Rockbox Documentation Overview

Key help texts

• The Rockbox manual - Wiki version of the Rockbox manual (work in progress)
• What you need to know to get started quickly with Rockbox.
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Frequently Asked Questions for Blind and Visually Impaired Rockbox users
• Frequently Asked Questions about Batteries and Charging
• Frequently Asked Questions about Rockbox for Archos players
• Frequently Asked Questions about the iRiver port
• Frequently Asked Questions about V2/FM Batteries
• Small help texts for your Recorder or Player/Studio, meant to be stored and read on your Archos. (Jean Boullier)
• Glossary - Catch up with the Rockbox project lingo

General Information

• Features We Will Not Implement
• The Noble People Behind Rockbox
• Screenshots of Rockbox.
• Feature Comparison Chart
• External web forums devoted to Archos: archosjukebox6000 on yahoo and newmp3technology.net.
• You want Rockbox on another platform?

Customizing Rockbox

• Fonts to download
• Language files to download
• Voice clips to download
• How to make a custom WPS
• How to customize browsing/sorting of directories with id3 tags

For Advanced Users

• The GNU General Public License under which terms Rockbox may be distributed
• Useful mp3 and jukebox related tools
• How to Create RVF Movies
• How to take screenshots

Howtos

• How to build your own voice files
• How to make Rockbox speak the file names
• How to flash Rockbox on your Archos
• Blind man's guide to flashing Rockbox
• Rockbox running directly from flash ROM
• Linux driver for Archos Player/Studio
• How to get gapless playback

For developers

• First-Time Guide to Rockbox Development
• The internal architecture of Rockbox
• How to use CVS?
• The Simplified Guide To Compiling
• How To Work With Patches
• Building the cross compiler (linux/cygwin)
• Setting up a cygwin Rockbox development environment (Windows)
• How to compile the uisimulators (linux/cygwin style)
• How to build and debug Rockbox in the Eclipse IDE
• How to compile Rockbox (linux/cygwin style)
• How to update a language file?
• How to use the memory guard ("Catch mem accesses") debugging feature
• What is the UI simulator?

Specs and Papers

• Comparison table between all Jukebox models (Device comparison chart)
• Research notes (old, deprecated stuff)
• CPU port pin assignments
• Data sheets
• Schematics
• MPEG frame header info (and ID3 v1 info)
• ID3 v2.4 structure
• ID3 v2.4 frames
• ID3 v2.3 specification (txt)
• ID3 v2.3 Programming Guidelines

Rockbox Design Docs

• Wiki discussion about the Rockbox UI
• The Rocklatin charset used in Players
• Wiki discussion about a proposed new internal audio API

Hardware

• Photographs of various Archos Internals
• How to repair your broken LCD
• How to repair your broken battery connectors
• Disassembling the Archos player, part 1: removing the covers. Info also mostly valid for recorder v1
• Disassembling the Archos player, part 2: taking apart the electronics

• Reassemble the Archos player, getting those stiff bumpers back in place. Info also valid for recorder v1
• Make LINE IN a two-way serial port, for some sweet remote gdb love
• Build yourself an rs232 converter, so your PC can talk to your Archos
• Salvage a corrupt flash with the UART Boot mod
• Short description of a very simple car power supply for all Archos Players and Recorderv1
• Small collection of links about somewhat Case-modding
• XclefMT500 Information about the Xclef MT-500 hardware
• Schematics for a microphone preamplifier for the Line In jack by Abdul-Khaliq Nathekar

External Pages

• Matthias Wächter 8MB RAM mod
• Uwe Freese's 8MB RAM mod for Recorders
• Uwe Freese's RTC alarm mod for v1 recorders
• Nick Robinson's Sony Remote Joystick RM-X4S interface
• James Stewart's Jukebox 6000 Bass and Volume improvement
• Upgrading the Hard Drive in the Archos Jukebox 6000
• Another page describing hard drive update
• Uwe Freese modified his recorder to be able to power-on from the RTC alarm.
• Steve Russell's PIC-based remote control
• Chris Halsall's MMJB20 page with disassembly instructions useful for FM and V2 owners.
• Matthias Klumpp's Archos Atmel remote control.
• Bluechip's Rockbox plugins
• VWCDPIC Adapter - Remote control Archos from Volkswagen radio (see Developer's Area for schematic/firmware).
• Eric Woudenberg's excellent description on how to repair the DC socket on the V1 Recorder.
• Rockbox as a Sony Unilink Car Cd Changer emulator
• a mailing list for french-speaking Rockbox users especially targeted to help blind people but open to everyone
• an excellent diagnostic chart for the most common hardware faults on the Archos jukebox models

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