H300 powers up to IRiver

[gexaman]

Was the problem that H300 boots up to original IRiver firmware when connected to the power supply resolved? As I understand this is a limitation of the bootloader, any progress on this?

[gexaman]

What I mean is when I power up H320 by pressing the button it loads Rockbox, and when I power it up by hooking up to the DC adapter it loads IRiver. I use it in the car and everytime before I turn on the ignition I have to remember to push the button, otherwise it loads IRiver and I have to turn it off and on again.

[midgey]

This was the designed behavior since the charging code hadn't been updated to the H300 IIRC.  This and a few other remaining issues should be addressed in the next bootloader release. Most of the bootloader work is done by Linus since he has a BDM for his H300 and he is currently rather busy. For now, you'll just have to live with this minor annoyance.

[gexaman]

Thank you guys, I'll wait, it's a great work you've done!

[baobab68]

Just turn it on and let RockBox start up before plugging in your charger. It'll charge ok and you won't see the iRiver firmware.

[gexaman]

Yeah, that's the way I do it, but I like the "car adapter mode" feature, when it automatically put itself on pause when dc power stops and resumes when dc power is back. This way I can put away the player for weeks under the seat and control it just by the ignition, you know? Really nice feature, I used it when I had Archos.

[larry_llama]

Just turn it on and let RockBox start up before plugging in your charger. It'll charge ok and you won't see the iRiver firmware.

This doesn't work for me.... I am trying to use my h300 with rockbox but without a battery (I am using it as a music controller essentially for home use), so the only way I can boot up is with DC connected. Is there a keypress that will force it to boot to rockbox every time?

Thanks!

[larry_llama]

Never mind, I scrounged for an old battery that holds enough charge to get things started up in rockbox. I agree it's a bit of a pain though to have to unplug, power on, then plug back in :-)