any noise or usb issues left with sansa e200 series???

[polluxx2006]

hi folks,

i once bought a sansa e250 and used rockbox on it.
unfortunately, i discovered some noise, especially during
starting up a song, changing volume and browsing (i think)...

i read in a thread that this seems to be a hardware problem.
beacuse of this and the fact that usb data transfer didnt work
with rockbox at that time i broght the player back.

how is the situation (usb; noise) NOW?? is there progress?

i would be glad to get some info
cheers
polluxx

[zajacattack]

Yes, the noise issue exists, and the USB is in progress. Please don't ask about this in the forums, though. We have no clue when it will be fixed (could be a little while, could be a long while).

[polluxx2006]

it would be interesting to know if that noise can be
eliminated or not (e.g. because of unchangable hardware behaviour)

[zajacattack]

I'm not sure on that, but I can tell you that I experience the noise in rockbox AND the original firmware.

[saratoga]

it would be interesting to know if that noise can be
eliminated or not (e.g. because of unchangable hardware behaviour)

It can't be eliminated without changing the hardware.

[phisher]

FS#4937 - A constant rhythmic ticking noise occurs in the right
  channel. Believed to be related to our slow I2C implementation, and occurs
  when the battery status and/or realtime clock are updated (the battery is
  read at up-to 2.5hz and the clock at up-to 1hz). Nothing is going to change
  with it until someone spends a lot of time analyzing the portalplayer's I2C
  control registers, or finds a datasheet for the thing.

read this and the rest of the issues in

.rockbox/docs/knownissues.txt

-edit
forgot to mention. sandisk released an updated version of the sansa. not the V2, just a re-vamped e200, and they addressed  the ticking in the sansa firmware along with other problems. i dont know if that has a connection to rockbox but my sansa doesnt tick anymore in RB.

(edited the "not the v2 but a middle version" i too found it misleading)

[matmat07]

After maybe 15-20 song, i hear maybe .5sec of a part of a song played really fast. Is that the noise you speak about?

[polluxx2006]

hm... i wonder how i could know if ill get on of the 2nd generation when i buy a sansa e2x0....

[phisher]

hm... i wonder how i could know if ill get on of the 2nd generation when i buy a sansa e2x0....

the newer E200s are easy to spot inside and out.

1.the scroll wheel is not as rough anymore, instead its a fine texture. and its easy to scroll now
2.the LCD display now has a gasket around it to keep dust from getting in through the SD slot.
3.a small felt curtain is said to be placed inside the micro SD slot to keep dust from entering. but i havent found it.

i think thats it... besides the audio fix.

After maybe 15-20 song, i hear maybe .5sec of a part of a song played really fast. Is that the noise you speak about?

i never encountered a problem with songs playing very fast in some parts. i would try reinstalling rockbox. i dont know however.

[polluxx2006]

do the rockbox-devs confirm that theres no niose with a sansa e2x0 of the 2nd gen?

[krazykit]

do the rockbox-devs confirm that theres no niose with a sansa e2x0 of the 2nd gen?

Rockbox does not yet run on the v2 Sansas.

[polluxx2006]

hey, didnt you read what phisher said?

"not the V2 but some middle version"..... so, i repeat my question:
do the rockbox devs confirm tht theres no noise with this model?

[saratoga]

hey, didnt you read what phisher said?

"not the V2 but some middle version"..... so, i repeat my question:
do the rockbox devs confirm tht theres no noise with this model?

I don't think that version he mentioned exists.

[phisher]

sry.
no i dont MEAN a newer version.
sandisk added a few extra goodies onto the first sansa. problems that people complained about (i.e dust in the screen and the screen going white) they fixed.

its not a version.

[polluxx2006]

thanks, folks..... still my question: do rockbox-decelopers confirm that theres no more noise
with the 2nd MODEL (NOT version!   )

thanks