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Subject: Re: Archos Remote Control Support?

Re: Archos Remote Control Support?

From: Linus Nielsen Feltzing <linus_at_haxx.se>
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 23:57:11 +0100

Josh wrote:
> First of all, if you hold down the up or down button on the remote,
> it does not scroll quickly like the up and down buttons on the actual
> Archos unit. Could rockbox add this code in?

The Archos remote control key repeat is way too slow to be useful, so
Rockbox can't see the difference between repeated presses and a held
key. That's why repeat won't work. Try the original Archos firmware, I
don't think it has repeat either.

> Also, another thing I realized is that if you hold down the stop or
> play button, it does not turn on or off the unit. On the Archos
> recorder, the off and stop button are the same, so holding it down
> turns it off. Could you set it up so holding down stop turns off the
> unit, and even so holding down play can turn on the unit? That would
> make the remote so much more convenient.
>

Same reason. We can't see if the key is held down, so we can't turn off
when holding Stop. And we certainly can't detect any Play button when
the unit is turned off, since the CPU is powerless.

/Linus
Received on 2003-01-29

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