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 Rec button.
All settings are stored on the unit. However, Rockbox does not access the hard disk solely for the purpose of saving settings. Instead, Rockbox will save settings when it accesses the hard disk 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 | Remote Key | Action |
Down | Volume Down | Select the next option in the
menu. |
Up | Volume Up | Select the previous option in the
menu. |
Select, Right or Play | Forward | Select option. |
Left or Power | 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 | Remote Key | Action |
Down | Volume Down | Select the next bookmark. |
Up | Volume Up | Select the previous bookmark. |
Select, Right or Play | Forward | Resume from the selected bookmark. |
Left or Power | Left | Exit Recent Bookmark menu. |
Long Rec | Long Rec | Delete the currently selected bookmark. |
Long Select | Long Mode | 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.
Note: When you start a recording, the hard disk will spin up. This will cause the peak meters
to freeze in the process. This is expected behaviour, and nothing to worry about. The
recording continues during the spin up.
The frequency and channels settings are shown in the status bar.
The controls for this screen are:
Key | Remote Key | Action |
Up / Down | Volume Up / Volume Down | Select setting. |
Left / Right | Rewind / Right | Adjust selected setting. |
Play | Play | Start recording. |
Long Play | Long Play | Exit Recording Screen. |
Rec | Rec | Start recording. |
Long Rec | Menu | Open Recording Settings (see section 10). |
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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 Rec to access it and Rec 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.