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create configuration files that control only the volume and LCD settings. Create a few
different files with different settings, give each file a different name (such as
car.cfg
,
headphones.cfg
, etc.), and you can then use the
Browse .cfg files
option to quickly
change settings.
A special case configuration file can be used to force a particular setting or settings
every time Rockbox starts up (e.g. to set the volume to a safe level). Format a new
configuration file as above with the required setting(s) and save it into the
/.rockbox
directory with the filename
fixed.cfg
.
12.3.3 The Manage Settings menu
The
Manage Settings
menu can be found in the
Main Menu
. The
Manage Set-
tings
menu allows you to save and load
.cfg
files. The
Manage Settings
menu also
allows you to load or save different firmware versions.
Browse .cfg Files
Opens the
File Browser
in the
/.rockbox
directory and displays
all
.cfg
(configuration) files. Selecting a
.cfg
file will cause Rockbox to load
the settings contained in that file. Pressing
Left
will exit back to the
Manage
Settings
menu. See the
Write .cfg files
option on the
Manage Settings
menu for details of how to save and edit a configuration file.
Reset Settings
This wipes the saved settings in the player and resets all settings to
their default values.
Save .cfg File
This option writes a
.cfg
file to your player’s disk. The configuration
file has the
.cfg
extension and is used to store all of the user settings that are
described throughout this manual.
Hint: Use the
Save .cfg File
feature (
Main Menu
→
Manage Settings
) to
save the current settings, then use a text editor to customize the settings file. See
Appendix section
D
(page
143
) for the full reference of available options.
Save Sound Settings
This option writes a
.cfg
file to your player’s disk. The config-
uration file has the
.cfg
extension and is used to store all of the sound related
settings.
Save Theme Settings
This option writes a
.cfg
file to your player’s disk. The config-
uration file has the
.cfg
extension and is used to store all of the theme related
settings.
12.4 Firmware Loading
When your player powers on, it loads the Archos firmware in ROM, which automatically
checks your player’s root directory for a file named
ajbrec.ajz
. Note that Archos
firmware can only read the first ten characters of each filename in this process, so do not
rename your old firmware files with names like
ajbrec.ajz
.
old
and so on, because it is
possible that the player will load a file other than the one you intended.
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