2 \chapter{\label{ref:rockbox_interface
}Quick Start
}
3 \section{Basic overview
}
4 \subsection{The
\daps{} controls
}
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15 Throughout this manual, the buttons on the
\dap{} are labelled according to the
16 picture above. When a table of button actions says ``Long'' before the button it
17 means that you should make a long press on that button, in other words, press it
18 for approximately
1 second. In detail the buttons are described in the following
22 Additional information is available for blind users on the Rockbox website at
27 If you lay the
\dap{} on the table with the joystick pointing
28 towards you, and the curved sides at the top, you will find the following
29 if you start from the top-right corner and follow the side of the
\dap{} in a
31 On the right side the buttons
\ButtonOn{},
\ButtonOff{},
\ButtonMode{} and
32 the
\ButtonHold{} switch. Next comes on the bottom the USB port,
33 a small hole for resetting the
\dap{}, charger plug. On the left side located
34 is the button
\ButtonRec{}. At least the top has headphone mini-jack plug,
35 remote port, optical/line in and optical/line out.
36 The joystick in the middle of the
\dap{} is
37 used to navigate menus by pressing it up, down, left and right. Pressing the
38 joystick down is labelled
\ButtonSelect{} throughout this manual. Its
39 directions are labelled
\ButtonRight{},
\ButtonDown{},
\ButtonLeft{} and
42 The internal microphone is located on the left hand side of the nit towards the
43 top, and there is a small reset hole on the bottom of the unit between the
44 power and USB sockets. To perform a hard reset, insert a paperclip into this
48 Hold or lay the
\dap{} so that the side with the button pad and
49 LCD is facing towards you. The buttons on the button pad are as follows: top
50 left corner:
\ButtonOn{}, bottom left corner:
\ButtonOff{}, top right corner:
51 \ButtonRec, bottom right corner:
\ButtonMode{}. In the center of the button pad
52 is a button labelled
\ButtonSelect{}. Surrounding the
\ButtonSelect{} button are
53 four directional buttons used to navigate up, down, left and right.
55 On the top panel of the
\dap{}, from left to right, you can find the
56 following: headphone mini jack plug, remote port, Line-in, Line-out.
58 On the bottom panel of the
\dap{}, from left to right, you can find the
59 following: power jack and two USB ports. The USB port on the right is used
60 to connect your
\dap{} to your computer. The USB port on the left is not
64 \opt{ipod4g,ipod3g,ipodcolor,ipodvideo,ipodmini
}
66 The main controls on the
\dap{} are a slightly indented scroll wheel
67 with a flat round button in the center. Hold the
\dap{} with these controls
70 The top of the player will have the following, from left to
72 \opt{ipod4g, ipod3g ,ipodcolor
}{remote connector, headphone jack,
\ButtonHold{}
74 \opt{ipodvideo
}{\ButtonHold{} switch, headphone jack.
}
75 \opt{ipodmini
}{\ButtonHold{} switch, remote connector, headphone jack.
}
77 The dock connector that is used to connect your
\dap{} to your computer is on
78 the bottom panel of the
\dap{}.
80 The button in the middle of the wheel is called
\ButtonSelect{}. You can
81 operate the wheel by pressing the top, bottom, left or right sections,
82 or by sliding your finger around it. The top is
\ButtonMenu{}, the bottom is
83 \ButtonPlay{}, the left is
\ButtonLeft{}, and the right is
\ButtonRight{}.
84 When the manual says to
\ButtonScrollFwd{}, it means to slide your finger
85 clockwise around the wheel.
\ButtonScrollBack{} means to slide your finger
86 counterclockwise. Note that the wheel is sensitive, so you will need to move
87 slowly at first and get a feel for how it works.
89 Note that when the
\ButtonHold{} switch is pushed toward the center of the
\dap{},
90 hold is on, and none of the other controls do anything. Be sure
91 \ButtonHold{} is off before trying to use your player.
95 The main controls on the
\dap{} are a slightly indented wheel with a
96 flat round button in the center. Hold the
\dap{} with these controls on the
97 top surface. There is a
\ButtonHold{} switch at one end, and headphone and USB
98 jacks at the other; be sure the end with the switch is facing away from you.
