The Rockbox ManualforSansa Fuzerockbox.orgMay 16, 2015
Contents 10D.6. Misc Coloring Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189D.7. Power Related Information . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 12. Plugins 100the information you are given to work out where the mines are and avoid them. Whenthe player is certain that they know the loca
Chapter 12. Plugins 101Filename MD5 checksumpacman.5e 2791455babaf26e0b396c78d2b45f8f6pacman.5f 9240f35d1d2beee0ff17195653b5e405pacman.6e 290aa5eae9e2f
Chapter 12. Plugins 102To beat each level, you must destroy all of the pegs. If two like pegs are pushed intoeach other they disappear except for tria
Chapter 12. Plugins 103Key ActionLeft Left player upSubmenu Left player downPlay Right player upRight Right player downHome Quit12.1.21. ReversiThis i
Chapter 12. Plugins 10412.1.23. RockbloxFigure 12.20.: RockbloxRockblox is a Rockbox version of the classic falling blocks game from Russia. The aimof
Chapter 12. Plugins 105Key ActionSubmenu Move down fasterHome or LongHomeQuit12.1.25. Sliding PuzzleFigure 12.21.: Sliding puzzleThe classic sliding p
Chapter 12. Plugins 10612.1.26. SnakeFigure 12.22.: SnakeThis is the popular snake game. The aim is to grow your snake as large as possible byeating t
Chapter 12. Plugins 107Key ActionPlay / Submenu/ Left / RightSteer the snakeSelect Pause and resume the gameLong Home QuitIn game A, the maze stays th
Chapter 12. Plugins 108Key ActionIn gamePlay, Submenu,Left, RightMove the “sokoban” up, down, left, orrightLong Home MenuSelect+Submenu Back to previo
Chapter 12. Plugins 109For the full set of rules to the game, and other interesting information visit http://www.solitairecentral.com/rules/klondike.h
Chapter 1. Introduction 111. Introduction1.1. WelcomeThis is the manual for Rockbox. Rockbox is an open source firmware replacementfor a growing number
Chapter 12. Plugins 110Key ActionSelect ShootPlay ThrustScrollBackward/Scroll ForwardTurn left/rightSubmenu TeleportSelect+Play Pause gameLong Home Qu
Chapter 12. Plugins 111Key ActionLeft Move LeftRight Move RightPlay Move UpSubmenu Move DownSelect Switch between circle and squareSelect+Left Previou
Chapter 12. Plugins 112scratchpad and press the scratchpad button, the number will then be added. If thenumber was already on the scratchpad it will g
Chapter 12. Plugins 113Game controls:Key ActionLeft Turn leftRight Turn rightPlay Turn UpSubmenu Turn DownThe gameUse the control keys of your worm to
Chapter 12. Plugins 114The scoreboardOn the right side of the game field is the score board. For each worm it displays itsstatus and its length. The to
Chapter 12. Plugins 11512.1.34. XoboxFigure 12.30.: XoboxXobox is a simple clone of the well known arcade game Qix. The aim of the game is tosection o
Chapter 12. Plugins 11612.2. Demos12.2.1. BounceFigure 12.31.: BounceThis demo is of the word “Rockbox” bouncing across the screen. There is also anan
Chapter 12. Plugins 11712.2.3. CubeFigure 12.32.: CubeThis is a rotating cube screen saver in 3D.Key ActionSelect Display at maximum frame ratePlay Pa
Chapter 12. Plugins 118Key ActionScroll Backward/ Scroll ForwardIncrease / decrease speedPlay / Submenu Add / remove polygonHome Quit12.2.5. FireFigur
Chapter 12. Plugins 119This demonstration draws fractal images from the Mandelbrot set.Key ActionDirection keys Move about the imageScroll Forward Zoo
Chapter 1. Introduction 12main channel for Rockbox is #rockbox on irc://irc.freenode.net. Many helpful developersand users are usually around. Just jo
Chapter 12. Plugins 120Key ActionPlay Change the gap between the drawinglines.Select Restart the drawing process.Home or LongHomeExits Mosaique demo12
Chapter 12. Plugins 12112.2.10. PictureFlowFigure 12.38.: PictureFlowPictureFlow provides a visualisation of your albums with their associated cover a
Chapter 12. Plugins 122Playback Control. Control music playback from within the plugin.Settings. Enter the settings menu.Return. Exit menu.Quit. Exit
Chapter 12. Plugins 123Key ActionPlay /Submenu/ ScrollForward / ScrollBackwardIncrease / decrease FrequencySelect Change ColorHome / LongHomeExit12.2.
