The Manage Settings Menu; Firmware Loading; Using Rolo (Rockbox Loader); Optimising Battery Runtime - Toshiba Gigabeat F Series User Manual

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Chapter 11. Advanced Topics

11.3.3. 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.
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 or Power 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.
Note: You can also reset all settings to their default values by turning off the
player, turning it back on and pressing the A button immediately after the player
turns on.
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
save the current settings, then use a text editor to customize the settings file. See
Appendix section
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.

11.4. Firmware Loading

11.4.1. Using ROLO (Rockbox Loader)

Rockbox is able to load and start another firmware file without rebooting. You just
"play" a file with the extension
versions without deleting your current version.

11.5. Optimising battery runtime

Rockbox offers a lot of settings that have high impact on the battery runtime of your
player. The largest power savings can be achieved through disabling unneeded hardware
The Rockbox manual
C
(page 199) for the full reference of available options.
.gigabeat. This can be used to test new firmware
Manage Settings) to
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