iriver h320 - basic questions

[petur]

very odd....

I just tried to reproduce with the latest cvs build and I see no such thing.
What version are you using?
Could you save your settings to a .cfg file and post it here?

[red]

Petur, thanks for your comments.  

I was using the 2006-10-09 build.  Last night I switched to the 2006-11-01 build, and it seems to be working OK.  I didn't change any settings, only changed the daily build.  

I would be happy to save my settings to a cfg file, if someone would explain how to do this.

Thus far I am extremely pleased with the h320.  I'm getting in the range of 8 hours of record time, which is phenomenal.

[petur]

I would be happy to save my settings to a cfg file, if someone would explain how to do this.

Menu -> Manage settings -> write .cfg file

NAVI selects a character, PLAY actually saves the cfg (and REC erases a char iirc) - I mostly go for the default name and edit with the pc later

Thus far I am extremely pleased with the h320.  I'm getting in the range of 8 hours of record time, which is phenomenal.

Nice to hear. I think I managed 12 hours with an older version... when the new version is committed I'll maybe do another bench...

[red]

Thanks Petur.  I will save a cfg file later tonight or tomorrow morning (Right now I'm in the middle of another record test.  This one looks like it is going to go beyond 10 hours!)

And I noticed something else:  I'm test recording from my stereo speakers.   I just put in a CD that starts with a quiet song, and set the gain for that song.   The next song was very loud -- and I noticed the clipping light was on, and was clipping galore.  The clip light stayed on for a number of minutes.   Is it possible that the backlight is aggregating the clip time -- i.e. if there were 20 clips, multiplying 20 clips times 10 seconds and staying on 200 seconds?  

I can't say enough good things about the rockboxed iriver and the rockbox developers.  This is, by far, my most favorite piece of gear -- both for its versatile playback capabilities, and its stealth recording capabilities (not to mention its affordability).   (I should say these are my favorite pieces of gear plural, as I have an h120 and now this h320).

[petur]

And I noticed something else:  I'm test recording from my stereo speakers.   I just put in a CD that starts with a quiet song, and set the gain for that song.   The next song was very loud -- and I noticed the clipping light was on, and was clipping galore.  The clip light stayed on for a number of minutes.   Is it possible that the backlight is aggregating the clip time -- i.e. if there were 20 clips, multiplying 20 clips times 10 seconds and staying on 200 seconds?

Every time clipping is detected, it marks current time + hold time as clip hold timeout. As long as clip hold is set, the backlight is triggered. So when it stops clipping, it should switch off backlight after clip hold + backlight timeout.

If you know a way to make it behave otherwise with current cvs version, do let us know.

[red]

It's interesting.  For some reason my h320 is behaving differently than my h120 with the clipping backlight.  I'm going to take a closer look at my h120 settings to see if I can discern any differences.  When recording I set my levels  conservatively so the clipping light shouldn't be a huge issue.  I think rockbox is incredible, and this is definitely something I can live with if I can't figure out how to change it.

[pabouk]

The clip light stayed on for a number of minutes.

To further narrow the problem down could you please say whether the clipping indicator (the small line at the end of the peak meter) was on most of the time?

This mark appears whenever clipping is detected and as petur said it stay on the display show for Clip Hold Time seconds from the last clipping. When the mark disappears the backlight should turn off after the Backlight timeout seconds.

[velvettaper]

I just got an iriver h320, which I plan to use for recording (wav), and playback (shn; flac; wavpack files).  I have a few basic questions --

I'll like to go back to the first question.
CAN H320 record wav? I can't find it documented.

[Mmmm]

CAN H320 record wav? I can't find it documented.

yes, wav, wavpack and mp3

[petur]

Rockbox does WAV, MP3, Wavpack

[red]

I am very happy to report back that my backlight clipping problem appears to be resolved.

I have just installed the today's build (2006-11-12), and now the clipping backlight is working perfectly.  Previously, I had the clipping light set to stay on for 5 seconds, but it was staying on for many multiples of that.

Now, with the new build, it stays on for 5 seconds.  Thanks so much to everyone who has worked so hard on rockbox, and to everyone who has offered tips/advice to me in this forum.  This is one of the most friendly and helpful communities around!