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1 | \chapter{The Main Menu} | ||
2 | \newpage | ||
3 | |||
4 | \section{Introducing the Main Menu} | ||
5 | {\centering\itshape | ||
6 | [Warning: Image ignored] % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
7 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=2.371cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img24.png} | ||
8 | \textmd{ } [Warning: Image ignored] | ||
9 | % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
10 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=1.951cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img25.png} | ||
11 | \newline | ||
12 | Recorder main menu Player main menu | ||
13 | \par} | ||
14 | |||
15 | This is the screen from which the rest of the | ||
16 | Rockbox functions can be accessed. It is used for a variety of | ||
17 | functions, which are detailed below. You can access the Rockbox main | ||
18 | menu by pressing MENU (player/studio version) or F1 (recorder version) | ||
19 | key. All options in Rockbox can be controlled via this menu. Some of | ||
20 | them can also be found in the Quick Menus (recorder version only). | ||
21 | |||
22 | All settings are persistently stored on the unit. However, Rockbox does | ||
23 | not spin up the disk solely for the purpose of saving settings, but | ||
24 | instead will save them when it spins up the disk the next time, for | ||
25 | example when refilling the MP3 buffer or navigating through the file | ||
26 | browser. Changes to settings may therefore not be saved unless the | ||
27 | Jukebox is shut down safely (see page \pageref{ref:Safeshutdown}). | ||
28 | |||
29 | The two settings menus are covered in detail starting on page \pageref{ref:Part4}. | ||
30 | All the other options on the main menu are explained here. | ||
31 | |||
32 | Navigating through the menu: | ||
33 | |||
34 | \subsection{Recorder} | ||
35 | |||
36 | \begin{tabular}[c]{|p{3.27cm}|p{13.318cm}|} | ||
37 | \hline | ||
38 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
39 | KEY | ||
40 | \par} | ||
41 | & | ||
42 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
43 | ACTION | ||
44 | \par} | ||
45 | \\\hline | ||
46 | {\centering | ||
47 | UP | ||
48 | \par} | ||
49 | & | ||
50 | Moves up in the menu. Inside a setting, increases the value or chooses | ||
51 | next option | ||
52 | \\\hline | ||
53 | {\centering | ||
54 | DOWN | ||
55 | \par} | ||
56 | & | ||
57 | Moves down in the menu. Inside a setting, decreases the value or chooses | ||
58 | previous option | ||
59 | \\\hline | ||
60 | {\centering | ||
61 | PLAY/RIGHT | ||
62 | \par} | ||
63 | & | ||
64 | Selects option | ||
65 | \\\hline | ||
66 | {\centering | ||
67 | OFF/LEFT | ||
68 | \par} | ||
69 | & | ||
70 | Exits menu, setting or moves to parent menu | ||
71 | \\\hline | ||
72 | \end{tabular} | ||
73 | \subsection{Player} | ||
74 | |||
75 | \begin{tabular}[c]{|p{3.27cm}|p{13.317cm}|} | ||
76 | \hline | ||
77 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
78 | KEY | ||
79 | \par} | ||
80 | & | ||
81 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
82 | ACTION | ||
83 | \par} | ||
84 | \\\hline | ||
85 | {\centering | ||
86 | MINUS | ||
87 | \par} | ||
88 | & | ||
89 | Selects previous option in the menu. Inside an setting, decreases the | ||
90 | value or chooses previous option | ||
91 | \\\hline | ||
92 | {\centering | ||
93 | PLUS | ||
94 | \par} | ||
95 | & | ||
96 | Selects next option in the menu. Inside an setting increases the value | ||
97 | or chooses next option | ||
98 | \\\hline | ||
99 | {\centering | ||
100 | PLAY | ||
101 | \par} | ||
102 | & | ||
103 | Selects item | ||
104 | \\\hline | ||
105 | {\centering | ||
106 | STOP | ||
107 | \par} | ||
108 | & | ||
109 | Exit menu, setting or moves to parent menu. | ||
110 | \\\hline | ||
111 | \end{tabular} | ||
112 | |||
113 | \section{\label{ref:Recording}Recording (Recorder, Ondio FM)} | ||
114 | \subsection{\label{ref:Whilerecordingscreen}While Recording Screen} | ||
