Sansa Fuze V1 USB and Monkeys Audio

[lefko]

Just got a 4g fuze from buy.com which was a v1.  There was a comment somewhere about it being random, but I asked a question and the response was v1 I ordered and got a v1 so theres another point of info...

Anyway, the USB charge work around I read about does not appear to be working on my rockboxed fuze (Holding down select while plugging in the USB).  This means I can not run rockbox with it plugged in at all as it reboots to sansa fw when USB is plugged in.  Is this really the case?  I seem to remember that on the e2xx series, the previous version of the fw where USB did not work I was able to get rockbox running when it was plugged in.

Also, I would have expected that it would be able to handle monkeysaudio, since it supports video, but it works the same as my e250 which is a pause about ever second or so.

[gevaerts]

Anyway, the USB charge work around I read about does not appear to be working on my rockboxed fuze (Holding down select while plugging in the USB).  This means I can not run rockbox with it plugged in at all as it reboots to sansa fw when USB is plugged in.  Is this really the case?  I seem to remember that on the e2xx series, the previous version of the fw where USB did not work I was able to get rockbox running when it was plugged in.

That should work. I don't have a fuze though, so I can't test here.

Also, I would have expected that it would be able to handle monkeysaudio, since it supports video, but it works the same as my e250 which is a pause about ever second or so.

What compression level are you using? I'd expect monkeysaudio to play correctly up to -c3000 (i.e. "high")

[funman]

Anyway, the USB charge work around I read about does not appear to be working on my rockboxed fuze (Holding down select while plugging in the USB).  This means I can not run rockbox with it plugged in at all as it reboots to sansa fw when USB is plugged in.  Is this really the case?  I seem to remember that on the e2xx series, the previous version of the fw where USB did not work I was able to get rockbox running when it was plugged in.

That should work. I don't have a fuze though, so I can't test here.

If rockbox is already booted, that'll work.

If the device is off, plugging usb will ALWAYS boot OF, no matter which buttons you press.

So the procedure is: Power on, boot rockbox, keep center button pressed, plug USB

[saratoga]

http://download.rockbox.org/daily/manual/rockbox-sansafuze/rockbox-buildch3.html#x5-280003.1.3

[Njones]

I'm having the same problem.
I have a v1 fuze with the latest Sansa OF and Rockbox 3.5.
With Rockbox booted up on the Fuze, I plug in the USB cable while holding down the select button on the Fuze and it switches over to the Sansa firmware? Is this a bug in the 3.5 Rockbox?

[funman]

3.5.1 works for me (and so did 3.5).

Be sure to keep pressing the button when plugging USB, only release when it's plugged (and you see the charging icon)

[sadzior]

i didnt know you actually could boot Rockbox instead of OF, damn i really need to read that manual one day ;p