Using the Axim as an mp3 player

[jaroddog]

What are the best ways to minimize battery use when using the x51v as an mp3 player. Is there a way to turn off the screen while still playing music like a playlist or something?

Regards,
Jarod

[zcrypt]

What are the best ways to minimize battery use when using the x51v as an mp3 player. Is there a way to turn off the screen while still playing music like a playlist or something?

Regards,
Jarod

Most programs will have an option to turn the display off. I still use WMP and if you go into the options you can add a hardware button to be use for this purpose. by default there is not one assigned. for me i reassigned the volume down to the the down button but when it is kept held down. then i used the down button as the toggle screen button. i use this all the time... works good for me.. :approve:

[fulama]

Most programs will have an option to turn the display off. I still use WMP and if you go into the options you can add a hardware button to be use for this purpose. by default there is not one assigned. for me i reassigned the volume down to the the down button but when it is kept held down. then i used the down button as the toggle screen button. i use this all the time... works good for me.. :approve:

Thanks for that, i've been wondering how to do this myself, great tip :)

Only problem with this on the X51v is that the screen comes back on after every track. It seems to be a WM5 issue as I've heard the same about the i-mate K-MAX. It was fine on the X50v with WM2003SE.

Nick

[tostngdsnvoy]

I use Pocket Player 2.61. http://www.conduits.com/ce/player/ I had a problem playing MP3s initially, but Conduit sent me a replacement executable which is from their advanced 2.7 release, now it works great with my X51v, and the screen turns off after 1 min and stays off until I wake it.

[Bright]

Depress the power (on/off) switch until the screen backlight goes off. The player will continue to play but with the screen backlight off. When you want it back up, just depress the switch until it comes on again.

Have fun.

[duckie]

what I do while listening to music to minimize battery usage:

1. set processor to lowest setting.
2. turn down brightness of screen to 1 click up.
3. use an SD card rather than my Microdrive.
4. make sure there are no other apps running in the background(including WisBar)
5. use a player that has an option to automatically shut off the screen in a given amount of seconds.

It may seem like alot to do for listening to music, but I only do this when traveling. Set this way i get no less than 8 hours playtime.

Otherwise, with everything normal, I get 3-4 hours of play.

[gstadig]

I agree with Duckie....
I use Mortplayer - It's free and provides all the necesary features. The default skins are not to my likeing but they have several free alternate the EMP skin is the one i have found to be the most usefull.

Depress the power (on/off) switch until the screen backlight goes off. The player will continue to play but with the screen backlight off. When you want it back up, just depress the switch until it comes on again.

Have fun.

This method doesn´t even compare with the toggle-screen off method. By just dimming the display you´ll get 3 hours of music tops (on a 1100 mAh). If you use zcrypt´s method, you can even get to 8 hours staright of music!

By the way, I recommend TCPMP :approve:

[jaroddog]

Pablo is right. I already knew hot to dim the screen, but that leaves only one problem... The unit is still processing graphics for the screen (just without the backlight on). So what I should look for is an app that has this feature built in, is that what you're all trying to impart to me? Cool, now which one of those players with this function is free?

[endless_x]

TCPMP is a amazing (best) PDA player for both audio and full screen video (AVI as well)

You can reassign any of the button for the PDA
You can customize the equilizer & video quality (brightness,contrast,...)

I set my PDA to power-saving most of the time, and it works smoothly (at 208MHz) on playing mp3 & it stutter a little (at 208MHz) on videos.

If my x50v is in auto-mode, it sometimes go down to 104MHz

I assign a button to open TCPMP (Settings->Buttons)
& use the same button to turn-off/toggle the screen (TCPMP->Option->Setting->HotKeys(menu)->ScreenToggle)

It uses minimal amount of the battery by turning-off the screen.
http://tcpmp.corecodec.org/download

TCPMP works perfectly. And even the WMP has the function biult in. You just have to map the button

[Glidedon]

I use GSPlayer. It has a timer you can set to turn off the screen from 5 seconds to 300 seconds. I regularly get 8 hours play time on my commute.

What are the best ways to minimize battery use when using the x51v as an mp3 player. Is there a way to turn off the screen while still playing music like a playlist or something?

Regards,
Jarod

I use iPlay, and for MP3s, it taxes the processor very little (under 20% with no reverb and no cross-feed). It also has a screen toggle on/off mapped to a hardware button (the record button on the x51v). with WM5, I haven't had a problem with the screen coming back on after every track.

With the extended battery, I get at least 6 hours of music, but I haven't timed it to know exactly how much.

[aximwiz]

Does anyone know what the signal to noise ratio for the x51v is? 90db? 94db?