115 | {\centering\itshape | ||
116 | Recording Screen Recording F2 screen Recording F3 screen | ||
117 | \par} | ||
118 | |||
119 | \begin{center} | ||
120 | [Warning: Image ignored] % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
121 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=2.371cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img26.png} | ||
122 | |||
123 | \end{center} | ||
124 | \begin{center} | ||
125 | [Warning: Image ignored] % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
126 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=2.371cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img27.png} | ||
127 | |||
128 | \end{center} | ||
129 | \begin{center} | ||
130 | [Warning: Image ignored] % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
131 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=2.371cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img28.png} | ||
132 | |||
133 | \end{center} | ||
134 | Entering the ``Recording'' option in the Main menu launches the | ||
135 | recording application. The screen shows the time elapsed and the size | ||
136 | of the file being recorded. A peak meter is present to allow you set | ||
137 | Gain correctly. The frequency, channels and quality settings are shown | ||
138 | on the last line. | ||
139 | |||
140 | The controls for this screen are: | ||
141 | |||
142 | \begin{tabular}[l]{|p{2.033cm}|p{14.603001cm}|} | ||
143 | \hline | ||
144 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
145 | BUTTON | ||
146 | \par} | ||
147 | & | ||
148 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
149 | FUNCTION | ||
150 | \par} | ||
151 | \\\hline | ||
152 | {\centering | ||
153 | LEFT | ||
154 | \par} | ||
155 | & | ||
156 | Decreases Gain | ||
157 | \\\hline | ||
158 | {\centering | ||
159 | RIGHT | ||
160 | \par} | ||
161 | & | ||
162 | Increases Gain | ||
163 | \\\hline | ||
164 | {\centering | ||
165 | PLAY | ||
166 | \par} | ||
167 | & | ||
168 | Starts recording. While recording, button closes the current file and | ||
169 | opens a new one\newline | ||
170 | (while recording) Pauses / restarts recording | ||
171 | \\\hline | ||
172 | {\centering | ||
173 | STOP | ||
174 | \par} | ||
175 | & | ||
176 | Exits Recording Screen\newline | ||
177 | (while recording) Stop recording | ||
178 | \\\hline | ||
179 | {\centering | ||
180 | F1 | ||
181 | \par} | ||
182 | & | ||
183 | Opens Recording Settings screen (see below) | ||
184 | \\\hline | ||
185 | {\centering | ||
186 | F2 | ||
187 | \par} | ||
188 | & | ||
189 | Quick menu for recording settings. A quick press will leave the screen | ||
190 | up (press F2 again to exit), while holding it will close the screen | ||
191 | when you release it. | ||
192 | \\\hline | ||
193 | {\centering | ||
194 | F3 | ||
195 | \par} | ||
196 | & | ||
197 | Quick menu for source setting. Quick/hold works as for F2.\newline | ||
198 | (while recording) Start a new recording file | ||
199 | \\\hline | ||
200 | \end{tabular} | ||
201 | |||
202 | |||
203 | \subsubsection{\label{ref:Recordingsettings}Recording Settings} | ||
204 | \begin{itemize} | ||
205 | \item \textbf{Quality} | ||
206 | Choose the quality here (0 to 7). Default is 5, best quality is 7, | ||
207 | smallest file size is 0. This setting effects how much your sound | ||
208 | sample will be compressed. Higher quality settings result in larger | ||
209 | MP3 files. | ||
210 | |||
211 | The quality setting is just a way of selecting an average bit rate, or | ||
212 | number of bits per second, for a recording. When this setting is | ||
213 | lowered, recordings are compressed more (meaning worse sound quality), | ||
214 | and the average bitrate changes as follows. | ||
215 | \end{itemize} | ||
216 | |||
217 | \begin{center}\begin{tabular}{|p{4.598cm}|p{8.051001cm}|} | ||
218 | \hline | ||
219 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
220 | FREQUENCY | ||
221 | \par} | ||
222 | & | ||
223 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
