BaTu
11-30-2006, 06:27
You know what, I think Cowon is just wasting time focusing on wrong things when they release a firmware upgrade. I mean, the polls/feature requests all indicate that there is TRUE need for things like ID3 support or better recording/playback performance, and all they come up with the firmware 1.85 is 'customizable colors' ?? Or DivX certification? What's next, screen saver?
Well, that being said, here are the instructions for those of you who just can't wait to go through all the trouble of 'changing the screen colors' (!). Please keep in mind these are the basic low level instructions for color code computing. I know there are professional editing programs that show these codes automatically once you select the color.
1) Open up Notepad and copy the following text portion as is and save as USER_STYLE.txt
#
# 1. If the first character of a line is '#' or blank, then that line is comment.
# 2. The color representation is RGBA, 32bit.
# 3. It must be one color per one line.
#
MAIN_HEAD_FONT 0xFFFFFF70
MAIN_FOOT_FONT 0x808080FF
MENU_LABEL_NORMAL 0x999999FF
MENU_LABEL_SELECT 0x101010FF
MENU_S_LABEL 0x74F101FF
MENU_S_SELECT 0xCCCCCCFF
NAVI_FILEPATH_FONT 0x8BFD01FF
NAVI_FILENAME_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
NAVI_PLAYLIST_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
NAVI_INFOMATION_FONT 0x999999FF
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_FG 0xFDEB01FF
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_BG 0x262626FF
MUSIC_ID3_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
MUSIC_LYRICS_FONT 0x777777FF
MUSIC_LYRICS_SELECT_FONT 0xFFFF00FF
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_ENABLE_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_DISABLE_FONT 0x444444FF
POPUPW_TITLE_FONT 0xC4D3E9FF
POPUPW_MSG_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
2. Before changing anything, here is a short list of what these labels mean:
MAIN_HEAD_FONT: The font of the top bar where the volume and clock is. The volume value, clock and any other title are displayed in this color.
MAIN_FOOT_FONT: The font of bottom bar where current functions of the A,B, C buttons are shown. (ex. ‘Recent Files’ for A or ‘Menu Style’ for B is shown in this color)
MENU_LABEL_NORMAL : The font of the items in the main menu. (ex. The words ‘Movie’, ‘Music’, ‘Photo’ ,etc. are displayed in this color)
MENU_LABEL_SELECT: The font of selected menu item is shown in this color. (Note: The cursor is always yellow, so make sure you don’t select yellow for this color, otherwise you won’t be able to see the item label against yellow background when selected)
MENU_S_LABEL: (Don't know)
MENU_S_SELECT: (Don't know)
NAVI_FILEPATH_FONT : The font color of the file path currently browsed, which is seen right above the file list.(ex. /PHOTO/VACATION/SITE1)
NAVI_FILENAME_FONT : The font color of the files/folders currently listed.
NAVI_PLAYLIST_FONT : The items you add to the playlist are displayed in this color.
NAVI_INFOMATION_FONT: The information about the selected file (file size, duration, rate etc.), which appears in the lower right corner is displayed in this color.
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_FG: There's a thin vertical line that divides the screen in half during folder browsing. The immediate area of this line where the grey selection band is at appears in this selected color.
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_BG: The rest of the dividing vertical line appears in this color.
MUSIC_ID3_FONT: The ID3 information normally shown in the lower left area during playback (title, artist, album) is displayed in this color.
MUSIC_LYRICS_FONT: If the music file has been added lyrics (for example with LDB Manager), the lyrics will appear in this color. A light, easily readable color is recommended)
MUSIC_LYRICS_SELECT_FONT: When LDB 2.0 (XLDB) lyrics are used in the song, the lyrics change into this color as the song advances, just like karaoke.
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_ENABLE_FONT: When JetEffect is enabled the value boxes right under the track time with labels 'BBE' 'M3B' 'MPE' and '3DS' are shown in this color.
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_DISABLE_FONT: This is the color used to display the same labels when JetEffect is disabled.
