SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ User manual

The Rockbox Manual
for
Sansa Fuze+
rockbox.org
April 30, 2017

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Rockbox
http://www.rockbox.org/
Open Source Jukebox Firmware
Rockbox and this manual is the collaborative effort of the Rockbox team and
its contributors. See the appendix for a complete list of contributors.
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2003-2013 The Rockbox Team and its contributors, c 2004 Christi Alice
Scarborough, c 2003 José Maria Garcia-Valdecasas Bernal & Peter Schlenker.
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Contents
1. Introduction 12
1.1. Welcome ..................................... 12
1.2. Getting more help ............................... 12
1.3. Naming conventions and marks ........................ 13
2. Installation 14
2.1. Before Starting ................................. 14
2.2. Installing Rockbox ............................... 14
2.2.1. Automated Installation ........................ 15
2.2.2. Manual Installation .......................... 16
2.2.3. Bootloader installation from Windows ................ 17
2.2.4. Bootloader installation from Mac OS X and Linux ......... 18
2.2.5. Finishing the install .......................... 18
2.2.6. Enabling Speech Support (optional) ................. 18
2.3. Running Rockbox ................................ 19
2.4. Updating Rockbox ............................... 19
2.5. Uninstalling Rockbox ............................. 19
2.5.1. Automatic Uninstallation ....................... 19
2.5.2. Manual Uninstallation ......................... 19
2.6. Troubleshooting ................................. 19
3. Quick Start 21
3.1. Basic Overview ................................. 21
3.1.1. The player’s controls .......................... 21
3.1.2. Turning the player on and off ..................... 21
3.1.3. Starting the original firmware ..................... 22
3.1.4. Putting music on your player ..................... 22
3.1.5. The first contact ............................ 22
3.1.6. Basic controls .............................. 22
3.1.7. Basic concepts ............................. 23
3.2. Customising Rockbox ............................. 23
3.3. USB Charging ................................. 24
4. Browsing and playing 25
4.1. File Browser ................................... 25
4.1.1. File Browser Controls ......................... 26
4.1.2. Context Menu ............................. 27
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4.1.3. Virtual Keyboard ............................ 29
4.2. Database .................................... 30
4.2.1. Introduction .............................. 30
4.2.2. Initializing the Database ........................ 30
4.2.3. The Database Menu .......................... 31
4.2.4. Using the Database .......................... 32
4.3. While Playing Screen .............................. 33
4.3.1. WPS Key Controls ........................... 35
4.3.2. Peak Meter ............................... 35
4.3.3. The WPS Context Menu ....................... 36
4.4. Working with Playlists ............................. 39
4.4.1. Playlist terminology .......................... 39
4.4.2. Creating playlists ............................ 39
4.4.3. Adding music to playlists ....................... 41
4.4.4. Modifying playlists ........................... 42
4.4.5. Saving playlists ............................. 43
4.4.6. Loading saved playlists ........................ 43
4.5. Hotkeys ..................................... 43
5. The Main Menu 44
5.1. Introducing the Main Menu .......................... 44
5.2. Navigating the Main Menu .......................... 45
5.3. Recent Bookmarks ............................... 45
5.4. Files ....................................... 46
5.5. Database .................................... 46
5.6. Now Playing/Resume Playback ........................ 46
5.7. Settings ..................................... 46
5.7.1. Sound Settings ............................. 47
5.7.2. Playback Settings ........................... 47
5.7.3. General Settings ............................ 47
5.7.4. Theme Settings ............................. 47
5.7.5. Recording Settings ........................... 47
5.7.6. Manage Settings ............................ 47
5.8. Recording .................................... 48
5.8.1. While Recording Screen ........................ 48
5.9. FM Radio .................................... 49
5.10. Playlists ..................................... 51
5.11. Plugins ..................................... 51
5.12. System ...................................... 51
5.13. Quick Screen .................................. 52
5.14. Shortcuts .................................... 52
6. Sound Settings 54
6.1. Volume ..................................... 54
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6.2. Bass ....................................... 55
6.3. Volume Limit .................................. 55
6.4. Treble ...................................... 55
6.5. Balance ..................................... 55
6.6. Channels .................................... 55
6.7. Stereo Width .................................. 56
6.8. 3D Enhancement ................................ 56
6.9. Crossfeed .................................... 56
6.10. Equalizer .................................... 58
6.11. Dithering .................................... 61
6.12. Timestretch ................................... 61
6.13. Haas Surround ................................. 61
6.14. Perceptual Bass Enhancement ......................... 62
6.15. Auditory Fatigue Reduction .......................... 62
6.16. Compressor ................................... 62
7. Playback Settings 64
7.1. Shuffle ...................................... 64
7.2. Repeat ...................................... 64
7.3. Play Selected First ............................... 65
7.4. Fast-Forward/Rewind ............................. 65
7.5. Fade on Stop/Pause .............................. 65
7.6. Party Mode ................................... 65
7.7. Crossfade .................................... 65
7.8. Replaygain ................................... 66
