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1 | \chapter{Configuring Rockbox} | ||
2 | \newpage | ||
3 | |||
4 | \section{Sound Settings} | ||
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11 | \newline | ||
12 | Recorder sound settings Player sound settings | ||
13 | \par} | ||
14 | |||
15 | This menu offers a selection of sound properties you may change to | ||
16 | improve your sound experience. | ||
17 | |||
18 | \begin{itemize} | ||
19 | \item \textbf{Volume} | ||
20 | |||
21 | The sound volume your music is played at. Although settable range is | ||
22 | 0{}-100\%, many units don't produce audible output | ||
23 | below 40\%. On Recorders, volume settings above 92\% will cause | ||
24 | distortion (clipping) and are not recommended. | ||
25 | |||
26 | \item \textbf{Bass} | ||
27 | This emphasises or suppresses the lower | ||
28 | (bass) sounds in the track. 0 means that bass sounds are unaltered | ||
29 | (flat response). | ||
30 | |||
31 | \item \textbf{Treble} | ||
32 | This emphasises or suppresses the higher | ||
33 | (treble) sounds in the track. 0 means that treble sounds are unaltered | ||
34 | (flat response). | ||
35 | |||
36 | \item \textbf{Balance} | ||
37 | How much of the volume is generated by the left or right channel of the | ||
38 | sound. The default, 0, means that the left and right outputs are equal | ||
39 | in volume. Negative numbers increase the volume of the left channel | ||
40 | relative to the right, positive numbers increase the volume of the | ||
41 | right channel relative to the left. | ||
42 | |||
43 | \item \textbf{Channels} | ||
44 | |||
45 | This option controls the on{}-board mixing | ||
46 | facilities of the Jukebox. A stereo audio signal consists of two | ||
47 | channels, left and right. Available options are | ||
48 | |||
49 | \begin{itemize} | ||
50 | \item \textbf{Mono Left: }Plays the left channel in both stereo channels. | ||
51 | \item \textbf{Mono Right:} Plays the right channel in both stereo channels. | ||
52 | \item \textbf{Mono:} Mix both channels down to mono and send the mixed signal | ||
53 | back to both. | ||
54 | \item \textbf{Stereo:} Do not mix the signal | ||
55 | \item \textbf{Stereo Narrow: }Mixes small amounts of the opposite channel into | ||
56 | the left and right channels, thus making the sound seem closer | ||
57 | together. | ||
58 | \item \textbf{Stereo Wide:} Elements of one channel that are present in the | ||
59 | opposite channel are removed from the latter. This results in the | ||
60 | sound seeming further apart. | ||
61 | \item \textbf{Karaoke:} Removes all sound that is the same in both channels. | ||
62 | Since most vocals are recorded in this way to make the artist sound | ||
63 | central, this often (but not always) has the effect of removing the | ||
64 | voice track from a song. | ||
65 | \end{itemize} | ||
66 | |||
67 | \item \textbf{Loudness (Recorder only)} | ||
68 | Loudness is an effect which emphasises bass and treble. This makes the | ||
69 | track seem louder by amplifying the frequencies that the human ear | ||
70 | finds hard to hear. Frequencies in the vocal range are unaffected, | ||
71 | since the human ear picks these up very easily. | ||
72 | |||
73 | \item \textbf{Auto Volume (Recorder only)} | ||
74 | Auto volume is a feature that automatically lowers the volume on loud | ||
75 | parts, and then slowly restores the volume to the previous level over a | ||
76 | time interval. That time interval is configurable here. Short values | ||
77 | like 20ms are useful for ensuring a constant volume for in car use and | ||
78 | other applications where background noise makes a constant loudness | ||
79 | desirable. A longer timeout means that the change in volume back to | ||
80 | the previous level will be smoother, so there will be less sharp | ||
81 | changes in volume level. | ||
82 | |||
83 | \item \textbf{Super Bass (Recorder Only)} | ||
