Aximowner

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.

Cheryl

Cool! I did not know that :) Thanks.

Mike C

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

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fade2black

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

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Aximowner

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.

AximJoe

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

Aximowner

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.

Mike C

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. :)

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EllaDell

Quote:

Originally posted by AximJoe 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:

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

porter392

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.

rcase13

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

fibrizo

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

Rudeblues

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

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rcase13

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

IronMonkeyGF

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...:love:

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