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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 access
12 the \disk{} solely for the purpose of saving settings. Instead, Rockbox will
13 save settings when it accesses the \disk{} the next time, for example when
14 refilling the music 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
22 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{\ActionRCStdNext
24 Select the next option in the menu.\newline
25 Inside a setting, increase the value or choose next option.
28 \ActionStdPrev
30 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{\ActionRCStdPrev
32 Select the previous option in the menu.\newline
33 Inside a setting,decrease the value or choose previous option.
36 \ActionStdOk
38 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{\ActionRCStdOk
40 Select option.
43 \ActionStdCancel
45 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{\ActionRCStdCancel
47 Exit menu or setting, or move to parent menu.
49 \end{btnmap}
51 \section {Recent Bookmarks}
52 \screenshot{main_menu/images/ss-list-bookmarks}%
53 {The list bookmarks screen}{}
54 If the \setting{Save a list of recently created bookmarks} option is enabled
55 then you can view a list of several recent bookmarks here and select one to
56 jump straight to that track.\\*
58 \note{Bookmarking only works when tracks are launched from the file browser,
59 and does not currently work for tracks launched via the
60 database. In addition, they do not currently work with dynamic
61 playlists.\\*}
63 \begin{btnmap}
64 \ActionStdNext
65 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdNext}
66 & Select the next bookmark.\\
68 \ActionStdPrev
69 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdPrev}
70 & Select the previous bookmark.\\
72 \ActionStdOk
73 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdOk}
74 & Resume from the selected bookmark.\\
76 \ActionStdCancel
77 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdCancel}
78 & Exit Recent Bookmark menu.\\
80 \nopt{GIGABEAT_S_PAD}{\ActionBmDelete
81 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCBmDelete}
82 & Delete the currently selected bookmark.\\}
84 \ActionStdContext
85 \opt{HAVEREMOTEKEYMAP}{& \ActionRCStdContext}
86 & Enter the context menu for the selected bookmark.\\
87 \end{btnmap}
89 There are two options in the context menu:\\*
91 \setting{Resume} will commence playback of the currently selected bookmark entry.
93 \setting{Delete} will remove the currently selected bookmark entry from the list.\\*
95 This entry is not shown in the \setting{Main Menu} when the option is off
96 (the default setting). See \reference{ref:Bookmarkconfigactual}
97 for more details on configuring bookmarking in Rockbox.
99 \section{Files}
100 Browse the files on your \dap{} (see \reference{ref:file_browser}).
102 \section{Database}
103 Browse by the meta-data in your audio files (see \reference{ref:database}).
105 \section{Now Playing/Resume Playback}
106 Go to the \setting{While Playing Screen} and resume if music playback is
107 stopped or paused and there is something to resume (see \reference{ref:WPS}).
109 \section{Settings}
111 The \setting{Settings} menu allows you to set or adjust many parameters that
112 affect the way your \dap{} works. There are many submenus for different
113 parameter areas. Every time you are setting a value of a parameter, and that
114 value is selected from a list of some predefined available values, you can press
115 \ActionStdContext, and the selection cursor will jump to the default value for
116 the parameter. You can then confirm or cancel the value. This is useful if you
117 have changed the value of the parameter from the default to some other value and
118 would like to restore the default value.
120 \subsection{Sound Settings}
121 The \setting{Sound Settings} menu offers a selection of sound properties you may
122 change to customise your listening experience. The details of this menu are covered
123 in \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_sound}.
125 \subsection{Playback Settings}
126 The \setting{Playback Settings} menu allows you to configure settings related
127 to audio playback. The details of this menu are covered
128 in \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_playback}.
130 \subsection{General Settings}
131 The \setting{General Settings} menu allows you to customise the way Rockbox looks
132 and the way it plays music. The details of this menu are covered in
133 \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_general}.
135 \subsection{Theme Settings}
136 The \setting{Theme Settings} menu contains options that control the visual
137 appearance of Rockbox. The details of this menu are covered in
138 \reference{ref:configure_rockbox_themes}.
140 \opt{recording}{
141 \subsection{Recording Settings}
142 The \setting{Recording Settings} menu allows you to configure settings related
143 to recording. The details of this menu are covered in detail in
144 \reference{ref:Recordingsettings}.
