The Main Menu is the screen from which all of the Rockbox functions can be accessed. This is the first screen you will see when starting Rockbox. To return to the Main Menu, press the Home button.
All settings are stored on the unit. However, Rockbox does not access the flash storage solely for the purpose of saving settings. Instead, Rockbox will save settings when it accesses the flash storage the next time, for example when refilling the music 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).
Key | Action |
Submenu | Select the next option in the menu. |
Play | Select the previous option in the
menu. |
Select or Right | Select option. |
Left | Exit menu or setting, or move to parent menu. |
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If the Save a list of recently created bookmarks option is enabled then you can
view a list of several recent bookmarks here and select one to jump straight to that
track.
Note: Bookmarking only works when tracks are launched from the file browser, and does not
currently work for tracks launched via the database. In addition, they do not currently work
with dynamic playlists.
Key | Action |
Submenu | Select the next bookmark. |
Play | Select the previous bookmark. |
Select or Right | Resume from the selected bookmark. |
Left | Exit Recent Bookmark menu. |
Home | Delete the currently selected bookmark. |
Long Select | Enter the context menu for the selected bookmark. |
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There are two options in the context menu:
Resume will commence playback of the currently selected bookmark entry.
Delete will remove the currently selected bookmark entry from the list.
This entry is not shown in the Main Menu when the option is off (the default setting). See section 8.7 for more details on configuring bookmarking in Rockbox.
Browse the files on your player (see section 4.1).
Browse by the meta-data in your audio files (see section 4.2).
Go to the While Playing Screen and resume if music playback is stopped or paused and there is something to resume (see section 4.3).
The Settings menu allows you to set or adjust many parameters that affect the way your player works. There are many submenus for different parameter areas. Every time you are setting a value of a parameter, and that value is selected from a list of some predefined available values, you can press Long Select, and the selection cursor will jump to the default value for the parameter. You can then confirm or cancel the value. This is useful if you have changed the value of the parameter from the default to some other value and would like to restore the default value.
The Sound Settings menu offers a selection of sound properties you may change to customise your listening experience. The details of this menu are covered in section 6.
The Playback Settings menu allows you to configure settings related to audio playback. The details of this menu are covered in section 7.
The General Settings menu allows you to customise the way Rockbox looks and the way it plays music. The details of this menu are covered in section 8.
The Theme Settings menu contains options that control the visual appearance of Rockbox. The details of this menu are covered in section 9.
The Recording Settings menu allows you to configure settings related to recording. The details of this menu are covered in detail in section 10.
The Manage Settings option allows the saving and re-loading of user configuration settings, browsing the hard drive for alternate firmwares, and finally resetting your player back to initial configuration. The details of this menu are covered in section 13.3.
Selecting the Recording option in the Main Menu enters the Recording Screen, whilst pressing
Long Select enters the Recording Settings (see section 10). The Recording Screen shows the
time elapsed and the size of the file being recorded. A peak meter is present to allow you set
gain correctly. There is also a volume setting, this will only affect the output level of the player
and does not affect the recorded sound. If enabled in the peak meter settings, a
counter in front of the peak meters shows the number of times the clip indicator
was activated during recording. The counter is reset to zero when starting a new
recording.
The frequency and channels settings are shown in the status bar.
The controls for this screen are:
Key | Action |
Submenu / Play | Select setting. |
Left / Right | Adjust selected setting. |
Select | Start recording. |
Power | Exit Recording Screen. |
Long Submenu | Open Recording Settings (see section 10). |
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This menu option switches to the radio screen. The FM radio has the ability to remember station frequency settings (presets). Since stations and their frequencies vary depending on location, it is possible to load these settings from a file. Such files should have the filename extension .fmr and reside in the directory /.rockbox/fmpresets (note that this directory does not exist after the initial Rockbox installation; you should create it manually). To load the settings, i.e. a set of FM stations, from a preset file, just “play” it from the file browser. Rockbox will “remember” and use it in PRESET mode until another file has been selected. Some preset files are available here: FmPresets.
It is also possible to record the FM radio while listening. To start recording, enter the FM radio settings menu with Long Select and then select Recording. At this point, you will be switched to the Recording Screen. Further information on Recording can be found in section 5.8.
Key | Action |
Left, Right | Change frequency in SCAN mode or jump to next/previous station in PRESET mode. |
Long Left, Long Right | Seek to next station in SCAN mode. |
Volume Up, Volume Down | Change volume. |
Home | Leave the radio screen with the radio playing. |
Power | Stop the radio and return to Main Menu. |
Play | Mute radio playback. |
Submenu | Switch between SCAN and PRESET mode. |
Select | Open a list of radio presets. You can view all the presets that you have, and switch to the station. |
Long Select | Display the FM radio settings menu. |
Home+Select | Key lock (software hold switch) on/off. |
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Note: The radio will turn off when starting playback of an audio file.
This menu allows you to work with playlists. Playlists can be created in three ways. 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) or using the Playlist menu. Both automatically and manually created playlists can be edited using this menu.
With this option you can load and run various plugins that have been written for Rockbox. There are a wide variety of these supplied with Rockbox, including several games, some impressive demos and a number of utilities. A detailed description of the different plugins is to be found in section 12.
Warning: It is not recommended that users access this menu unless instructed to do so in the course of fixing a problem with Rockbox. If you think you have messed up your settings by use of this menu please try to reset all settings before asking for help.
Although the Quick Screen is accessible from nearly everywhere, not just the Main Menu, it is worth mentioning here. It allows rapid access to your four favourite settings. The default settings are Shuffle (section 7), Repeat (section 7) and the Show Files (section 8.2) options, but almost all configurable options in Rockbox can be placed on this screen. To change the options, navigate through the menus to the setting you want to add and press Long Select. In the menu which appears you will be given options to place the setting on the Quick Screen.
Press Long Home to access it and Select or Home to exit. The direction buttons will modify the individual setting values as indicated by the arrow icons. Please note that the settings at opposite sides of the screen cycle through the available options in opposite directions. Therefore if you select the same setting at e.g. the top and bottom of the quickscreen, then pressing up and down will cycle through this setting in opposite directions.
This menu item is a container for user defined shortcuts to files, folders or settings. With a shortcut,
Note: Shortcuts into the database are not possible
Shortcuts are loaded from the file /.rockbox/shortcuts.txt which lists each item to be displayed. Each shortcut looks like the following:
Only “type” and “data” are required (except if type is “separator” in which case “data” is also not required).
Available types are:
If the name/icon items are not specified, a sensible default will be used.
Note: For the “browse” type, if you want the file browser to start inside a folder, make sure the data has the trailing slash (i.e /Music/ instead of /Music). Without the trailing slash, it will cause the file browser to open with /Music selected instead.
The file shortcuts.txt can be edited with any text editor. Most items can also be added to it through their context menu item “Add to shortcuts”. A reboot is needed for manual changes to shortcuts.txt to be applied.
Shortcuts can be manually removed by selecting the one you wish to remove and pressing Long Select.