Anatomy of chumby classic
front of chumby classic
back of chumby classic
motion sensor
Your chumby has a "motion sensor" (or "accelerometer"). When you pick up your chumby and move it around, the motion sensor detects the direction and speed of movement.
motion and apps
Some of the apps take advantage of the motion sensor. If you'd like to see a fun example, try the Chumball app in the Games category. Because apps are constantly being added, we don't have a list of all apps that utilize the motion sensor. If an app does incorporate it, the author of the app will tell you how to make use of it.
using the top button to advance apps
The motion sensor lets you easily change apps without having to open the control panel. While your app is playing a channel, hold the top button down.
Tilt your chumby to the right. You should see a left and right arrow on the screen — the right arrow will be brighter. This means your chumby is advancing to the next app.
While still holding the squeeze sensor down, return your chumby to level position. To advance another app, tilt it right again. You can also tilt your chumby to the left to return to the previous app.
Note: In order for the chumby to advance to the next app, the current app needs to have finished loading.
chumby classic versions
Wondering which chumby classic version you have? There are two versions: 2008 (hardware 3.7) and 2009 (hardware 3.8). You can tell the difference by looking at the buttons on the right side of the chumby:
The 2009 chumby classics have a few differences compared to the 2008 chumbys:
- Increased touchscreen responsiveness
- Day/night screen brightness controls
- Automatic reboot capability after power outage
- Modified charm attachment
You can also find your chumby's hardware version number by squeezing the top to open the control panel, tapping , tapping , and then looking at the version number after (e.g., HW: 3.8).
All chumby classics offer the following
- 3.5" LCD color touchscreen
- Two external USB 2.0 full-speed ports
- 350 MHz ARM processor
- 64 MB SDRAM
- 64 MB NAND flash ROM
- Stereo 2W speakers
- Headphone output
- Squeeze sensor
- Accelerometer (motion sensor)
- Leather casing
- AC adapter included
- Wi-fi connectivity
- Access to free content
- Over-the-air software updates