147 \subsection{Manage Settings}
148 The \setting{Manage Settings} option allows the saving and re-loading of user
149 configuration settings, browsing the hard drive for alternate firmwares, and finally
150 resetting your \dap{} back to initial configuration.
152 The details of this menu are covered in
153 \reference{ref:manage_settings}.
155 \opt{recording}{\input{main_menu/recording_screen.tex}}
157 \opt{radio}{\input{main_menu/fmradio.tex}}
159 \section{\label{ref:playlistoptions}Playlists}
160 This menu allows you to work with playlists. Playlists can be created in
161 three ways. Playing a file in a directory causes all the files in it
162 to be placed in a playlist. Playlists can be created manually by
163 either using the \setting{Context Menu} (see \reference{ref:Contextmenu}) or using
164 the \setting{Playlist} menu. Both automatically and manually created
165 playlists can be edited using this menu.
167 \begin{description}
168 \item[Create Playlist:]
169 Rockbox will create a playlist with all tracks in the current directory
170 and all sub-directories. The playlist will be created one directory level ``up''
171 from where you currently are.
173 \item[View Current Playlist:]
174 Displays the contents of the playlist currently stored in memory.
176 \item[Save Current Playlist:]
177 Saves the current dynamic playlist, excluding queued tracks, to the
178 specified file. If no path is provided then playlist is saved to the current
179 directory.
181 \item[View Catalogue:]
182 Provides a simple interface to maintain
183 several playlists (see \reference{ref:working_with_playlists}).
184 \end{description}
186 \section{Plugins}
187 With this option you can load and run various plugins that have been
188 written for Rockbox. There are a wide variety of these supplied with
189 Rockbox, including several games, some impressive demos and a number of
190 utilities. A detailed description of the different plugins is to be found in
191 \reference{ref:plugins}.
193 \section{\label{ref:Info}System}
194 \opt{player}{Use the MINUS and PLUS keys to step through several
195 pages of information.}
197 \begin{description}
198 \item[Rockbox Info:]
199 Displays some basic system information. This is, from top to bottom,
200 the amount of memory Rockbox has available for storing music (the buffer).
201 The battery status.
202 \opt{multivolume}{%
203 Memory size and amount of free space on the two data volumes, this info is
204 given separately for internal memory (\emph{Int}) and for a plugged in
205 memory card
206 \opt{ondio}{(\emph{MMC})}
207 \opt{sansa,e200v2,fuze,fuzev2,clipplus,clipzip}{(\emph{MSD})}.
209 \nopt{multivolume}{Hard disk size and the amount of free space on the disk.}
211 \item[Credits:]
212 Display the list of contributors.
214 \item[Running Time:]
215 Shows the runtime of your \dap{} in hours, minutes and seconds.
216 \begin{description}
217 \item[Running Time:]
218 This item shows the cumulative overall runtime of your \dap{} since you
219 either disconnected it from charging (in Rockbox) or manually
220 reset this item. A manual reset is done through pressing any button,
221 followed by pressing \ActionStdOk{}.
222 \item[Top Time:]
223 This item shows the cumulative overall runtime of your \dap{} since you
224 last manually reset this item. A manual reset is done through pressing
225 any button, followed by pressing \ActionStdOk{}.
226 \end{description}
228 \item[Debug (Keep Out!):]
229 This sub menu is intended to be used \emph{only} by Rockbox developers.
230 It shows hardware, disk, battery status and other technical information.
231 \warn{It is not recommended that users access this menu unless instructed to
232 do so in the course of fixing a problem with Rockbox. If you think you have
233 messed up your settings by use of this menu please try to reset \emph{all}
234 settings before asking for help.}
235 \end{description}
237 \opt{player}{
238 \section{Shutdown}
239 This menu option saves the Rockbox configuration and turns off the hard
240 drive before shutting down the machine. For maximum safety this procedure
241 is recommended when turning off the \dap. (There is a very small risk
242 of hard disk corruption otherwise.) See \reference{ref:Safeshutdown}
243 for more details.
