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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ User Manual

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The Rockbox Manual
for
Sansa Fuze+
rockbox.org
April 30, 2017

Table of Contents

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SanDisk Sansa Fuze+ Specifications

General IconGeneral
Storage Capacity4GB, 8GB, 16GB
Battery Life (Audio)Up to 24 hours
Battery Life (Video)Up to 5 hours
USB ConnectivityUSB 2.0
MicrophoneYes
Headphone Jack3.5mm
Audio Formats SupportedMP3, WMA, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, AAC
Video Formats SupportedH.264, MPEG-4, WMV
FM RadioYes
Expandable StoragemicroSDHC
Additional FeaturesVoice recording

Summary

1. Introduction

1.1. Welcome

Introduces Rockbox, its open-source nature, goals, and features.

1.2. Getting more help

Directs users to the Rockbox website, forums, mailing lists, and IRC for assistance.

1.3. Naming conventions and marks

Explains manual conventions, icons, and formatting used in the document.

2. Installation

2.1. Before Starting

Covers crucial pre-installation checks like DRM, USB connection mode, and firmware settings.

2.2. Installing Rockbox

Details automated and manual installation methods, bootloader, and firmware components.

2.2.2. Manual Installation

Step-by-step instructions for installing Rockbox manually without the utility.

2.2.5. Finishing the install

Final steps for completing installation, including updating the player with the patched bootloader.

3. Quick Start

3.1. Basic Overview

General overview of the player's controls and basic Rockbox functions.

3.1.3. Starting the original firmware

Explains how to boot into the original firmware using the dual-boot feature.

3.1.4. Putting music on your player

Guide on transferring music files to the player via MSC/UMS mode.

3.2. Customising Rockbox

Introduces interface customization through themes and .cfg files.

4. Browsing and playing

4.1. File Browser

Explains how to navigate files and directories on the player.

4.1.1. File Browser Controls

Details the specific key controls for operating the File Browser.

4.2. Database

Introduces the Rockbox music database system for browsing music by metadata.

4.3. While Playing Screen

Details the screen shown during audio playback, including controls and indicators.

5. The Main Menu

5.1. Introducing the Main Menu

Overview of the Main Menu as the central access point for Rockbox functions.

5.7. Settings

Overview of the Settings menu for configuring player parameters.

5.10. Playlists

Managing playlists, including creating, viewing, and saving.

5.13. Quick Screen

Provides rapid access to four favorite settings, customizable for quick use.

6. Sound Settings

6.1. Volume

Adjusts music volume using a decibel scale, with a range from -100 dB to +6 dB.

6.10. Equalizer

Features a parametric equalizer (EQ) for adjusting frequency, gain, and width of EQ bands.

6.16. Compressor

Reduces dynamic range by compressing louder signals to equalize volume levels.

7. Playback Settings

7.1. Shuffle

Randomly reorders the playlist for shuffled playback.

7.2. Repeat

Configures repeating behavior for directories and playlists (Off, All, One, Shuffle, A-B).

7.8. Replaygain

Adjusts playback volume of music to equalize perceived loudness across songs.

8. General Settings

8.1. Playlist

Configures settings related to playlist behavior, including recursive insertion and warnings.

8.2. File View

Options for how the File Browser displays files and directories.

8.4. Display

Contains settings related to the player's display, including LCD settings.

8.5.2. Limits

Sets limits for file browser entries, playlist size, and glyph caching.

9. Theme Settings

Browse Theme Files

Displays installed themes and allows loading them to customize appearance.

Font

Browse and activate installed fonts for the user interface.

Show Icons

Toggles display of icons next to files in the File Browser.

10. Recording Settings

10.1. Format

Choose the recording format (PCM Wave, AIFF, WavPack, MP3).

10.7. File Split Options

Options for splitting long recordings into manageable pieces by size or time.

10.11. Trigger

Automatically distinguishes sound from silence to record only audio, with various modes and parameters.

11. Time and Date

Set Time/Date

Sets the current time and date for the player.

Wake-Up Alarm

Configures the player to start up at a specified time.

12. Plugins

12.1. Games

Lists and describes various games available as plugins.

12.3. Viewers

Plugins associated with specific file extensions for viewing content like images or text.

12.3.1. Shortcuts

Allows jumping to specific locations in the file browser using .link files.

13. Advanced Topics

13.1. Customising the User Interface

Modifies the Rockbox interface, including reordering or hiding main menu items.

13.3. Managing Rockbox Settings

Manages Rockbox settings by storing and loading configuration files.

13.5. Optimising battery runtime

Provides tips on maximizing battery life by disabling features and optimizing settings.

A. File formats

A.1. Supported file formats

Lists supported file types for directories, audio, bookmarks, games, and configurations.

B. Audio and metadata formats

B.1. Supported audio formats

Lists supported audio codecs, categorized into Lossy and Lossless.

B.1.1. Lossy Codecs

Details supported lossy audio codecs like ATSC A/52, AAC, MPEG audio, OGG/Vorbis, etc.

B.1.2. Lossless Codecs

Details supported lossless audio codecs like AIFF, FLAC, Apple Lossless, and WAVpack.

B.2. Supported metadata tags

Lists supported metadata tag types like ID3, APE, Vorbis, MP4, and ASF.

C. Album Art

C.1. Limitations

Discusses limitations of embedded and external album art support, including image formats.

C.2. Where to put album art

Explains the naming conventions and locations for album art files.

D. Theme Tags

D.1. Status Bar

Defines tags for displaying or hiding the status bar.

D.3. Information from the track tags

Lists tags for retrieving information from audio track metadata (artist, title, album, etc.).

D.4. Viewports

Defines tags for creating viewports to control UI element positioning and appearance.

D.9. Playlist/Song Info

Defines tags for displaying playlist progress, song time, peak meter, and volume.

E. Config file options

volume

Lists allowed values and units for the volume setting.

repeat

Lists allowed values for the repeat setting (off, all, one, etc.).

backlight timeout

Lists allowed values and units for backlight timeout.

replaygain type

Lists allowed values for replaygain type (track, album, etc.).

G. User feedback

G.1. Bug reports

Instructions for filing bug reports, including required information.

G.2. Feature ideas

Guidance on suggesting feature ideas and where to discuss them.

G.2.2. Features we will not implement

Lists feature requests that cannot be implemented due to technical or legal reasons.

H. Credits

Credits

Lists people who have contributed to the Rockbox project.

I. Licenses

I.1. GNU Free Documentation License

Provides the full text of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2.

I.2. The GNU General Public License

Provides the full text of the GNU General Public License, Version 2.

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