1 feature comparison chart – ARCHOS box rock User Manual
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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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