Chapter 12. Plugins 124This demo replicates snow falling on your screen. If you love winter, you will love thisdemo. Or maybe not. Press Home or Long
Chapter 12. Plugins 125for the display of small meters in addition to the main display (as above). From thesettings menu the decay time for the meter
Chapter 12. Plugins 12612.3.1. ShortcutsThe Shortcuts Plugin allows you to jump to places within the file browser without havingto navigate there manua
Chapter 12. Plugins 12712.3.2. Chip-8 EmulatorChip8 is a kind of assembly language for a long-gone architecture. This plugin runsgames written using t
Chapter 12. Plugins 12812.3.3. FrotzFrotz is a Z-Machine interpreter for playing Infocom’s interactive fiction games, andnewer games using the same for
Chapter 12. Plugins 129Format File-extension(s)BMP .bmpJPEG .jpg, .jpe, .jpegPNG .pngGIF .gifPPM .ppmNote: When an audio file is playing the size of th
Chapter 2. Installation 132. InstallationInstalling Rockbox is generally a quick and easy procedure. However before beginningthere are a few important
Chapter 12. Plugins 130in various “unsupported xx” messages. Processing could also fail if the image is too bigto decode which will be explained by a
Chapter 12. Plugins 13112.3.7. MPEG PlayerThe Mpeg Player is a video player plugin capable of playing back MPEG-1 and MPEG-2video streams with MPEG au
Chapter 12. Plugins 132Audio Options Open Audio Options submenu – see below.Resume Options (default: Start menu) Enable/disable the start menu.Play Mo
Chapter 12. Plugins 13312.3.8. MP3 EncoderThis plugin encodes a .wav file to MP3 format. The supported input format is uncom-pressed, linear PCM with 1
Chapter 12. Plugins 134Default keysKey ActionPlay / SubmenuLeft / RightDirection keysSelect A buttonHome B buttonScroll Backward StartScroll Forward S
Chapter 12. Plugins 13512.3.11. ShopperShopper is a shopping list plugin which allows you to maintain reusable shopping lists.12.3.12. SortThis plugin
Chapter 12. Plugins 136Default keysKey ActionPlay Scroll-upSubmenu Scroll-downLeft Top of file (Narrow mode) / One screenleft (Wide mode)Right Bottom o
Chapter 12. Plugins 137Screens Per Page Set the number of screens per page. Available options are 1 to5 screens per page.Alignment Set the text alignm
Chapter 12. Plugins 138Scroll by Page Scroll up or down one full screen.Scroll by Line Scroll up or down one line.Overlap Pages Set whether the last l
Chapter 12. Plugins 139BookmarksTo add a bookmark, press Play+Select. The bookmark will be displayed as shownbelow. To delete the bookmark press the s
Chapter 2. Installation 14function. This is the component of Rockbox that is installed to the flash memoryof your Sansa.The Rockbox firmware. Unlike the
Chapter 12. Plugins 140WPS. Specifies how the .wps file belonging to a theme .cfg file is handled.Statusbar Skin. Specifies how the .sbs file belonging to
Chapter 12. Plugins 141.sna in the file browser.Note: As ZXBox is a 48k emulator only loading of 48k z80 snapshots is possible.bDefault keysThe emulato
Chapter 12. Plugins 142Frameskip Sets the number of frames to skip before displaying one. With zeroframeskip ZXBox tries to display 50 frames per seco
Chapter 12. Plugins 14312.4.2. Battery BenchmarkThe Battery Benchmark plugin enables you to test your battery’s performance whilstusing your player no
Chapter 12. Plugins 144UsageThe log file can be used to tell you how long the battery lasted (with some limitations, seebelow), but it is most useful f
Chapter 12. Plugins 14512.4.4. CalendarFigure 12.49.: CalendarThis is a small and simple calendar application with memo saving function. Dots indicate
Chapter 12. Plugins 146The chess clock plugin is designed to simulate a chess clock, but it can be used in anykind of game with up to ten players.Setu
Chapter 12. Plugins 14712.4.6. ClockFigure 12.51.: ClockThis is a fully featured analogue and digital clock plugin.Key configurationKey ActionLeft / Ri
Chapter 12. Plugins 148Idle Poweroff Toggle Idle Poweroff.Note: This setting is not saved to disk.bHelp Opens a brief help screen with key mappings and
Chapter 12. Plugins 149enabled, draws empty and full circles, instead of zeros and ones. For help on readingbinary, please visit: http://en.wikipedia.