224 | BITRATE (Kbit/s) {}- quality 0{}-{\textgreater}7 | ||
225 | \par} | ||
226 | \\\hline | ||
227 | {\centering | ||
228 | 44100Hz stereo: | ||
229 | \par} | ||
230 | & | ||
231 | 75, 80, 90, 100, 120, 140, 160, 170 | ||
232 | \\\hline | ||
233 | {\centering | ||
234 | 22050Hz stereo | ||
235 | \par} | ||
236 | & | ||
237 | 39, 41, 45, 50, 60, 80, 110, 130 | ||
238 | \\\hline | ||
239 | {\centering | ||
240 | 44100Hz mono | ||
241 | \par} | ||
242 | & | ||
243 | 65, 68, 73, 80, 90, 105, 125, 140 | ||
244 | \\\hline | ||
245 | {\centering | ||
246 | 22050Hz mono | ||
247 | \par} | ||
248 | & | ||
249 | 35, 38, 40, 45, 50, 60, 75, 90 | ||
250 | \\\hline | ||
251 | \end{tabular}\end{center} | ||
252 | |||
253 | \begin{itemize} | ||
254 | \item \textbf{Frequency} | ||
255 | Choose the recording frequency (sample rate) {}- 48kHz, 44.1kHz, | ||
256 | 32kHz (MPEG version 1), and 24kHz, 22.05kHz, 16kHz (MPEG version 2) are | ||
257 | available. Higher sample rates use up more disk space, but give better | ||
258 | sound quality. This setting determines which frequency range can | ||
259 | accurately be reproduced during playback. Lower frequencies produce | ||
260 | smaller files, for two reasons. The amount of data to be compressed is | ||
261 | smaller and the data is easier to compress, since higher frequencies | ||
262 | are not present. The frequency setting also determines which version | ||
263 | of the MPEG standard sound is recorded using. | ||
264 | |||
265 | \item \textbf{Source} | ||
266 | Choose the source of the recording. This can be microphone, line in, | ||
267 | or SPDIF (digital). For recording from the radio on the FM recorder, | ||
268 | see page \pageref{ref:FMradio} below. | ||
269 | |||
270 | Note: you cannot change the sample rate for digital recordings. | ||
271 | |||
272 | \item \textbf{Channels} | ||
273 | This allows you to select mono or stereo recording. Please note that | ||
274 | for mono recording, only the left channel is recorded. Mono recordings | ||
275 | are usually somewhat smaller than stereo. | ||
276 | |||
277 | \item \textbf{Independent Frames} | ||
278 | The independent frames option tells the Jukebox to encode with the bit | ||
279 | reservoir disabled, so the frames are independent of each other. This | ||
280 | makes a file easier to edit. | ||
281 | |||
282 | \item \textbf{Time Split} | ||
283 | This option is useful when timing recordings. If set to active it stops | ||
284 | a recording at a given interval and then starts recording again with a | ||
285 | new file., which is useful for long term recordings. | ||
286 | |||
287 | The splits are seamless (frame accurate), no audio is lost at the split | ||
288 | point. The break between recordings is only the time required to stop | ||
289 | and restart the recording, on the order of 2{}-4 seconds. | ||
290 | |||
291 | Options (hours:minutes between splits): off, 24:00, 18:00, 12:00, 10:00, | ||
292 | 8:00, 6:00, 4:00, 2:00, 1:20 (80 minute CD), 1:14 (74 minute CD), | ||
293 | 1:00, 00:30, 00:15, 00:10, 00:05. | ||
294 | \item \textbf{Prerecord Time} | ||
295 | This setting buffers a small amount of audio so that when the | ||
296 | record button is pressed, the recording will begin from that number of | ||
297 | seconds earlier. This is useful for ensuring that a recording begins | ||
298 | before a cue that is being waited for.\\ | ||
299 | |||
300 | Options: Off, 1{}-30 seconds | ||
301 | \end{itemize} | ||
302 | |||
303 | \section{\label{ref:FMradio}FM Radio (FM recorder Ondio FM)} | ||
304 | {\centering\itshape | ||
305 | [Warning: Image ignored] % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
306 | %\includegraphics[width=4.15cm,height=2.371cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img29.png} | ||
307 | \newline | ||
308 | FM radio screen | ||
309 | \par} | ||
310 | |||
311 | This menu option switches to the radio screen. | ||
312 | |||
313 | The keys are: | ||
314 | |||
315 | \begin{tabular}[l]{|p{3.211cm}|p{13.424cm}|} | ||
316 | \hline | ||
