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Toshiba Rockbox F Series User Manual

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  • Page 2 Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sec- tions, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled “GNU Free Documentation License”. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

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  • Page 9: Introduction

    Also you can ask on IRC. The main The Rockbox manual . Another option are the mailing lists which . From that page you can subscribe to the Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 10: Naming Conventions And Marks

    Manufacturer and product names are formatted in accordance with the standard rules of English grammar, e.g. “Toshiba playback is currently unsupported”. Manufacturer and model names are proper nouns, and thus are written beginning with a capital letter.

  • Page 11: Installation

    Dual boot does not currently work on the Gigabeat. The Rockbox firmware. Similar to the Toshiba firmware, most of the Rockbox code is contained in a “build” that resides on your player’s drive. This makes it easy to update Rockbox.

  • Page 12: Prerequisites

    Install voice files and generate talk clips The Rockbox manual files and presents them to you as directories file format is not recognised on , both of which can be downloaded and used free of charge. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series format. Your...

  • Page 13: Manual Installation

    If you want to help with project development, you can try development builds and help by reporting bugs. Just be aware that these are development builds that are highly functional but not perfect! The Rockbox manual RockboxUtility Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 14 file should be extracted directly to the root file already contains the internal structure that file are extracted correctly, you will have a directory file to the proper location. file onto your player. As already contains the correct Toshiba Gigabeat F Series should be...

  • Page 15: Enabling Speech Support (Optional)

    files or you may be unable to see In that directory you’ll find a file called Rename the file to as it is needed for booting the Toshiba firmware. Now copy the file spelling is correct. After installing the bootloader you the following steps.

  • Page 16: Uninstalling Rockbox

    2.6.2 Manual Uninstallation If you wish to clean up your disk, you may also wish to delete the directory and its contents. Turn the Toshiba off. Turn the player back on and the original Toshiba software will load. The Rockbox manual...

  • Page 17: Quick Start

    This can be used for a hard reset of the unit, or if the player is being placed in storage. Next to that is a connector for the The Rockbox manual BlindFAQ. switch puts the player into hold Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 18: Turning The Player On And Off

    The Rockbox manual buttton then a rocker volume button below the button and nearest to the top of the unit Start Rockbox Shutdown Rockbox See section Toshiba Gigabeat F Series button. Above that is 11.3.3 (page 141) for (page 21)), and...

  • Page 19: Basic Controls

    file. Also there are some actions that do not apply to the current file but refer to the screen from which the context menu gets called. One example is the playback menu, which can be called using the context menu from within the WPS. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 20: Customising Rockbox

    Internet make sure you have the needed fonts installed as otherwise the theme may get displayed garbled. 3.3 Charging The player can be powered over USB without connecting to your computer by holding while plugging in. This allows you to continue using the player normally. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 21: Browsing And Playing

    The File Browser allows you to manipulate your files in ways that are not available within the Database Browser. Read more about Database in section (page 25). The remainder of this section deals with the File Browser. The Rockbox manual Figure 4.1: The file browser Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 22: File Browser Controls

    While Playing Screen (WPS) without stopping playback. Stops audio playback. Enter the Context Menu Enter the Main Menu Switches to the Quick Screen (see sec- tion 5.11 (page 41)) Figure 4.2: The Context Menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 23 The Rockbox manual 4.4.3 (page 34)). file as background image. The bitmaps need to 11.1.6 (page 134). 10.3 (page 109) for more details on viewers. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series 4.4.2 (page 33)).

  • Page 24: Virtual Keyboard

    file or creating a new directory. The virtual keyboard can be easily changed by making a text file with the required layout. More information on how to achieve this can be found on the Rockbox website at The Rockbox manual file. If the LoadableKeyboardLayouts. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 25: Database

    Exits the virtual keyboard and saves any changes Deletes the character before the line cur- Enters Morse input mode Tap to select a character in Morse input mode in a directory will exclude the files in DataBase. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 26: The Database Menu

    This is needed when database structures change, because new code cannot read old database code. But, all modifications exported to ASCII format should be readable by all database versions. The Rockbox manual General Settings System , which backs up the runtime data in ASCII Toshiba Gigabeat F Series Disk Directory...

  • Page 27: Using The Database

    There is no option to turn off database completely. If you do not want to use it just do not do the initial build of the database and do not load it to RAM. The Rockbox manual Limits) in order to view long lists System Toshiba Gigabeat F Series backup to be...

  • Page 28: While Playing Screen

    (page 142) for details on how to Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 29: Wps Key Controls

    Enter WPS Context Menu. Enter Main Menu. Switches to the Quick Screen. (see sec- tion 5.11 (page 41)) Show Pitch Screen (see section (page 32)). Enter ID3 Viewer. Skip to the next directory. Skip to the previous directory. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series 4.3.3...

