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Archos box rock User Manual

Rockbox User Manual
Make your box rock!
Open Source jukebox firmware for the
Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, Recorder V2 and FM
Recorder MP3 players
Website: http://rockbox.haxx.se/
Rockbox version 2.3
Manual release date 2004-12-06
Contents
PART 1
GETTING STARTED................................................................................7
PART 2
THE ROCKBOX INTERFACE.................................................................. 11
1 YOUR JUKEBOX................................................................................12
2 FILE BROWSER................................................................................13
2.1 CONTROLS................................................................................13
2.2 FILE MENU.................................................................................14
2.3 PLAYLIST SUBMENU....................................................................14
2.4 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD...................................................................15
3 WHILE PLAYING SCREEN (WPS).........................................................17
3.1 KEY CONTROLS..........................................................................18
3.2 PEAK METER (RECORDER ONLY) .................................................19
3.3 ID3 VIEWER..............................................................................19
4 QUICK SCREEN MENUS (RECORDER ONLY)......................................... 20
PART 3
THE MAIN MENU..................................................................................21
1 INTRODUCING THE MAIN MENU.........................................................22
2 RECORDING (RECORDERS ONLY).......................................................23
2.1 WHILE RECORDING SCREEN........................................................23
2.2 RECORDING SETTINGS...............................................................23
3 FM RADIO (FM RECORDERS ONLY).....................................................25
4 BOOKMARKS....................................................................................26
5 PLAYLIST OPTIONS...........................................................................26
6 BROWSE PLUGINS............................................................................27
7 INFO...............................................................................................27
PART 4
CONFIGURING ROCKBOX.................................................................... 28
1 SOUND SETTINGS............................................................................29
2 GENERAL SETTINGS.........................................................................32
2.1 PLAYBACK OPTIONS...................................................................32
2.2 FILE VIEW.................................................................................33
2.3 DISPLAY OPTIONS......................................................................33
2.4 SYSTEM OPTIONS.......................................................................35
2.5 BOOKMARKING..........................................................................38
2.6 LANGUAGE................................................................................38
2.7 VOICE.......................................................................................39
PART 5
PLUGINS.............................................................................................40
1 GAMES............................................................................................41
1.1 FLIPIT (RECORDER ONLY)...........................................................41
1.2 JACKPOT (PLAYER ONLY).............................................................41
1.3 MNESWEEPER (RECORDER ONLY)................................................42
1.4 NIM (PLAYER ONLY)....................................................................42
1.5 PONG (RECORDER ONLY)............................................................43
1.6 ROCKBLOX (RECORDER ONLY).................................................... 43
1.7 SLIDING PUZZLE (RECORDER ONLY)............................................44
1.8 SNAKE (RECORDER ONLY)...........................................................44
1.9 SNAKE 2 (RECORDER ONLY)........................................................44
1.10 SOKOBAN (RECORDER ONLY)....................................................45
1.11 SOLITAIRE (RECORDER ONLY)...................................................45
1.12 STAR (RECORDER ONLY)...........................................................45
1.13 WORMLET (RECORDER ONLY)....................................................46
2 DEMOS............................................................................................50
2.1 BOUNCE (RECORDER ONLY)........................................................50
2.2 CUBE (RECORDER ONLY)............................................................50
2.3 GREYSCALE (RECORDER ONLY)...................................................51
2.4 HELLO WORLD (ALL MODELS)......................................................51
2.5 MANDELBROT (RECORDER ONLY).................................................51
2.6 MOSAIC (RECORDER ONLY).........................................................52
2.7 OSCILLOGRAPH (RECORDER ONLY)..............................................52
2.8 SNOW (RECORDER ONLY)...........................................................53
2.9 VU METER (RECORDER ONLY)......................................................53
3 VIEWERS.........................................................................................54
3.1 CHIP-8 EMULATOR (RECORDER ONLY)..........................................54
3.2 JPEG VIEWER (RECORDER ONLY).................................................54
3.3 MOVIE PLAYER (RECORDER ONLY)...............................................54
3.4 ROCKBOX-FLASH (RECORDER ONLY)............................................54