317 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
318 | BUTTON | ||
319 | \par} | ||
320 | & | ||
321 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
322 | FUNCTION | ||
323 | \par} | ||
324 | \\\hline | ||
325 | {\centering | ||
326 | LEFT, RIGHT | ||
327 | \par} | ||
328 | & | ||
329 | Change frequency in 0.1 MHz steps. For automatic station seek, hold | ||
330 | LEFT/RIGHT for a little longer. | ||
331 | \\\hline | ||
332 | {\centering | ||
333 | UP, DOWN | ||
334 | \par} | ||
335 | & | ||
336 | Change volume | ||
337 | \\\hline | ||
338 | {\centering | ||
339 | PLAY | ||
340 | \par} | ||
341 | & | ||
342 | \textcolor{black}{(EXPERIMENTAL) } freezes all | ||
343 | screen updates, may enhance radio reception in some cases. | ||
344 | \\\hline | ||
345 | {\centering | ||
346 | ON | ||
347 | \par} | ||
348 | & | ||
349 | Leave the radio screen with the radio playing | ||
350 | \\\hline | ||
351 | {\centering | ||
352 | OFF | ||
353 | \par} | ||
354 | & | ||
355 | Back to main menu | ||
356 | \\\hline | ||
357 | \end{tabular} | ||
358 | The FM radio has the ability to record and to remember station frequency | ||
359 | settings (presets). | ||
360 | |||
361 | \begin{itemize} | ||
362 | |||
363 | \item \textbf{Saving a preset} | ||
364 | You can save your favourite stations in the 32 | ||
365 | presets. Press F1 to go to the menu, then select | ||
366 | ``Save preset''. Enter the name (maximum number | ||
367 | of characters is 32). | ||
368 | |||
369 | \item \textbf{Selecting a preset} | ||
370 | Press F2 to go to the preset list. Use UP and DOWN to move the cursor | ||
371 | and then press PLAY to select. Use LEFT to leave the preset without | ||
372 | selecting anything. | ||
373 | |||
374 | \item \textbf{Removing a preset} | ||
375 | Press F1 to go to the menu, then select ``Remove preset''. | ||
376 | |||
377 | \item \textbf{Recording} | ||
378 | Press F3 to start recording the currently playing station. Press OFF to | ||
379 | stop recording. Press PLAY again to seamlessly start recording to a new | ||
380 | file. The settings for the recording can be changed in the F1 menu | ||
381 | before starting the recording. See page \pageref{ref:Recordingsettings} | ||
382 | for details of recording settings. | ||
383 | |||
384 | Note: The radio will turn off when playing an MP3. | ||
385 | \end{itemize} | ||
386 | |||
387 | \section{\label{ref:Bookmarkconfig}\label{ref:Bookmarkmenu}Bookmarks} | ||
388 | The bookmarks menu allows you to create and manage bookmark files. | ||
389 | |||
390 | \begin{itemize} | ||
391 | |||
392 | \item \textbf{Create Bookmark} | ||
393 | While playing a track, use this option to save your current position | ||
394 | within the track so that you can return to it at a later time. | ||
395 | Bookmarks are saved on a per folder basis i.e. all of the files in the | ||
396 | same folder have their bookmarks stored together. You can store | ||
397 | multiple bookmarks for the same track. | ||
398 | |||
399 | \item \textbf{List Bookmarks} | ||
400 | |||
401 | % Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
402 | %\includegraphics[width=4.098cm,height=2.341cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img30.png}% Unhandled or unsupported graphics: | ||
403 | %\includegraphics[width=4.669cm,height=2.006cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img31.png} | ||
404 | Recorder bookmark browser Player bookmark browser | ||
405 | |||
406 | While playing a track, use this option to return to any bookmark in the current folder. The bookmark browser | ||
407 | screen (shown above) is now displayed. Use the UP and DOWN keys | ||
408 | (recorder) or MINUS and PLUS keys (player) to navigate between | ||
409 | bookmarks. Press PLAY to jump to a bookmark, ON+PLAY to delete a | ||
410 | bookmark or STOP/OFF to exit the browser. | ||
411 | |||
412 | \item \textbf {Recent bookmarks} | ||
413 | If the ``save a list of recently created bookmarks'' option is enabled | ||
414 | then you can view a list of several recent bookmarks here and select | ||