84 | This setting changes the threshold at which bass frequencies are | ||
85 | affected by the \textbf{Loudness} setting, making the sound of drums | ||
86 | and bass guitar louder in comparison to the rest of the track. This | ||
87 | setting only has an effect if \textbf{Loudness} is set to a value | ||
88 | larger than 0dB. | ||
89 | |||
90 | \item \textbf{MDB {}- Micronas Dynamic Bass (Recorder Only)} | ||
91 | The rest of the parameters on this menu relate to the Micronas Dynamic | ||
92 | Bass (MDB) function. This is designed to enable the user to hear bass | ||
93 | notes that the headphones and/or speakers are not capable of | ||
94 | 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 | ||
95 | mechanism whereby it can actually infer the presence of bass notes from | ||
96 | the higher harmonics that they would generate.\\ | ||
97 | |||
98 | The practical upshot of this is that MDB produces a more authentic | ||
99 | sounding bass by tricking the brain in believing it's | ||
100 | hearing tones that the headphones or speakers aren't | ||
101 | capable of reproducing. Try it and see what you think.\\ | ||
102 | |||
103 | The MDB parameters are as follows. | ||
104 | |||
105 | \begin{itemize} | ||
106 | \item \textbf{MDB enable: } This turns the MDB feature on or off. For many | ||
107 | users this will be the only setting they need, since Rockbox picks | ||
108 | sensible defaults for the other parameters. MDB is turned off by | ||
109 | default. | ||
110 | \item \textbf{MDB strength:} How loud the harmonics generated by the MDB will | ||
111 | be. | ||
112 | \item \textbf{MDB Harmonics}: The percentage of the low notes that is | ||
113 | converted into harmonics. If low notes are causing speaker distortion, | ||
114 | this can be set to 100\% to eliminate the fundamental completely and | ||
115 | only produce harmonics in the signal. If set to 0\% this is the same | ||
116 | as turning the MDB feature off. | ||
117 | \item \textbf{MDB Centre Frequency: }The cutoff frequency of your headphones or speakers. This is usually given in the specification for the headphones/speakers. | ||
118 | \item \textbf{MDB shape: }It is recommended that this parameter be set to 1.5 | ||
119 | times the centre frequency.\\ | ||
120 | |||
121 | This is the frequency up to which harmonics are generated. Some of the | ||
122 | lower fundamentals near the cut{}-off range | ||
123 | will have their lower harmonics cut off, since they will be below the | ||
124 | range of the speakers. Fundamentals between the | ||
125 | cut{}-off frequency and the lower frequency will have their harmonics proportionally boosted to compensate and restore the 'loudness' of these | ||
126 | notes.\\ | ||
127 | |||
128 | For most users, the defaults should provide an improvement in sound | ||
129 | quality and can be safely left as they are. For reference, the | ||
130 | defaults Rockbox uses are: | ||
131 | |||
132 | |||
133 | \begin{tabular}[c]{|p{4.5290003cm}|p{1.56cm}|} | ||
134 | \hline | ||
135 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
136 | Setting | ||
137 | \par} | ||
138 | & | ||
139 | {\centering\bfseries\itshape | ||
140 | Value | ||
141 | \par} | ||
142 | \\\hline | ||
143 | {\centering\upshape | ||
144 | MDB Strength | ||
145 | \par} | ||
146 | & | ||
147 | 50dB | ||
148 | \\\hline | ||
149 | {\centering\upshape | ||
150 | MDB Harmonics | ||
151 | \par} | ||
152 | & | ||
153 | 48\% | ||
154 | \\\hline | ||
155 | {\centering\upshape | ||
156 | MDB Centre Frequency | ||
157 | \par} | ||
158 | & | ||
159 | 60Hz | ||
160 | \\\hline | ||
161 | {\centering\upshape | ||
162 | MDB Shape | ||
163 | \par} | ||
164 | & | ||
165 | 90Hz | ||
166 | \\\hline | ||
167 | \end{tabular} | ||
168 | |||
169 | \end{itemize} | ||
170 | \end{itemize} | ||
171 | |||
172 | \section{\label{ref:GeneralSettings}General Settings} | ||
173 | {\centering\mdseries\itshape | ||