3.5 SEARCH (ALL MODELS)..............................................................55
3.6 SORT (ALL MODELS)...................................................................55
3.7 TEXT VIEWER (ALL MODELS).......................................................55
3.8 VBRfix (ALL MODELS).................................................................56
4 APPLICATIONS................................................................................57
4.1 BATTERY_TEST (ALL MODELS).....................................................57
4.2 CALCULATOR (RECORDER ONLY).................................................57
4.3 CALENDAR (RECORDER ONLY).....................................................57
4.4 CHESS CLOCK (PLAYER ONLY).....................................................58
4.5 CLOCK (RECORDER ONLY)...........................................................59
4.6 EURO CONVERTOR (PLAYER ONLY)...............................................60
4.7 FAVORITES (ALL MODELS)..........................................................60
4.8 FIRMWARE_FLASH (RECORDER ONLY)..........................................60
4.9 METRONOME (RECORDER ONLY)..................................................60
4.10 SPLIT EDITOR (RECORDER ONLY)..............................................61
4.11 STOPWATCH (ALL MODELS).......................................................64
PART 6
ADVANCED TOPICS / REFERENCE....................................................... 65
1 CUSTOMIZING THE USER INTERFACE.................................................66
1.1 LOADING FONTS (RECORDER ONLY)............................................ 66
1.2 LOADING LANGUAGES................................................................66
2 CONFIGURING THE WPS...................................................................66
3 MAKING YOUR OWN SETTINGS FILE...................................................69
4 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BINARIES.....................................................73
5 FIRMWARE LOADING........................................................................73
6 GETTING EXTRAS: FONTS LANGUAGES...............................................74
7 USING ROLO (ROCKBOX LOADER).....................................................74
8 ROCKBOX IN FLASH (RECORDER ONLY)..............................................74
8.1 INTRODUCTION.........................................................................74
8.2 METHOD....................................................................................74
8.3 RISKS.......................................................................................75
8.4 REQUIREMENTS.........................................................................75
8.5 FLASHING PROCEDURE...............................................................76
8.6 KNOWN ISSUES AND LIMITATIONS..............................................77
8.7 ROMBOX...................................................................................78
APPENDICES.......................................................................................79
1 FEATURE COMPARISON CHART..........................................................80
2 SUPPORTED FILE FORMATS...............................................................81
3 BUG REPORTS..................................................................................82
4 FEATURE REQUESTS.........................................................................82
5 WHAT'S NEW SINCE 2.0?..................................................................83
6 FEATURES WE WILL NOT IMPLEMENT.................................................85
7 CREDITS.........................................................................................87
8 GNU Free Documentation License.......................................................88
PART 1
GETTING STARTED
Welcome
This is the manual for Rockbox. Rockbox is a replacement firmware for the Jukebox Studio, Recorder and Ondio players made by Archos. It is a complete rewrite of the software used to make the Jukeboxes play and record music, and contains many features and enhancements not available in the original firmware supplied by the manufacturer. Among the things that Rockbox has to offer are the following:
Faster loading than the Archos firmware Uninterrupted playing of MP3 files – skipping is very rare More control over how your music is played Built in viewers for several common file types Sophisticated plugin system that allows the Jukebox to run games, a calendar, a
clock, and many other applications. Totally removable and won't invalidate the Archos warranty Optional voice user interface for complete control without looking at the screen
Rockbox is a complete from scratch rewrite of the Jukebox software and uses no fragments of the original firmware. Not only is it free to use, it's also released under the GNU public license, which means that it will always remain free to both use and to change.
Although Rockbox also runs on the Archos Ondio series of flash based MP3 players, this is a recent development, which is not yet covered in this manual. Most of this manual will, however, apply equally to Rockbox on the Ondio Jukeboxes.
Getting more help
This manual is intended to be a comprehensive introduction to the Rockbox software. There is, however, more help available. The Rockbox website at
http://rockbox.haxx.se/ contains very extensive documentation and guides written by
members of the Rockbox community and this should be your first port of call when looking for further help.
Before installation
Before you install Rockbox, you will need to know what model of Archos Jukebox you own. Rockbox comes in different versions depending on the model of your Jukebox. There are four different versions of the software. The table below will help you to identify which version of the software you need.
The model name is printed on the case. The hard drive size is listed on the serial number sticker on the back of the unit.
Please note that Rockbox does not currently run on the Archos Jukebox Multimedia or later Archos MP3 player products.