  • Page 30: The Wps Context Menu

    Add to new playlist. Similar to the previous entry this will add the currently playing track to a playlist. You need to enter a name for the new playlist first. The Rockbox manual while viewing the playlist to playlist file Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 31 WPS and used in the Database browser. Press to increment the value. The value wraps at 10. Bookmarks This allows you to create a bookmark in the currently-playing track. Show Track Info Figure 4.4: The track info viewer The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 32: Working With Playlists

    (in semitone mode) Increase / Decrease pitch by 1% (in pro- centual mode) or a semitone (in semitone mode) Temporarily increase / decrease pitch by 2.0% Reset pitch to 100% Leave the Pitch Screen Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 33: Creating Playlists

    To do this select Playlist catalog in the Context Menu. There you will have two choices, Add to playlist adds the selected track or directory to an The Rockbox manual considers the song that it is playing to be part of a Toshiba Gigabeat F Series 4.4.3 , Rockbox...

  • Page 34: Adding Music To Playlists

    If there is music currently playing, Rockbox will put the selected track(s) into the cur- rent playlist. The place in which the newly selected tracks are added to the playlist is determined by the following options: The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 35: Modifying Playlists

    WPS context menu or in the Main Menu. 4.4.4 Modifying playlists Reshuffling Reshuffling the current playlist is easily done from the Playlist sub menu in the WPS, just select Reshuffle. The Rockbox manual (page 39)). Toshiba Gigabeat F Series General Settings...

  • Page 36: Saving Playlists

    Set the Main Menu Settings Playlist Recursively Insert Directories setting to Yes if you would like to include tracks in subdirectories as well as tracks in the currently selected directory. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 37: The Main Menu

    MP3 buffer or navigating through the File Browser. Changes to settings may therefore not be saved unless the player is shut down safely (see section 3.1.2 (page 18)). The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 38: Navigating The Main Menu

    Browse by the meta-data in your audio files (see section (page 25)). 5.6 Now Playing/Resume Playback Go to the While Playing Screen and resume if music playback is stopped or paused and there is something to resume (see section (page 28)). The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 39: Settings

    Playing a file in a directory causes all the files in it to be placed in a playlist. Playlists can be created manually by either using the Context Menu (see section 4.1.2 (page 22)) or using the Playlist menu. Both automatically and manually created playlists can be edited using this menu. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 40: Plugins

    fixing a problem with Rockbox. If you think you have messed up your settings by use of this menu please try to reset asking for help. The Rockbox manual (page 32)). (page 66). Toshiba Gigabeat F Series will voice the cur- by Rockbox developers. settings before...

  • Page 41: Quick Screen

    Quick Screen. The Quick Screen screen is accessed with Long and exited with . It allows rapid access to the Shuffle and Repeat modes (section (page )) and the Show Files option (section (page 55)). The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 42: Sound Settings

    (clipping). All values lower than this reference will be negative and yield a progressively softer volume. The volume can be adjusted from a minimum of -73 dB to a maximum of +6 dB. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 43: Bass

    6.6 Stereo Width Stereo width allows you to manually specify the effect that is applied when the Chan- nels setting is set to “custom”. All values below 100% will progressively mix the con- The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 44: Crossfeed

    High-Frequency Attenuation setting. Most users will find the default settings to yield satisfactory results, but for the more adventurous user the settings can be fine-tuned to provide a virtual speaker placement suited to ones preference. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 45: Equalizer

    EQ band quieter. The “Q” parameter should always be set to 0.7 for the shelving filters. Higher values will add a small boost around the cutoff frequency that is almost always undesirable. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 46 Lowers the highlighted parameter. Moves to the previous EQ band. Moves to the next EQ band. Toggles the cursor among the three pa- rameters (gain, center frequency, Q) for the selected EQ band. Exits the graphic EQ screen. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 47: Dithering

    It is worth noting that the effects of dithering and noise shaping are very subtle, and not easily noticable. Rockbox uses highpass triangular distribution noise as the dithering noise source, and a third order noise shaper. The Rockbox manual file. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 48: Playback Settings

    first be placed into A-B repeat mode and then the start and end points defined. To set the Start Point (A) press accordingly using The Rockbox manual . Setting the End Point (B) is done . To reset the markers press Toshiba Gigabeat F Series (page 32).

