FS#8377 - power button does not exit the recording menu on a Sansa c240
Opened by Joseph Shraibman (tupari) - Thursday, 27 December 2007, 04:40 GMT
Last edited by Marc Guay (Marc_Guay) - Friday, 04 April 2008, 12:58 GMT
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DetailsAccording to http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-sansac200/rockbox-buildch5.html#x8-930005.8 the power button is supposed to exit the recording menu, but when I press it nothing happens. I have to power off the device and power it on again to get back to the main menu.
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By the way: The manual states that you use PLAY for starting and pausing the recording. That is true about SELECT, while PLAY and SUBMENU steps between Volume and Gain...
I still haven't figured out how you are supposed to stop the recording for sure, and that does relate to the documentation.
Thanks,
Rob
First of all, here is how to make it work, without losing your recordings as I did for several lectures before I figured out how to do this:
1) To get out of the record mode, first hit the select button (in the center). You should see the time stop advancing.
2) Then hold the power button down just long enough until an icon that looks like a square with a lightning bolt in it appears, and then quickly let up the power button. If you continue to hold the power button down, your unit will shut down and your recording will be lost. You must now wait with your fingers off the controls for the recorded file to be written to flash (or something like that). For long recordings this can take some time. When it is done, the little lightning bolt icon will disappear, and you can again press the power button to get out of the recording mode. This is not documented in the manual properly.
Next, my suggestion: If you go the the keymap section of the code, it appears that you can set the record button to toggle the record mode. If you use this button, your unit will not be shutdown before the file is saved, as is the danger in the present situation. You could make the power button also do the same thing it does for backward compatibility, but the manual needs to be changed to explain this, or others will lose data as well, I'm sure.
Best regards,
Rob