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Installed H10 20GB Rockbox today... ugh

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Llorean:
It's rather evident you didn't actually pay much attention to the getting started section of the manual. YOU DO NOT START IN A MENU. YOU ARE IN ROCKBOX. Rockbox is a filetree. Saying "I often had to hold the O key down to get into Rockbox" tells us rather clearly you didn't read very thoroughly at all.

bascule:
As Llorean said, it's not a menu, it's the file browser, i.e., a list of the files and folders in the root of your player. As the Getting Started documentation states, you may not see anything except the statusbar at initial power on.

By doing a long press of the Ffwd ('0') key, you have brought up a context menu as also described in the Getting Started link above.


--- Quote from: pauly99 on November 10, 2006, 07:35:41 AM ---...When I turned Iriver on, I had the choice of text or Rockbox...
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I really don't know what you mean by this, especially the 'text' bit.

Please read the Getting Started closely with the player in front of you, so you can follow the directions immediately.

Febs:

--- Quote from: pauly99 on November 10, 2006, 07:35:41 AM ---I'll go back to scratch and try reloading again. I did not have the type of menu that is suggested in Getting Started.
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"Quick Start" clearly explains that Rockbox does not start in a menu.  It starts in the File Browser.  From the Quick Start page of the manual:


--- Quote from: Rockbox Manual, Quick Start ---After you have first started the player you’ll be presented by the File Browser. With the default settings only supported files are shown. Rockbox’ default view is the File Browser, similar to Windows’ Explorer.
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Now, regarding this statement:


--- Quote ---When I turned Iriver on, I had the choice of text or Rockbox. I often had to hold the 0 key down just to get into Rockbox. From there I had about 8 choices... including Playlist, all the way down to Create Directory, but none of those choices lead to finding the music that I had on the Iriver.   hmmmm
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What you have entered is not "Rockbox" (you're already in Rockbox), but the File Context Menu.  This is described in Chapter 4 of the Rockbox Manual.



(Note:  Though the hyperlink in my first post was correct, I mistakenly referred to the chapter I was linking to as "Getting Started," which is Chapter 1 of the Rockbox Manual, rather than "Quick Start," which is Chapter 3, and others have followed my lead and used the wrong chapter name.  I've edited it to correct that mistake.  I apologize for any confusion.)

pauly99:
Actually I did pay quite a bit attention to Getting Started, followed the directions, and fully understand that Rockbox is file driven rather than menu driven... however I call the choices that come up when turning on Iriver a menu (even though it is not graphical, it is still a menu of choices), rather than a filetree. I use Linux Ubuntu on a daily basis, am familiar with line code rather than graphical interfaces, and just wanted to pass along what happened after I loaded Rockbox (including fonts and voice) and the trouble that I was encountering. I followed the manual step by step and after finding out that the 11-9 version did not work, I deleted everything and loaded the 11-6 version... only to have the same results. Because I followed the directions, I was easily able to reload Irivers firmware and go back to Irivers graphical interface.

After I turn on Iriver, I get into a menu (oops filetree) that gives me a choice of text or Rockbox (only two choices). If I want to get into the choice of Rockbox, I have to hold down the 0 key rather than just touching it once. It then gives me a choice of about 8 different filetree items, starting at Playlist and going down to Create Directory. Unfortunately after clicking the 0, nothing came up within the Playlist. I also found it bizarre that there was no choice of settings (to change) available. My browser never looked like the info given within chapter 4 of the manual. I did not have submenu's under Playlist. So, I'll go back to reloading it again tonight. Although I am a photographer and purchased the Iriver mainly as a photo storage device (I picked up the H10 20GB for just over $100, I gotta find a way to make use of those darn $400 Sennheiser headphones).


--- Quote from: Llorean on November 10, 2006, 08:11:48 AM ---It's rather evident you didn't actually pay much attention to the getting started section of the manual. YOU DO NOT START IN A MENU. YOU ARE IN ROCKBOX. Rockbox is a filetree. Saying "I often had to hold the O key down to get into Rockbox" tells us rather clearly you didn't read very thoroughly at all.

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bascule:
I'm really sorry, but you have not understood any of the posts above regarding the context menu. The context menu will not help you to get started.

The file tree entries you can see are as follows:
'rockbox' is the firmware file itself (actually rockbox.iriver) that should have an icon to the left looking like an X with a hat or the rook/castle chess piece.
The 'text' entry could be a text file (icon is lines of text) or a folder (the icon for which looks like a rectangle with a button on top).

You say you copied songs onto the unit, where did you put them?
If you put them in the root of the player, then they are an unsupported type, otherwise they would be shown.
If you put them in a folder in the root, the folder should be visible and pressing '0' whilst the line is highlighted should enter the folder.
If you put them anywhere in the .rockbox folder, they will not be shown, as this folder is hidden in the default file view.

Please try to give more information, rather than repeating what you said in your OP. Rockbox does work and is working on your H10, you just need to work with, rather than against it and take the advice given.

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