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177 | %\includegraphics[width=4.667cm,height=1.963cm]{images/rockbox-manual-img35.png} | ||
178 | \newline | ||
179 | Recorder general settings Player general settings | ||
180 | \par} | ||
181 | |||
182 | \subsubsection{\label{ref:PlaybackOptions}Playback Options} | ||
183 | This menu is for configuring settings related to MP3 playback | ||
184 | |||
185 | \begin{itemize} | ||
186 | \item \textbf{Shuffle} | ||
187 | Select shuffle ON/OFF. This alters how Rockbox will select which next | ||
188 | song to play. | ||
189 | \item \textbf{Repeat} | ||
190 | Repeat modes are Off/One/All. ``Off'' means no | ||
191 | repeat. ``One'' means repeat one track over | ||
192 | and over. ``All'' means repeat playlist/directory. | ||
193 | \item \item{Play Selected First } | ||
194 | This setting controls what happens when you press PLAY on a file in a | ||
195 | directory and shuffle mode is on. If this setting is Yes, the file you | ||
196 | selected will be played first. If this setting is No, a random file in | ||
197 | the directory will be played first. | ||
198 | \item \textbf{Resume} | ||
199 | Sets whether Rockbox will resume playing at the point where you shut | ||
200 | off. Options are: Ask/Yes/No/Ask once. | ||
201 | ``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. | ||
202 | \item \textbf{FFwd / Rewind} | ||
203 | Two options are available at this point | ||
204 | |||
205 | \begin{itemize} | ||
206 | \item \textbf{FF/RW Min Step} | ||
207 | The smallest step, in seconds, you want to fast forward or rewind in a | ||
208 | track. | ||
209 | \item \textbf{FF/RW Accel} | ||
210 | How fast you want search (ffwd/rew) to accelerate when you hold | ||
211 | down the button. ``Off'' means no acceleration. ``2x/1s'' means double the | ||
212 | search speed once every second the button is held. ``2x/5s'' means double the search speed once every 5 seconds the button is held. | ||
213 | \end{itemize} | ||
214 | |||
215 | \item \textbf{Anti{}-skip Buffer} | ||
216 | This setting is really ``extra anti{}-skip''. It lets you set | ||
217 | a timer for how many seconds earlier than normally necessary the disk | ||
218 | should spin up and start reading data. You don't need | ||
219 | this unless you shake and bump the unit a lot. Spinning up the disk | ||
220 | earlier than necessary naturally drains the batteries a little extra. | ||
221 | Most users will not need this setting. | ||
222 | |||
223 | \item \textbf{Fade on Stop/Pause} | ||
224 | This setting enables and disables a fade effect when you pause | ||
225 | or stop playing a song. Fade is a progressive increase or reduction of | ||
226 | volume, from your set volume to 0, and vice versa. | ||
227 | |||
228 | \item \textbf{ID3 tag priority} | ||
229 | ID3 tags in an MP3 file contain information about the artist, title, | ||
230 | 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. | ||
231 | \end{itemize} | ||
232 | |||
233 | \subsection{File View} | ||
234 | This menu deals with options relating to how the file browser displays | ||
235 | files | ||
236 | |||
237 | \begin{itemize} | ||
238 | \item \textbf{Sort Case Sensitive} | ||
239 | If this option is enabled files that start with a | ||
240 | 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. | ||
241 | \item \textbf{Sort Directories} | ||
242 | This option controls how Rockbox sorts folders. The default is to sort | ||
243 | them alphabetically. ``By date'' sorts them with the oldest folder | ||
244 | first. ``By newest date'' sorts them with the newest folder first. | ||
245 | |||
246 | \item \textbf{Sort Files} | ||
247 | This option controls how Rockbox sorts files. In addition to the | ||
248 | options for directory sorting above, there is a ``By type'' option | ||
249 | which sorts files alphabetically by their type (such as .mp3) then | ||
250 | alphabetically within each type. | ||
251 | |||
252 | \item \textbf{\label{ref:ShowFiles}Show Files} | ||
