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