7.9. Track Skip Beep ................................ 67
7.10. Auto-Change Directory ............................ 67
7.11. Constrain Auto-Change ............................ 68
7.12. Last.fm Log ................................... 68
7.13. Cuesheet Support ................................ 68
7.14. Skip Length ................................... 68
7.15. Prevent Track Skipping ............................ 69
7.16. Rewind Before Resume ............................. 69
7.17. Rewind on Pause ................................ 69
7.18. Frequency .................................... 69
8. General Settings 70
8.1. Playlist ..................................... 70
8.2. File View .................................... 70
8.3. Database .................................... 72
8.4. Display ..................................... 72
8.5. System ...................................... 75
8.5.1. Disk ................................... 75
8.5.2. Limits .................................. 76
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8.5.3. Use Shortcuts Menu Instead of Quick Screen ............ 76
8.5.4. Car Adapter Mode ........................... 76
8.5.5. Keyclick ................................. 77
8.5.6. Touchpad ................................ 77
8.5.7. Advanced Key Lock .......................... 77
8.5.8. USB HID ................................ 78
8.5.9. USB Keypad Mode ........................... 78
8.5.10. USB Hide Internal Drive ........................ 80
8.6. Startup/Shutdown ............................... 80
8.6.1. Start Screen ............................... 80
8.6.2. Idle Poweroff .............................. 80
8.6.3. Sleep Timer ............................... 81
8.7. Bookmarking .................................. 81
8.8. Automatic resume ............................... 83
8.9. Language .................................... 84
8.10. Voice ....................................... 84
8.11. Hotkey ...................................... 85
9. Theme Settings 86
10.Recording Settings 88
10.1. Format ...................................... 88
10.2. Encoder Settings (MP3 only) ......................... 88
10.3. Frequency .................................... 89
10.4. Source ...................................... 89
10.5. Channels .................................... 89
10.6. Mono Mode ................................... 89
10.7. File Split Options ................................ 89
10.8. Prerecord Time ................................. 90
10.9. Clear Recording Directory ........................... 90
10.10.Clipping Light ................................. 90
10.11.Trigger ...................................... 90
11.Time and Date 92
12.Plugins 93
12.1. Games ...................................... 93
12.1.1. 2048 ................................... 94
12.1.2. Blackjack ................................ 95
12.1.3. Boomshine ............................... 96
12.1.4. BrickMania ............................... 96
12.1.5. Bubbles ................................. 97
12.1.6. Chessbox ................................ 98
12.1.7. Chopper .................................100
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12.1.8. Clix ...................................101
12.1.9. Codebuster ...............................102
12.1.10.Dice ...................................102
12.1.11.Doom ..................................103
12.1.12.Flipit ..................................105
12.1.13.Goban ..................................106
12.1.14.Invadrox .................................111
12.1.15.Jackpot .................................112
12.1.16.Jewels ..................................113
12.1.17.Maze ...................................113
12.1.18.MazezaM ................................114
12.1.19.Minesweeper ..............................115
12.1.20.Pacbox .................................116
12.1.21.Pegbox .................................117
12.1.22.Pong ...................................118
12.1.23.Puzzles .................................119
12.1.24.Reversi .................................120
12.1.25.Robotfindskitten ............................121
12.1.26.Rockblox ................................122
12.1.27.Rockblox1d ...............................123
12.1.28.Sliding Puzzle ..............................123
12.1.29.Snake ..................................124
12.1.30.Snake 2 .................................125
12.1.31.Sokoban .................................126
12.1.32.Solitaire .................................128
12.1.33.Spacerocks ...............................129
12.1.34.Star ...................................130
12.1.35.Sudoku .................................131
12.1.36.Superdom ................................132
12.1.37.Wormlet .................................134
12.1.38.Xobox ..................................137
12.1.39.XWorld .................................137
12.2. Demos ......................................138
12.2.1. Bounce .................................138
12.2.2. Credits .................................139
12.2.3. Cube ...................................139
12.2.4. Demystify ................................140
12.2.5. FFT ...................................141
12.2.6. Fire ...................................141
12.2.7. Fractals .................................142
12.2.8. Logo ...................................142
12.2.9. Matrix ..................................143
12.2.10.Mosaique ................................143
12.2.11.Oscilloscope ...............................144
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12.2.12.PictureFlow ...............................145
12.2.13.Plasma .................................147
12.2.14.Rocklife .................................147
12.2.15.Snow ...................................148
12.2.16.Starfield .................................149
12.2.17.VU meter ................................150
12.3. Viewers .....................................150
12.3.1. Shortcuts ................................151
12.3.2. Chip-8 Emulator ............................152
12.3.3. Frotz ...................................153
12.3.4. Image Viewer ..............................154
12.3.5. Lua scripting language .........................155
12.3.6. Midiplay .................................156
