iRiver H120 button problem

[PhilipsFan]

Exactly the same problem het as topicstarter describes (H140). Looks like it has something to do with the accessing of the hard disk. When I start the player and Rockbox is scanning the disk in the background, the cursor scrolls down. When it is done scanning, the scrolling stops. When Rockbox starts accessing the hard disk to load the next song, the scrolling starts out again. When in the WPS, the scrolling manifests itself as gradually lowering of the volume.

AFAIK this problem does not exist in the daily build 20070626, but the extensive testing has now exhausted my battery.

[Llorean]

Seriously, read the whole thread, and test with a CURRENT BUILD.

[pabouk]

Unfortunately my assumption was wrong I have the same problem on the build r13761-070701 which was made using gcc 3.4.6. rockbox-info.txt is attached. I will keep testing new builds.


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[PhilipsFan]

Exactly the same problem het as topicstarter describes (H140). Looks like it has something to do with the accessing of the hard disk. [...]

Scratch that, now running version 13725-070627 while charging the unit. Keeps scrolling, even when not accessing hard disk. Disconnecting charger doesn't make a difference.

AFAIK this problem does not exist in the daily build 20070626, but the extensive testing has now exhausted my battery.

This clue I was right about. The problem is introduced as of build 20070627. I have both Rockbox binaries on my H140 now. When I run build 20070627, the problem is there. It needs some kind of a trigger though, I can reproduce it when starting the 'fireworks' plugin, but it has also shown up at other times.

[Lear]

I can confirm that changing the 9 to 11 in the loop indeed stops the scrolling down problem.

I've applied that change now. Lets see if it really fixes it for everyone.

[tab]

I just started testing. I tried a build some days ago and had the scrolling immediately at startup. I'm pretty sure the June 13th daily build is stable. Maybe June 14th as well. June 15th has the problem, although it is sometimes hard to reprduce, so one can never be absolutely sure if a build is ok or not. I ran June 15th build several days without a problem and out of a sudden the scrolling occured again.

So I can't say much about the new build yet, it'll need some time to be reasonably sure. Anyway, there was no immediate scrolling after startup  and it runs for 20 minutes now without a problem. I'll keep my fingers crossed ... Thanks for all your efforts.

[neueWelt]

I noticed this problem a few days ago using the June 29th or 30th daily build (it was the most recent daily build downloaded on June 30th, not sure when they are uploaded but would assume it was from the day before).

No trigger needed to begin problem. When left sitting on any screen, curser will scroll down once very 5 to 10 seconds.

I have tried it again using July 2nd daily build. Problem persists. Seems that Magnus Holmgren button delay loop timing increase has not solved problem.

Will continue monitoring this forum and testing as changes are made.

Thanks for the hard work.

[Lear]

I have tried it again using July 2nd daily build. Problem persists. Seems that Magnus Holmgren button delay loop timing increase has not solved problem.

That's probably because the July 2 daily build does not include the delay loop change.

[keuleJ]

Seems to be fixed for me now.
*thanks*

[munkifisht]

I have installed the latest build of RB for the h120, but when in playback, or when using any processor or RAM hungry functions such as building the database, or when new information is buffered into the RAM, the scroll down function is engaged (I am quite sure this is not a hardware issue on my side as the problem is not evident in the iRiver boot or in the older stable build). The player will not stop scrolling down unless the left button is pressed on the navi stick, in which case it will scroll up, but will not skip back to the start of the menu list. It would not be such a big problem, but it turns the sound off when loading up a new song.


I got this version last night, Ver #= r13764-070702

[PaulJam]

I got this version last night, Ver #= r13764-070702

This version does not include the fix for the Problem. Please try if it still happens with the current build ( http://build.rockbox.org/ ).

[PhilipsFan]

This version does not include the fix for the Problem. Please try if it still happens with the current build ( http://build.rockbox.org/ ).

Now running r13769-070703. Looks like it has been fixed. What did you do and why did it solve the problem?

[munkifisht]

problem would apear to be fixed. Whatever it was, I think it was processor based (it was very evident pre reinstall in the recording screen), thanks.

[Slimchandi]

I had this same problem, which the update fixed, but I have also not been able to get any sound from the optical output since this problem appeared. Light appears in the Opt. out, but no signal is detected by my amp. Anyone else have the same problem?

Edit: It appears this is not a Rockbox issue, but probably a hardware one. Good news for you, bad news for me!

[Erithacus]

Just installed the latest build and, hurray, it's cured the problem on my H140 as well.
Many thanks!