Chapter 8. General Settings
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8.5. System
8.5.1. Battery
Options relating to the battery in the player.
Battery Capacity.
This setting can be used to tell Rockbox what capacity (in mAh)
the battery being used has. The default is 950 mAh, which is the capacity value
for the standard battery shipped with the player. Rockbox uses this value for
runtime estimation, not battery percentage calculation. Changing this setting has
no effect whatsoever on actual battery life. This setting only affects the accuracy
of the runtime estimation as shown on screen. Rockbox does not automatically
distinguish between the “L” models and the “simple” models which determine the
default value. If your player is an M5L set the value to 2250 mAh for more accuracy
in the runtime estimation.
8.5.2. Disk
Options relating to the hard disk.
Disk Spindown.
Rockbox has a timer that makes it spin down the hard disk after it is
idle for a certain amount of time. This setting controls the amount of time between
the last user activity and the time that the disk spins down. This idle time is only
affected by user activity, like navigating through the
File Browser
. When the
hard disk spins up to fill the audio buffer, it automatically spins down afterwards.
Directory Cache.
Rockbox has the ability to cache the contents of your drive in RAM.
The
Directory Cache
takes a small amount of memory away from Rockbox
that would otherwise be used to buffer music, but it speeds up navigation in the
file browser by eliminating the slight pause between the time a navigation button
is pressed and the time Rockbox responds. Turning this setting on activates the
directory cache, and turning it off deactivates the directory cache.
Note:
The first time you enable the directory cache, Rockbox will request a reboot
b
of the player and upon restarting take a few minutes to scan the drive. After this,
the directory cache will work in the background.
8.5.3. Limits
This sub menu relates to limits in the Rockbox operating system.
Max Entries in File Browser.
This setting controls the limit on the number of files that
you can see in any particular directory in the file browser. You can configure the
size to be between 50 and 10,000 files in steps of 50. The default is 400. Higher
values will shorten the music buffer, so you should increase this setting
only
if you
have directories with a large number of files.
The Rockbox manual
(version 3.14)
Iaudio M5
