Sony NWZ-E370

[pamaury]

This is a dedicated thread for the Sony NWZ-E370 and NWZ-E380
The port is already working even though many improvements needs to me made.

• NWZ-E370: See http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWZE370 for more information.
• NWZ-E380: See http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWZE380 for more information.

[pamaury]

Here are prebuilt bootloader to test rockbox:
Sony NWZ-E370:

• original firmware (to restore): https://www.dropbox.com/s/hbe1xmt7ovj6fcu/sonynwze370_1.0.1.firmware.sb
• bootloader: https://www.dropbox.com/s/28kilkwkjdt51uq/sonynwze370_rb_firmware.sb
• rockbox: http://build.rockbox.org/data/rockbox-sonynwze370.zip

Sony NWZ-E380:

• original firmware (to restore): https://www.dropbox.com/s/ph4a0uaf8pjvgsw/sonynwze380_1.0.0.firmware.sb
• bootloader: https://www.dropbox.com/s/n3hrzdy8dfk5140/sonynwze380_rb_firmware.sb
• rockbox: http://build.rockbox.org/data/rockbox-sonynwze370.zip

[pamaury]

I updated the keymap based on lebellium's work, please tell us what do you think. Still no keymap for plugins and games though.

[Marc]

Thank you for this port. It works good on my e384.  The keymap is great but I cannot find out how to put my walkman on hold, is this possible?

[merfux]

Hello all,

Will this work on NWZ-E375, please ?
Thank you.

Tippin' my hat to the Team.

[pamaury]

Yes, it works on all NWZ-E37x and E38x.

[cosmos10040]

Thank you for this port. It works good on my e384.  The keymap is great but I cannot find out how to put my walkman on hold, is this possible?

Did you ever find out if the hold/lock works? plugins work? How is sound quality? Thanks

[Marc]

I have not gotten hold to work unfortunatly. Sound quality is great, I don't use plugins so I wouldn't know if they work.

[cosmos10040]

Pamaury, can you post instructions to install this? i am not able to move the .rockbox folder, i keep getting errors about not being able to copy due to not working even though i can transfer music with no problem.

[pamaury]

Hi,
install instruction for the bootloader are here: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWZE370Port and to install the main binary, download http://build.rockbox.org/data/rockbox-sonynwze370.zip and extract it at the root of the device. The bootloader has working USB mode so you can always upload the firmware once you have installed the bootloader.

[pamaury]

Hi,
I am the Sony NWZ port developper.
This is a call for testing: some people have reported that the keys do not work on the E380 when using the E370 rockbox firmware. Since no one has been willing to help (and immediately uninstalled it instead), I'm looking for someone who is willing to install a test build I will provide to help me understand the issue since I don't have the device myself.
Thanks

[evilsebasti]

My friend I just installed rockbox e370 firmware on a NWZ e384. All buttons works. Only thing weird is that it turns on with de play/pause button, and turns off with power button. I will feedback any issue i have. Do you know any method to lock the keys? thanks!!!

[pamaury]

Hi,
thanks for the report, yes I know it may sound weird but I already this discussion in the past and people convinced me to use play/pause (and not OFF) to power on. On the other hand, using anything else than OFF to power off would be weird... Currently there is no lock method because it has no hold key but we have support for a soft-lock mode in Rockbox, but we need to decide which key (or combo) to bind to it. A natural candidate could be long OFF press (short would still be menu and very long still power off), or maybe long back ? Ideas are welcome !

[evilsebasti]

Hi again. Today i used my e384 with rockbox. Sound quality is amazing with all the sound options in rockbox. I didnt have any issues, the player is stable and all keys are working. There are few downsides. 1. When the screen turns off playing music it always keeps a soft bright backlight. I dont know how much this light would affect battery life. 2. Battery life seems to be quite shorter with rockbox. 3. Fm Radio does not work. Tomorrow i will test it for longer time and i will post any issue

[pamaury]

Hi,
Indeed battery life is shorter and radio doesn't work because the tuner is pretty hard to support but I worked on it at our last DevCon, and I hope to commit this very soon when the last bug is squashed. Your comment about soft brightness is interesting, this could definitely explain the difference: I will investigate this, maybe we are missing a GPIO to turn it off completely.