POPUPW_TITLE_FONT: The title font of pop-up dialog boxes (ex. delete confirmation, unsupported codec, etc.) are displayed in this color.
POPUPW_MSG_FONT: The actual message in a pop-up dialog box is shown in this color.
Also, the 32bit color codes are in RGBA format, meaning the first pair of digits (1 byte) after 0x is for Red, second one is for Green, the third is for Blue. The last pair will remain FF. These three numbers are what we'll change to change the color.
3. Now you need to decide what color you want to pick for each of these items. You have 19 colors to define in total. See the attached picture for an example color.
4. In Windows, go to Accessories and start Paint.
5. From the Colors menu select, 'Edit Colors', then 'Define Custom Colors'. You will see the entire color palette.
6. By moving the cursor around, select the color you want. Slide the little black triangle on the very right upwards to make the color lighter. When you have the color you want write down the values that appear in Red, Green and Blue boxes below.
(In the example 14, 155 and 171)
7. Now some math (yay!). From Accessories menu start Calculator. From the View menu select Scientific.
8. Make sure 'Dec' option is selected right below the calculator display. Enter each number you wrote down for R,G,B , then click the 'Hex' box right next to the Dec box. You will get the Hexadecimal value for each number. If it's a single digit number add a 0 before it to make it double digit.
(Example: For Red click 'Dec' enter 14, click on Hex and it returns E. Since this is single digit add a 0 to make it 0E. Green returns 9B for 155 and Blue returns AB for 171.)
9. Put together these 3 double digit numbers and add FF. Now you have the hex code for that color. (Example: 0E9BABFF)
10. Repeat the same for each color.
For seeing what color a certain code represents, you have to reverse the process, that is convert each pair (byte) into Decimal and enter them in the RGB boxes. For quick reference 000000FF is full black, FFFFFFFF is full white, FF0000FF is full red, 00FF00FF is full green and 0000FFFF is full blue.
11. Once you're done, save the file, put it under .system folder and reboot.
If you delete this file from the .system folder, colors go back to default.
Quite easy huh (!). :confused:
Well, that being said, here are the instructions for those of you who just can't wait to go through all the trouble of 'changing the screen colors' (!). Please keep in mind these are the basic low level instructions for color code computing. I know there are professional editing programs that show these codes automatically once you select the color.
1) Open up Notepad and copy the following text portion as is and save as USER_STYLE.txt
#
# 1. If the first character of a line is '#' or blank, then that line is comment.
# 2. The color representation is RGBA, 32bit.
# 3. It must be one color per one line.
#
MAIN_HEAD_FONT 0xFFFFFF70
MAIN_FOOT_FONT 0x808080FF
MENU_LABEL_NORMAL 0x999999FF
MENU_LABEL_SELECT 0x101010FF
MENU_S_LABEL 0x74F101FF
MENU_S_SELECT 0xCCCCCCFF
NAVI_FILEPATH_FONT 0x8BFD01FF
NAVI_FILENAME_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
NAVI_PLAYLIST_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
NAVI_INFOMATION_FONT 0x999999FF
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_FG 0xFDEB01FF
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_BG 0x262626FF
MUSIC_ID3_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
MUSIC_LYRICS_FONT 0x777777FF
MUSIC_LYRICS_SELECT_FONT 0xFFFF00FF
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_ENABLE_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_DISABLE_FONT 0x444444FF
POPUPW_TITLE_FONT 0xC4D3E9FF
POPUPW_MSG_FONT 0xFFFFFFFF
2. Before changing anything, here is a short list of what these labels mean:
MAIN_HEAD_FONT: The font of the top bar where the volume and clock is. The volume value, clock and any other title are displayed in this color.
