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2 \chapter{The Main Menu}
3 \section{\label{ref:main_menu}Introducing the Main Menu}
4 \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-main-menu}{The main menu}{}
5 The \setting{Main Menu} is the screen from which all of the Rockbox functions
6 can be accessed. This is the first screen you will see when starting Rockbox.
7 To return to the \setting{Main Menu},
8 \nopt{ONDIO_PAD}{press the \ActionStdMenu{} button.}%
9 \opt{ONDIO_PAD}{hold the \ButtonMenu{} button.}%
11 All settings are stored on the unit. However, Rockbox does not spin up
12 the disk solely for the purpose of saving settings. Instead, Rockbox will
13 save settings when it spins up the disk the next time, for example when
14 refilling the MP3 buffer or navigating through the \setting{File Browser}.
15 Changes to settings may therefore not be saved unless the \dap{} is shut down
16 safely (see \reference{ref:Safeshutdown}).
18 \section{Navigating the Main Menu}
19 \begin{btnmap}
20 \ActionStdNext
21 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdNext}
22 & Select the next option in the menu.\\
24 & \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{&} Inside a setting,
25 increase the value or choose next option. \\
27 \ActionStdPrev
28 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdPrev}
29 & Select the previous option in the menu.\\
30 & \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{&} Inside a setting,
31 decrease the value or choose previous option. \\
33 \ActionStdOk
34 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdOk}
35 & Select option. \\
37 \ActionStdCancel
38 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdCancel}
39 & Exit menu or setting, or move to parent menu.\\
40 \end{btnmap}
42 \section {Recent Bookmarks}
43 \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-list-bookmarks}%
44 {The list bookmarks screen}{}
45 If the \setting{Save a list of recently created bookmarks} option is enabled
46 then you can view a list of several recent bookmarks here and select one to
47 jump straight to that track.\\*
49 \note{Bookmarking only works when tracks are launched from the file browser,
50 and does not currently work for tracks launched via the
51 database. In addition, they do not currently work with dynamic
52 playlists.\\*}
54 \begin{btnmap}
55 \ActionStdNext
56 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdNext}
57 & Select the next bookmark.\\
59 \ActionStdPrev
60 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdPrev}
61 & Select the previous bookmark.\\
63 \ActionStdOk
64 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdOk}
65 & Resume from the selected bookmark.\\
67 \ActionStdCancel
68 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdCancel}
69 & Exit Recent Bookmark menu.\\
71 \nopt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD}{\ActionBmDelete
72 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCBmDelete}
73 & Delete the currently selected bookmark.\\}
75 \ActionStdContext
76 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdContext}
77 & Enter the context menu for the selected bookmark.\\
78 \end{btnmap}
80 There are two options in the context menu:\\*
82 \setting{Resume} will commence playback of the currently selected bookmark entry.
84 \setting{Delete} will remove the currently selected bookmark entry from the list.\\*
86 This entry is not shown in the \setting{Main Menu} when the option is off
87 (the default setting). See \reference{ref:Bookmarkconfigactual}
88 for more details on configuring bookmarking in Rockbox.
90 \section{Files}
91 Browse the files on your \dap{} (see \reference{ref:file_browser}).
93 \section{Database}
94 Browse by the meta-data in your audio files (see \reference{ref:database}).
96 \section{Now Playing/Resume Playback}
97 Go to the \setting{While Playing Screen} and resume if music playback is
98 stopped or paused and there is something to resume (see \reference{ref:WPS}).
100 \section{Settings}
102 The \setting{Settings} menu allows you to set or adjust many parameters that
103 affect the way your \dap{} works. There are many submenus for different
104 parameter areas. Every time you are setting a value of a parameter, and that
105 value is selected from a list of some predefined available values, you can press
106 \ActionStdContext, and the selection cursor will jump to the default value for
107 the parameter. You can then confirm or cancel the value. This is useful if you
108 have changed the value of the parameter from the default to some other value and
109 would like to restore the default value.
111 \subsection{Sound Settings}
112 The \setting{Sound Settings} menu offers a selection of sound properties you may
113 change to customise your listening experience. The details of this menu are covered
114 in \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_sound}.
116 \subsection{Playback Settings}
117 The \setting{Playback Settings} menu allows you to configure settings related
118 to audio playback. The details of this menu are covered
119 in \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_playback}.
121 \subsection{General Settings}
122 The \setting{General Settings} menu allows you to customise the way Rockbox looks
123 and the way it plays music. The details of this menu are covered in
124 \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_general}.
126 \subsection{Theme Settings}
127 The \setting{Theme Settings} menu contains options that control the visual
128 apperance of Rockbox. The details of this menu are covered in
129 \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_themes}.
131 \opt{recording}{
132 \subsection{Recording Settings}
133 The \setting{Recording Settings} menu allows you to configure settings related
134 to recording. The details of this menu are covered in detail in
135 \reference{ref:Recordingsettings}.
138 \subsection{Manage Settings}
139 The \setting{Manage Settings} option allows the saving and re-loading of user
140 configuration settings, browsing the hard drive for alternate firmwares, and finally
141 resetting your \dap{} back to initial configuration.
143 The details of this menu are covered in
144 \reference{ref:manage_settings}.
146 \opt{recording}{\input{main_menu/recording_screen.tex}}
148 \opt{radio}{\input{main_menu/fmradio.tex}}
150 \section{\label{ref:playlistoptions}Playlist}
151 This menu allows you to work with playlists. Playlists can be created in
152 three ways. Playing a file in a directory causes all the files in it
153 to be placed in a playlist. Playlists can be created manually by
154 either using the \setting{Context Menu} (see \reference{ref:Contextmenu}) or using
155 the \setting{Playlist} menu. Both automatically and manually created
156 playlists can be edited using this menu.