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Picture HD size Model Name Version Name
5GB, 6GB, 10GB, 20GB
6GB, 10GB, 15GB, 20GB
20GB Jukebox Recorder v2 recorderv2
20GB Jukebox Recorder FM fmrecorder
Jukebox 5000, Jukebox 6000, Jukebox Studio 10, Jukebox Studio 20
Jukebox Recorder 6, Jukebox Recorder 10, Jukebox Recorder 15, Jukebox Recorder 20
player
recorder
Downloading Rockbox
The latest release of the Rockbox software will always be available from
http://rockbox.haxx.se/download/. Windows users may wish to download the self-
extracting Windows installer, which works for all Jukebox models, but those wishing to install manually or using a different operating system should choose the .ZIP archive containing the firmware for their model of the Jukebox.
Installing Rockbox
Using the Windows self installing executable to install Rockbox is the easiest method of installing the software on your Jukebox. Simply follow the on-screen instructions and select the appropriate drive letter and Jukebox model when prompted. You can use “Add / Remove Programs” to uninstall the software at a later date.
For non-Windows users and those wishing to install manually from the archive the procedure is still fairly simple. Connect your Jukebox to the computer via USB as described in the manual that came with your Jukebox. On Windows, the Jukebox drive will appear as a drive letter in your "My Computer" folder. Take the file that you downloaded above, and unpack its contents to your Jukebox drive. You can do this using a program such as InfoZip (http://www.info-zip.org/) or WinZip
(http://www.winzip.org/).
You will need to unpack all of the files in the archive onto your hard disk. If this has been done correctly, you will have a file called archos.mod (for the player) or ajbrec.ajz (for all other models) in the main folder of your Jukebox drive, and also a folder called /.rockbox, which contains a number of system files used by the
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software.
Enabling Speech Support (optional)
If you wish to use speech support you will also need a language file, available from
http://rockbox.haxx.se/twiki/bin/view/Main/VoiceFiles/. For the English language, the
file is called english.voice. When it has been downloaded, unpack this file and copy it into the lang folder which is inside the /.rockbox folder on your Jukebox. Voice menus are turned on by default. See Section 3 for details on voice settings.
Running Rockbox
Remove your Jukebox from the computer's USB port. Unplug any connected power supply and turn the unit off. When you next turn the unit on, the Jukebox firmware will start to load, and then it will load Rockbox for you. When you see the Rockbox splash screen, Rockbox is loaded and ready for use.
Uninstalling Rockbox
If you would like to go back to using the original Archos software, then connect the Jukebox up to your computer, and delete the archos.mod (players) or ajbrec.ajz (other models) file from the main folder of the Jukebox. If you wish to clean up your disk, you may also wish to delete the /.rockbox folder and its contents. Turn the Jukebox off and on and the normal Archos software will load.
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PART 2
THE ROCKBOX INTERFACE
1 YOUR JUKEBOX
Throughout this manual, the buttons on the Jukebox are labelled according to the pictures below. There are minor cosmetic differences between Jukebox Recorder models, but the buttons are in approximately the same position whatever the model.
Jukebox Recorder Jukebox Player
Rockbox automatically saves its settings and turns off the hard drive safely on shutdown. On the recorder, press the MENU/ON button to turn on the Jukebox. To turn off the Jukebox, hold down the STOP/OFF button for 2-3 seconds. On the player, hold down the ON button for 2-3 seconds to switch it on. To safely turn off a player, quickly press the STOP button twice in succession from the Rockbox file browser screen.
In the unlikely event of a software failure, a hardware power off can be performed by holding down STOP until the Jukebox power light goes off. This works for all models of Jukebox.
For further details about connecting, charging and caring for your Jukebox, please see the Archos manual that came with it.
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2 FILE BROWSER
Recorder file browser Player file browser
The file browser helps you navigate through the files on your Jukebox, entering folders and executing the default action on each file. To help us differentiate files, each file format is displayed with an icon. You can select which file types are displayed (see page 33).
2.1 CONTROLS
FOR THE RECORDER VERSION
KEY FUNCTION
UP/DOWN
ON+UP/DOWN Move one page up/down on the list.
LEFT Go to the parent directory.
PLAY/RIGHT
ON
ON+PLAY Enters the File Menu
F1 Switches to the Main Menu F2 Switches to the Browse/play Quick Menu F3 Switches to the Display Quick Menu
Go to previous/next item in list. If you are on the first/last entry, the cursor will wrap to the last/first entry.