253 | Controls which files are displayed in the directory browser: | ||
254 | |||
255 | \begin{itemize} | ||
256 | \item \textbf{Music: } | ||
257 | Only directories, .mp3, .mp2, .mpa and .m3u files | ||
258 | are shown. Extensions are strippe'd. Files anddirectories starting with . Or with the ``hidden'' flag set are hidden. | ||
259 | \item \textbf{Playlists:} | ||
260 | Only shows directories and playlists, for | ||
261 | simplified navigation. | ||
262 | \item \textbf{Supported:} | ||
263 | All directories and files Rockbox understands (see page \pageref{ref:Supportedfileformats}) are shown. Files and directories starting with . or with the | ||
264 | ``hidden'' flag set are hidden. | ||
265 | \item \textbf{All:} | ||
266 | All files and directories are shown. Extensions are shown. No files or | ||
267 | directories arehidden | ||
268 | \end{itemize} | ||
269 | |||
270 | \item \textbf{Follow Playlist} | ||
271 | If Follow Playlist is set to ``Yes'', you will find yourself in the same | ||
272 | directory as the currently playing file if you go to the Directory | ||
273 | Browser from the WPS. If set to ``No'', you will stay in the same directory as you were last in. | ||
274 | |||
275 | \item \textbf{Show Icons} | ||
276 | This indicates whether Rockbox will display an icon representing what | ||
277 | type a file is on the left of the file in the browser. For details of | ||
278 | these icons, please see page \pageref{ref:Supportedfileformats}. | ||
279 | \end{itemize} | ||
280 | |||
281 | \subsection{\label{ref:Displayoptions}Display Options} | ||
282 | |||
283 | \begin{itemize} | ||
284 | \item \textbf{Browse fonts} | ||
285 | Browse the fonts that reside in your \textbf{/.rockbox} directory. | ||
286 | Selecting one will activate it. See page \pageref{ref:Loadingfonts} for further details about fonts. | ||
287 | |||
288 | \item \textbf{Browse WPS files} | ||
289 | Opens the file browser in the \textbf{/.rockbox} directory and displays | ||
290 | all .wps files. Selecting one will activate it, stop will exit back to | ||
291 | the menu.\\ | ||
292 | |||
293 | For further information about the WPS see page \pageref{ref:WPS}. For | ||
294 | information about editing a .wps file see page \pageref{ref:ConfiguringtheWPS}. | ||
295 | |||
296 | \item \textbf{LCD Settings} | ||
297 | |||
298 | %\begin{itemize} | ||
299 | This submenu contains settings that relate to the display of the | ||
300 | Jukebox. | ||
301 | \item \textbf{Backlight:} | ||
302 | How long the backlight shines after a key | ||
303 | press. Set to OFF to never light it, set to ON to never shut it off or | ||
304 | set a preferred timeout period. | ||
305 | \item \textbf{Backlight on WhenPlugged:} | ||
306 | This option turns the backlight on constantly while the charger cable is connected. | ||
307 | \item \textbf{Caption Backlight:} This option turns the backlight on for | ||
308 | 25 seconds either side of the start of a new track so that the display | ||
309 | can be read to see song information. | ||
310 | \item \textbf{Contrast:} Changes the contrast of your LCD display. | ||
311 | Warning: Setting the contrast too dark or too light can make it hard to | ||
312 | find this menu option again! | ||
313 | \item \textbf{LCD Mode} (Recorder only): This setting lets you invert | ||
314 | the whole screen, so now you get a black background and green text | ||
315 | graphics. | ||
316 | \item \textbf{Upside Down: }Displays the screen so that the top of the | ||
317 | display is nearest the buttons. This is sometimes useful when carrying | ||
318 | the Recorder in a pocket for easy access to the headphone socket. | ||
319 | \item \textbf{Line Selector: }Select this option to have a bar of | ||
320 | inverted text (``Bar'' option) mark the current line in the File | ||
321 | Browser rather than the default arrow to the left (``Pointer'' option). | ||
322 | This gives slightly more room for filenames. | ||
