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Subject: Re: Blind user has Rock Box Questions

Re: Blind user has Rock Box Questions

From: Sarai D. Bucciarelli <bucc7465_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 10:48:18 -0600

Hey,
Thanks! That helps. Do you have to create the playlists in the
same folder as the music files? I'm glad you told me the DB
doesn't work with MP 3 clips. Wonder if that will be included in
a RB release?

> ----- Original Message -----
>From: Woody Anna Dresner <wadresner_at_hawaiiantel.net
>To: Rockbox <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se
>Date: Sun, 31 Dec 2006 00:24:40 -1000
>Subject: Re: Blind user has Rock Box Questions

>Hi Sarai,

>It's late, so I'll just answer a couple (I don't know the answers
to
>all of them anyway) of your questions.

>You turn the player on by holding the top button. You only need
to
>add the middle one if you need to reset or switch back to Rockbox
>after using the Apple firmware. Hold down the bottom of the
wheel
>for four seconds to turn it off. That's how it works on the
Nano; it
>might be a bit different with the Video.

>You can check battery status and the time by going to the main
menu,
>choosing Info, then Rockbox Info. I'm not sure how you set the
time, though.

>You can switch back and forth between the file browser and
database
>at any time. I haven't used the database because it doesn't work
>with the MP3 clips; I think it spells everything.

>When you open a folder and play a track, a playlist of all the
tracks
>in that folder is automatically created. So if they're all the
>tracks from an album, and they're numbered in order, the entire
album
>will play in order. When you switch to a different folder, the
first
>playlist is discarded and one is created for the new folder. You
can
>create other playlists if you want and can save them, but you
don't have to.

>HTH,
>Anna
Received on 2006-12-31

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