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  Reading news - the Category/Channel view
  • Top panel shows all the channels in your subscription in a tree view, grouped by categories.
  • Bottom panel shows article titles in the selected channel in the tree view. If the selected item in the tree view is a category, article titles from the first channel in that category is shown.
  • Up/Down keys on the D-pad will scroll up/down in the top tree view.
  • Left/Right keys on the D-pad will scroll up/down in the bottom article title view.
  • Enter key on the D-pad will show article body in the article view.
  • News can be retrieved from the menu or the toolbar.
  • Channel/Category can be marked as read from the main menu or from the context menu.
  • ToolBar:
    •    Scroll up/down in the tree view or the title view, depends who has the focus.
    •  If the selected article in the title view has a downloaded podcast, this toolbar item will be enabled, and press it will play the podcast.
    •  Toggle show/hide read items. If this toolbar item is pushed, only channels with new items and the new items will show; if it un-pushed, all items will show.
    •  Get news for the selected channel or category in the tree view. Popup menu beside it can also be used to get news for all channels.
    •   Reading news - the Article view
  • Top left corner shows how many un-read articles remain in current channel.
  • An orange square will show in the top left corner if current article has not been read before.
  • Jump to an article from the top list box that contains all the articles in current channel.
  • "D-pad mode": press the enter key on the D-pad to toggle on/off of the "D-pad mode", indicated by the  icon in the top right corner. When the "D-pad mode" is on, Up/Down keys on the D-pad will scroll to Previous/Next article; Left key on the D-pad will go back to the category/channel tree view; when the "D-pad mode" is off, directional keys on the D-pad will scroll the browser content, if there are scroll bars in the browser.
  • Images in articles can be disabled from the browser setting menu.
  • From the browser setting menu, images in articles can also be set to be pre-fetched while retrieving news, this gives a full offline reading experience.
  • ToolBar:
    •  If there are history items in the browser, it will "Back" in the browser history. If there is no history item in the browser, it will bring up the category/channel tree view.
    •    Scroll to Previous/Next article.
    •  Bring up the category/channel tree view.
    •  If the selected article in the title view has a downloaded podcast, this toolbar item will be enabled, and press it will play the podcast.
    •  Get news for the selected channel or category in the tree view. Popup menu beside it can also be used to get news for all channels.
    •   Adding Channels - Main View
    There are a number of ways to add a channel to the subscription list:
  • Import .opml file: .opml files are essentially text xml files. Most desktop rss readers can generate .opml files. You have to drop your .opml file onto the device before you choose this option.
  • Import from Bloglines: Bloglines is a free online rss reader. Sign up for an account and you can store all your feeds there and then import them into SmartRss.
  • Type an Url: The old way to add a channel. Typing an Url on a Pocket PC is not something we recommend, this should be your last choice of adding a channel.
    •   Adding Channels - Online .opml browser
    After choosing "Import from Bloglines", provide the correct user name and password, then tap the login menu, or, after choosing "BeetzStream's picks", you are at this screen.
  • It lists all the available feeds, group by categories.
  • Tap to select the channel(s) you wanted to import, then click the "Import" menu to start the process.
  • Make a selected item loosing focus first, then re-tap it again to de-select it.
  • Selection can also be done from the menu.
    •   Adding Channels - Import .opml file and Type an Url
    Choosing "Import .opml file", select the file name from the dialog, or choosing "Type an Url", you are at this screen.
  • Tap the go button to start the importing process, or tap the cancel button to close the screen.
  • If the importing process completed without errors or did not stopped by the user, this screen will close by itself, other wise, it will remain open, in case you made a mistake in your typing, or some other errors can be corrected and you can restart the process.
    •   Podcasts
    Podcasts can be found by scanning selected channels or all the channels.
  • Icons:
    •  Poadcast is available for downloading.
    •  Poadcast is downloading. Items in this sate can be stopped.
    •  Poadcast is queued for downloading or the downloading process is paused by the user. Items in this state can be started or stopped.
    •  Poadcast downloading process is stopped. Items in this state can be deleted or started.
    •  Poadcast downloading process is failed due to error. Items in this state can be deleted or started.
    •  Poadcast downloading process is completed and podcast can be played. Items in this state can only be deleted.
  • Toolbar:
    •  Play podcast.
    •  Download podcast.
    •  Start or re-start a podcast downloading process.
    •  Stop the selected podcast downloading process.
    •  Delete the downloaded podcast media file.
  • All the toolbar commands are also available from the main menu or context menu.
    •   Assign Categories to Channels
    Channels can be categorized.
  • SmartRss only supports one level of categorization, i.e. no sub-categories.
  • To assign a category, tap main menu, then Subscriptions, then Categories, and you are at this screen.
  • Top list box shows selected channel and the current category it's in.
  • Bottom list box shows available categories and the text box shows the category the selected channel will be assign to.
  • Select the channel you want to categorize from the top list box, select a category from the bottom list box, or, type in a new category name, tap the assign button to complete the assign process.
    •   Settings - Schedule
  • A schedule can be set to retrieving news and start SmartRss.
  • SmartRss start time is in 24h format, e.g. 15:38.
    •   Settings - Podcasts
  • "Download new podcasts automatically": when it's checked, while news are retrieved, SmartRss will look for podcasts in the news, if found, they will be added to the download list, and download when a downloading slot is available.
  • Resume unfinished downloads on startup": If you exit SmartRss while a podcast downloading process is in progress, the downloading job will be stopped. If this check box is checked, next time you start SmartRss, the stopped job will be resumed.
  • Low storage space warning limit (MB)": Threshold for downloading podcast media. If this limit is reached, all downloading jobs will be paused until more space is made available.
  • "Max. simultaneous downloads": Also known as downloading slots, determines how many podcast downloading jobs can be started at the same time. 2 or 3 is a good number on a Pocket PC.
  • "Use user selected player": when you play a podcast, it will be played by the default player that associated with the media. If you want to use a different player, set its full path here.
  • "Send download completion notification": when it's checked, when a downloading job is completed, a Windows CE notification will be sent.
    •   Other Settings
  • The screen says it all.
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