100 The button in the middle of the wheel is called
\ButtonSelect{}. You can
101 operate the wheel by pressing the top, bottom, left or right sections,
102 or by sliding your finger around it. The top is
\ButtonMenu{}, the bottom is
103 \ButtonPlay, the left is
\ButtonLeft, and the right is
\ButtonRight{}.
104 When the manual says to
\ButtonScrollFwd{}, it means to slide your finger
105 clockwise around the wheel.
\ButtonScrollBack{} means to slide your finger
106 counterclockwise. Note that the wheel is sensitive, so you will need to move
107 slowly at first and get a feel for how it works.
109 Note that when the
\ButtonHold{} switch is pushed toward the center of the
\dap{},
110 hold is on, and none of the other controls do anything; be sure
\ButtonHold{} is
111 off before trying to use your player.
115 The main characteristic of the Ondio case is the dent on its lower right side
116 which is the MMC slot. Holding the
\dap{} with this slot in the described position
117 you'll find the following:
119 On the curved top it has the headphone jack to the left,
120 the
\ButtonOff{} button is in the middle
%
121 \opt{HAVE_RECORDING
}{ and the line in jack to the right
}.
122 Apart from the already mentioned MMC slot you will find the USB connector on
123 the
\daps{} right side. Placed on the upper side of the device right below
124 the flat display there is the main button pad of the
\dap{}. A strong deepening
125 marks the center of it and helps to operate the directional keys from there.
126 \ButtonLeft{} and
\ButtonRight{} form some sort of a strip and divide
\ButtonUp{}
127 and
\ButtonDown{}. The raised button positioned in the lower left of this round
128 crosspad is labelled
\ButtonMenu{}.
}
131 Hold or lay the
\dap{} so that the side with the scroll pad and
132 LCD is facing towards you. In the centre below the lcd is the scroll pad. It
133 is oriented vertically. Touching the top and bottom half of it acts as the
134 \ButtonScrollUp{} and
\ButtonScrollDown{} buttons respectively. On the left
135 of the scroll pad is the
\ButtonLeft{} button and on the right is the
136 \ButtonRight{} button.
138 There are three buttons on the right hand side of the
\dap{}. From top to
139 bottom, they are:
\ButtonRew{},
\ButtonPlay{} and
\ButtonFF{}. On the left
140 hand side is the
\ButtonPower{} button.
142 On the top panel of the
\dap{}, from left to right, you can find the
143 following:
\ButtonHold() switch,
\opt{h10
}{reset pin hole,
}remote port and
144 headphone mini jack plug.
146 On the bottom panel of the
\dap{}, is the data cable port.
}
149 Hold the
\dap{} with the screen on top and the controls on the right hand side.
150 Below the screen is a cross-shaped touch sensitive pad which contains the
151 \ButtonUp{},
\ButtonDown{},
\ButtonLeft{} and
\ButtonRight{} controls. On the
152 top of the unit from left to right are the power socket, the
\ButtonHold{}
153 switch, and the headphone socket. The
\ButtonHold{} switch puts the
\dap{} into
154 hold mode when it is switched to the right
155 of the unit. The buttons will have no effect when this is the case.
157 Starting from the left hand side on the bottom of the unit, nearer to the front
158 than the back, is a recessed switch which
159 controls whether the battery is on or off. When this swtich is to the lwft,
160 the battery is disconnected. This can be used for a hard reset of the unit,
161 or if the
\dap{} is being placed in storage. Next to that is a connector for
162 the docking station and finally on the right hand side of the bottom of the
163 unit is a mini USB socket for connecting directly to USB.
165 Finally on the right hand side of the unit are some control buttons. Going from
166 the bottom of the unit to the top there is a small round
\ButtonA{} buttton then a
167 rocker volume switch with of the
\ButtonVolDown{} button below the
\ButtonVolUp{}
168 button. Above that is are two more small round buttons, the
\ButtonMenu{}
169 button and nearest to the top of the unit the
\ButtonPower{} button, which is held
170 down to turn the
\dap{} on or off.