Chapter 2. Installation 15Choosing a Rockbox versionThere are three different versions of Rockbox available from the Rockbox website: Re-lease version,
Chapter 12. Plugins 150Using KeyboxTo get started, start up the plugin and select Enter Keybox. The first time you enterKeybox you will be prompted for
Chapter 12. Plugins 151Supported tags and formats for .lrc filesThe following tags are supported:[ti:title][ar:artist][offset:offset (msec)]Each line s
Chapter 12. Plugins 152ControlsKey ActionScroll Forward /Scroll BackwardVolume up/down.Left Go to beginning of track, or if pressedwhile in the first s
Chapter 12. Plugins 153Playback Control. Show the playback control menu.Time Offset. Set an offset for the time tags for the lyrics currently in use.Tim
Chapter 12. Plugins 154Programmed Track ModeWhen starting the plugin as a viewer for tempomap files (ending in .tempo), it startsin the track mode that
Chapter 12. Plugins 155The syntax of programmed tracks in tempomap files follows the format defined byhttp://das.nasophon.de/klick/. Actually, the goal
Chapter 12. Plugins 156The 12/12 for the shuffle create 1/4 triplets. Just do a bit of math;-) This is still ametronome, not a drum machine, but it can
Chapter 12. Plugins 15712.4.15. Random Folder Advance ConfigurationThis plugin is used to configure the folders which will be considered when the Auto-C
Chapter 12. Plugins 15812.4.16. Resistor CalculatorFigure 12.52.: Resistor calculatorThe resistor calculator is a plugin that works in 3 modes:Colour
Chapter 12. Plugins 15912.4.17. RockpaintFigure 12.53.: RockpaintRockpaint is a bitmap (.bmp) editor for Rockbox. It can open any .bmp file whose di-me
Chapter 2. Installation 163. Take the .zip file that you downloaded and use the “Extract all” command ofyour unzip program to extract the files onto you
Chapter 12. Plugins 160Curve tool Allows you to draw a line and curve it.Rectangle tool Draws an unfilled rectangle.Circle tool Draws an unfilled circle
Chapter 12. Plugins 161Choose colour Allows you to manually edit the foreground colour. You can edit theRBG and/or the HSV values.Grid size Allows you
Chapter 12. Plugins 16212.4.19. StopwatchFigure 12.55.: StopwatchA simple stopwatch program with support for saving times.Key ActionLong Home Quit Plu
Chapter 12. Plugins 163Key ActionSelect or Right Edit Line / Select CharacterLeft Exit / Abort EditingSubmenu Show Item MenuLong Select Delete LineThe
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 16413. Advanced Topics13.1. Customising the User Interface13.1.1. Customising The Main MenuIt is possible to customise the
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 165Note: Advanced Users Only: Any BDF font should be usable with Rockbox. To convertbfrom .bdf to .fnt, use the convbdf to
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 166mp2, mp3, ogg, oga, wma, wmv, asf, wav, flac, ac3, a52, mpc, wv, m4a, m4b,mp4, mod, shn, aif, aiff, spx, sid, adx, nsf,
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 16713.1.7. UI ViewportBy default, the UI is drawn on the whole screen. This can be changed so that the UI isconfined to a s
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 168Files Locations: Each different “themeable” aspect requires its own file – WPS fileshave the extension .wps, FM screen file
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 169• ‘fgcolour’ and ‘bgcolour’ are 6-digit RGB888 colours, e.g. FF00FF.• %Vg defines a gradient fill that can then be used w
Chapter 2. Installation 172.2.4. Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux1. Create a folder called “rbinstall” in your home directory, and then
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 170Conditional ViewportsAny viewport can be displayed either permanently or conditionally. Defining a viewportas %V(... wil
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 17113.2.4. Additional FontsAdditional fonts can be loaded within each screen file to be used in that screen. In thisway not
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 172be available at the end of a song. We suggest you use the conditional display tag a lotwhen displaying information abou
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 173Using ImagesYou can have as many as 52 images in your WPS. There are various ways of displayingimages:1. Load and alway
