
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\opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD}{Hold \ButtonPower}%
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& Shutdown Rockbox\\
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\end{btnmap}
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\end{table}
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\label{ref:Safeshutdown}On shutdown, Rockbox automatically saves its settings.
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\opt{PLAYER_PAD,RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD}{%
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In the unlikely event of a software failure, a hardware power off can be
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performed by holding down
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\opt{PLAYER_PAD}{\ButtonStop}%
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\opt{RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD}{\ButtonOff}
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until the \nopt{ondiosp,ondiofm}{\dap{} power light}%
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\opt{ondiosp,ondiofm}{\daps{} display} goes off.%
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}
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\subsection{The first contact}
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After you have first started the \dap{} you'll be presented by the
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\setting{File Browser}. With the default settings only supported files are
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shown. Rockbox' default view is the \setting{File Browser}, similar to Windows'
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Explorer. If you don't have audio files on your \dap{}, or created folders you
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will only see a blank screen with the statusbar at the top. If this is your
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case, now is a good time to connect your \dap{} to a computer and transfer some
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audio files to it.
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When you have files on your \dap{} you'll see the supported ones now. Of
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course you can change this view later. You can also completely switch to
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a view that is based on the metadata\footnote{ID3 Tags, Vorbis comments, etc.}
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of your audio files. This view is called TagCache (see
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\reference{ref:tagcache}). Now you can start browsing the folder structure of
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your \dap{}.
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\subsection{Basic controls}
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When browsing files and moving through menus you usually get a list view
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presented. The navigation in these lists are usually the same and should be
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pretty intuitive.
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In the tree view use \ActionStdNext{} and \ActionStdPrev{} to move around
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the selection. Use \ActionStdOk{} to select an item. When browsing the file
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system selecting an audio file plays it. The view switches to the ``While
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playing screen'', usually abbreviated as ``WPS'' (see \reference{ref:WPS}. The
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dynamic playlist gets replaced with the contents of the current folder. This
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way you can easily treat folders as playlists. The created dynamic playlist can
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be extended or modified while playing. This is also known as
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``on-the-fly playlist''.
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To go back to the \setting{File Browser} stop the playback with the
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\ActionWpsStop{} button or return to the file browser while keeping playback
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running using \ActionWpsBrowse{}.
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In list views you can go back one step with \ActionStdCancel{}. The file
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browser is a bit different in this case as pressing \ActionWpsStop{}
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stops the playback instead of going up a level.
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\subsection{Basic concepts}
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\subsubsection{Main Screen}
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Rockbox' main screen is the \setting{File Browser}. This is pretty different to
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most other players that use the ``While Playing Screen'' as their main screen.
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In Rockbox' view this doesn't make any sense as when you are not playing a
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file, information about the currently playing file isn't available and therfore
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useless. Because of this the \dap{} switches to the \setting{File Browser} when
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playback gets stopped. There is no point showing the WPS when playback is
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stopped, so this is not and will not be possible.
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\subsubsection{Playlists}
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Rockbox is playlist oriented. This means that every time you play an audio file,
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a so-called ``dynamic playlist'' is generated, unless you play a saved
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playlist. You can modify the dynamic playlist while playing and also save
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it to a file. If you don't want to use playlists you can simply play your
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files folder based.
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Playlists are covered in detail in \reference{ref:working_with_playlists}.
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\subsubsection{Menu}
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From the menu you can customise Rockbox. Rockbox itself is very customisable.
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Also there are some special menus for quick access to frequently used
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functions.
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\subsubsection{Context Menu}
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Some views, especially the file browser and the WPS have a context menu.
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From the file browser this can be accessed with \ActionStdContext{}.
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The contents of the context menu vary, depending on the situation it gets
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called. The context menu itself presents you with some operations you can
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perform with the currently hightlighted file. In the file browser this is
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the file (or folder) that is highlighted by the cursor. From the WPS this is
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the currently playing file. Also there are some actions that don't apply
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to the current file but refer to the screen from which the context menu
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gets called. One example is the playback menu, which can be called using
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the context menu from within the WPS.
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\section{Customizing Rockbox}
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Rockbox' User Interface can be customized using ``Themes''. Themes usually
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only affect the visual apperance, but an advanced user can create a theme
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that also changes various other settings like file view, LCD settings and
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all other settings that can be modified using \fname{.cfg} files. This topic
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is discussed in more detail in \reference{ref:manage_settings}.
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The Rockbox distribution comes with some themes that should look nice on
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your \dap{}. \note{Some of the themes shipped with Rockbox need additional
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fonts from the fonts package, so make sure you installed them.
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Also, if you downloaded additional themes from the internet make sure you
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have the needed fonts installed as otherwise the theme may get displayed
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garbled.}
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\section{Menu overview}
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\fixme{include an overview of the menu structure here}
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%\input{rockbox_interface/menu_structure.tex}
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\input{rockbox_interface/playback.tex} |