}
173 The
\dap{} is curved so that the end with the screen on it is thicker than the
174 other end. Hold the
\dap{} wih the thick end towards the top and the screen
175 facing towards you. Half way up the front of the unit on the right hand side
176 is a four way joystick which is the
\ButtonUp{},
\ButtonDown{},
177 \ButtonLeft{}, and
\ButtonRight{} buttons. When pressed it serves as
\ButtonSelect.
179 On the right hand side of the
\dap{} from top to bottom, first there is a two
180 way switch. the
\ButtonPower{} button is activated by pushing this switch up,
181 and pushing this switch down until it clicks slightly will activate the
182 \ButtonHold{} button. When the switch is in this position, none of the other
183 keys will have an effect.
185 Below the switch is a lozenge shaped button which is the
\ButtonRec{}
186 button, and below that the final button on this side of the unit, the
187 \ButtonPlay{} button. Just below this is a small hole which is difficult to
188 locate by touch which is the internal microphone. At the very bottom of
189 this side of the unit is the reset hole, which can be used to perform a hard
190 reset by inserting a paper clip.
192 On the bottom of the unit is the connector for the
193 \playerman{} subpack or dock. On the top of the unit is a charge
194 indicator light, which may feel a bit like a button, but isn't.
196 From the top of the
\dap{} on the left hand side is the headphone socket, then the
197 remote connector. Below this is a cover which protects the
\opt{x5
}{USB host
198 connector.
}\opt{m5
}{USB and charging connector
}.
}
201 Hold the
\dap{} with the turning wheel at the front and bottom. On the bottom left
202 of the front of the
\dap{} is a raised round button, the
\ButtonPower{} button.
203 Above and to the left of this, on the outside of the turning wheel are four
204 buttons. These are the
\ButtonUp{},
\ButtonDown{},
\ButtonLeft{} and
205 \ButtonRight{} buttons. Inside the wheel is the
\ButtonSelect{} button. Turning
206 the wheel to the right activates the
\ButtonScrollDown{} function, and to the
207 left, the
\ButtonScrollUp{} function.
209 On the right of the unit is a slot for inserting flash cards. On the bottom is
210 the connector for the USB cable. On the left is the
\ButtonRec{} button, and
211 on the top, there is the headphone socket to the right, and the
\ButtonHold{}
212 switch. Moving this switch to the right activates hold mode in which none of the
213 other buttons have any effect. Just to the left of the
\ButtonHold{} switch is a
214 small hole which contains the internal microphone.
}
217 Holding the Jukebox in front of you there should be two buttons to
218 the left of the unit and a single multi-way circular button to their right.
219 The buttons are as follows.
%
220 On the left hand side, the higher of the two small buttons is the
\ButtonOn,
221 the lower of the two buttons is the
\ButtonMenu{} button. The large circular
222 button on the right - push towards the top serves as
\ButtonPlay, push towards
223 the left is called
\ButtonLeft, push towards the right
\ButtonRight{} and push
224 towards the bottom is labelled
\ButtonStop.
228 Holding the Jukebox in front of you, there should be three rectangular buttons
229 in a horizontal line towards the middle of the unit, and below this to the left
230 there is a circular four button array with the circular
\ButtonPlay{} button
231 as a fifth button in the centre. These are the navigation controls. Below the
232 rectangular buttons and to the right of the circular buttons are two small round
233 buttons one above the other.
235 The
\ButtonOn{} button is the topmost of the two buttons located below and to the
236 left of the navigation controls whereas the lower of these two is called
\ButtonOff.
237 The small round button in the middle of the large circular button array is called
238 \ButtonPlay{} button. To the right of the
\ButtonPlay{} button there is the
239 \ButtonRight{} button, left of it is the
\ButtonLeft{}, above it
\ButtonUp, and
240 below the
\ButtonPlay{} button there is the
\ButtonDown{} button placed. In the row
241 of three rectangular buttons the following buttons can be found (from left to right):
242 \ButtonFOne,
\ButtonFTwo{} and
\ButtonFThree.