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 174while playing your jukebox in your car, and a headphones.cfg file to store the settingsthat you use while listening to y
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 17513.3.3. The Manage Settings menuThe Manage Settings menu can be found in the Main Menu. The Manage Set-tings menu allow
Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 17613.5.1. Display backlightThe active backlight consumes a lot of power. Therefore choose a setting that disablesthe back
Appendix A. File formats 177The Rockbox manual (version rUnversioned directory-150516) Sansa Fuze
Appendix A. File formats 178A. File formatsA.1. Supported file formatsIcon File Type Extension Action when selectedDirectory none Enter the directoryAu
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 179B. Audio and metadata formatsB.1. Supported audio formatsB.1.1. Lossy CodecsFormat Extension NotesATSC A/52
Chapter 2. Installation 18installed over your current build.The bootloader only changes rarely, and should not normally need to be updated.Note: If yo
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 180mance requirements.B.1.2. Lossless CodecsFormat Extension NotesAudio Interchange File Format .aif, .aiff Lin
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 181B.1.3. Other CodecsFormat Extension NotesAtari Sound Format .cmc, .cm3,.cmr, .cms,.dmc, .dlt,.mpt, .mpdSynth
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 182B.1.4. Codec featuresetFormat Seek Resume GaplessATSC A/52 (AC3) x xADX xAdvanced Audio Coding x x xMPEG aud
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 183B.2. Supported metadata tagsRockbox supports different metadata formats. In general those tag formats are ID3
Appendix B. Audio and metadata formats 184B.2.2. Featureset for codec specific metadataFeature Codec specific metadata (file extension)Embedded .bmp None
Appendix C. Album Art 185C. Album ArtRockbox allows you to put the album art, or another image related to the music on yourplayer to display it in the
Appendix C. Album Art 186The following characters will be replaced with an underscore (_) when looking foralbumtitle.bmp or albumartist-albumtitle.bmp
Appendix D. Theme Tags 187D. Theme TagsThemeing is discussed in detail in section section 13.2 (page 167), what follows is a listof the available tags
Appendix D. Theme Tags 188D.3. Information from the track tagsTag Description%ia Artist%ic Composer%iA Album Artist%id Album Name%iG Grouping%ig Genre
Appendix D. Theme Tags 189D.5. Additional FontsTag Description%Fl(’id’,filename) See section 13.2.4.D.6. Misc Coloring TagsTag Description%dr(x,y,widt
Chapter 3. Quick Start 193. Quick Start3.1. Basic Overview3.1.1. The player’s controlsHoldPowerHomeSelectPlayLeftSubmenuRightScroll BackScroll FwdThro
Appendix D. Theme Tags 190D.8. Information about the fileTag Description%fb File Bitrate (in kbps)%fc File Codec (e.g. “MP3” or “FLAC”). This tag can a
Appendix D. Theme Tags 191D.9. Playlist/Song InfoTag Description%pb Progress Bar. This will replace the entire line with aprogress bar. You can set th
Appendix D. Theme Tags 192• ‘start’ is the offset relative to the currently playing track for the playlist to displayfrom (0 the current track, 1 is th
Appendix D. Theme Tags 193D.14. Virtual LEDTag Description%lh “h” if the flash storage is accessedD.15. Repeat ModeTag Description%mm Repeat mode, 0-4,
Appendix D. Theme Tags 194Number Screen1 Menus2 WPS3 Recording screen4 FM Radio screen5 Current Playlist screen6 Settings menus7 File browser8 Databas
Appendix D. Theme Tags 195D.19. Changing VolumeTag Description%mv(t) “v” if the volume is being changedThe tag produces the letter “v” while the volum
Appendix D. Theme Tags 196D.21. ImagesTag Description%X(filename.bmp) Load and set a backdrop image for the WPS. This image mustbe exactly the same si
Appendix D. Theme Tags 1971. Load and display the image /.rockbox/bg.bmp with ID “a” at 37, 109:%x(a,bg.bmp,37,109)2. Load a bitmap strip containing 5
Appendix D. Theme Tags 1982. Load albumart at position 0,20 and resize it to be at most 100×100 pixels. If theimage isn’t square, align it to the bott
Appendix D. Theme Tags 199D.23. Alignment and language directionTag Description%al Align the text left%aL Align the text left, or to the right if RTL
2Rockboxhttp://www.rockbox.org/Open Source Jukebox FirmwareRockbox and this manual is the collaborative effort of the Rockbox team andits contributors.