Executes an action. Depending on the file type, that action may vary. (See Part III, section 2) If there is a MP3 playing, it returns to the While Playing Screen (WPS)
FOR THE PLAYER/STUDIO VERSION
KEY FUNCTION
LEFT/RIGHT
STOP Go to the parent directory.
PLAY
ON
ON+PLAY Enters the File Menu
Menu Switches to the Main Menu
The functions of the F keys are also summarised on the button bar at the bottom of the screen.
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Go to previous/next item in list. If you are on the first/last entry, the cursor will wrap to the last/first entry.
Executes an action. Depending on the file type, that action may vary. (See Part III, section 2) If there is a MP3 playing, it returns to the While Playing Screen (WPS)
2.2 FILE MENU
Recorder file menu Player file menu
This menu operates on the file that was selected in the browser at the time ON+PLAY was pressed to enter it. It can also be accessed by holding down the PLAY key for a short while. It offers the following options:
Open with: Runs a viewer plugin on the file. Normally the filetype of a file is detected and the appropriate plugin is run automatically when you press play on it. Use this menu if for some reason you want to override the default action and select a viewer by hand. See the Viewers section of Part 4 for more details on viewers.
For example, this is how one would run the VBRfix plugin to recreate the Xing header for an MP3 file, which can fix problems such as fast-forward and rewind not working correctly on a particular MP3 file or the play time of a track being listed incorrectly.
Playlist: Change to the Playlist submenu (see below). Rename: This function lets the user modify a file name. Delete: Only files can be deleted, not folders. Rockbox will ask for confirmation
before deleting a file. Press PLAY to confirm deletion or any other key to cancel.
Create Directory: Makes a new folder in the current folder on the disk.
2.3 PLAYLIST SUBMENU
If the playlist submenu is invoked on a directory, it will act on all the files within that directory. If invoked on a playlist it will act on all the files in that playlist. Otherwise it acts only on the current file.
Recorder playlist submenu Player playlist submenu
This menu provides the following options:
Insert: Add track(s) to playlist. If no other tracks have been inserted then the selected track will be added immediately after current playing track, otherwise they will be added to end of insertion list.
Insert next: Add track(s) immediately after current playing track, no matter what else has been inserted.
Insert last: Add track(s) to end of playlist. Queue: Queue is the same as Insert except queued tracks are deleted immediately
from the playlist after they've been played. Also, queued tracks are not saved to the playlist (see page 26).
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Queue next: Queue track(s) immediately after current playing track. Queue last: Queue track(s) at end of playlist.
You can insert a track, directory or playlist even if nothing is currently playing. In this case, a new playlist is created with only the selected tracks and then play is started.
Note: The dynamic playlist is saved so resume will restore it exactly as before shutdown. Stopped playlists can be resumed from File Browser by pressing ON.
2.4 VIRTUAL KEYBOARD
Recorder keyboard Player Keyboard
This is the virtual keyboard that is used when entering file names in Rockbox. FOR THE RECORDER VERSION The recorder keyboard is similar in functionality to the player, but the larger screen
makes editing a little more flexible.
KEY FUNCTION
ARROW KEYS Move about the virtual keyboard (moves the solid cursor)
ON+LEFT/RIGH Move about within the current file name (moves the line cursor)
PLAY
STOP Exits the virtual keyboard without saving any changes
ON No action
F1
F2 OK: Exits the virtual keyboard and saves any changer F3 DEL: Deletes the character before the current filename cursor
Inserts the currently selected keyboard letter at the current filename cursor position
SHIFT: Shifts between the upper case, lower case and accented keyboards
FOR THE PLAYER/STUDIO VERSION The current filename is always listed on the first line of the display. The second line of
the display can contain the character selection bar, as in the screenshot above, or one of a number of other options.
KEY FUNCTION
LEFT/RIGHT
Moves the arrow to/from the filename and changes between the character bar and BACKSPACE, DELETE, ACCEPT and ABORT.
PLAY/STOP Varies (see below)
ON Nothing
Menu
Shift. When the character selection bar is selected this changes between upper case, lower case, and accented letters.
The function of the play and stop buttons depends on what the arrow is pointing to, as follows.
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SELECTED OPTION PLAY/STOP FUNCTION
filename Moves the cursor left (STOP) or right (PLAY) within the filename
character bar
BACKSPACE PLAY deletes the character before the current cursor position
DELETE PLAY deletes the character at the current cursor position ACCEPT PLAY exits the virtual keyboard and saves any changes
ABORT PLAY exits the virtual keyboard and discards any changes
Moves the character bar to the next (PLAY) or previous (STOP) character.