323 | %\end{itemize} | ||
324 | |||
325 | \item \textbf{Scrolling} | ||
326 | This feature controls how text will scroll in Rockbox. You can configure | ||
327 | the following parameters: | ||
328 | |||
329 | \begin{itemize} | ||
330 | \item \textbf{Scroll Speed:} | ||
331 | Controls how many times per second the scrolling text moves a step. | ||
332 | \item \textbf{Scroll StartDelay:} | ||
333 | Controls how many milliseconds Rockbox should wait before a new text begins scrolling. | ||
334 | \item \textbf{Scroll Step Size:} | ||
335 | Controls how many pixels the text scroll should move for each step. (Recorder/Ondio only) | ||
336 | \item \textbf{Bidirectional Scroll Limit: } | ||
337 | 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 | ||
338 | left until you can read the end of the line, and scroll right until you | ||
339 | see the beginning again. Rockbox chooses which method it should use, | ||
340 | depending of how much it has to scroll left. This setting lets you tell | ||
341 | Rockbox where that limit is, expressed in percentage of line length. | ||
342 | \end{itemize} | ||
343 | |||
344 | \item \textbf{Status/Scrollbar (Recorder only)} | ||
345 | Settings related to on screen status display and the scrollbar. | ||
346 | |||
347 | \begin{itemize} | ||
348 | \item \textbf{Scroll Bar: }Enables or disables the scroll bar at the | ||
349 | left. | ||
350 | \item \textbf{Status Bar: }Enables or disables the status bar | ||
351 | at the upper side. | ||
352 | \item \textbf{Button Bar:} Enables or disables the button bar prompts | ||
353 | for the F keys at the bottom of the screen. | ||
354 | \item \textbf{Volume Display:} Controls whether the volume is displayed | ||
355 | as a graphic or a numerical percentage value on the Status Bar. | ||
356 | \item \textbf{Battery Display: }Controls whether the battery charge | ||
357 | status is displayed as a graphic or numerical percentage value on the | ||
358 | Status Bar. | ||
359 | \end{itemize} | ||
360 | |||
361 | \item \textbf{Peak Meter (Recorder only) } | ||
362 | The peak meter can be configured with a number of parameters. (For a description of the peak meter see page \pageref{ref:Peakmeter}.) | ||
363 | |||
364 | \begin{itemize} | ||
365 | \item \textbf{Peak Release:} | ||
366 | This determines how fast the bar shrinks when the music becomes softer. | ||
367 | Lower values make the peak meter look smoother. | ||
368 | \item \textbf{Peak Hold Time:} | ||
369 | 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 | ||
370 | that occurred within the last 5 seconds. Big values are good if you | ||
371 | want to find the peak level of a song, which might be of interest when | ||
372 | copying music from the jukebox via the analogue output to some other | ||
373 | recording device. | ||
374 | \item \textbf{Clip Hold Time:} | ||
375 | How long the clipping indicator will be visible after clipping was detected | ||
376 | \item \textbf{Performance:} | ||
377 | 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. | ||
378 | 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 | ||
379 | the peak meter as a measuring instrument you'll want to use high performance mode. | ||
380 | \item \textbf{Scale:} | ||
381 | Select whether the peak meter displays linear or logarithmic values. In | ||
382 | ``dB'' (decibel) scale the volume values are scaled logarithmically. | ||
383 | This very similar to the perception of loudness. The volume meters of | ||
384 | digital audio devices usually are scaled this way. If you are | ||
385 | interested in the power level that is applied to your headphones you | ||
386 | should choose ``linear'' display. Unfortunately this value | ||
387 | doesn't have real units like volts or watts since that | ||
388 | depends on the phones. So they can only be displayed as percentage | ||
389 | values. | ||
390 | \item \textbf{Minimum and maximum range:} These two options define the | ||
