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Sansa e250: No FM Tuner with Rockbox?
taliesin1077:
I am still having this problem as well, but no one seemed to be able to figure it out. It seems that it's not an "across the board" problem, but it's also not (thankfully) user error.
I don't know much about programming or firmware, but it seems almost as though they used different chipsets for the FM functionality of the Sansa or something. This wouldn't be readily apparent without looking at the markings on the chips. This is something I wouldn't mind doing, if it would help people. (And if I could find the tuner chip on the board.) :)
But again, I'm just throwing stuff out there. I don't know what is causing this problem, or how to fix it.
enginerd:
Well misery loves company so at least we are not alone :)
I am in the same boat, ME by trade so i can take it apart but then that is about it.
I noticed on the tracker that it is still mark unconfirmed... that cant help matters.
Well its friday so... Google here i come... see if i cant find out about the FM chip and all.
Is your device a refurb as well?
taliesin1077:
Nope. Mine was brand new. I've had it for a year or so, though, so it's not new anymore. :)
I've not tried the latest version of the firmware you've got. (Vista didn't seem to want to run the firmware updater when I fooled with it last. I'm still using 01.02.18A
enginerd:
Yeah vista is just wonderful ;)
You can also download the update from the sansa forum.
http://forums.sandisk.com/sansa/board/message?board.id=e200&thread.id=15209
The wiki here has some info on the FM chip
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/SandiskE200HardwareComponents
enginerd:
Well today the FM Radio menu came back, worked fine. Shut if off an hour later turned it on and boom... gone again.
I did notice that after a manual install of the current build on the first reboot the FM menu is there, i have tried with several build and it always there after the initial system reboot when you disconnect the USB.
I saw somewhere....I have CRS(cant remember stuff)... that there is a flag set that tells it of the FM hardware... I will see if i can find that again.
This is really frustrating!
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