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Rockbox for me? Some questions
Rincewind:
--- Quote from: grossaffe on October 11, 2007, 06:11:51 PM ---i personally just use WMP to sync my music over to my sansa.
while i love my sansa e200 and love rockbox, i must warn you that right now the battery life while running rockbox on the sansa is terrible. in the original firmware, you can expect between 16-20 hours of playback, in rockbox you can expect about 4.
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It says 4 hours estimated runtime, but that's just because the estimate isn't calibrated yet. I recently bought a sansa e280 and got 14 hours runtime on my first charge using rockbox.
The microSD expansion is nice, if you plug a card in it shows up in the file browser while rockbox is running (e.g. it is hot-swapable). Rockbox on the Sansa is quite stable now and easy to use. The only problem is the lacking of USB support at the moment (you have to boot into the Original Firmware to connect to computer), but that is being worked on.
You don't need a special media management program. I just use the file browser to copy my music.
If you want to find out more about the features rockbox has on the sansa, you can find the manual online: http://www.rockbox.org/manual.shtml
vegaman:
Why not borrow the ipod back from your wife and try rockbox on it?
scharkalvin:
Running ANY of the games while listening to music (or doing anything that keeps the lcd back light on) will shorten the run time by QUITE a bit. If you just start it playing and leave it running in the dark a full charge on the battery should last 8 hours or longer.
I've set my back light on time to 15 seconds and the led wheel light to off.
Also need to charge in the OF. Just turn the unit off, plug in the usb cord to a charger (NOT your computer) while holding down the left arrow button. After the OF boots hold the power button to turn the unit off. It will NOT turn off, but rather show a full size charging icon. After the battery is fully charged it will turn itself off and you can disconnect the usb cord.
irish guy:
--- Quote from: vegaman on October 12, 2007, 03:20:25 AM ---Why not borrow the ipod back from your wife and try rockbox on it?
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That is suicide. ;DÂ :o
Never touch a pregnant woman's iPod.
I just ordered a SanDisk e280 and will rockbox that!
I'll be back here. Look forward to it.
grossaffe:
--- Quote from: scharkalvin on October 12, 2007, 07:51:26 AM ---Running ANY of the games while listening to music (or doing anything that keeps the lcd back light on) will shorten the run time by QUITE a bit. If you just start it playing and leave it running in the dark a full charge on the battery should last 8 hours or longer.
I've set my back light on time to 15 seconds and the led wheel light to off.
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:-[ i should have thought of that... i feel kinda stupid.
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