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3 WHILE PLAYING SCREEN (WPS)
Recorder’s WPS Player’s WPS
The While Playing Screen (WPS) displays various pieces of information about the currently playing MP3 file.
The display contains the following information by default:
Recorder
Status bar: Battery level, charger status, volume, play mode, repeat mode, shuffle mode and clock
Scrolling path+filename of the current song. The ID3 track name The ID3 album name The ID3 artist name Bit rate. VBR files display average bitrate and "(avg)". Elapsed and total time A slidebar progress meter representing where in the song you are Peak meter
Notes:
The number of lines shown depends on the size of the font used. The peak meter is only visible if you turn off the status bar or if using a small font
that gives 8 or more display lines.
Player
Playlist index/Playlist size: Artist - Title Current-time Progress-indicator Left
See page 66 for details of customising your WPS (While Playing Screen).
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3.1 KEY CONTROLS
Key controls for the WPS (RECORDER):
KEY ACTION
UP/DOWN Volume up/down
LEFT
LEFT (hold) Rewind in track
RIGHT (quick press) Go to next track.
RIGHT (hold) Fast forward in track.
PLAY Toggle play/pause
ON (quick press) Go to file browser
ON (hold) Show pitch setting screen
STOP Stop playback
F1 Go to Main menu F2 Toggles Play/browse quick menu F3 Toggles Display quick menu
F1+DOWN Key lock on/off
F1+PLAY Mute on/off
F1+ON Enter ID3 viewer
(quick press) Go to beginning of track, or if pressed while in the first seconds of a track, go to previous track
Key controls for the WPS (PLAYER):
KEY ACTION
MENU+RIGHT Increases volume
MENU+LEFT Decreases volume
LEFT
LEFT (hold) Rewind in track
RIGHT (quick press) Go to next track.
RIGHT (hold) Fast-forward in track.
PLAY Toggle play/pause
ON Quick press = Go to file browser
OFF Stop playback
MENU Go to Main menu
MENU+DOWN Key lock on/off
MENU+PLAY Mute on/off
MENU+ON Enter ID3 viewer
(quick press) Go to beginning of track, or if pressed while in the first seconds of a track, go to previous track.
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3.2 PEAK METER (RECORDER ONLY)
The peak meter can be displayed on the While Playing Screen and consists of several indicators. For a picture of the peak meter, please see the While Recording Screen on page 23.
The bar: That is the fat horizontal bar. It represents the current volume value. The peak indicator: This is a little vertical line at the right end of the bar. It
indicates the peak volume value that occurred recently. The clip indicator: This is a little black block that is displayed at the very right
of the scale when an overflow occurs. It usually doesn't show up during normal playback unless you play an audio file that is distorted heavily. If you encounter clipping while recording your recording will sound distorted. You should lower the gain. Note that the clip detection is not very precise. Clipping might occur without being indicated.
The scale: Between the indicators of the right and left channel there are little dots. These dots represent important volume values. In linear mode each dot is a 10% mark. In dbfs mode the dots represent the following values (from right to left): 0db, -3db, -6db, -9db, -12db, -18db, -24db, -30db, -40db, -50db, -60db.
3.3 ID3 VIEWER
The ID3 viewer
This screen is accessible from the WPS screen by pressing F1+ON (recorder) or MENU+ON (player). It provides a detailed view of all the identity information about the current track that is stored in an MP3 file. Use the LEFT and RIGHT keys to move through the information and the STOP key to exit the viewer.
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4 QUICK SCREEN MENUS (RECORDER ONLY)
F2 Quick Screen Menu F3 Quick Screen Menu
Rockbox handles function buttons in a different way to the Archos software. F1 is always bound to the menu function, while F2 and F3 enable two quick menus.
F2 displays some browse and play settings which are likely to be changed frequently. This settings are Shuffle mode, Repeat mode and the Show files options
Shuffle mode plays each track in the currently playing list in a random order rather than in the order shown in the browser.
Repeat mode repeats either a single track (One) or the entire playlist (All). Show files determines what type files can be seen in the browser. This can be just
MP3 files and directories (Music), Playlists, MP3 files and directories (Playlists), any files that Rockbox supports (Supported) or all files on the disk (All).