245 Holding the Jukebox in front of you, there should be three rectangular buttons
246 in a horizontal line towards the middle of the unit, and below this centred on the
247 middle button there are four radial arc shaped buttons placed in a cross formation
248 with the circular play button as the centre of the cross. These are the navigation
249 controls. Below the cross and to the left are two other buttons.
251 The
\ButtonOn{} button is the leftmost of the two buttons located below and to the
252 left of the navigation controls whereas the rightmost and little lower one of
253 these two is called
\ButtonOff. The round button raised slightly higher than the
254 others in the centre of the navigation controls is the
\ButtonPlay{} button. To
255 the right of the
\ButtonPlay{} button there is the
\ButtonRight{} button, left of
256 it is the
\ButtonLeft{}, above it
\ButtonUp, and below the
\ButtonPlay{} button
257 there is the
\ButtonDown{} button placed. In the row of three rectangular buttons
258 the following buttons can be found (from left to right):
\ButtonFOne,
\ButtonFTwo{}
263 \subsection{Turning the
\dap{} on and off
}
264 To turn on and off your Rockbox enabled
\dap{} use the following keys:
267 \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD
}{\ButtonOn}%
268 \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD
}{\ButtonMenu{} /
\ButtonSelect}%
269 \opt{ONDIO_PAD
}{\ButtonOff}\opt{RECORDER_PAD,PLAYER_PAD
}%
270 {Hold
\ButtonOn\ for
2--
3s
}%
271 \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD,SANSA_E200_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD
}
274 \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD
}{Hold
\ButtonOff}%
275 \opt{IPOD_4G_PAD,IPOD_3G_PAD
}{Hold
\ButtonPlay}%
276 \opt{ONDIO_PAD,recorderv2fm
}{Hold
\ButtonOff}%
277 \opt{recorder
}{Double tap
\ButtonOff\ when playback is stopped
}%
278 \opt{PLAYER_PAD
}{From the Main Menu, select
\textbf{Shutdown
}}%
279 \opt{IAUDIO_X5_PAD,IRIVER_H10_PAD,SANSA_E200_PAD,GIGABEAT_PAD
}%
285 \label{ref:Safeshutdown
}On shutdown, Rockbox automatically saves its settings.
287 \opt{PLAYER_PAD,RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD
}{%
288 In the unlikely event of a software failure, a hardware power off can be
289 performed by holding down
290 \opt{PLAYER_PAD
}{\ButtonStop}%
291 \opt{RECORDER_PAD,ONDIO_PAD
}{\ButtonOff}
292 until the
\nopt{ondiosp,ondiofm
}{\dap{} power light
}%
293 \opt{ondiosp,ondiofm
}{\daps{} display
} goes off.
%
296 \nopt{gigabeat,m5,x5,archos
}
298 \subsection{Starting the original firmware
}
302 Rockbox has a dual-boot feature. To boot into the original firmware, shut
303 down the device as described above. Turn on the
\ButtonHold{} switch
304 immediately after turning the player on. Once Rockbox displays the
305 message ``Loading original firmware ...'' you may turn the
\ButtonHold{}
306 switch off. Rockbox will boot into the original firmware.
308 \note{The described method of dual-booting works with Rockbox bootloader
309 version
2, which was released
16 December
2006. If you have the older
310 bootloader, boot the original firmware by pressing
\ButtonMenu{}
311 immediately after turning on your Ipod. Do not release the
312 \ButtonMenu{} button until you see the ``Loading original firmware...''
313 message on the screen.
}
315 Regardless of which method you use to boot to the original firmware, you can
316 return to Rockbox by pressing and holding
\ButtonMenu{} and
\ButtonSelect{}
317 simultaneously until the player reboots.
322 Rockbox has a dual-boot feature. To boot into the original firmware,
323 when the
\dap{} is turned off, press and hold the
\ButtonRec{} button,
324 and then press the
\ButtonOn{} button.
329 Rockbox has a dual-boot feature. It loads the original firmware from
330 the file
\fname{/System/OF.mi4
}. To boot into the original firmware,
331 press and hold the
\ButtonLeft{} button while turning on the player.
