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Offline HiFiPoke

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Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« on: December 02, 2012, 08:28:43 PM »
I have a Fuze V2 and understand there might be a patch to enable the LOD capability (or maybe it runs this natively in the current build release?)  Running RB V3.12. 

Thanks in advance for your help.
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #1 on: December 02, 2012, 08:40:02 PM »
Here is the patch you're thinking of:

http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/12074

(BTW, if you want to find a patch you can search for them)
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Offline HiFiPoke

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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #2 on: December 02, 2012, 10:39:45 PM »
Several questions:

1. Assume that this patch is compatible with the latest release 3.12?
2. How is the patch applied - assume the patch files are copied to a specific directory on the player?
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Offline saratoga

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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #3 on: December 02, 2012, 11:00:58 PM »
1)  Most likely.
2)  You apply the patch to the source code, compile it, and then install the build you just compiled. 

See http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/DevelopmentGuide
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Offline HiFiPoke

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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #4 on: December 02, 2012, 11:15:21 PM »
The last code I compiled was Fortran on an IBM 370 mainframe in 1980..

Could someone (Holiday benevolence?) provide a compiled file??  :-\
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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #5 on: December 02, 2012, 11:32:13 PM »
Someone could, yes, but this is one of those "Give a man a fish..." situations.

Lets say I was to compile for you, the current release with this patch applied. What is going to happen in ~3 months time when 3.13 is released, are you going to be using an out-of-date build forever more...? Are you going to come back and see if you can convince someone else to compile a new build for you...?

Do you see my point?

The development guide linked by saratoga provides all the information you require to patch and compile the Rockbox source code and in many cases the documented procedures assume that the reader has absolutely zero prior knowledge or experience in doing so. It may seem overwhelming at first, and it is easy to assume "It's too hard, I can't do it", but I assure you that you could if you wanted to.

Assuming you have an internet connection with a reasonable speed, a reasonably modern machine, and can read and follow simple direction you will be able to download and patch the source and compile a build in a few hours time. With the added bonus of learning something along the way and not having to be reliant on others.


EDIT: It is also worth noting that this is not "LOD" (Line-Out Dock), but enables switching the 3.5mm headphone jack for use as Line-Out which you can do yourself trivially by simply setting the volume to 0dB.

If you are actually interested in LOD, you can purchase a premade LOD cable for $20 or less from any one of a number of places (simply search for "Sansa Fuze LOD") or make one yourself for even less if you can solder. All you'll need is some 3-core cable, a ridax connector (standard iPod/Sansa dock connector), and whatever it is you want to terminate the cable with (2RCA, 3.5mm stereo, 7mm stereo, etc.). The pin-out from your devices dock is well known and freely available on the internet (simply search for "Sansa Fuze pinout").

The simplest, and cheapest (can't get cheaper than free) method for you is to simply set the volume to 0dB (you can even create an alternate config file to do this and set a shortcut to it). Just remember to lower the volume again before using your in-ear monitors lest you deafen yourself accidentally.



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« Last Edit: December 02, 2012, 11:51:08 PM by [Saint] »
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Re: Sansa Fuze V2 LOD inquiry
« Reply #6 on: December 03, 2012, 12:01:46 AM »
Quote from: HiFiPoke on December 02, 2012, 11:15:21 PM
The last code I compiled was Fortran on an IBM 370 mainframe in 1980..

Could someone (Holiday benevolence?) provide a compiled file??  :-\

There is one linked in my first reply to this thread.
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