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Archos Jukebox Recorder: can it use an IDE-CF adapter?
krick:
Sorry to dig up an old thread, but have you made any progress on this?
I have an Archos Jukebox Recorder V2 20GB that I'd love to convert over to compact flash if there's any possibility of it actually working.
michael03:
--- Quote from: krick on February 13, 2009, 01:49:21 AM ---I have an Archos Jukebox Recorder V2 20GB that I'd love to convert over to compact flash if there's any possibility of it actually working.
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If anyone's still curious about replacing the Jukebox's original HD with compactflash I can report that a Rockbox-loaded Sandisk Extreme III 4GB CF works perfectly with an IDE adapter in my Jukebox Recorder 10. I checked the CF card in fdisk with my Linux box before plugging it into the Jukebox and noticed that it didn't have a standard partition table. I therefore created a new FAT32 partition table and reformatted just to be sure. I'm not sure if this was a necessary step but might be worth trying if all else fails. I've heard reports of 32Gb CF cards being used in iPods and see no reason why they shouldn't work with the ABJR too.
There is one caveat: The Jukebox's case is screwed directly into the original HD. The holes in the case itself don't have any thread so when the HD is replaced with a tiny CF adaptor there's nothing to hold everything together. It's probably not so hard for the dedicated tinkerer to find a way to overcome this structural problem though.
Thomas-R:
Hello,
I replaced the HD of my blue AJB Recorder with an 4GB transcend CF Card. It works fine. I only have problems charging the betteries full. If i only charge 2h or so everthing works fine but if i charge full i have no Rockbox loading anymore. Booting is then the original firmware I don't want to have. The data is still on the cf. But I also had problem of lost date too. What's wrong? A Software Problem (something with battery)? Or could the problem be a too "hot" Jukebox by charging so long? I heard CF cards don't like it hot (wikipedia). I even charge the Jukebox on a quite cold place or on a piece of metal! The Jukebox works fine again by installing Rockbox new.
How did you connect the CF-Adapter? Mine was a bit too big, I built a cable for it to have about 1mm more to the circuit board. The problem with srews is "easy" to solve - I disassembled an old 2.5 HD (Torx-Bits were necessary) and cut out a piece of it. Then I had an "U"-form with a cap where the CF-Card finds its place - much work but maybe the cheapest solution!
michael03:
--- Quote from: Thomas-R on November 03, 2010, 11:13:38 AM ---Hello,
I replaced the HD of my blue AJB Recorder with an 4GB transcend CF Card. It works fine. I only have problems charging the betteries full. If i only charge 2h or so everthing works fine but if i charge full i have no Rockbox loading anymore. Booting is then the original firmware I don't want to have. The data is still on the cf. But I also had problem of lost date too. What's wrong? A Software Problem (something with battery)? Or could the problem be a too "hot" Jukebox by charging so long? I heard CF cards don't like it hot (wikipedia). I even charge the Jukebox on a quite cold place or on a piece of metal! The Jukebox works fine again by installing Rockbox new.
How did you connect the CF-Adapter? Mine was a bit too big, I built a cable for it to have about 1mm more to the circuit board. The problem with srews is "easy" to solve - I disassembled an old 2.5 HD (Torx-Bits were necessary) and cut out a piece of it. Then I had an "U"-form with a cap where the CF-Card finds its place - much work but maybe the cheapest solution!
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I had no problems running the CF-enabled Jukebox with fully charged batteries or plugged into the AC adapter for several hours. I wouldn't have thought that the CF card would get hot enough to cause data loss but maybe some of them are more sensitive than others. I used a Sintech STCI4401 IDE-CF adapter, which fits fine without cable entensions. Cutting up an old HD is an interesting solution to the case problem. I was thinking of building a simple wooden framework. I believe it's also possible to get CF-adapters with screw holes in the right places. Although it's an interesting hack, I'm not sure that there's much practical benefit to the CF modification unless you need to record from the built in microphone without picking up the HD noise. You get much more storage/$ with a 127GB HD and the battery lifetime doesn't seem to be much different.
Thomas-R:
Now I tried a new cable-adapter - the empty batteries were loading the whole night. It seems to work, no problems anymore. Maybe I soldered a shortcut or something. A wooden framework was my first thought too, worth to try out. I have sawn with a "Dremel", this makes much dust. But my Adapter from china (which looks like the Sintech STCI4401 IDE-CF) will not go straight in the Jukebox, no chance!! An other (earlier/later)model?! Of course a HD ist cheaper, but I always wantet to have the perfect Mp3-Player ::) with standard-batteries und without mechanical HD. Has someone experience with recording (line-in,spdif, mic.) on CF-card? It works with the Transcend card but I had other cards on other Archos Players which could be read but not written (also not possible to create a folder). By the way, if I record music from my Sat-Receiver (Spdif) after about 4 hours I have corrupt files on the Jukebox - I work with the File-Split Option. It's always, with CF or with HD. And that's strange, it seems to have someting to do with the Volume (with SPDIF ???) it works better with lower Volume. I better take my Iriver h120 for this ;-)
sry 4 bad english..
!!!!! To all who want to disassemble a 2,5 HD - be carefull, don't bend the plate(s). It's made of glass, not metal !!!!!
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