H340 Firmware help for installing Rockbox

[ClaireO]

Hi Guys,

I've recently dug out my 'old' H340 as I've not used it in a while and would like to install Rockbox.

However, I'm not particularly technical and need a little help (laymans terms please  .

My firmware is still 1.08E as I've never really felt the need to upgrade (see above..) so it's not supported by Rockbox.  I've looked at upgrading it but not really sure where to start.  I've seen the page someone on here has set up with a list of the firmware but when I download the 'zip' file that I thought would hold an exe file I only get the .hex one.  Is it just a case of overwriting the previous file on the player with this or is it not that simple?

Alternatively, should I just steer well clear of all of this and leave the play alone for safety's sake?   

Thanks

Claire

[__builtin]

You could always read the manual that many people have worked hard to make: http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-iriverh300.pdf

[ClaireO]

You could always read the manual that many people have worked hard to make: http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-iriverh300.pdf

I did, but I couldn't see anywhere that mentioned how to go about updating the firmware before rockbox is installed.  Even the iRiver manual doesn't really spell it out (needed  ).

Thanks for the winky face though, otherwise I could have taken that the wrong way 

Anyway, I gave it a bash.  Upgraded the firmware to 1.28E, then had a go at Rockbox.

It failed the first couple of times, something about not being able to download the bootloader.

The third time, the error that came back was that firmware was already installed.  So I took a punt and removed the .hex file that I had just put into the player's root and saved it somewhere else, it worked after that.

Nowhere have I read that after upgrading the firmware do you have to remove the .hex file.  I suppose it makes sense as there isn't one there when you start upgrading...

Anyway it's done, and just being able to access ALL the functions from the main menu was worth the trauma.

Cheers

Claire