Gigabeat dock is not recognized by winxp

[roolku]

Rockbox doesn't use the 1.1 master which I gather was intended to enable digital camera to gigabeat transfers.

The japanese version comes with a wireless usb-stick that plugs into this connector. I am not aware of any other use with the original firmware.

Perhaps the reason for the line out / usb switch was to allow having all the connections plugged at the same time, but to disconnect the usb from the gigabeat because the unit won't play while plugged into the usb connection?

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[scharkalvin]

The japanese version comes with a wireless usb-stick that plugs into this connector. I am not aware of any other use with the original firmware.

The US users manual shows how to connect a digital camera to the other usb port to download pictures from the camera for viewing on the gigabeat player.  It may only work with certain brands of digital cameras.

[BdN3504]

My Question is: Is there a way for that usb connection only to work as a supplementary connection? i.e. i have my f40 plugged into the cradle, it is recognized by my pc i can access it and now i want to plugin my second device, say an external harddrive, and have that recognized, too. I am not looking for any OTG capabilities, I don't want the f40 to interact with any other device, just that this usb jack acts as connector... Is that Possible?

[Chronon]

You'd have to re-wire your dock.  Currently that port connects to the Gigabeat's USB port (i.e. the Gigabeat is host).  But it seems that if the jack was wired up appropriately that you could have access to one of the unused ports in the 4-port USB hub that markun mentioned.

[BdN3504]

(...) if the jack was wired up appropriately that you could have access to one of the unused ports in the 4-port USB hub that markun mentioned.

Is there a possibilty for someone to create something like a manual to do this, or shall i start a new thread to gather some information on this? Because with my technical understanding (very low), i'm not able to extract the appropriate info on how to rewire the dock from the post that markun made...

[Chronon]

You're certainly welcome to start a wiki page on this project.  I browsed through the Gigabeat related pages and found my way to this data sheet for the USB hub present in the cradle:
CY7C65640A -- TetraHubâ„¢ High-Speed USB Hub Controller.  Page 7 gives the pin assignments for the other downstream ports.  Page 15 gives a schematic for how to wire the connections to a USB jack.  

[psycho_maniac]

so you can have the dock plugged into your computer and also have your gigabeat plugged in and transfer your files to it? i connected mine and it said i needed a driver.

[burkjavier]

I can't speak for XP, but I never had an issue transferring files with dock, while using Linux.  I used the dock most of the time, when my F40 was at my desk.  I never tried the USB port.

[Chronon]

psycho_maniac: We were discussing the idea of gaining access to the unused USB ports in the TetraHub that's in the cradle.  You would have to make your own custom dock and wire a new jack to get access to a usable port.  This would simply give a way to plug an extra USB device into your computer.