rockbox for car mode

[gpp]

ok,lost so here is my question.i want to buy a mp3 for my car.i want to leave it in the car but want to know does the car mode let me turn on car,play the player,turn the car off,restart car and player play without me having to restart it.i kinda want it to do like a jump drive.leave it in ,start car ,music plays,turn it off it stops till I restart car.

[saratoga]

Yes, car mode turns the player on/off with the car ignition. 

Make sure you get a device with a stable enough port to have working USB however.  Car mode is often broken on devices that don't have working USB drivers.

[gpp]

any suggestions on a player ? all im going to play is 1 play list of my old songs so it doesnt have to be fancy but need at least 16 gb of memory.

[rbhawaii]

Hi,
I recommend ipod gen5.5 i also recommend the slightly thicker 80gb (not 60 or 30) version because it is upgradable to 240gb later if you desire.
i have been using mine in car mode for over 7 years and even wrote a special screen for it.

i found ebay and this place

http://www.gamestop.com/browse?nav=16k-3-ipod+classic+gen+5+5,28zu0

to be the best place to buy refurbished ipod gen 5.5.


if you need i can send you my wps and special config files i made for car mode. but you will need the ipod gen5 or gen 5.5 for it to work right.

[Talon]

my stolen ipod 5gen 60gb - worked perfectly with my car adaptor... - it play/stop on ignition on/off... and it turns ON from power off mode (wich set in "idle power off") when i'm turn ignition ON...

-I bought a replacement but ipod 5.5gen 80gb - and it don't want to turn ON from power off mode (
i'm try my 100% worked backup of .rockbox from old 60gb ipod....
try the stable and latest versions
try all of bootloaders (v2, v3 and v4)
try put BL and RB to OSOS
 - without result ((

its realy not comfortably for me to turn on ipod manualy every time when i start driving.... sometimes i'm even not getout ipod from glove box but now i must to (
whats wrong with that ipod?
help pls

[saratoga]

As far as I know the 5g turns on automatically when powered. This is a hardware feature, not something rockbox can control.

[Talon]

but my previous ipod do that! - it powered off by "Idle Poweroff" parameter and powered ON when i turn ignition ON... (not from standby... - it start from apple logo and run rockbox).... - whats different? - players seems to be identical except hdd

[saratoga]

Maybe its broken.  Without rockbox, does it power on when you plug it in? 

[Talon]

no... ( without not started too...
and what broken its can be?  - connector? motherboard?
bcs - when i 4first search about this problem: i'm faar not alone ! 

thats is too similar problem with patch but for 6G... and patching is hardly for me /

[saratoga]

no... ( without not started too...

Well if you can't get it to turn on, then it doesn't matter what software you have but are not running.  The CPU must be on before it can run software.

and what broken its can be?  - connector? motherboard?

On a 10 year old MP3 player?  Probably a lot of things.  Maybe check the cables and see if you can get it to power on from the dock connector. 

bcs - when i 4first search about this problem: i'm faar not alone ! 

I don't recall anyone having this problem before, but if you can find someone else who has, maybe they have a solution you can try. 

[Talon]

realy.... - i'm smoking rockbox board about few days - and thats people is exist! ) ... - and noone not solved the problem (

ps: but what about thats patch and situation described in thats topic?
http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/12522
- maybe its posible to port this patch for my 5.5G?

[saratoga]

That's a patch for detecting a charger. I don't think it's related to your issue. And anyway as I said before no software change will matter if the player is off.

[Talon]

...sadly to hear it (
tnx saratoga!

[[Saint]]

You issue (almost certainly) points to one of two things.

1: Battery
2: Some form of severe board failure

1 is the obvious candidate, if you have never replaced this battery, it has most certainly reached the end of its useful life. It is also the cheapest option to replace.
If, however, the battery is NOT the cause...there is pretty much no point in reviving this device. It would cost more to replace the mainboard than it would to buy another 5/5.5G second hand.

The reason I present these two candidates as options is as such.

The iPods are rather robust, and can still boot when they are missing a fairly remarkable amount of hardware. The hold switch, the clickwheel, hell...not even the HDD are required for this device to boot. So a complete and total inability to boot in this device either points to something very obvious (battery), or something more sinister.


[Saint]

[Talon]

hm...
as i seen... and with my lucky... - its something sinister...
- player looks to safetly used.... - and it worked normal with any another function after manualy pressing "menu" or 'ok'

but... - tnx for some new one posibility to resolve my issue! - i'm try to find and change battery!... - and maybe... )