  • Page 49: Play Selected First

    This setting enables a cross-fader. At the end of a song, the song will fade out as the next song fades in, creating a smooth transition between songs. The crossfade setting is particularly effective when the player is set on shuffle. Options for crossfade settings are: The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 50 Out Duration is less then Fade In Delay (which would create a gap in the audio). In this case, the Fade In Delay is reduced to eliminate the gap. The graphic below illustrates how the different settings work in practice. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 51: Replaygain

    Directory is set to No, playback will stop at the end of the current playlist. Using the Random feature requires you to first generate a folder list via the Random Folder Advance Configuration plugin (see section The Rockbox manual 10.4.11 (page 129)). Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 52: Pause On Headphone Unplug

    ID3 tags. When you enable this option, you’ll have to reboot for it to come into effect. The Rockbox manual . When you enable this option, you’ll have to ,and is to be found in Toshiba Gigabeat F Series . This service...

  • Page 53: Skip Length

    To skip tracks with this setting set to a time interval, press Short to go forward and Short The Rockbox manual + Long to go back. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series buttons + Long...

  • Page 54: General Settings

    Rockbox to erase the current dynamic playlist. 8.2 File View The File View menu deals with options relating to how the File Browser displays files. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 55 first line in the File Browser. If set to Current Directory Only only the name of the current directory will be displayed. The Rockbox manual (page 140)). Files and directories starting with flag set are hidden. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series ) then alphabetically...

  • Page 56: Database

    This is sometimes useful when carrying the player in a pocket for easy access to the headphone socket. Scrolling This feature controls how text will scroll in Rockbox. You can configure the following parameters: The Rockbox manual (page 25) for more perform Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 57 find the peak level of a song, which might be of interest when copying music from the player via the analogue output to some other recording device. The Rockbox manual . Setting this option to Yes will keep the list (page 42) for more on the volume set- Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 58: System

    The default is , which is the capacity value for the standard battery shipped with the player. Rockbox uses this value to estimate remaining battery life for the info screen and WPS. Changing this setting has no The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 59: Disk

    50 and 10,000 files in steps of 50. The default is 400. Higher values will shorten the music buffer, so you should increase this setting have directories with a large number of files. The Rockbox manual if you Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 60: Car Adapter Mode

    With the above options Yes and Ask if there is an existing The Rockbox manual function has shut the player off, playback will be file the current position information Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 61: Language

    The language files must be in the section 11.1.3 (page 133) for further details about languages. The Rockbox manual file exists, one will be created with ) will bring up the Bookmark Actions context Toshiba Gigabeat F Series file. If directory. See...

  • Page 62: Voice

    file with an extra .talk extension (e.g. require a file called The Rockbox manual . So for English, the file . This option is on by default, but will do nothing ) in each directory. These Toshiba Gigabeat F Series would...
  • Page 63 Announce Battery Level. When this option is enabled the battery level is announced when it falls under 50%, 30% and 15%. VoiceHowto for more details on configuring speech support in Rockbox. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 64: Theme Settings

    The Rockbox manual to load the chosen theme and apply it. 11.2.2 11.2 (page 134). (page 140). These icons can IconSets CustomIcons Toshiba Gigabeat F Series (page 134) for more directory and (page 28). For Wiki pages for details.
  • Page 65 Background Colour: Sets the background colour for the display. Foreground Colour: Sets the colour used for text and icons. Reset Colours: Resets the LCD display to Rockbox’s default colours. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 66: Plugins

    Viewer plugins get started automatically by opening an associated file (i.e. text files, chip8 games), or from the Open with option on the Context Menu. 10.1 Games See also the Chip-8 emulator in section 10.3.2 (page 111) and Rockboy in section 10.3.7 (page 115). The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 67: Blackjack

    This version includes the ability to split, buy insurance, and double down. For the full set of rules to the game, and other facinating information visit The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 68: Brickmania

    For a special item to take effect, you must catch it with The Rockbox manual Start new game Resume saved game Show high scores Quit Enter betting amount Hit (Draw new card) Stay (End hand) Double down Save game Return to menu or cancel Figure 10.2: BrickMania Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 69 Allows you to shoot bricks with paddle. Ball sticks to paddle each time it hits. Immediately fires another ball. Flip left / right movement. Moves the paddle Release the ball / Fire Open menu / Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 70: Bubbles

    fired. Points are awarded depending on how quickly the level was completed. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.3: Bubbles Pause game Aim the bubble Fire bubble Save game Exit to menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 71: Chessbox

    The menu also allows the user to reload the last game saved, save the current position and start a new game without having to quit the game. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.4: Chessbox extension in the file browser and execute it. Chessbox Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 72: Chopper

    “Roll Dice”. The result is shown as individual numbers as well as the total of the rolled dice. The Rockbox manual Move the cursor Pick up / Drop piece Change level Force play Show the menu Make chopper fly Enter menu Roll dice again Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 73: Doom