See page 32 for more information about these settings. Key controls for F2:
KEY ACTION
LEFT Controls Shuffle mode setting RIGHT Controls Repeat mode setting DOWN Controls Show file setting
F3 controls frequently used display options. Scroll bar turns the display of the Scroll bar on the left of the screen on or off. Status bar turns the status display at the top of the screen on or off. Upside down inverts the screen so that the top of the display appears nearest to the
buttons. This is sometimes useful when storing the Jukebox in a pocket. See page 33 for more information about these settings. Key controls for F3:
KEY ACTION
LEFT Controls scroll bar display RIGHT Controls status bar display DOWN Controls inverted setting
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PART 3
THE MAIN MENU
1 INTRODUCING THE MAIN MENU
Recorder main menu Player main menu
This is the screen from which the rest of the Rockbox functions can be accessed. It is used for a variety of functions, which are detailed below. You can access the Rockbox main menu by pressing MENU (player/studio version) or F1 (recorder version) key. All options in Rockbox can be controlled via this menu. Some of them can also be found in the Quick Menus (recorder version only).
All settings are persistently stored on the unit. However, Rockbox does not spin up the disk solely for the purpose of saving settings, but instead will do it when it spins up the disk the next time, for example when refilling the MP3 buffer or navigating through the file browser. This is important to know since if you change a config setting and then immediately shut your unit down, the new configuration may not be saved.
The two settings menus are covered in detail starting on page 28. All the other options on the main menu are explained here.
Navigating through the menu:
PLAYER/STUDIO CONTROLS
KEY ACTION
LEFT
RIGHT
PLAY Selects item
STOP Exit menu, setting or moves to parent menu.
RECORDER CONTROLS
KEY ACTION
UP Moves up in the menu. Inside a setting, increases the value or
DOWN Moves down in the menu. Inside a setting, decreases the value or
PLAY/RIGHT Selects option
OFF/LEFT Exits menu, setting or moves to parent menu
Selects previous option in the menu. Inside an setting, decreases the value or chooses previous option Selects next option in the menu. Inside an setting increases the value or chooses next option
chooses next option
chooses previous option
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2 RECORDING (RECORDERS ONLY)
2.1 WHILE RECORDING SCREEN
Recording Screen Recording F2 screen Recording F3 screen
Entering the “Recording” option in the Main menu launches the recording application. The screen shows the time elapsed and the size of the file being recorded. A peak meter is present to allow you set Gain correctly. Frequency, channels and quality are shown on the last line.
The controls for this screen are:
BUTTON FUNCTION
LEFT Decreases Gain
RIGHT Increases Gain
PLAY
STOP Exits Recording Screen. If Recording a file, stop recording
F1 Opens Recording Settings screen (see below)
F2
F3 Quick menu for source setting. Quick/hold works as for F2.
Starts recording. While recording, button closes the current file and opens a new one
Quick menu for recording settings. A quick press will leave the screen up (press F2 again to exit), while holding it will close the screen when you release it.
2.2 RECORDING SETTINGS
Quality
Choose the quality here (0 to 7). Default is 5, best quality is 7, smallest file size is
0. This setting effects how much your sound sample will be compressed. Higher quality settings result in higher bit rate MP3 files.
Frequency
Choose the recording frequency (sample rate). 48kHz, 44.1kHz, 32kHz, 24kHz,
22.05kHz, 16kHz are available. Higher sample rates use up more disk space, but give better sound quality.
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Source
Choose the source of the recording. This can be microphone, line in, or SPDIF (digital). For recording from the radio on the FM recorder, see page 25 below.
Note: you cannot change the sample rate for digital recordings.
Channels
This allows you to select mono or stereo recording. Please note that for mono recording, only the left channel is recorded.
Independent Frames
The independent frames option tells the Jukebox to encode with the bit reservoir disabled, so the frames are independent of each other. This makes a file easier to edit.
Time Split
This option is useful when timing recordings. If set to active it stops a recording at a given interval and then starts recording again with a new file. This is useful for long term recordings.
The splits are seamless (frame accurate), no audio is lost at the split point. The break between recordings is only the time required to stop and restart the recording, on the order of 2-4 seconds.
Options (hours:minutes between splits): off, 24:00, 18:00, 12:00, 10:00, 8:00, 6:00, 4:00, 2:00, 1:00, 00:30, 00:15, 00:10, 00:05.
