Operation Manual

Chapter 3. Quick Start 20
controls are disabled. Be sure Hold is off before trying to use your player.
On the top on the player is the internal microphone on the left and the line-in socket
on the right, near the headphone socket.
3.1.2. Turning the player on and off
To turn on and off your Rockbox enabled player use the following keys:
Key Action
Power Start Rockbox
Long Power Shutdown Rockbox
On shutdown, Rockbox automatically saves its settings.
In the unlikely event of a software failure, a hardware reset can be performed by
inserting a paperclip gently into the Reset hole.
3.1.3. Starting the original firmware
Rockbox has a dual-boot feature where it is possible to load the original firmware from
the file /System/OF.mi4. To boot into the original firmware press and release Power
and then immediately after the backlight turns on, press the OK button and keep it
pressed until the original firmware starts.
3.1.4. Putting music on your player
Note: Due to a bug in some OS X versions, the player can not be mounted, unless the
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USB HID feature is disabled. See section 8.5.8 (page 66) for more information.
With the player connected to the computer as an MSC/UMS device (like a USB
Drive), music files can be put on the player via any standard file transfer method that
you would use to copy files between drives (e.g. Drag-and-Drop). Files may be placed
wherever you like on the player, but it is strongly suggested NOT to put them in the
/.rockbox folder and instead put them in any other folder, e.g. /, /music or /audio.
The default directory structure that is assumed by some parts of Rockbox (album art
searching, and missing-tag fallback in some WPSes) uses the parent directory of a song
as the Album name, and the parent directory of that folder as the Artist name. WPSes
may display information incorrectly if your files are not properly tagged, and you have
your music organized in a way different than they assume when attempting to guess
the Artist and Album names from your filetree. See section C.21 (page 186) for the
requirements for Album Art to work properly. See section B.1 (page 171) for a list of
supported audio formats.
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