From: Mike Holden <rockbox_at_mikeholden.uklinux.net>
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2003 09:20:14 +0100 (BST)

Björn Stenberg said:
> Owen Kalau wrote:
>> On my jukebox recorder 20 (IBM 40G drive), the time to change tracks
>> is quite noticeable, enough to be irritating. With power-saving off,
>> it takes 2-3 seconds to skip a track. With power-saving on, it takes
>> 10-12 seconds or more.
>
> The disk poweroff option, which affects disk spinup times, is still
> available.

Not on the FM model it isn't. It was disabled because of hardware
differences that caused problems.

I hadn't equated the power saving option with playback startup speed, but
now that you mention it ...

-- 
Mike Holden

Received on 2003-04-01