Hi Aximners,

I was trying to check the max. playtime i could get from my Axim.
Using a little app called "ScreenOff" i was able to play 8 hours and 30 min of mp3s!
Screen Off shuts down your screen while leaving your axim on.. you can turn the screen back on with a button and you can also control your media player via buttons.

Hope this help.. let me know if you need more details.

Bump for a great site Chris!

A.O.

Cool! I did not know that Thanks.

Does this make it so the touch screen is de-activated? Please say yes.

Persistence can pass for brilliance
FFR Roadster on order for 04/3/04.
Mike

Can you program the buttons as well as which one turns the screen back on?

Fade

USMC - Earned. Never given.

Hi again,

You can program screenoff so you can turn it on/off with any button. When it is off the touchscreen is deactivated (and you $ave lots of battery!).
You can also program other buttons to control WindowsMediaPlayer (play/pause, vol up, vol down, mute, etc) while the screen is off

The free version of screenoff has a delay (about 3 secs) wich is removed in the pay-for-it version.

happy listening!

A.O.

Windows media player and PocketMVP both have this screen off function built in. It's a great battery saver and better yet it's free with no delay. Just look in the map buttons menu of these two programs:

Media player: 'Screen Toggle'
PocketMVP: 'Toggle Display'

joe

Mea culpa

Thanks for the tip Joe. Now I will park screenoff for a while until I found another application that needs its services.

Screenoff..............diiiiiiiiiiiiiiiismissed!

A.O.

All right! No more pulling it out of my pocket and finding Calendar, Tasks, Word, and File Explorer open, never mind the display being lighted repeatedly.
Than-q.

Persistence can pass for brilliance
FFR Roadster on order for 04/3/04.
Mike

Could you tell me how to use the map buttons thing on windows media player?

Just wanted to thank you for the info, I just set up my button controls on my Axim and really think this is a cool way to go.

Call me stupid, but I can't figure out the screen toggle section of Media Player. Hey I was just kidding! Stop calling me stupid!

How do you select nothing for screen toggle. I accidently pushed some buttons and now I can't get rid of them.

Thanks,

Rodney

Easy... in the same screen as you map buttons, there is an <unmap> in the dragdown list along with the other stuff...

Great tip! Need to post this under tip and tricks!

Keep the Blues Alive

Duhhh...

Okay now I get it... Would you beleive I maintain e-mail systems for a living.

Yep, This should be in the Tips section.

Rodney

With PocketMVP you can probably listen to mp3's longer because it boasts that it uses less processor power than media player. I have no idea if it is true since I haven't done any testing, but I do know that when I was using Media Player, my NES emulator didn't run well, but with PocketMVP it runs fine. (with the sound of the emulator off of course) I love great programs that are free...

-Gabe