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basquiat:
Dear all,

my Sansa SanDisk e280 just plays nothing but heavy, distorted noises, loud ticks and pops all the time. I am not talking about the usual background noises the SanDisks are known to produce while "thinking", I am talking about nothing but noise, as the device outputs no music (not even distorted music) at all. Those strange sounds are also submitted while not playing anything, although at a lower rate, hence loud, randomized and heavy.

I tried Rockbox versions r18607 and r18656, with the very same result. The original firmware works, so the player seems not to be broken in any way. At the moment, there are only mp3-files loaded on the device, no other codes. UI works fine.

Are there any people encountering the same issue? Did I overlook something while installing (or do I miss some "special" settings)?

Any help is highly appreciated, since Rockbox is the way I want to go on that device!

Best regards,
Jens

Llorean:
This question had nothing to do with how to install the software. Please, don't post such things in the Installation forum.

What did you use to encode the MP3s, and what sorts of tags do they have on them? (ApeV2, ID3v1, ID3v2?)

basquiat:
Most MP3s were encoded using LAME, and have ID3v1 as well as ID3v2 tags. I also tried playing a FLAC, which resulted in the same noises. You can hear quite everything the device does on an electric level, it seems, just not music. :-(

Sorry for posting to the install section, seems I shot to fast without reading the friendly forum rules. My apologies.

Llorean:
Does your device have an FM radio? If so, do you get audio from it?

Could you try loading a video to the device and seeing it the audio in that plays back correctly. And/or maybe a voice file.

basquiat:
It has an FM device, but no sound besides distorted noises either. One other thing worth mentioning is that every activity, with a focus on display changes, causes really loud noises, in no way comparable to the original firmware, and doubtly "normal" on the Rockbox firmware, too. The device also seems to get pretty warm (not hot) while using Rockbox. It's really a strange behaviour over all.

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