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Can I install Rockbox without "Initialising" a via iTunes?
ImagoX:
Just buy the unit with a credit card. If the warranty is not honored you can still have the credit card company cover you. This is NOT outside the credit card company coverage - for example, my wife had the credit card company replace a cell phone dropped into a toilet by accident and they specifically told her that she was covered - they use it as an inducement to use their service t pay for items, and i think it's a great thing.
Here, I am, of course, only referring to ACTUAL warranty claims for hardware-related issues (bad headphone jack, cable port or HDD failure, etc.) and not some weird file issue caused by installation of the Rockbox OS. It seems to me that the OP was very clear that he's aware fo the risks that installing a non-OEM OS entails and is not trying to make a case for invalidating them. But I do agree that if it's a HARDWARE issue that the manufacturer should cover it. Of course, in the immortal words of Dennis Miller:
"That's just my opinion: I may be wrong."
Best of luck with Rockbox! I've used it for YEARS on my iRiver without a single flaw, and now that that player is finally starting to get flaky (after several thousand hours of playback the headphone jack is starting to fail) I just put it on a iPod - so far no issues! :)
PS - you still may want to load iTunes on your PC... Video playback, for example, is better using the original OS or so I hear, and with many videos now available for FREE download via iTunes (TV show reruns etc), I'm thinking that I'll likely install it on my PC as well. This would help you with your question about having to register via iTunes or not as well...
AlexP:
--- Quote from: ImagoX on April 25, 2008, 11:22:38 AM --- Just buy the unit with a credit card. If the warranty is not honored you can still have the credit card company cover you. This is NOT outside the credit card company coverage - for example, my wife had the credit card company replace a cell phone dropped into a toilet by accident and they specifically told her that she was covered - they use it as an inducement to use their service t pay for items, and i think it's a great thing.
--- End quote ---
You may want to be aware that this is very likely to be different depending on what country you live in, and on what company you use within that country. I'm assuming from your spelling you are in the US, this may be very different elsewhere.
ImagoX:
--- Quote from: BigBambi on April 25, 2008, 01:34:32 PM ---
--- Quote from: ImagoX on April 25, 2008, 11:22:38 AM --- Just buy the unit with a credit card. If the warranty is not honored you can still have the credit card company cover you. This is NOT outside the credit card company coverage - for example, my wife had the credit card company replace a cell phone dropped into a toilet by accident and they specifically told her that she was covered - they use it as an inducement to use their service t pay for items, and i think it's a great thing.
--- End quote ---
You may want to be aware that this is very likely to be different depending on what country you live in, and on what company you use within that country. I'm assuming from your spelling you are in the US, this may be very different elsewhere.
--- End quote ---
True enough - always check with the credit card issuer before believing what some stranger on the web says. :)
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