158 \begin{description}
159 \item[Create Playlist:]
160 Rockbox will create a playlist with all tracks in the current directory
161 and all sub-directories. The playlist will be created one directory level ``up''
162 from where you currently are.
164 \item[View Current Playlist:]
165 Displays the contents of the playlist currently stored in memory.
167 \item[Save Current Playlist:]
168 Saves the current dynamic playlist, excluding queued tracks, to the
169 specified file. If no path is provided then playlist is saved to the current
170 directory.
172 \item[Playlist Catalog:]
173 The \setting{Playlist Catalog} provides a simple interface to maintain
174 several playlists (see \reference{ref:working_with_playlists}).
175 \end{description}
177 \section{Plugins}
178 With this option you can load and run various plugins that have been
179 written for Rockbox. There are a wide variety of these supplied with
180 Rockbox, including several games, some impressive demos and a number of
181 utilities. A detailed description of the different plugins is to be found in
182 \reference{ref:plugins}.
184 \section{\label{ref:Info}System}
185 \opt{player}{Use the MINUS and PLUS keys to step through several
186 pages of information.}
188 \begin{description}
189 \opt{rtc}{
190 \item[Time and Date:]
191 Time related menu options. Pressing \ActionStdContext{} will voice the current time if voice support is enabled
192 \begin{description}
193 \item [Set Time/Date: ] Set current time and date.
194 \item[Sleep Timer:]
195 The \setting{Sleep Timer} powers off your \dap{} after playing for a given
196 time. It can be set from \setting{Off} to 5 hours in 5 minute steps.
197 The \setting{Sleep Timer} is reset on boot.
198 \opt{alarm}{Using this option disables the \setting{Wake up alarm}.}
199 \item [Time Format: ] Choose 12 or 24 hour clock.
200 \opt{alarm}{
201 \subsection{Wake-Up Alarm}
202 % TODO this isn't quite right for all targets, I think
203 This option turns the \dap{} off and then starts it up again at the
204 specified time. Use \ActionSettingInc{} and \ActionSettingDec{} to adjust
205 the minutes setting, \ActionAlarmHoursDec{} and \ActionAlarmHoursInc{} to
206 adjust the hours.
207 \ActionAlarmSet{} confirms the alarm and shuts the \dap{} down, and
208 \ActionAlarmCancel{} cancels setting an alarm. If the \dap{} is turned on
209 again before the alarm occurs, the alarm will be cancelled. Using this
210 option disables the \setting{Sleep Timer}.
212 \opt{recording,radio}{
213 \subsection{Alarm Wake up Screen}
214 This option controls what the \dap{} does when it is woken up by the alarm.
217 \end{description}
219 \item[Rockbox Info:]
220 Displays some basic system information. This is, from top to bottom,
221 the amount of memory Rockbox has available for storing music (the buffer).
222 The battery status.
223 \opt{multivolume}{%
224 Memory size and amount of free space on the two data volumes, this info is
225 given seperately for internal memory (\emph{Int}) and for a plugged in
226 memory card
227 \opt{ondio}{(\emph{MMC})}
228 \opt{sansa,e200v2,fuze}{(\emph{MSD})}.
230 \nopt{multivolume}{Hard disk size and the amount of free space on the disk.}
232 \item[Credits:]
233 Display the list of contributors.
235 \nopt{rtc}{
236 \item[Sleep Timer:]
237 The \setting{Sleep Timer} powers off your \dap{} after playing for a given
238 time. It can be set from \setting{Off} to 5 hours in 5 minute steps.
239 The \setting{Sleep Timer} is reset on boot.
240 \opt{alarm}{Using this option disables the \setting{Wake up alarm}.}
243 \item[Debug (Keep Out!):]
244 This sub menu is intended to be used \emph{only} by Rockbox developers.
245 It shows hardware, disk, battery status and other technical information.
246 \warn{It is not recommended that users access this menu unless instructed to
247 do so in the course of fixing a problem with Rockbox. If you think you have
248 messed up your settings by use of this menu please try to reset \emph{all}
249 settings before asking for help.}
250 \end{description}
252 \opt{player}{
253 \section{Shutdown}
254 This menu option saves the Rockbox configuration and turns off the hard
255 drive before shutting down the machine. For maximum safety this procedure
256 is recommended when turning off the \dap. (There is a very small risk
257 of hard disk corruption otherwise.) See \reference{ref:Safeshutdown}
258 for more details.
261 \opt{quickscreen}
263 \section{\label{ref:QuickScreen}Quick Screen}
264 Although the \setting{Quick Screen} is accessible from nearly everywhere,
265 not just the \setting{Main Menu}, it is worth mentioning here. It allows
266 rapid access to your four favourite settings. The default settings are
267 \setting{Shuffle} (\reference{ref:PlaybackSettings}),
268 \setting{Repeat} (\reference{ref:PlaybackSettings}) and the
269 \setting{Show Files} (\reference{ref:ShowFiles}) options, but almost all
270 configurable options in Rockbox can be placed on this screen. To change the
271 options, navigate through the menus to the setting you want to add and press
272 \ActionStdContext. In the menu which appears you will be given options
273 to place the setting on the \setting{Quick Screen}.
275 Press \ActionStdQuickScreen{} to access it and \ActionQuickScreenExit{} to exit.
276 The direction buttons will modify the individual setting values as indicated
277 by the arrow icons. Please note that the settings at opposite sides of the
278 screen cycle through the available options in opposite directions.
279 Therefore if you select the same setting at e.g. the top and bottom of the
280 quickscreen, then pressing up and down will cycle through this setting in
281 opposite directions.