    Figure 10.5: Doom game files located in , based on from prboom-2.2.6 PluginDoom directory within the doom directory. Place , or it may be used as an addon in Doom, by placing Toshiba Gigabeat F Series on your ). This...
  • Page 74 Shrink or Enlarge the displayed portion of the game Change the brightness (Gamma) of the game Change the sound, music and system volume In game music is not currently supported The Rockbox manual Disable color response statusbar Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 75: Flipit

    The aim is to end up with a screen containing tokens of only The Rockbox manual Move Forward Down Turn Left Turn Right Shoot Open Escape Enter Change Weapon files is complete you can start the game. Figure 10.6: Flipit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 76: Jewels

    Higher points are awarded to larger combos. The game advances to the next level after every one hundred points and randomly clears several jewels. The Rockbox manual Move the cursor Flip Shuffle Solve Solve step by step Quit the game Figure 10.7: Jewels Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 77: Mazezam

    You start the game with three lives. Luckily, there are checkpoints at levels four and eight. The Rockbox manual Move the cursor around the jewels Select a jewel Show the in-game menu Exit Figure 10.8: MazezaM Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 78: Minesweeper

    When the player is certain that they know the location of a mine, it can be tagged to avoid accidentally “stepping” on The Rockbox manual Move Character Menu to select the required percentage of mines to key to begin. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 79: Pacbox

    To use the emulator to play Pacman, you need a copy of ROMs for “Midway Pacman”. The Rockbox manual Move the cursor across the minefield Toggle flag on / off Reveal the contents of the current square Display the current game status Exit the game Figure 10.10: Pacbox Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 80 The MAME project itself can be found at Keys The Rockbox manual 2791455babaf26e0b396c78d2b45f8f6 9240f35d1d2beee0ff17195653b5e405 290aa5eae9e2f63587b5dd5a7da932da 19a886fcd8b5e88b0ed1b97f9d8659c0 d7cce8bffd9563b133ec17ebbb6373d4 33c0e197be4c787142af6c3be0d8f6b0 directory on your player. In the Move Up Move Down Move Left Move Right Insert Coin 1-Player Start 2-Player Start Menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 81: Pegbox

    The Rockbox manual Figure 10.11: pegbox to move around to select/save to restart level to go up a level to go down a level to quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 82: Pong

    Pong is a simple two player “tennis game”. Whenever a player misses the ball the other scores. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.12: Pong Left player up Left player down Right player up Right player down Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 83: Robotfindskitten

    Robot must touch items to determine if they are kitten or not. The game ends when robotfindskitten. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.13: Robotfindskitten Move robot Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 84: Rockblox

    If the pile of blocks reach the ceiling the game is over. switch The Rockbox manual Figure 10.14: Rockblox Restart game Move left Move right Move down Rotate left Rotate right Drop Pause Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 85: Rockblox1D

    The classic sliding puzzle game. Rearrange the pieces so that you can see the whole picture, or switch to number tiles if you like it a little easier Key controls: The Rockbox manual Move down faster Quit Figure 10.15: Sliding puzzle Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 86: Snake

    The Rockbox manual Move Tile Shuffle Change between picture and numbered tiles Stop the game Figure 10.16: Snake Change levels (1 is slowest, 9 is fastest) Toggle Play/Pause Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 87: Snake 2

    The Rockbox manual Set game speed Select starting maze Select game type (A or B) Start the game Steer the snake Pause and resume the game Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 88: Sokoban

    Sokoban may be used as a viewer for viewing saved solutions and playing external level sets with the extension. Level sets should be in the standard Sokoban text format or RLE (Run Length Encoded). For more information about the level format, The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 89 The Rockbox manual Move the “sokoban” up, down, left, or right Menu Back to previous level Restart level Go to next level Undo last movement Redo previously undone move Pause/resume Increase/decrease playback speed Go backward/forward (while paused) Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 90: Solitaire

    Microsoft’s inclusion of the the game in every version of Windows. Though popular, the odds of winning are rather low, perhaps one in thirty hands. For the full set of rules to the game, and other interesting information visit The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 91: Spacerocks

    Put the card under the cursor on one of the 4 final colour stacks. Put the card on top of the remains stack on one of the final colour stacks. Show menu Figure 10.20: Spacerocks Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 92: Star

    filled circle to get to places on the screen it could not otherwise reach. The block cannot take “o”s. The Rockbox manual Shoot Thrust Turn left/right Teleport Pause game Quit Figure 10.21: Star game Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 93: Sudoku

    files with the extension The Rockbox manual Move Left Move Right Move Up Move Down Switch between circle and square Previous level Reset level Next level Exit the game Figure 10.22: Sudoku Toshiba Gigabeat F Series as single file per game.
  • Page 94 Simple Sudoku (Advanced Puzzle Packs 1 and 2 located near the bottom of that page): Kjell’s Sudoku generator/solver: The Rockbox manual saved when saving the game. Move the cursor Change number under the cursor Constantly changing the number under the cursor Open Menu Add/Remove number to scratchpad Quit files: Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 95: Wormlet