415 | one to jump straight to that track. This option is off by default. | ||
416 | See page \pageref{ref:Bookmarkconfigactual} for more details on | ||
417 | configuring bookmarking in Rockbox. | ||
418 | |||
419 | \end{itemize} | ||
420 | |||
421 | \section{\label{ref:playlistoptions}Playlist Options} | ||
422 | This menu allows you to work with playlists. | ||
423 | Playlists can either be created automatically by playing a file in | ||
424 | a directory directly, which will cause all of the files in that | ||
425 | directory to be placed in the playlist, or they can be created by hand | ||
426 | using the File Menu (see page \pageref{ref:Filemenu}) | ||
427 | or using the Playlist Options menu. Both automatic and manually | ||
428 | created playlists can be edited using this menu. | ||
429 | |||
430 | \begin{itemize} | ||
431 | \item \textbf{Create Playlist} | ||
432 | Rockbox will create a playlist with all tracks in the current directory and all subdirectories. The playlist will be created one folder level ``up'' from | ||
433 | where you currently are. | ||
434 | |||
435 | \item \textbf{View Current Playlist} | ||
436 | Displays the contents of the playlist currently stored in memory. | ||
437 | |||
438 | \item \textbf{Save Current Playlist} | ||
439 | Saves the current dynamic playlist, excluding queued tracks, to the | ||
440 | specified file. If no path is provided then playlist is saved to | ||
441 | current directory (see page \pageref{ref:Playlistsubmenu}). | ||
442 | |||
443 | \item \textbf{Recursively Insert Directories} | ||
444 | If set to ON then when you insert/queue a directory in Dynamic Playlist, | ||
445 | all subdirectories will also be inserted. If set to ASK then you are | ||
446 | prompted about recursive insertion when inserting a directory. | ||
447 | \end{itemize} | ||
448 | |||
449 | \section{Browse Plugins} | ||
450 | With this option you can load and run various plugins that have been | ||
451 | written for Rockbox.\\ | ||
452 | |||
453 | A detailed description of the different plugins begins on page \pageref{ref:Part5}. | ||
454 | |||
455 | \section{\label{ref:Info}Info} | ||
456 | This option shows MP3 ram buffer size, battery voltage level and | ||
457 | estimated time remaining, disk total space and disk free space. | ||
458 | |||
459 | On players use the MINUS and PLUS keys to step through several pages of | ||
460 | information. | ||
461 | |||
462 | \begin{itemize} | ||
463 | |||
464 | \item \textbf{Show ID3 info} | ||
465 | This is an alternative way to access the ID3 viewer. See page | ||
466 | \pageref{ref:ID3viewer} for details on the ID3 viewer. | ||
467 | |||
468 | \item \textbf{Rockbox Info} | ||
469 | Displays some basic system information. This is, from top to bottom, | ||
470 | the amount of memory Rockbox has available for storing music (the | ||
471 | buffer), battery status, hard disk size and the amount of free space on | ||
472 | the disk. | ||
473 | |||
474 | \item \textbf{Version} | ||
475 | Software version and credits display. | ||
476 | |||
477 | \item \textbf{Debug (Keep Out!)} | ||
478 | This submenu is intended to be used only by Rockbox developers. It shows | ||
479 | hardware, disk, battery status and a lot of other information. It is | ||
480 | not recommended that users access this menu unless instructed to do so | ||
481 | in the course of fixing a problem with Rockbox. In particular the | ||
482 | ``Dump ROM Contents'', ``View/clear RTC RAM'' and | ||
483 | ``Screenshot'' and ``Sound test'' functions | ||
484 | should be treated with care. | ||
485 | \end{itemize} | ||
486 | |||
487 | \section{Shutdown (Player)} | ||
488 | This menu option saves the Rockbox configuration and turns off the hard | ||
489 | drive before shutting down the machine. For maximum safety this | ||
490 | procedure is recommended when turning off the Jukebox. (There is a | ||
491 | very small risk of hard disk corruption otherwise.) See page | ||
492 | \pageref{ref:Safeshutdown} for more details. | ||