Specifications

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repeat mode and then the start and end points defined.
Hold Play and press Left — Sets Start Point (A)
Hold Play and press Right — Sets End Point (B)
Play Selected First: This setting controls what happens when you select a file for
playback while shuffle mode is on. If the PLAY SELECTED FIRST setting is YES,
the file you selected will be played first. If this setting is NO, a random file in the
directory will be played first.
Resume: Rockbox can be configured to start playing automatically when you turn on
the player. If the resume function is set to start automatically playing, Rockbox
will start at the point where you last turned off the player. The options for the
RESUME function are:
Yes: Rockbox will unconditionally try to resume.
No: Rockbox will not resume. If resume is set to NO, Rockbox will start in the FILE
BROWSER.
Note: Earlier versions of Rockbox had an “Ask” setting, which would ask whether
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to resume when the jukebox was turned on. This setting has been eliminated
because it was redundant. If resume is set to “Yes” pressing
FixMe on the player
will resume from the point where the player was stopped before shutdown.
Fast-Forward/Rewind: How fast you want search (fast forward or rewind) to accel-
erate when you hold down the button. OFF means no acceleration. 2X/1S means
double the search speed once every second the button is held. 2X/5S means dou-
ble the search speed once every 5 seconds the button is held.
Anti-Skip Buffer: This setting allows you to control how much music is stored in the
player’s memory whilst playing a song, acting as a buffer against shock or play-
back problems. The player transfers the selected amount of the forthcoming song
into its memory at high speed whilst you are playing the song. It keeps a “rolling”
buffer, which keeps feeding more of the forthcoming song into memory as it goes
along. If the player is knocked, shaken or jogged heavily while Rockbox is trying
to read the hard drive, Rockbox might not be able to read the drive. Rockbox will
retry over and over again until it succeeds, but may eventually reach the end of
the memory buffer. When that happens, Rockbox must stop playing and wait for
more data from the disk, which causes your music to skip. The anti-skip setting
tells Rockbox how much extra buffer memory to spare to handle this situation.
This setting therefore allows you to reduce the chances of there being a gap or
pause during playback of songs.
The anti-skip buffer can be set to a value between 0 and 7 seconds.
Note: Having a large anti-skip buffer tends to use more power, and may reduce
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your battery life. It is recommended to always use the lowest possible setting that
allows correct and continuous playback.
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