    The goal is to turn your tiny worm into a big worm for as long as possible. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.23: Wormlet game Controls number of worms in the game Turn left Turn right Turn Up Turn Down Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 96 Len: Here the current length of the worm is displayed. When a worm is eating food it grows by one pixel for each step it moves. The Rockbox manual again to resume the game. . The game will stop button again a new game starts with the same Toshiba Gigabeat F Series . This freezes...
  • Page 97 1 pixel wide U-turn. You also could move from food to food and make sure you keep between your opponent and the food. So you can always reach it before your opponent. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 98: Xobox

    Be careful not to get in the way of enemy balls because, if they hit you or your trail, you lose a life. To finish a level you have to section off more than 75%. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.24: Xobox Move around the arena Pause Open menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 99: Demos

    Xadd/Yadd. How fast the code moves on the sine curve on each axis Xsane/Ysane. Changes the appearance of the bouncing. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.25: Bounce Moves to next/previous option Increases/decreases option value Toggles Scroll mode Exits bounce demo Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 100: Credits

    This is a rotating cube screen saver in 3D. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.26: Cube Display at maximum frame rate Pause Cycle draw mode Select axis to adjust Change speed/angle (speed can not be changed while paused) Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 101: Demystify

    Chapter 10. Plugins 10.2.4 Demystify Demystify is a screen saver like demo. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.27: Demystify Increase / decrease speed Add / remove polygon Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 102: Fire

    Demo showing the Rockbox logo bouncing around the screen. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.28: Fire Increase / decrease number of flames Toggle flame type Toggle moving flames Quit Increase / decrease speed on the x-axis Increase / decrease speed on the y-axis Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 103: Mandelbrot

    This demonstration draws fractal images from the Mandelbrot set . Direction keys Long The Rockbox manual Figure 10.29: Mandelbrot Move about the image Zoom in Zoom out Decrease iteration depth (less detail) Increase iteration depth (more detail) Reset and return to the default image Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 104: Mosaique

    Chapter 10. Plugins 10.2.8 Mosaique Figure 10.30: Mosaique This simple graphics demo draws a mosaic picture on the screen of the player. Press to quit. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 105: Oscilloscope

    Keys The Rockbox manual Figure 10.31: Oscilloscope Toggle filled / curve / plot Toggle whether to scroll or not Toggle drawing orientation Pause the demo Increase / decrease volume Increase / decrease speed Exit demo Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 106: Plasma

    Chapter 10. Plugins 10.2.10 Plasma Plasma is a demo displaying a 80’s style retro plasma effect. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.32: Plasma Adjust frequency Change colours Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 107: Snow

    10.2.11 Snow Figure 10.33: Have you ever seen snow falling? This demo replicates snow falling on your screen. If you love winter, you will love this demo. Or maybe not. Press to quit. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 108: Starfield

    Chapter 10. Plugins 10.2.12 Starfield Starfield simulation (like the classic screensaver). The Rockbox manual Figure 10.34: Starfield Increase / decrease number of stars Increase / decrease speed Change colours Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 109: Vu Meter

    Viewers are plugins which are associated with specific file extensions. They cannot be run directly but are started by “playing” the associated file. Viewers are stored in the The Rockbox manual Figure 10.35: VU-Meter Save settings and quit Help Settings Raise Volume Lower Volume directory. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 110: Shortcuts

    file or move it to another directory in the root directory is an exception. After in the root directory, you can delete . Deleting entries from other Example Toshiba Gigabeat F Series file is just a file in the root files is not will be...

  • Page 111: Chip-8 Emulator

    PC emulator by the guy who wrote the HP48 emulator: Links to other chip8 emulators: The Rockbox manual file with the same name as the original program , one writes a Code files: file in the File file). That PluginChip8 Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 112: Jpeg Viewer

    Move around in zoomed in image Zoom in Zoom out Next jpeg in directory Previous jpeg in directory Show menu directory, with the patchset files and two files. Just select a MIDI file with Toshiba Gigabeat F Series directory in the root of...

  • Page 113: Mpeg Player

    No Play video from the beginning. The Rockbox manual Volume up/ Volume down Skip 3 seconds forward/ backward Pause/Resume playback Stop playback and quit files. Pause/Resume Stop Adjust volume up / down Open the MPEG Player menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 114: Ppm Viewer

    Open a PPM file in the File Browser to view it. ppmviewer exits when any button is pressed. Both ASCII PPM (P3) and raw PPM (P6) files are supported. For more information about PPM files, see The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 115: Rockboy

    To start a game open a ROM file saved as browser. Default keys Rockboy menu Load Game. . . Loads a previously saved game. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.36: Rockboy Direction keys A button B button Start Select Open Rockboy menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series in the file...