Chapter 3. Quick Start 203.1.2. Turning the player on and offTo turn on and off your Rockbox enabled player use the following keys:Key ActionPower Start
Appendix D. Theme Tags 200%?if(%pv, >=, 0)<Clipping possible|Volume OK> will display “Clipping possible”if the volume is higher than or equal
Appendix D. Theme Tags 201D.27. Text TranslationTag Description%Sx(English) Display the translation of “English” in the current language• “English” mu
Appendix D. Theme Tags 202nofill – don’t draw the bar, only its frame (for use with the “slider” option).noborder – don’t draw the border for image-les
Appendix D. Theme Tags 203Tag Description%( The character ‘(’%) The character ‘)’%, The character ‘,’%% The character ‘%’%< The character ‘<’%|
Appendix E. Config file options 204E. Config file optionsSetting Allowed Values Unitvolume dBbass dBtreble dBbalance -100 to +100 %channels stereo, mono
Appendix E. Config file options 205Setting Allowed Values Unitbidir limit 0 to 200 % screenscroll paginated on, off N/Ahold_lr_for_scroll_in_list on, o
Appendix E. Config file options 206Setting Allowed Values Unitusemost-recent-bookmarksoff, on N/Apause on headphoneunplugoff, pause, pause and resume N/
Appendix E. Config file options 207Setting Allowed Values Unitcrossfade off, auto track change, man trackskip, shuffle, shuffle or man trackskip, alwaysN/A
Appendix E. Config file options 208Setting Allowed Values Unitdircache on, off N/Atagcache_ram on, off N/Apeak meter release 1 to 126 ?peak meter hold o
Appendix E. Config file options 209Setting Allowed Values Unitrec mic gain 0 to 15 N/Arec left gain 0 to 15 N/Arec right gain 0 to 15 N/Aeditable reco
Chapter 3. Quick Start 213.1.6. Basic controlsWhen browsing files and moving through menus you usually get a list view presented.The navigation in thes
Appendix F. Menu Overview 210F. Menu Overviewinclude an overview of the menu structure hereThe Rockbox manual (version rUnversioned directory-150516)
Appendix G. User feedback 211G. User feedbackG.1. Bug reportsIf you experience inappropriate performance from any supported feature, please file abug r
Appendix G. User feedback 212G.2.2. Features we will not implementThis is a list of Feature Requests we get repeatedly that we simply cannot do. View
Appendix H. Credits 213H. CreditsPeople that have contributed to the project, one way or another. Friends!· Björn Stenberg · Linus Nielsen Feltz-ing ·
Appendix H. Credits 214Hand · Nick Lanham · Sebastian Hen-riksen · Martin Scarratt · KarlKurbjun · Tomasz Malesinski · An-drew Pilley · Matt v.d. West
Appendix H. Credits 215· Stepan Moskovchenko · John S.Gwynne · Brian J. Morey · Stijn Hisken· Bertrik Sikken · Karim Boucher· James Espinoza · Franz R
Appendix H. Credits 216· Delyan Kratunov · Purling Nayuki· Marek Salaba · Altay Oz · MarkBorgerding · Tobias Diedrich · AndrewEngelbrecht · Kevin Scho
Appendix I. Licenses 217I. LicensesI.1. GNU Free Documentation LicenseVersion 1.2, November 2002Copyrightc2000,2001,2002 Free Software Foundation, In
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Chapter 3. Quick Start 22other settings like file view, LCD settings and all other settings that can be modifiedusing .cfg files. This topic is discussed
Appendix I. Licenses 220distribution of Opaque copies in quantity, to ensure that this Transparent copy willremain thus accessible at the stated locat
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Appendix I. Licenses 2225. COMBINING DOCUMENTSYou may combine the Document with other documents released under this License,under the terms defined in
