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Chapter 13. Advanced Topics 167
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
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player, turning it back on, and holding the Rec 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 → Manage Settings) to
save the current settings, then use a text editor to customize the settings file. See
Appendix section D (page 192) 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.
13.4. Firmware Loading
13.4.1. Using ROLO (Rockbox Loader)
Rockbox is able to load and start another firmware file without rebooting. You just
“play” a file with the extension .mi4. This can be used to test new firmware
versions without deleting your current version.
13.5. 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
components – for some of those there are settings available. Another area of savings is
avoiding or reducing CPU boosting through disabling computing intense features (e.g.
sound processing) or using effective audio codecs. The following provides a short
overview of the most relevant settings and rules of thumb.
13.5.1. Display backlight
The active backlight consumes a lot of power. Therefore choose a setting that disables
the backlight after timeout (for setting Backlight see section 8.4 (page 61)). Avoid to
have the backlight enabled all the time.
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