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Status/Scrollbar:
Settings related to on screen status display and the scrollbar.
Scroll Bar:
Enables or disables the scroll bar at the left.
Status Bar:
Enables or disables the status bar at the upper side.
Volume Display:
Controls whether the volume is displayed as a graphic or a
numeric value on the Status Bar. If you select a numeric display, volume
is displayed in decibels. See section
6.1
(page
40
) for more on the volume
setting.
Battery Display:
Controls whether the battery charge status is displayed as a
graphic or numerical percentage value on the Status Bar.
Peak Meter:
The peak meter can be configured with a number of parameters.
Peak Release:
This determines how fast the bar shrinks when the music be-
comes softer. Lower values make the peak meter look smoother. Expressed
in scale units per 10ms.
Peak Hold Time:
Specifies the time after which the peak indicator will reset. For
example, if you set this value to 5s, the peak indicator displays the loudest
volume value that occurred within the last 5 seconds. Larger values are use-
ful if you want to find the peak level of a song, which might be of interest
when copying music from the player via the analogue output to some other
recording device.
Clip Hold Time:
The number of seconds that the clipping indicator will be visible
after clipping is detected.
Clip Counter:
Show the number of times the clip indicator went active during
recording in front of the peak meters.
Scale:
Select whether the peak meter displays linear or logarithmic values. The
human ear perceives loudness on a logarithmic scale. If the Scale setting is
set to L
OGARITHMIC
(dB) scale, the volume values are scaled logarithmically.
The volume meters of digital audio devices usually are scaled this way. On
the other hand, if you are interested in the power level that is applied to
your headphones you should choose L
INEAR
display. This setting cannot
be displayed in units like volts or watts because such units depend on your
headphones.
Minimum and maximum range:
These two options define the full value range
that the peak meter displays. Recommended values for the L
OGARITHMIC
(dB) setting are -40 dB for minimum and 0 dB for maximum. Recommended
values for L
INEAR
display are 0 and 100%. Note that -40 dB is approximately
1% in linear value, but if you change the minimum setting in linear mode
slightly and then change to the dB scale, there will be a large change. You
can use these values for ‘zooming’ into the peak meter.
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