HELP needed! Jukebox 20 Gives Black screen when starts and i cant fix it! :(

[patsum]

hey guys n girls..my jukebox 20 recorder wont start up..ive tried 2 different hard drives on it and it gives a full black screen every time i try no matter what fireware i try...what should i do? i love my jukebox recorder for the amazing sound quality more then my ipod and cant loose it!
please help me out
the drive show sup on my computer when connecte dvia usb and i can tarnsfer stuff still..just no mp3 or interface at all cept black screen..
thanks
Patrick

[c0utta]

I don't want to point out the obvious, but by "black screen" I assume you're talking about the contrast?

If so, then you'll need help in either creating and loading a theme, or you'll need guidance on how to navigate to the contrast setting via the menus.

When I have moved themes from JBR to JBR I have notice that the contrast settings are too dark to read the screen sometimes.

Cheers,

c0utta

[patsum]

ok..i dont think its the theme mate..it doesnt work at all like wont load anything, no boot screen nothing, and theres nothign insalled, i tried it without a hard drive and with a formatted one without an o/s, the screen still does it, the thing acts like it doesnt no what to load and what to do like the internal flash is dead or something.
thanks anyway and i know what you mean byt he contrast being to much to read anything, but thats not it.
Patrick

[scorche]

To clarify: Do you get a black screen (all pixels dark), or a blank screen (nothing showing at all)

Also, do/did you have Rockbox flashed?

[rockawe]

How about replacing the lcd screen? If the HD starts up fine maybe it's just the screen (or worse, its controller...).

[Peter200lx]

      I have an Archos Recorder that has the same problem. I started it once with what turned out to be over powered AA Batteries, (They were 2.4v 2.0v 2.0v and 1.5v) And it fried my recorder. Now when I boot up, the screen goes black (all pixels a solid black) and stays that way until I turn off the Archos. Sometimes, if I take (good) batteries out for a while then put them back in, I'll see the Rockbox logo for a fraction of a second before it goes black. Same thing when shutting down, sometimes I'll see the [Shutting Down...] message for a fraction of a second before it turns off entirely.
      Having used the Recorder for several years now, I know my way around it quite well even without seeing the screen. I was actually able to play music by pressing >>right>> and vvDownvv until it started playing music. But, when there, I could tell that the ^^up^^ key wasn't working because I could turn the volume down but not back up. So some of the keys are working and some aren't.
      I was wondering if there was anything that I could do to fix the problem, or if it was truly broken

ps. I've had the thing for about 3 years so I know it's not under warranty