Appendix I. Licenses 2238. TRANSLATIONTranslation is considered a kind of modification, so you may distribute translations of theDocument under the ter
Appendix I. Licenses 224CopyrightcYEAR YOUR NAME. Permission is granted to copy, distributeand/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Fre
Appendix I. Licenses 225I.2. The GNU General Public LicenseVersion 2, June 1991Copyrightc 1989, 1991 Free Software Foundation, Inc.51 Franklin Street
Appendix I. Licenses 226Terms and Conditions For Copying, Distribution andModification0. This License applies to any program or other work which conta
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Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 234. Browsing and playing4.1. File BrowserFigure 4.1.: The file browserRockbox lets you browse your music in either of
Appendix I. Licenses 230and/or redistribute the program as permitted above, be liable toyou for damages, including any general, special, incidental or
Appendix I. Licenses 231‘show w’.This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certainconditions; type ‘show c’ for details.The
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 244.1.1. File Browser ControlsKey ActionScrollBackward/ScrollForwardGo to previous/next item in list. If youare on the
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 25The Context Menu contains the following options (unless otherwise noted, eachoption pertains both to files and direct
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 26enabled, the directories returned will be constrained to the directory you havechosen here and those below it. See s
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 27Key ActionHome + Left /Home + RightMove the line cursor within the text line.Submenu Delete the character before the
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 28Ignoring Directories During Database InitializationYou may have directories on your player whose contents should not
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 294.2.4. Using the DatabaseOnce the database has been initialized, you can browse your music by Artist, Al-bum, Genre,
Contents 3Contents1. Introduction 111.1. Welcome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111.2. Getting more help .
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 304.3. While Playing ScreenThe While Playing Screen (WPS) displays various pieces of information about the cur-rently
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 314.3.1. WPS Key ControlsKey ActionScroll Forward /Scroll BackwardVolume up/down.Left Go to beginning of track, or if
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 32while recording, your recording will sound distorted. You should lower the gain.Note: Note that the clip detection i
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 33Sound SettingsThis is a shortcut to the Sound Settings Menu, where you can configure volume, bass,treble, and other s
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 34DeleteDelete the currently playing file. The file will be deleted but the playback of the file willnot stop immediately
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 354.4. Working with Playlists4.4.1. Playlist terminologySome common terms that are used in Rockbox when referring to p
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 36By using the Playlist catalogueThe Playlist catalogue makes it possible to modify and create playlists that arenot c
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 37Insert Next. Add track(s) immediately after current playing track, no matter what elsehas been inserted.Insert Last.