332 \note{The iriver firmware doesn't shut down properly when you turn it off,
333 it only goes to sleep. To get back into Rockbox when exiting from the
334 iriver firmware, you will need to reset the player by
\opt{h10
}{inserting a
335 pin in the reset hole
}\opt{h10_5gb
}{taking out battery
}.
}
340 Rockbox has a dual-boot feature. To boot into the original firmware,
341 press and hold the
\ButtonLeft{} button while turning on the player.
345 \subsection{The first contact
}
347 After you have first started the
\dap{} you'll be presented by the
348 \setting{Main Menu
}. From this menu you can reach every function of Rockbox,
349 for more information (see
\reference{ref:main_menu
}). To browse the files
350 on you
\dap{} select
\setting{Files
} (see
\reference{ref:file_browser
}), and to
351 browse in a view that is based on the meta-data
\footnote{ID3 Tags, Vorbis
352 comments, etc.
} of your audio files, select
\setting{Database
} (see
353 \reference{ref:database
}).
355 \subsection{Basic controls
}
356 When browsing files and moving through menus you usually get a list view
357 presented. The navigation in these lists are usually the same and should be
359 In the tree view use
\ActionStdNext{} and
\ActionStdPrev{} to move around
360 the selection. Use
\ActionStdOk{} to select an item. When browsing the file
361 system selecting an audio file plays it. The view switches to the ``While
362 playing screen'', usually abbreviated as ``WPS'' (see
\reference{ref:WPS
}. The
363 dynamic playlist gets replaced with the contents of the current folder. This
364 way you can easily treat folders as playlists. The created dynamic playlist can
365 be extended or modified while playing. This is also known as
366 ``on-the-fly playlist''.
367 To go back to the
\setting{File Browser
} stop the playback with the
368 \ActionWpsStop{} button or return to the file browser while keeping playback
369 running using
\ActionWpsBrowse{}.
370 In list views you can go back one step with
\ActionTreeParentDirectory.
372 \subsection{Basic concepts
}
373 \subsubsection{Playlists
}
374 Rockbox is playlist oriented. This means that every time you play an audio file,
375 a so-called ``dynamic playlist'' is generated, unless you play a saved
376 playlist. You can modify the dynamic playlist while playing and also save
377 it to a file. If you don't want to use playlists you can simply play your
379 Playlists are covered in detail in
\reference{ref:working_with_playlists
}.
382 From the menu you can customise Rockbox. Rockbox itself is very customisable.
383 Also there are some special menus for quick access to frequently used
386 \subsubsection{Context Menu
}
387 Some views, especially the file browser and the WPS have a context menu.
388 From the file browser this can be accessed with
\ActionStdContext{}.
389 The contents of the context menu vary, depending on the situation it gets
390 called. The context menu itself presents you with some operations you can
391 perform with the currently highlighted file. In the file browser this is
392 the file (or folder) that is highlighted by the cursor. From the WPS this is
393 the currently playing file. Also there are some actions that don't apply
394 to the current file but refer to the screen from which the context menu
395 gets called. One example is the playback menu, which can be called using
396 the context menu from within the WPS.
398 \section{Customising Rockbox
}
399 Rockbox' User Interface can be customised using ``Themes''. Themes usually
400 only affect the visual appearance, but an advanced user can create a theme
401 that also changes various other settings like file view, LCD settings and
402 all other settings that can be modified using
\fname{.cfg
} files. This topic
403 is discussed in more detail in
\reference{ref:manage_settings
}.
404 The Rockbox distribution comes with some themes that should look nice on
405 your
\dap{}.
\note{Some of the themes shipped with Rockbox need additional
406 fonts from the fonts package, so make sure you installed them.
407 Also, if you downloaded additional themes from the Internet make sure you
408 have the needed fonts installed as otherwise the theme may get displayed
411 \section{Menu overview
}
412 \fixme{include an overview of the menu structure here
}
413 %\input{rockbox_interface/menu_structure.tex}
415 \input{rockbox_interface/browsing_and_playing.tex
}