391 | full value range that the peak meter displays. Recommended values for | ||
392 | dbFs are {}-40 for min. and 0 for maximum. For linear display, use 0 | ||
393 | and 100\%. Note that {}-40 dbFs is approximately 1\% in linear value, | ||
394 | 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 | ||
395 | 'zooming' into the peak meter. | ||
396 | \end{itemize} | ||
397 | \end{itemize} | ||
398 | |||
399 | \subsubsection{\label{ref:SystemOptions}System Options} | ||
400 | |||
401 | \begin{itemize} | ||
402 | \item \textbf{Battery} | ||
403 | Options relating to the batteries in the Jukebox unit. | ||
404 | \begin{itemize} | ||
405 | \item \textbf{Battery Capacity} can be used to tell the Jukebox what | ||
406 | capacity (in mAh) of battery is being used inside it. The default is | ||
407 | 1500mAh for NiMH battery based units, and 2300mAh for LiOn battery | ||
408 | based units, which is the capacity value for the standard batteries | ||
409 | shipped with these units. This value is used for calculating remaining | ||
410 | battery life. | ||
411 | \item \textbf{Deep discharge (Non{}-FM recorder only)} | ||
412 | Set this to ON if you intend to keep your charger connected for a long | ||
413 | period of time. It lets the batteries go down to 10\% before starting | ||
414 | to charge again. Setting this to OFF will cause the charging to restart | ||
415 | on 95\%. | ||
416 | \item \textbf{Trickle Charge (Non{}-FM recorder only)} | ||
417 | The Jukebox cannot be turned off while the charger is connected. | ||
418 | Therefore, trickle charge is needed to keep the batteries full after | ||
419 | charging has completed. For more in depth information about charging | ||
420 | see Battery FAQ in your \textbf{/.rockbox/docs }directory. | ||
421 | \end{itemize} | ||
422 | |||
423 | \item \textbf{Disk} | ||
424 | Options relating to the hard disk. | ||
425 | |||
426 | \begin{itemize} | ||
427 | \item \textbf{DiskSpindown:} | ||
428 | 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 | ||
429 | affected by user activity, like navigating through file browser. When | ||
430 | the hard disk spins up to fill mp3 buffer, it automatically spins down | ||
431 | afterwards. | ||
432 | \item \textbf{Disk Poweroff:}(non v2/FM{}-recorder only) | ||
433 | Whether the disk is powered OFF or only set to ``sleep'' when spun | ||
434 | down. Power off uses less power but takes longer to spin{}-up. | ||
435 | \end{itemize} | ||
436 | |||
437 | \item \textbf{Time and Date (Recorder Only)} | ||
438 | Time related menu options. | ||
439 | |||
440 | \begin{itemize} | ||
441 | \item \textbf{Set Time/Date: } | ||
442 | Set current time and date. | ||
443 | \item \textbf{Time Format: } | ||
444 | Choose 12 or 24 Hour clock. | ||
445 | \end{itemize} | ||
446 | |||
447 | \item \textbf{\label{ref:idlepoweroff}Idle Poweroff} | ||
448 | Rockbox can be configured to turn off power after the unit has been idle | ||
449 | for a defined number of minutes. The unit is idle when playback is | ||
450 | stopped or paused. It is not idle while the USB or charger is | ||
451 | connected, or while recording. | ||
452 | |||
453 | \item \textbf{Sleep Timer} | ||
454 | This option lets you power off your jukebox after playing for a given | ||
455 | time. This setting is reset on boot. Using this option disables the | ||
456 | \textbf{Wake up alarm} (see below). | ||
457 | |||
458 | \item \textbf{Wake up alarm (Recorder v2/FM only)} | ||
459 | This option turns the Jukebox off and then starts it up again at the | ||
460 | specified time. This is most useful when combined with the Resume | ||
461 | setting in the Playback options set to ``Yes'', so that the Jukebox | ||
462 | wakes up and immediately starts playing music. Use LEFT and RIGHT to | ||
463 | adjust the minutes setting, UP and DOWN to adjust the HOURS. PLAY | ||
464 | confirms the alarm and shuts your Jukebox down, and STOP cancels | ||
465 | setting an alarm. If the Jukebox is turned on again before the alarm | ||
