Specifications
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First Keypress Enables Backlight Only. With this option enabled the first key-
press while the backlight is turned off will only turn the backlight on without
having any other effect. When disabled the first keypress will also perform
its appropriate action.
Sleep (After Backlight Off). This setting controls how long rockbox will wait be-
fore turning off the display after the backlight is turned off. Turning off the
display saves battery power but turning on the display takes noticeably longer
than just turning on the backlight.
Brightness. Changes the brightness of your LCD display.
Contrast. Changes the contrast of your LCD display.
Warning: Setting the contrast too dark or too light can make it hard to find
!
this menu option again!
LCD Mode. This setting lets you invert the colours of the display.
Upside Down. Displays the screen so that the top of the display is nearest the
buttons. This is sometimes useful when carrying the player in a pocket for
easy access to the headphone socket.
Remote-LCD Settings. This sub menu contains settings that relate to the display of
the remote.
Backlight. Similar to the main unit backlight this option controls the backlight
timeout for the remote control. The remote backlight is independent from
the main unit backlight.
Backlight on When Plugged. This controls the backlight when the player is plugged
into the charger.
Caption Backlight. This option turns on the backlight a number of seconds before
the start of a new track, and keeps it on for the same number of seconds after
the beginning so that the display can be read to see song information. The
amount of time is determined by the value of the backlight timeout setting,
but is no less than 5 seconds.
First Keypress Enables Backlight Only. This controls what happens when you
press a button on your remote while the backlight is turned off. Like for
the main unit, if this setting is set to Yes, the first keypress will light up the
remote backlight, but have no other effect. If set to No, the first keypress
will light up the remote backlight and engage the function of the key that is
pressed.
Contrast. Changes the contrast of your remote’s LCD display.
Warning: Setting the contrast too dark or too light can make it hard to find
!
this menu option again!
LCD Mode. This setting lets you invert the whole screen, so now you get a black
background and light text and graphics.
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