How to enable screen display on X5

[lordearl]

What is the best way to push any button on the X5 to make the screen light up without altering the current play.  At the moment I am sliding the hold key down (or up) to make the screen light up, but I imagine there's gotta be a better way of doing it.

[AlexP]

Turn on the option first button press enable backlight (or similar, can't remember the exact name).  The first press on any button will turn the backlight on and nothing else if it is off.

[lordearl]

yeah that's what I thought, but each press on every button, except the hold function, seems to carry out its command regardless of whether the backlight is on or not.

[GodEater]

So you're saying that you already have this :

Settings -> General Settings -> Display -> LCD Settings -> First Button Press Enables Backlight Only

already set to "Yes", and it doesn't work ?

[lordearl]

GodEater you are a genius.  Works now!

[AlexP]

That is what I said  

[dreamlayers]

I'm not familiar with the X5, but on the Archos Jukebox V2 holding the function keys can enable the backlight without doing anything.  All brief presses are associated with actions, but not all extended presses are.

[AlexP]

Or use the First Button Press Enables Backlight Only setting.

[lordearl]

Sorry BigBambi - I had had a few beers and misread your post.  Blame me 'cause I'm Aussie.  You, too, are a genius!

[AlexP]

Yeah!  

[ray098]

"Settings -> General Settings -> Display -> LCD Settings -> First Button Press Enables Backlight Only"
wat does that do? It didnt do anything for mine for some reason? Whats its reason?

[AlexP]

Please read the manual.

Please use real words "wat" is not acceptable.

You agreed to this when you signed up.

[lordearl]

i know i had a bit of trouble working things out when I first started, but the name of that function is about as literal as one can get.  i'll try to expand it for you:

When you place your digital music player in your and and decide to play some music, you may have noticed that the after a short time (usually a time nominated by the user) the screen is dimmed fully.  If you would like the screen to light up like Guy Fawkes day, then you need to push one of the buttons on the music player.  The only problem here is that there buttons are designed to do something: play makes the music play, pause makes it pause and shut down makes the player turn off completely (now that's handy!).  When you choose the first button press enable backlight funbtion, instead of pause making it pause, it will make the light come on.  This way you have light and no paused music!  This is just an example, as any button will bring on the backlight!  I hope this helped to illustrate the point.

Unfortunately there is 3 mins I cannot ever have back.  Unless maybe I skip a cigarette today.