MAIN_FOOT_FONT: The font of bottom bar where current functions of the A,B, C buttons are shown. (ex. ‘Recent Files’ for A or ‘Menu Style’ for B is shown in this color)
MENU_LABEL_NORMAL : The font of the items in the main menu. (ex. The words ‘Movie’, ‘Music’, ‘Photo’ ,etc. are displayed in this color)
MENU_LABEL_SELECT: The font of selected menu item is shown in this color. (Note: The cursor is always yellow, so make sure you don’t select yellow for this color, otherwise you won’t be able to see the item label against yellow background when selected)
MENU_S_LABEL: (Don't know)
MENU_S_SELECT: (Don't know)
NAVI_FILEPATH_FONT : The font color of the file path currently browsed, which is seen right above the file list.(ex. /PHOTO/VACATION/SITE1)
NAVI_FILENAME_FONT : The font color of the files/folders currently listed.
NAVI_PLAYLIST_FONT : The items you add to the playlist are displayed in this color.
NAVI_INFOMATION_FONT: The information about the selected file (file size, duration, rate etc.), which appears in the lower right corner is displayed in this color.
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_FG: There's a thin vertical line that divides the screen in half during folder browsing. The immediate area of this line where the grey selection band is at appears in this selected color.
NAVI_SELECT_LINE_BG: The rest of the dividing vertical line appears in this color.
MUSIC_ID3_FONT: The ID3 information normally shown in the lower left area during playback (title, artist, album) is displayed in this color.
MUSIC_LYRICS_FONT: If the music file has been added lyrics (for example with LDB Manager), the lyrics will appear in this color. A light, easily readable color is recommended)
MUSIC_LYRICS_SELECT_FONT: When LDB 2.0 (XLDB) lyrics are used in the song, the lyrics change into this color as the song advances, just like karaoke.
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_ENABLE_FONT: When JetEffect is enabled the value boxes right under the track time with labels 'BBE' 'M3B' 'MPE' and '3DS' are shown in this color.
MUSIC_JETEFFECT_DISABLE_FONT: This is the color used to display the same labels when JetEffect is disabled.
POPUPW_TITLE_FONT: The title font of pop-up dialog boxes (ex. delete confirmation, unsupported codec, etc.) are displayed in this color.
POPUPW_MSG_FONT: The actual message in a pop-up dialog box is shown in this color.
Also, the 32bit color codes are in RGBA format, meaning the first pair of digits (1 byte) after 0x is for Red, second one is for Green, the third is for Blue. The last pair will remain FF. These three numbers are what we'll change to change the color.
3. Now you need to decide what color you want to pick for each of these items. You have 19 colors to define in total. See the attached picture for an example color.
4. In Windows, go to Accessories and start Paint.
5. From the Colors menu select, 'Edit Colors', then 'Define Custom Colors'. You will see the entire color palette.
6. By moving the cursor around, select the color you want. Slide the little black triangle on the very right upwards to make the color lighter. When you have the color you want write down the values that appear in Red, Green and Blue boxes below.
(In the example 14, 155 and 171)
7. Now some math (yay!). From Accessories menu start Calculator. From the View menu select Scientific.
8. Make sure 'Dec' option is selected right below the calculator display. Enter each number you wrote down for R,G,B , then click the 'Hex' box right next to the Dec box. You will get the Hexadecimal value for each number. If it's a single digit number add a 0 before it to make it double digit.
(Example: For Red click 'Dec' enter 14, click on Hex and it returns E. Since this is single digit add a 0 to make it 0E. Green returns 9B for 155 and Blue returns AB for 171.)
9. Put together these 3 double digit numbers and add FF. Now you have the hex code for that color. (Example: 0E9BABFF)
10. Repeat the same for each color.
For seeing what color a certain code represents, you have to reverse the process, that is convert each pair (byte) into Decimal and enter them in the RGB boxes. For quick reference 000000FF is full black, FFFFFFFF is full white, FF0000FF is full red, 00FF00FF is full green and 0000FFFF is full blue.
11. Once you're done, save the file, put it under .system folder and reboot.
If you delete this file from the .system folder, colors go back to default.
Quite easy huh (!). :confused: