1 FEATURE COMPARISON CHART
FEATURE ROCKBOX ARCHOS
ID3v1 and ID3v2 support Yes ?
Background noise during playback No Yes
Mid-track resume Yes No
Mid-playlist resume Yes No
Resumed playlist order Yes No
Battery lifetime Longer Long
Battery time indicator Yes No
Customizable font (Recorder) Yes No
Customizable screen info when playing songs Yes No
USB attach/detach without reboot Yes No
Can load another firmware without rebooting Yes No
Playlist load speed, songs/sec 3000 - 4000 15 - 20
Max number of songs in a playlist 20 000 (default) 999
Supports bad path prefixes in playlists Yes Yes
Open source/development process Yes No
Corrects reported bugs Yes No
Automatic Volume Control (Recorder) Yes No
Pitch control (Recorder) Yes No
Text File Reader Yes Yes
Games (Recorder) 8 No
File Delete & Rename Yes Yes
Playlist Building Yes Yes
Recording (Recorder) Yes Yes
Generates XING VBR header when recording Yes No
High Resolution Volume Control Yes No
Deep discharge option (Recorder) Yes No
Customizable backlight timeout Yes Yes
Backlight-on when charging option Yes No
Queue function Yes Yes
Supports the XING header Yes Yes
Supports the VBRI header Partly Yes
Max number of files in a dir 10000 (default) 999
Adjustable scroll speed Yes No
Screensaver style demos (Recorder) Yes No
Variable step / accelerating ffwd and rwd Yes No
Visual Progress Bar Yes No
Select/Load configs Yes No
Sleep timer Yes No
Easy User Interface Yes No
Remote Control Controllable Yes Yes
ISO8859-1 font support (Player) Yes No
Queue songs to play next Yes Yes
Bookmark positions in songs Yes No
Number of available languages 22 3
Accurate VBR bitrate display Yes No
FM Tuner support (FM Recorder) Yes Yes
FF/FR with sound No Yes
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