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trgz:
My sincerest apologies.
I have a 7th Gen Classic (that I did try RockBox on once) as well as my RockBoxed 5th Gen and, what with the pointless labeling of the 6th & 7th gens as being 'Classic' (when they are very, very, similar to the 5th gen when you take them apart), I still can't come to terms with the 'what ought to be described as 'A Classic' in the true sense of the word' 5th gen not actually being a Classic yet the modern ones being described so (if you get me) - even the Wiki page calls Gens 1 to 5.5 as Classics, though the Apple site doesn't. Of course, if I remember correctly, there is a school of thought that reckon the Classics shouldn't actually be referred to as 6th or 7th Gen, but I shall try to get it right next time  :).

[Saint]:
I wholeheartedly agree that the naming conventions are confusing as Hell.

Wikipedia is at least partly to blame for this mess I'm sure.

I would prefer it if they simply stuck with the "generations" naming scheme:

iPod 1/2/3/4/5G
iPod Mini 1/2G
iPod Nano 1/2/3/4/5/6G
iPod Touch 1/2/3/4G
etc.

But the iPod Classic came and messed that all up by clearly being part of the "iPod" (as in, non-Mini, non-Nano, non-Touch family) by getting its own handle, but by starting at generation 6 (another reason why it is clearly part of the "iPod" family).

Why oh why was this not:

iPod 6/7G
or
iPod Classic 1/2G...? We'll never know.

I certainly don't blame you for being confused. :)


[Saint]

trgz:
Anyway, back the OP's problem, and hopefully my related Pure Contour problem.
For me, I can drop my RockBoxed 5th gen into the Pure Contour's dock and it sits there cycling between 'Connecting, 'No iPod' and 'Waiting', and with no sound (even though the iPod is playing). The iPod does go into last track resume which seems to indicate that it's detecting that it's got power (and the screen brightens, and it charges) but it's never detected like it did when I could use my it's original firmware (the ability to boot into the Apple firmware has unrelatedly 'gone away again' ). There was a moment of hope when I pressed the Pure's 'return/back' button and the iPod went into 'USB Keypad mode' which indicates some form of communication between the devices but still no sound or ability to control. FYI It still working fine in my Cambridge Audio DAC/Dock.

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