  • Page 116: Search

    (page 22)). Scroll-up Scroll-down Top of file (Narrow mode) / One screen left (Wide mode) Bottom of file (Narrow mode) / One screen right (Wide mode) Toggle autoscroll Enter menu Exit text viewer Toshiba Gigabeat F Series extension by using...
  • Page 117 Show Playback Menu controls the playback of the currently loaded playlist and change the volume of your playerwithout leaving the plugin. Return to the text view. The Rockbox manual (page Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 118: Vbrfix

    10.3.12 ZXBox ZXBox is a port of the “Spectemu” ZX Spectrum 48k emulator for Rockbox ( homepage). To start a game open a tape file or snapshot saved as The Rockbox manual Figure 10.37: ZXBox Toshiba Gigabeat F Series project’s...
  • Page 119 Frameskip Sets the number of frames to skip before displaying one. With zero frameskip ZXBox tries to display 50 frames per second. Sound. Turns sound on or off. The Rockbox manual Directional movement Jump/Fire Open ZXBox menu Toshiba Gigabeat F Series . The snapshot will be...

  • Page 120: Applications

    If there are too many measurements older entries will be deleted and the log file will inform the user about the interval where entries were The Rockbox manual to 2, to w, to 9, BatteryRuntime Toshiba Gigabeat F Series to 0 and...
  • Page 121 Excel or Calc. The battery log ) is in CSV format (comma separated) so you can quite easily import it to a spreadsheet program. The Rockbox manual is not deleted. ), the most useful purpose of Battery Benchmark Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 122: Calculator

    Pressing the “1st” and “2nd” buttons will toggle between other available math functions. 10.4.3 Calendar The Rockbox manual Figure 10.38: Calculator Move around the keypad Select a button Delete last entered digit or clear after cal- culation Calculate Quit Image not found Figure 10.39: Calendar Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 123: Chess Clock

    The chess clock plugin is designed to simulate a chess clock, but it can be used in any kind of game with up to ten players. The Rockbox manual Move the selector Show memos for the selected day Previous / Next month Quit Figure 10.40: Chess Clock Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 124 Move to next screen Move to previous screen Exit plugin Restart round for the current player Pause the time (press again to continue) Switch to next player Switch to previous player Open menu ( to select.) Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 125: Clock

    Counter Settings Opens a menu from which you can adjust settings pertaining to the counter. The Rockbox manual Figure 10.41: Clock Cycle through modes Cycle through skins Main Menu Start / Stop Counter Reset Counter Save Settings (if enabled) and Exit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 126 Digital Mode, but they are independent of Digital Mode. For example, you can have the Date Readout enabled in Digital Mode and disabled in LCD Mode. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 127: Disk Tidy

    Linux selects Linux files. Default files are , and Windows selects Windows files. Default files are Mac selects OS X files. Default files are Other selects additional files added in by the user. Exit / Abort The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 128: Keybox

    This plugin can be used as a metronome to keep time during music practice. Adjust the tempo through the interface or by tapping it out on the appropriate button. The Rockbox manual Toggle between colours Quit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series . From the context menu...

  • Page 129: Random Folder Advance Configuration

    . Only the directories in this file and any directory to be ignored.). If you just want Delete selected folder Bring up the context menu which allows you to remove the selected folder or it’s entire folder tree Exit Toshiba Gigabeat F Series will cause to be...

  • Page 130: Stats

    Figure 10.42: The stats-plugin The stats-plugin simply counts the number of files, music files and directories on your player. Press to abort counting and exit the plugin. Press it again to quit after counting has finished. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 131: Stopwatch

    Virtual Keyboard (see section The Rockbox manual Figure 10.43: Stopwatch Quit Plugin Start / stop Reset timer (only when timer is stopped) Take lap time Scroll through lap times Toshiba Gigabeat F Series 4.1.2 (page 22)). 4.1.3 (page 24)).
  • Page 132 When finished editing exit the Text Editor. You’ll be shown a list of save options. When you have not changed the file the Text Editor will quit immediately. Long The Rockbox manual Edit Line / Select Character Exit / Abort Editing Show Item Menu Delete Line Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 133: Advanced Topics

    To do this go to the Settings General Display and select Background Colour or Foreground Colour. Settings The colours set here are used in all menus, browsers and in the While Playing Screen. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 134: Changing Filetype Colours

    Display Browse .wps files. from the file browser has the same effect. . When you “play” a , save the file as Toshiba Gigabeat F Series CustomFiletypeColours file, it will file is located in the file, save it as a .
  • Page 135 ” has a value, the text between the “ ” and the “ ” is Example and , they will instead refer be available at all times, but will most likely Toshiba Gigabeat F Series is the genre name used in...
  • Page 136 Note that by using a subline display time of 0 in one branch of a conditional, a subline can be skipped (not displayed) when that condition is met. The Rockbox manual ’ is followed by either integer seconds ( Example Example Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 137: Managing Rockbox Settings

