toshiba F40 questions

[1yen]

Hi all,

new poster and new rockbox user...

Had some questions about rockbox on the toshiba (not a good forum searcher, couldn't find my answers)

1)  Are the buttons customizable?  Like can I assign certain functions to the buttons on the players?

2)  Can I charge the battery using usb?  Can I use the player while it is usb charging?

Those are the main things I haven't found on the forums...other questions I had seem to be answered with appropriate patches (which I have not tried yet...still getting used to RB).

Also, just thought I would comment that I found two conflicting RB installation guides for the toshiba players from this site.  One works and one doesn't...

thanks!

edit:  xlarge, you are absolutely right...
I could not get a working installation following the pdf manual (http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-gigabeatf.pdf)
I got it to work following directions from here http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/GigabeatFXPort#Installation_Instructions

[xlarge]

If you'd really want to help you would link to those different installation instructions.

[elborak]

I'm not 100% sure, so hopefully someone else will confirm, but I believe the answers to your questions are:

1) No.
2) Yes (if you turn on the "Charge During USB Connection" setting), No.

[krazykit]

1)  Are the buttons customizable?  Like can I assign certain functions to the buttons on the players?

They're not customizable, but if you wanted the feature (and had the programming skills) you could write a patch to allow this.

2)  Can I charge the battery using usb?  Can I use the player while it is usb charging?

No.  You can charge WHILE transferring with USB, but you cannot charge FROM USB.

edit: deeper digging suggests that while it charges from USB, the charge screen doesn't show up.

[Llorean]

You can charge from USB just fine. Hold MENU down while plugging in the USB cable, and you can charge from USB while listening to music.

[1yen]

thanks for the quick replies!

holding the menu button down works like a charm.

[whoopes]

Brilliant!  --Now I don't have to charge every night before work, just connect it to the usb port!
Thank you so much.