246 \opt{quickscreen}
248 \section{\label{ref:QuickScreen}Quick Screen}
249 Although the \setting{Quick Screen} is accessible from nearly everywhere,
250 not just the \setting{Main Menu}, it is worth mentioning here. It allows
251 rapid access to your four favourite settings. The default settings are
252 \setting{Shuffle} (\reference{ref:PlaybackSettings}),
253 \setting{Repeat} (\reference{ref:PlaybackSettings}) and the
254 \setting{Show Files} (\reference{ref:ShowFiles}) options, but almost all
255 configurable options in Rockbox can be placed on this screen. To change the
256 options, navigate through the menus to the setting you want to add and press
257 \ActionStdContext. In the menu which appears you will be given options
258 to place the setting on the \setting{Quick Screen}.
260 Press \ActionStdQuickScreen{} to access it and \ActionQuickScreenExit{} to exit.
261 The direction buttons will modify the individual setting values as indicated
262 by the arrow icons. Please note that the settings at opposite sides of the
263 screen cycle through the available options in opposite directions.
264 Therefore if you select the same setting at e.g. the top and bottom of the
265 quickscreen, then pressing up and down will cycle through this setting in
266 opposite directions.
269 \section{\label{ref:MainMenuShortcuts}Shortcuts}
271 This menu item is a container for user defined shortcuts to files, folders or
272 settings. With a shortcut,
273 \begin{itemize}
274 \item A file can be ``run'' (i.e. a music file played, plugin started or
275 a \fname{.cfg} loaded)
276 \item The file browser can be opened with the cursor positioned at
277 a specified file or folder
278 \item A file's or folder's ``Current Playlist'' context menu item can
279 be displayed
280 \item A setting can be configured (any which can be added to the
281 \setting{Quick Screen})
282 \item A debug menu item can be displayed (useful for developers mostly)
283 \opt{rtc}{
284 \item The current time can be spoken
286 \item The sleep timer can be configured
287 \item The \dap{} can be turned off
288 \end{itemize}
290 \note{Shortcuts into the database are not possible}
292 Shortcuts are loaded from the file \fname{/.rockbox/shortcuts.txt} which lists
293 each item to be displayed. Each shortcut looks like the following:
295 \begin{example}
296 [shortcut]
297 type: <shortcut type>
298 data: <what the shortcut actually links to>
299 name: <what the shortcut should be displayed as>
300 icon: <number of the theme icon to use (see \wikilink{CustomIcons})>
301 talkclip: <filename of a talk clip to speak when voice menus are enabled>
302 \end{example}
304 Only ``type'' and ``data'' are required (except if type is ``separator'' in which case
305 ``data'' is also not required).
307 Available types are:
308 \begin{description}
309 \item[file] \config{data} is the name of the file to ``run''
310 \item[browse] \config{data} is the file or the folder to open the file browser at
311 \item[playlist menu] \config{data} is the file or the folder to open the
312 ``Current Playlist'' context menu item on
313 \item[setting] \config{data} is the config name of the setting you want to change
314 (see \reference{ref:config_file_options} for the list of the possible settings)
315 \item[debug] \config{data} is the name of the debug menu item to display
316 \item[separator] \config{data} is ignored; \config{name} can be used to display text,
317 or left blank to make the list more accessible with visual gaps
318 \item[time] \config{data} needs to be \opt{rtc}{either ``talk'' to talk the time, or }``sleep X''
319 where X is the number of minutes to run the sleep timer for (0 to disable). \config{name}
320 is required for this shortcut type.
321 \item[shutdown] \config{data} is ignored; \config{name} can be used to display text
322 \end{description}
324 If the name/icon items are not specified, a sensible default will be used.
326 \note{For the ``browse'' type, if you want the file browser to start \emph{inside}
327 a folder, make sure the data has the trailing slash (i.e \fname{/Music/} instead of
328 \fname {/Music}). Without the trailing slash, it will cause the file broser to open
329 with \fname{/Music} selected instead.}
331 The file \fname{shortcuts.txt} can be edited with any text editor. Most items can
332 also be added to it through their context menu item ``Add to shortcuts''.
333 A reboot is needed for manual changes to \fname{shortcuts.txt} to be applied.
335 Shortcuts can be manually removed by selecting the one you wish to remove and pressing
336 \ActionStdContext{}.