    . This way you can have your tag. The image must be of the Example is loaded and used in the WPS. Example tag (the repeat mode). Example Files. file for the settings that you use Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 138: Specifications For Files

    Rockbox starts up (e.g. to set the volume to a safe level). Format a new configuration file as above with the required setting(s) and save it into the directory with the filename The Rockbox manual Files. (page 150) for available settings. Configuration files Example Toshiba Gigabeat F Series file to store the settings...

  • Page 139: The Manage Settings Menu

    file to your player’s disk. The config- extension and is used to store all of the theme related This can be used to test new firmware versions Toshiba Gigabeat F Series directory and displays all General Settings) to...

  • Page 140: A File Formats

    This will display the text file using Rockbox text browser plugin The settings file will be loaded This font will replace the current one Starts a Rockbox plugin Play a Chip8 game View a JPEG image Toshiba Gigabeat F Series loads will...

  • Page 141: Supported Audio Formats

    NES Sound Format SPC700 Atari SAP The Rockbox manual Some old “floor 0” files may crash Rockbox. Supports downmixing playback streams in stereo. Seeking not supported. -c1000 to -c3000 files de- code fast enough to be useful. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 142: B Wps Tags

    ID3 Version (1.0, 1.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4 or empty if no id3 tag) ID3 Year Remember that this information is not always available, so use the conditionals to show alternate information in preference to assuming. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 143: Power Related Information

    Second directory from end of file path. Third directory from end of file path. Example for the commands: If the path is “/Rock/Kent/Isola/11 - 747.mp3”, is “Isola”, is “Kent” . . . You get the picture. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 144: Playlist/Song Info

    Crossfade setting, in the order: Off, Shuffle, Skip, Always ReplayGain value in use (x.y dB). If used as a conditional, Replaygain type in use: The Rockbox manual This tag can also be used in a conditional tag, Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 145: Virtual Led

    The tag can be used as the switch in a conditional tag to display different things depending on whether the volume is being changed. It can produce neat effects when used with conditional viewports. Example: The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 146: Settings

    2.5 secs after the volume button has been released. After that, it will display the volume value. B.12 Settings Display the value of any Rockbox setting Example: Can be used as a simple tag or with conditionals The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 147: Images

    : (optional) number of the sub-image to display (a-z for 1-26 and A-Z for 27-52). By default the first (i.e. top most) sub-image will be used. with ID “a” at 37, 109: Toshiba Gigabeat F Series and in- and in-...

  • Page 148: Alignment

    – right. If the aligned texts overlap, they are merged. B.15 Conditional Tags The Rockbox manual If / Else: Evaluate for true or false case Enumerations: Evaluate for first / second / third / . . . / last condition Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 149: Real Time Clock

    Indicate that the line should scroll. Can occur anywhere in a line (given that the text is displayed; see conditionals above). You can specify up to 10 scrolling lines. Scrolling lines can not contain dynamic content such as timers, peak meters or progress bars. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 150: C Config File Options

    1 to 25 0 to 2500 on, off 0 to 200 on, off on, off off, current directory, full path Toshiba Gigabeat F Series seconds pixels pixels % screen...
  • Page 151 Toshiba Gigabeat F Series seconds seconds seconds minutes seconds...
  • Page 152 -240 to 240 -240 to 240 -240 to 240 -240 to 240 on, off off, weak, moderate, strong off, weak, moderate, strong on, off on, off on, off Toshiba Gigabeat F Series minutes 0.1dB seconds seconds seconds seconds 0.1dB 0.1dB 0.1dB 0.1dB...
  • Page 153 /path/filename.bmp /path/filename.bmp /path/filename.bmp 000000 to FFFFFF 000000 to FFFFFF 000000 to FFFFFF 000000 to FFFFFF 000000 to FFFFFF /path/filename.colours 12hour, 24hour Toshiba Gigabeat F Series on: dbfs, off: linear dB or % dB or % RRGGBB RRGGBB RRGGBB RRGGBB RRGGBB...

  • Page 154: D User Feedback

    3. Check that the feature is possible to implement (see section The Rockbox manual . Please keep in mind that this forum is for the dis- Toshiba Gigabeat F Series Version) D.2.2 (page 155)).