Chapter 4. Browsing and playing 38Moving and removing tracksTo move or remove a track from the current playlist enter the Playlist Viewer byselecting
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 395. The Main Menu5.1. Introducing the Main MenuFigure 5.1.: The main menuThe Main Menu is the screen from which all of the R
Contents 44.1.3. Virtual Keyboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.2. Database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 405.3. Recent BookmarksFigure 5.2.: The list bookmarks screenIf the Save a list of recently created bookmarks option is enabl
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 415.5. DatabaseBrowse by the meta-data in your audio files (see section 4.2 (page 27)).5.6. Now Playing/Resume PlaybackGo to t
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 425.7.6. Manage SettingsThe Manage Settings option allows the saving and re-loading of user configurationsettings, browsing th
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 43Key ActionScroll Backward/ Scroll ForwardSelect setting.Left / Right Adjust selected setting.Play Start recording.While rec
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 44Key ActionLeft, Right Change frequency in SCAN mode orjump to next/previous station in PRE-SET mode.Long Left, LongRightSee
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 45Create Playlist: Rockbox will create a playlist with all tracks in the current directoryand all sub-directories. The playli
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 465.13. Quick ScreenAlthough the Quick Screen is accessible from nearly everywhere, not just the MainMenu, it is worth mentio
Chapter 5. The Main Menu 47icon: <number of the theme icon to use (see ZCustomIcons)>talkclip: <filename of a talk clip to speak when voice m
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 486. Sound SettingsFigure 6.1.: The sound settings screenThe sound settings menu offers a selection of sound settings you may
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 49from the list and the maximum volume will be limited to the selected value all over thesystem.6.4. TrebleThis setting emph
Contents 56.2. Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486.3. Volume Limit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 50of one channel into the other. This has the effect of gradually centering the stereo im-age, until you have monophonic soun
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 51Most users will find the default settings to yield satisfactory results, but for the moreadventurous user the settings can
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 52In some ways the EQ is similar to the Bass and Treble settings described earlier, butthe EQ allows you to control the soun
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 53Key ActionScroll Forward Raises the highlighted parameter.Scroll Backward Lowers the highlighted parameter.Play Moves to t
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 54Dithering adds low-level noise to the signal prior to throwing away the surplus bits,which gives the resulting signal a un
Chapter 6. Sound Settings 556.14. Auditory Fatigue ReductionHuman hearing is more senstive to some frequency bands. This setting applies additionalequ
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 567. Playback SettingsThe Playback Settings menu allows you to configure settings related to audio play-back.7.1. ShuffleTur
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 577.3. Play Selected FirstThis setting controls what happens when you select a file for playback while shuffle modeis on. If
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 58Fade In Delay. The “fade in delay” is the length of time between when the crossfadeprocess begins and when the new trac
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 59settings) have the same apparent volume. This prevents sudden changes in volume whenchanging between songs recorded at
Contents 68.5.4. Car Adapter Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678.5.5. Button Light Timeout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 60Note: This feature only works when songs have been played from the file browser. Usingbit with the database may cause un
Chapter 7. Playback Settings 617.15. Prevent Track SkippingIf this option is enabled, the ability to manually skip tracks is disabled in order to avoi
Chapter 8. General Settings 628. General SettingsFigure 8.1.: The general settings screen8.1. PlaylistThe Playlist sub menu allows you to configure set
Chapter 8. General Settings 63Interpret numbers when sorting. As whole numbers enables a sorting algorithm whichis similar to the default sorting of,
Chapter 8. General Settings 64If Follow Playlist is set to No, when you enter the File Browser from theWPS, you will find yourself in the directory you
Chapter 8. General Settings 65First Keypress Enables Backlight Only. With this option enabled the first key-press while the backlight is turned off will
Chapter 8. General Settings 66volume value that occurred within the last 5 seconds. Larger values are usefulif you want to find the peak level of a son
Chapter 8. General Settings 67is pressed and the time Rockbox responds. Turning this setting on activates thedirectory cache, and turning it off deacti
Chapter 8. General Settings 68playback will be resumed 5 seconds after the power is applied. This delay is toallow for the time while the car engine i
Chapter 8. General Settings 69Key ActionVolume up / down, respectivelyVolume mutePlay / PauseStopScan previous trackScan next trackPresentation. This
Contents 712.1.10.Doom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8912.1.11.Flipit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 8. General Settings 70Mouse. This mode emulates a mouse. Features supported: Mouse movement; left andright button clicking; and dragging and d
Chapter 8. General Settings 718.6.2. Idle PoweroffRockbox can be configured to turn off power after the unit has been idle for a definednumber of minutes.
