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103 lines
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\chapter{Introduction}
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\section{Welcome}
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This is the manual for Rockbox. Rockbox is an open source firmware replacement
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for a growing number of digital audio players. Rockbox aims to be considerably
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more functional and efficient than your device's stock firmware while remaining
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easy to use and customisable. Rockbox is written by users, for users. Not only
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is it free to use, it is also released under the GNU General Public License
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(GPL), which means that it will always remain free both to use and to change.
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Rockbox has been in development since 2001, and receives new features, tweaks
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and fixes each day to provide you with the best possible experience on your
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digital audio player. A major goal of Rockbox is to be simple and easy to use,
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yet remain very customisable and configurable. We believe that you should never
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need to go through a series of menus for an action you perform frequently. We
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also believe that you should be able to configure almost anything about Rockbox
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you could want, pertaining to functionality. Another top priority of Rockbox is
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audio playback quality -- Rockbox, for most models, includes a wider range of
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sound settings than the device's original firmware. A lot of work has been put
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into making Rockbox sound the best it can, and improvements are constantly being
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made. All models have access to a large number of plugins, including many games,
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applications, and graphical ``demos''. You can load different configurations
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quickly for different purposes (e.g. a large font for in your car, different
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sound settings for at home). Rockbox features a very wide range of languages, and
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all supported models also have the ability to talk to you -- menus can be voiced
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and filenames spelled out or spoken.
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\section{Getting more help}
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This manual is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the Rockbox
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firmware. There is, however, more help available. The Rockbox website at
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\url{http://www.rockbox.org/} contains very extensive documentation and guides
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written by members of the Rockbox community and this should be your first port
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of call when looking for further help.
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If you cannot find the information you are searching for on the Rockbox
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website there are a number of support channels you should have a look at.
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You can try the Rockbox forums located at \url{http://forums.rockbox.org/}.
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Another option are the mailing lists which can be found at
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\url{http://www.rockbox.org/mail/}. From that page you can subscribe to the
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lists and browse the archives. For searching the list archives simply use
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the search field that is located on the left side of the website.
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Also you can ask on IRC. The main channel for Rockbox is \texttt{\#rockbox}
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on \url{irc://irc.freenode.net}. A bunch of helpful developers and users
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are usually around. Just join and ask -- if someone knows the answer you'll
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usually get an answer pretty quickly. More information including IRC logs
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can be found at \url{http://www.rockbox.org/irc/}. We also have a web client
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for joining the rockbox IRC channel so there is no need for you
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to install additional software to your computer.
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If you think you have found a bug please make sure it actually is a bug and is
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still present in the most recent version of rockbox. You should try to
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confirm that by using the above mentioned support channels first. After that
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you can submit that issue to our tracker. Refer to \reference{sec:feedback}
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for details on how to use the tracker.
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\section{Naming conventions and marks}
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We have some conventions especially on naming that are intended to be
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consistent throughout this manual.
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Manufacturer and product names are formatted in accordance with the standard
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rules of English grammar, e.g. ``\playerman{} playback is currently
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unsupported''. Manufacturer and model names are proper nouns, and
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thus are written beginning with a capital letter.
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\ifpdfoutput{
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This manual has some parts that are marked with icons on the margin to help
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you finding important parts or parts you could skip. The following icons
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are used:
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\\
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\note{This indicates a note. A note starts always with the text ``Note''.
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For easier finding of notes we have put this an icon in the margin like
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here. Notes are used to mark information that could help you
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or indicate a possible ``weirdness'' in rockbox that would be explained.
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}
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\warn{This is a warning. In contrast to notes mentioned above, a warning
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should be taken more seriously. While ignoring notes will not cause any serious
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damage ignoring warnings \emph{could} cause serious damage. If you are new to
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rockbox you should really read the warnings before doing anything that is
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warned about.
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}
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\blind{This icon marks a section that is intended especially for the blind
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and visually impaired. As they cannot
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read the manual in the same way sighted people do we have added some
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additional descriptions. If you are not blind or visually impaired you most
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likely can completely skip these blocks. To make this easier, there is an
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icon shown in the margin on the right.
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}{}% end ifpdfoutput
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Links to the wiki are abbreviated by the name of the wiki page. Those names
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are still linked so you can simply follow them like any other link in this
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manual. If you want to access a wiki page manually go to
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\wikiicon{} \href{\wikibaseurl}{\wikibaseurl}
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and type the page name in the ``Go'' box at the top of the page.
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\ifpdfoutput{Links to wiki pages are also indicated by the symbol \wikiicon{}
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in front of the page name.}{}
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\input{getting_started/installation.tex}
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