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Sansa e280 radio problem
rockboxuser01:
I have a Sansa e280 with the FM radio, running Rockbox r13742-070630.
My problem is that the FM radio option on the main menu will only appear after I've disconnected the Sansa from my computer and it's rebooted itself. If I switch the player off and on again, the radio option won't appear. If I set the Start Screen to the FM radio, I can browse through presets but I don't get any sound.
Can anyone shed some light on this problem? Is there a way around it, or is it a bug? Thanks in advance!
cpchan:
--- Quote from: Andy L on July 08, 2007, 05:58:20 AM ---My problem is that the FM radio option on the main menu will only appear after I've disconnected the Sansa from my computer and it's rebooted itself. If I switch the player off and on again, the radio option won't appear. If I set the Start Screen to the FM radio, I can browse through presets but I don't get any sound.
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Strange, never had this problem myself with either the current build or any of my custome builds.
Charles
rockboxuser01:
--- Quote from: dzr on July 15, 2007, 09:52:24 PM ---Going to the "Debug (Do not enter)" screen, tells me that it doesn't detect the radio hardware!
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I have a UK model (if it makes any difference) and even after updating my build at least twice a week (currently on r13903-070715), I'm still getting this problem. I hadn't used the Debug screen before, but the radio hardware isn't being detected on my player either.
EDIT: I tried reverting back to the first version I used (070619) and that didn't fix the problem either.
pixelma:
--- Quote from: Andy L on July 16, 2007, 06:26:00 AM ---I have a UK model (if it makes any difference)...
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Are your sure that yours has a radio (from using the original firmware perhaps) or have you ever used the radio under rockbox? As far as I know, the european Sansa models don't have a radio (the hardware is missing) and thus the message you quoted wouldn't be surprising.
Edit: sorry, just saw that you are the original poster... *g* :-\
I don't know then but maybe you don't have a real UK model...
Edit2: But still an interesting question if you could use the radio with the original firmware... I remember that for some Archos RecorderV2 which were the successor to the FM-Recorder, the radio chip was still mounted but just disabled in the original firmware. Maybe yours is something similar with the chip still in and a small change somewhere that causes yours to work sometimes, sometimes not? (just a wild wild guess though)
rockboxuser01:
I don't know if there are separate models for the UK and US - all I know is that I bought it from a UK dealer (advancedmp3players.co.uk) and that if I boot into the original firmware, the radio works every time without having to plug the Sansa into the computer.
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