466 | occurs the alarm will be canceled. Using this option disables the \textbf{Sleep Timer} (see above). | ||
467 | |||
468 | \item \textbf{Limits} | ||
469 | This submenu relates to limits in the Rockbox operating system. | ||
470 | |||
471 | \begin{itemize} | ||
472 | \item \textbf{Max files in dir browser: }Configurable limit of files in | ||
473 | the directory browser (file buffer size). You can configure the size to | ||
474 | be between 50 and 10000 files in steps of 50 files. The default is 400, | ||
475 | higher values will shorten the music buffer.\\ | ||
476 | |||
477 | Note: the device must be rebooted for settings to take effect! | ||
478 | \item \textbf{Max playlist size: }Option to configure the maximum size | ||
479 | of a playlist. The playlist size can be between 1000 and 20000 files in | ||
480 | steps of 1000. By default it is 10000. Higher values will shorten the | ||
481 | music buffer.\\ | ||
482 | |||
483 | Note: the device must be rebooted for settings to take effect! | ||
484 | \end{itemize} | ||
485 | |||
486 | \item \textbf{Car Adapter Mode} | ||
487 | This option turns on and off the car ignition auto stop | ||
488 | function. | ||
489 | |||
490 | When using the Jukebox in a car, car adapter mode automatically stops | ||
491 | playback on the Jukebox when power (i.e. from cigarette lighter power | ||
492 | adapter) to the external DC in jack is turned off. | ||
493 | |||
494 | When the external power off condition is detected, the Car Adapter Mode | ||
495 | function only pauses the playback. In order to shut down the Jukebox | ||
496 | completely the \textbf{Idle Poweroff} function (see above) must also be | ||
497 | set. | ||
498 | |||
499 | If power to the DC in jack is turned back on before the \textbf{Idle | ||
500 | Poweroff} function has shut the Jukebox off, playback will be resumed | ||
501 | 5 seconds after the power is applied. This delay is to allow for the | ||
502 | time while the car engine is being started. Once the Jukebox is shut | ||
503 | off either manually, or automatically with the \textbf{Idle Poweroff | ||
504 | }function, it must be powered up manually to resume playback. | ||
505 | |||
506 | \item \textbf{Line In (Player only)} | ||
507 | This option activates the line in port on Jukebox Player, which | ||
508 | is off by default. | ||
509 | |||
510 | This is useful for such applications as: | ||
511 | \begin{itemize} | ||
512 | \item Game boy {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater} human | ||
513 | \item laptop {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater}human | ||
514 | \item LAN party computer {}-{\textgreater} Jukebox {}-{\textgreater} human | ||
515 | \end{itemize} | ||
516 | |||
517 | \item \textbf{Manage settings} | ||
518 | This submenu deals with loading and saving settings. | ||
519 | |||
520 | \begin{itemize} | ||
521 | \item \textbf{Browse .cfg Files: } | ||
522 | This displays a list of configuration | ||
523 | (.cfg) files stored in the \textbf{/.rockbox} system directory. This | ||
524 | is useful if the Jukebox is plugged into more than one different output | ||
525 | device (e.g. headphones, computer, car stereo, hi{}-fi) so that a settings file can be maintained for each. | ||
526 | \item \textbf{Browse Firmwares:} This displays a list of firmware (.mod | ||
527 | 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 | ||
528 | run the original Archos firmware or a different version of Rockbox from | ||
529 | here assuming that you have the right files installed on your disk. | ||
530 | \item \textbf{Reset Settings: }This wipes the saved settings in the | ||
531 | Jukebox and resets all settings to their default values. | ||
532 | \item \textbf{Write .cfg file: }Saves the current settings into a .cfg | ||
533 | file for later use with \textbf{Browse .cfg Files} above. | ||
534 | \end{itemize} | ||
535 | |||
536 | \end{itemize} | ||
