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VietPho:
Sigh... 2 weeks ago I accidently put the volume of my 60 gb ipod video rockbox to the max and I killed my Ipod headphones :(
I just bought the Creative EP-630 for 28$ off Amazon and it would suck if I accidently blow out my new headphones.

My question is how do I set a limit to volume for my rockbox? I was able to do it on apple original firmware, but I can't find out how to do it on rockbox.

Genre9mp3:
I don't think there is a setting anywhere to set a "volume cap" or something, but I think this would be a nice thing to have. Maybe you can add this to feature requests in the tracker. On a side note, I wouldn't worry to blow out my headphones but I would worry for my ears. ;)

Llorean:
You can always set the precut in the graphical equalizer menu. For all practical purposes it's a similar idea.

Genre9mp3:

--- Quote from: Llorean on October 20, 2006, 06:47:54 AM ---You can always set the precut in the graphical equalizer menu. For all practical purposes it's a similar idea.
--- End quote ---

Isn't precut just adjusting the overall gain of the EQ? Surely though, you could end up to a similar functionality by setting a negative precut value so even max volume wouldn't be so loud. But you should have the EQ enabled for that (extra CPU load) and I don't think that it's a similar idea to just set a volume cap somewhere in the settings (eg. -20 dB) so the user won't be able to go further than that.

pabouk:
Other disadvantages of using the precut setting:
- the signal will be digitally attenuated - so your S/N ratio will be lower (lower audio quality)
- the volume dB scale will be shifted

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