  • Page 155: Features We Will Not Implement

    It would be a very slow operation that would drain the batteries and take a lot of useful ram for something that is much better and faster done when connected to a host computer. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 156: E Changelog

    2007-09-06: Sound on Sansa c200 2007-09-04: The SanDisk Sansa e200R models are now Rockboxed! 2007-08-06: Make several splashes and confirmation screens speak 2007-08-03: iPod 3rd gen is now officially a supported target 2007-08-02: Superdom game The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 157 2007-01-31: Invadrox, a Space Invaders clone 2007-01-16: BlackJack plugin 2007-01-02: Mazezam, a puzzle game for all bitmap lcd targets 2006-12-29: Toshiba Gigabeat X and F series support 2006-11-30: File properties in context menu 2006-11-06: Samplerate and format selection added to recording settings. Encoders can be configured individually on a menu specific to the encoder in the recording...

  • Page 158: Enhancements

    2006-02-07: Equalizer configuration for software codec platforms 2006-02-06: The Rockbox manual is available in LT E Xformat 2005-12-05: New wps’ added. Engineeer2, marquee, and DancePuffDuo E.2.3 New codecs supported Lossy codecs Ogg/vorbis A/52 (AC3) AAC (MP4) Speex Lossless codecs The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 159 Appendix E. Changelog AIFF FLAC ALAC Wavpack Shorten Monkey’s Audio Other codecs NSF, NSFE MIDI The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 160: F Credits

    Sander Sweers Ryan Jackson Frederic Devernay Gadi Cohen Naf- David Dent Frank Liberman Shachar Stephan Kevin Fer- Mark Arigo Jake Owen Adam Boot Tat Tang Toshi- David J. Song Jeong Taek Peter D’Hoye Brandon Low Nathan Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 161 Gerritt Gonzales Dieter Evgeniy Kachalin Lenny Harry Tu Pawel Wysocki Daniel Dalton Boris Sylvain Fourmanoit Alex Mario Lang Justin Foell Adilson Vicente Xavier Jonathan Backer Costas Calamvokis Peter Harley Alexander Eickhoff Ken Faz- Hein-Pieter Przemyslaw Holubowski Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 162 Tomer ALAC decoder team Rasmus Ry The iPod Linux team Emulator team ten team Dennis team Toshiba Gigabeat F Series Shunsuke Tadayuki Nishizono Cl ´ e ment Pit- Tadeusz Py ´ s Florin Popescu Vitja Makarov Christian Lees Denes Balatoni Eric Lassauge Franc ¸...

  • Page 163: G Licenses

    . You accept the license if you copy, modify or distribute the work in a way requiring permission under copyright law. The Rockbox manual Version 1.2, November 2002 but changing it is not allowed. , below, refers Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 164 The Rockbox manual of the Document means any work containing the Document is a named appendix or a front-matter section of the Doc- are certain Secondary Sections whose titles are desig- Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 165 Transparent copy of the Document, free of added material. If The Rockbox manual means a named subunit of the Document whose title ei- Toshiba Gigabeat F Series , or...
  • Page 166 I. Preserve the section Entitled ”History”, Preserve its Title, and add to it an item stating at least the title, year, new authors, and publisher of the Modified Version as given on the Title Page. If there is no section Entitled ”History” in the Document, The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 167 The author(s) and publisher(s) of the Document do not by this License give permission to use their names for publicity for or to assert or imply endorsement of any Modified Version. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 168 Cover Texts may be placed on covers that bracket the Document within the aggregate, or the electronic equivalent of covers if the Document is in electronic form. Otherwise they must appear on printed covers that bracket the whole aggregate. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 169 ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents To use this License in a document you have written, include a copy of the License in the document and put the following copyright and license notices just after the title page: The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 170 If your document contains nontrivial examples of program code, we recommend re- leasing these examples in parallel under your choice of free software license, such as the GNU General Public License, to permit their use in free software. The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

  • Page 171: The Gnu General Public License

    The precise terms and conditions for copying, distribution and modification follow. GNU General Public License The Rockbox manual Version 2, June 1991 but changing it is not allowed. Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 172 License. (Exception: if the Program itself is interactive but does not normally print The Rockbox manual Modification Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 173 If distribution of executable or object code is made by offering access to copy from a designated place, then offering equivalent access to copy the source code from The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 174 Many people have made generous contributions to the wide range of software distributed through that system in reliance on consistent application of that system; it is up to the author/donor to The Rockbox manual Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 175 12. In no event unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writ- ing will any copyright holder, or any other party who may modify and/or redistribute the program as permitted above, be liable to The Rockbox manual No Warranty Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 176 Gnomovision comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type ‘show w’. This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; type ‘show c’ for details. The Rockbox manual name of author year name of author Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...
  • Page 177 If this is what you want to do, use the GNU Library General Public License instead of this License. The Rockbox manual should show the appropriate parts ; they could even be mouse-clicks or menu items— Toshiba Gigabeat F Series...

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