537 | |||
538 | \subsubsection{\label{ref:Bookmarkconfigactual}Bookmarking} | ||
539 | |||
540 | \begin{itemize} | ||
541 | \item \textbf{Bookmark on Stop} | ||
542 | Write a bookmark to the disk whenever the stop key is pressed. If | ||
543 | playback is stopped it can be resumed easily at a later time. The | ||
544 | \textbf{Resume} function remembers your position in the most | ||
545 | recently accessed track regardless of this setting. | ||
546 | \item \textbf{Load Last Bookmark} | ||
547 | When this is on, Rockbox automatically returns to the position of the | ||
548 | last bookmark within a file when it is played. If set to Ask, Rockbox | ||
549 | will ask the user whether they want to start from the beginning or the | ||
550 | bookmark. When set to no, playback always starts from the beginning | ||
551 | and the Bookmark file must be played or \textbf{Load Bookmark} selected | ||
552 | from the \textbf{Bookmarks} submenu of the Main Menu while the file is | ||
553 | playing. | ||
554 | \item \textbf{Maintain a list of Recently Used Bookmarks} | ||
555 | If this option is turned on, Rockbox will store a list of Bookmarks that | ||
556 | have been accessed recently. This is then accessible from the | ||
557 | \textbf{Recent Bookmarks} option of the \textbf{Bookmarks} submenu of | ||
558 | the Main Menu. | ||
559 | \end{itemize} | ||
560 | |||
561 | \subsection{\label{ref:Language}Language} | ||
562 | This setting controls the language of the Rockbox user interface. | ||
563 | Selecting a language will activate it. The language files must be in | ||
564 | the \textbf{/.rockbox/lang/} directory. | ||
565 | |||
566 | See page \pageref{ref:Loadinglanguages} for further details about | ||
567 | languages. | ||
568 | |||
569 | \subsection{Voice} | ||
570 | |||
571 | \begin{itemize} | ||
572 | \item \textbf{Voice Menus} | ||
573 | 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 | ||
574 | default. | ||
575 | |||
576 | The voice file is the name of the language for which it is made, | ||
577 | followed by the extension .voice. So for English, the file name would | ||
578 | be \textbf{english.voice}. | ||
579 | |||
580 | This option is on by default. It will do nothing unless the appropriate | ||
581 | .voice file is installed in the correct place on the Jukebox. | ||
582 | |||
583 | \begin{itemize} | ||
584 | \item \textbf{Limitations} | ||
585 | \begin{itemize} | ||
586 | \item Setting the Sound Option \textbf{Channels} to ``karaoke'' may | ||
587 | disable voice menus. | ||
588 | \item Plugins and the wake up alarm do not support voice features. | ||
589 | \end{itemize} | ||
590 | |||
591 | \item \textbf{Voice Directories} | ||
592 | This option turns on the speaking of directory names. The Jukebox is | ||
593 | not powerful enough to produce these voices in real time, so a number of options are available. | ||
594 | |||
595 | \begin{itemize} | ||
596 | \item \textbf{.talk mp3 clip: } | ||
597 | 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. | ||
598 | \item \textbf{Spell: } | ||
599 | Speak the directory name by spelling it out letter | ||
600 | by letter. Support is provided only for the most common letters and | ||
601 | punctuation. | ||
602 | \item \textbf{Numbers: } | ||
603 | Each directory is assigned a number based upon its position in the file list. They are then announced as ``Directory 1'', ``Directory 2'' etc. | ||
604 | \item \textbf{Off: } | ||
605 | No attempt will be made to speak directory names. | ||
606 | \end{itemize} | ||
607 | |||
608 | \item \textbf{Voice Filenames} | ||
609 | This option turns on the speaking of directory names. The options | ||
610 | 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}). | ||
611 | \end{itemize} | ||
612 | \end{itemize} | ||
613 | See | ||
614 | \url{http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/VoiceHowto} for more details on configuring speech support in Rockbox. | ||
615 | |||