Chapter 8. General Settings 72Bookmark on Stop. This option controls whether Rockbox creates a bookmark whenplayback is stopped manually.No. Do not cr
Chapter 8. General Settings 73The following keys can be used to navigate in any bookmark list.Key ActionScroll Forward Selects the next bookmark.Scrol
Chapter 8. General Settings 74Resume on automatic track change. Controls whether the next track in an automatictrack transition should be resumed at i
Chapter 8. General Settings 75Use Directory .talk Clips. This option turns on the use of .talk clips for directories.On. Use special pre-recorded files
Chapter 9. Theme Settings 769. Theme SettingsThe Theme Settings menu offers options that you can change to customize the visualappearance of Rockbox.Br
Chapter 9. Theme Settings 77Volume Display. Controls whether the volume is displayed as a graphic or a nu-meric value on the Status Bar. If you select
Chapter 10. Recording Settings 7810. Recording SettingsFigure 10.1.: The recording settings screenNote: To change the location where recordings are st
Chapter 10. Recording Settings 7910.4. SourceChoose the source of the recording. The options are: Microphone and FM Radio.For more information on reco
Contents 812.3.2. Chip-8 Emulator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12712.3.3. Frotz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 10. Recording Settings 8010.9. Clear Recording DirectoryResets the location where the recorded files are saved to the root of your player’s dri
Chapter 10. Recording Settings 81pointing to the right. There are two special values. The value Off turns the startcondition off. With this setting you
Chapter 11. Time and Date 8211. Time and DateTime related menu options. Pressing Long Select will voice the current time if voicesupport is enabled.Se
Chapter 12. Plugins 8312. PluginsPlugins are programs that Rockbox can load and run. Only one plugin can be loaded ata time. Plugins have exclusive co
Chapter 12. Plugins 8412.1.2. BlackjackFigure 12.1.: BlackjackBlackjack, a game played in casinos around the world, is now available in the palm ofyou
Chapter 12. Plugins 8512.1.3. BrickManiaFigure 12.2.: BrickManiaBrickMania is a clone of the classic game Breakout. The aim of the game is to destroya
Chapter 12. Plugins 8612.1.4. BubblesFigure 12.3.: BubblesThe goal of the game is to beat each level as quickly as possible by clearing the board ofal
Chapter 12. Plugins 87Chessbox is a one-person chess game with computer artificial intelligence. The chessengine is a port of GNU Chess 2 by John Stanb
Chapter 12. Plugins 88Key ActionLeft/Right/Play/SubmenuMove the cursor around the blocksSelect Remove a blockHome Exit12.1.7. ChopperFigure 12.6.: Cho
Chapter 12. Plugins 89Codebuster is a clone of the classic mastermind game. The computer selects a randomcombination of coloured pegs and the aim is t
Contents 913.1.6. Loading Backdrops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16613.1.7. UI Viewport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Chapter 12. Plugins 90Getting startedFor the game to run you need .wad game files located in /.rockbox/doom/ on yourplayer. Create the directory and sa
Chapter 12. Plugins 91New Game. Start a new gameOptions. In game optionsLoad Game. Load a saved gameSave Game. Save the current gameQuit. Quit the gam
Chapter 12. Plugins 9212.1.11. FlipitFigure 12.9.: FlipitFlipping the colour of the token under the cursor also flips the tokens above, below, leftand
Chapter 12. Plugins 93Goban is a a plugin for playing, viewing and recording games of Go (also known asWeiqi, Baduk, Igo and Goe). It uses standard Sm
Chapter 12. Plugins 94ControlsKey ActionPlay Move cursor upSubmenu Move cursor downLeft Move cursor leftRight Move cursor rightSelect Play a move (or
Chapter 12. Plugins 95Time Limit. The time limit of the current game.Overtime. The overtime settings of the current game.Result. The result of the cur
Chapter 12. Plugins 96Context Menu. The menu for choosing different play modes and tools, adding or edit-ing comments, adding pass moves, or switching
Chapter 12. Plugins 9712.1.13. InvadroxFigure 12.11.: InvadroxInvadrox is a clone of the classic arcade game Space Invaders. Kill those pesky aliensbe
Chapter 12. Plugins 98Key ActionSelect PlayHome Exit the game12.1.15. JewelsFigure 12.13.: JewelsJewels is a simple yet addicting game which involves
Chapter 12. Plugins 9912.1.16. MazezaMFigure 12.14.: MazezaMThe goal of this puzzle game is to escape a dungeon consisting of ten “mazezams”. Theseare
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