Onscreen fundamentals

Basic Operation
The Interface
The Interface
This is the main window of . You should see something like this when you start . The controls in this window are explained below, in no particular order.

The Control Panel
The Control Panel
The Control Panel
This is the main control panel for . The function of these buttons should be familiar to anyone who has ever used a player.
The uppermost button in the above diagram toggles between playing and pausing the . The left button in the second row stops playing the . The right button in the second row toggles looping, so that the will start playing again from the beginning when the end of the last audio track is reached. The buttons in the third row advance the backward (left) or forward (right) 30 seconds. The two buttons under the status display skip forward (right) or backward (left) to the beginning of the next or previous track.

The Eject button
The Eject button
The Eject button
This button ejects the . Note that the eject button on your drive may not respond if an audio is in the drive and is started. Some very old drives may not support software eject. You may also have to close the drive manually after inserting a new disc.

The Status Display
The Status Display
The Status Display
This is the status display. Starting at the top, from right to left, is the main time display (see below for a discussion of the various possible time display modes), the status of the drive, the total play time of the audio , the current volume setting, and the current and maximum track numbers (curr./max.). The bottommost two lines of text display the artist and title of the , and then the title of the track, assuming that appropriate entries exist in the local or network CDDB ( Data Base.)

Time display modes
The Time Display toggle
The Time Display toggle
This button toggles between the possible main time display modes. By default, displays the elapsed time of the current track, if the is playing, or either ––:–– or 00:00 if the is not playing. Pressing this button toggles in sequence between remaining track time, total elapsed time, and total remaining time.

The Configuration button
The Configuration button
The Configuration button
This button opens the configuration panel. This allows you to configure to work on your machine. See the configuring section, for details about configuring

The CDDB button
The CDDB button
The CDDB button
This button opens the CDDB (Compact Disc Data Base) entry editor panel.
The CDDB can identify your and often download a list of tracks for that or load it from the filesystem. See the Database Editor section for more details about using this tool.

The Information button
The Information button
The Information button
This button will help you search for information about the artist on the Internet. You can find out about performance dates, purchase information, and other information by pressing this button and choosing the appropriate option in the pop-up menu that appears.

The Exit button
The Exit button
The exit button
This button closes .

The Volume slider
The Volume slider
The Volume slider
This slider controls the volume of the audio output of the . Right is louder, left is quieter. If you are playing your through your sound card, the sound card mixer will affect the playback volume as well.

The Randomize button
The Randomize button
The Randomize button
This button causes the tracks to be played in random order.

The track selector
The track selector
The Track selector
This combo box shows you the current track and lets you directly select a track to play.