12.3.7. MPEG Player ..............................156
12.3.8. MP3 Encoder ..............................158
12.3.9. Rockboy .................................159
12.3.10.Search ..................................160
12.3.11.Shopper .................................160
12.3.12.Sort ...................................161
12.3.13.Speedread ................................162
12.3.14.Text Viewer ...............................163
12.3.15.Theme Remove .............................168
12.3.16.VBRfix .................................169
12.3.17.ZXBox ..................................170
12.4. Applications ...................................172
12.4.1. Alarm Clock ..............................172
12.4.2. Battery Benchmark ..........................172
12.4.3. Calculator ................................174
12.4.4. Calendar ................................175
12.4.5. Chess Clock ...............................176
12.4.6. Clock ..................................177
12.4.7. Dict ...................................179
12.4.8. Disk Tidy ................................180
12.4.9. Keybox .................................181
12.4.10.Lamp ..................................181
12.4.11.Lrcplayer ................................181
12.4.12.Main Menu Configuration .......................184
12.4.13.md5sum .................................185
12.4.14.Metronome ...............................185
12.4.15.One-Time Password Client ......................188
12.4.16.Advanced Settings ...........................189
12.4.17.Periodic Table .............................189
12.4.18.Pitch Detector .............................189
12.4.19.Random Folder Advance Configuration ...............190
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12.4.20.Resistor Calculator ...........................190
12.4.21.Rockpaint ................................191
12.4.22.Stats ...................................194
12.4.23.Stopwatch ................................195
12.4.24.Text Editor ...............................195
13.Advanced Topics 197
13.1. Customising the User Interface ........................197
13.1.1. Customising The Main Menu .....................197
13.1.2. Getting Extras .............................197
13.1.3. Loading Fonts .............................197
13.1.4. Loading Languages ...........................198
13.1.5. Changing Filetype Colours ......................198
13.1.6. Loading Backdrops ...........................199
13.1.7. UI Viewport ..............................200
13.2. Configuring the Theme .............................200
13.2.1. Themeing – General Info .......................200
13.2.2. Themes – Create Your Own ......................201
13.2.3. Info Viewport (SBS only) .......................204
13.2.4. Additional Fonts ............................204
13.3. Managing Rockbox Settings ..........................207
13.3.1. Introduction to .cfg Files .......................207
13.3.2. Specifications for .cfg Files ......................207
13.3.3. The Manage Settings menu ....................208
13.4. Firmware Loading ...............................209
13.4.1. Using ROLO (Rockbox Loader) ....................209
13.5. Optimising battery runtime ..........................209
13.5.1. Display backlight ............................209
13.5.2. Replaygain ...............................209
13.5.3. Peak Meter ...............................209
13.5.4. Audio format and bitrate .......................210
13.5.5. Sound settings .............................210
A. File formats 211
A.1. Supported file formats .............................212
B. Audio and metadata formats 213
B.1. Supported audio formats ............................213
B.1.1. Lossy Codecs ..............................213
B.1.2. Lossless Codecs .............................214
B.1.3. Other Codecs ..............................215
B.1.4. Codec featureset ............................216
B.2. Supported metadata tags ...........................217
B.2.1. Featureset for generic metadata tags .................217
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B.2.2. Featureset for codec specific metadata ................218
B.2.3. Limitations of metadata handling ...................218
C. Album Art 219
C.1. Limitations ...................................219
C.2. Where to put album art ............................219
D. Theme Tags 221
D.1. Status Bar ....................................221
D.2. Hardware Capabilities .............................221
D.3. Information from the track tags ........................222
D.4. Viewports ....................................222
D.5. Additional Fonts ................................223
D.6. Misc Coloring Tags ...............................223
D.7. Power Related Information ..........................223
D.8. Information about the file ...........................224
D.9. Playlist/Song Info ...............................225
D.10.Playlist Viewer .................................225
D.11.Runtime Database ...............................226
D.12.Sound (DSP) settings .............................226
D.13.Hold .......................................226
D.14.Virtual LED ..................................227
D.15.Repeat Mode ..................................227
D.16.Playback Mode .................................227
D.17.Current Screen .................................227
D.18.List Title (.sbs only) .............................228
D.19.Changing Volume ................................229
D.20.Settings .....................................229
D.21.Images ......................................230
D.21.1.How to display the album art .....................231
D.22.FM Radio ....................................232
D.23.Alignment and language direction .......................233
D.24.Conditional Tags ................................233
D.25.Subline Tags ..................................234
D.26.Time and Date .................................234
D.27.Text Translation ................................235
D.28.Bar Tags .....................................235
D.28.1.Options .................................235
D.29.Other Tags ...................................236
E. Config file options 238
F. Menu Overview 244
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