Prerecord Time
This setting buffers a small amount of audio so that when the record button is pressed, the recording will begin from that number of seconds earlier. This is useful for ensuring that a recording begins before a cue that is being waited for.
Options: Off, 1-30 seconds
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3 FM RADIO (FM RECORDERS ONLY)
FM radio screen
This menu option switches to the radio screen. The keys are: BUTTON FUNCTION
LEFT, RIGHT
UP, DOWN Change volume PLAY
ON Leave the radio screen with the radio playing OFF Back to main menu
The FM radio has the ability to record and to remember station frequency settings (presets).
Change frequency in 0.1 MHz steps. For automatic station seek, hold LEFT/RIGHT for a little longer.
(EXPERIMENTAL) freezes all screen updates, may enhance radio reception in some cases.
Saving a preset
You can save your favourite stations in the 32 presets. Press F1 to go to the menu, then select "Save preset". Enter the name (maximum number of characters is 32).
Selecting a preset
Press F2 to go to the preset list. Use UP and DOWN to move the cursor and then press PLAY to select. Use LEFT to leave the preset without selecting anything.
Removing a preset
Press F1 to go to the menu, then select "Remove preset".
Recording
Press F3 to start recording the currently playing station. Press OFF to stop recording. Press PLAY again to seamlessly start recording to a new file. The settings for the recording can be changed in the F1 menu before starting the recording.
Note: The radio will turn off when playing an MP3.
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4 BOOKMARKS
The bookmarks menu allows you to create and manage bookmark files.
Create Bookmark
While playing a track, use this option to save your current position within the track so that you can return to it at a later time. Bookmarks are saved on a per folder basis i.e. all of the files in the same folder have their bookmarks stored together. You can store multiple bookmarks for the same track.
List Bookmarks
recorder bookmark browser player bookmark browser
While playing a track, use this option to return to any bookmark in the current folder. The bookmark browser screen (shown above) is now displayed. Use the UP and DOWN keys (recorder) or LEFT and RIGHT keys (player) to navigate between bookmarks. Press PLAY to jump to a bookmark, ON+PLAY to delete a bookmark or STOP/OFF to exit the browser.
Recent bookmarks
If the “save a list of recently created bookmarks” option is enabled then you can view a list of several recent bookmarks here and select one to jump straight to that track. This option is off by default. See page 38 for more details on configuring bookmarking in Rockbox.
5 PLAYLIST OPTIONS
This menu allows you to work with playlists. Playlists can either be created automatically by playing a file in a directory directly, which will cause all of the files in that directory to be placed in the playlist, or they can be created by hand using the File Menu (see page 14) or using the Playlist Options menu. Both automatic and manually created playlists can be edited using this menu.
Create Playlist
Rockbox will create a playlist with all tracks in the current directory and all subdirectories. The playlist will be created one directory level "up" from where you currently are.
View Current Playlist
Displays the contents of the playlist currently stored in memory.
Save Current Playlist
Saves the current dynamic playlist, excluding queued tracks, to the specified file. If no path is provided then playlist is saved to current directory (see page 14).
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Recursively Insert Directories
If set to ON then, when you insert/queue a directory in Dynamic Playlist, all subdirectories will also be inserted. If set to ASK then you are prompted about recursive insertion when inserting a directory.
6 BROWSE PLUGINS
With this option you can load and run various plugins that have been written for Rockbox.
A detailed description of the different plugins begins on page 40.
7 INFO
This option shows MP3 ram buffer size, battery voltage level and estimated time remaining, disk total space and disk free space.
On players use the left and right keys to step through several pages of information.
Show ID3 info
This is an alternative way to access the ID3 viewer. See page 19 for details on the ID3 viewer.
Rockbox Info
Displays some basic system information. This is, from top to bottom, the amount of memory Rockbox has available for storing music (the buffer), battery status, hard disk size and the amount of free space on the disk.
Version
Software version and credits display.
Debug (Keep Out!)
This submenu is intended to be used only by Rockbox developers. It shows hardware, disk, battery and a lot of other information. It is not recommended that users access this menu unless instructed to do so in the course of fixing a problem with Rockbox. In particular the “Dump ROM Contents”, “View/clear RTC RAM” and “Screenshot” and “Sound test” functions should be treated with care.
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