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Car adapter mode: turn ON plus off
smartadze:
Hi
I have a venerable old Archos Recorder V2 with an old (but unknown) version of Rockbox installed. In "Car Adapter Mode", it not only pauses on power off (and turns off after 1 minute as set under "Idle"), but also powers on and resumes play when ignition power is restored (OFF+ON). The perfect car companion :-)
Archos has died a noble death in service, and I am trying to substitute a Toshiba Gigabeat F40. This player has the most recent version of Rockbox installed. In Car Adapter Mode, the player pauses when ignition is turned off, but will not power-on and resume as did the Archos (when ignition is switched on again) (OFF-No-ON). This is also stated in the manual- it will pause (and idle-power-off), but must be manually turned back on.
The basis for my questions:
1) Is the OFF+ON behavior unique to the Archos (and not the Gigabeat)? Perhaps, but the current manual for the Archos now says OFF-No-ON as well.
Therefore,
2) Is the Off+ON behavior valid only for old versions of Rockbox? How old?
Perhaps there is another factor. Any help would be appreciated.
LB
saratoga:
Its been so long that I can't remember how the gigabeat works. Are you using the USB or the regular power plug to try and turn on the player?
toehser:
I know the Clip Zip works for "on" with power under current Rockbox, so I'm guessing it just isn't something the Gigabeat will do?
gevaerts:
It's been a while since I've seen a non-reflashed gigabeat, but IIRC that one goes into a flash bootloader charging mode when powered on (actually, the flashed rockbox bootloader that's somewhere on flyspray also does that...), so unless you're willing to develop and run potentially device-bricking experimental code, I'm afraid this is just the way it is for that particular model.
smartadze:
I'm afraid this is just the way it is for that particular model.
I thought this as well, until I saw the reverse for my OFF+ON Archos - the manual for the latest Rockbox version says only 'Off+no-ON" whereas earlier manuals said "OFF+ON". Made me wonder if the newer Rockbox code was the difference.
But you are correct - when power is applied, the Gigabeat goes to charging mode, not power on. I hoped the Car Adapter mode would change that behavior - as it did for the Archos. Might be worth a re-install to find out :-)
My question is: is it possible to download old versions of Rockbox? I mean 2008 era?
Thank you for your learned assistance. Most appreciated.
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