Topic: iRiver H120 CF Mod Attempt - Success!

[matsa]

Yup, that was it. Thanks! 
/Matsa

[Cheesecadet]

So does anybody know if the full REP was included into the newest current build of rockbox?  I saw mention that the was the intent but didn't see if it ever actually happened.  The rockbox forums are a PITA to navigate for me so I thought I would ask here as I am contemplating doing the CF mod to my h120.

Thanks in advance!

[petur]

Still have to add the histogram, most of the rest of the REP is already in there for ages... What feature were you looking for?

[amgod]

very cool, that this thread is still active

after years i wanna come back from my bricky h330 to my beloved h120 (betrayed it for the sake of the color display ) and pimp it with a 16gb flash card -> Kingston CompactFlash Card (CF) Elite Pro 133x 16GB (CF/16GB-S2)

my question is: which bootloader was used? was it v6 or V7-pre4?

can you access the iriver just as normal usb-usm-drive as when using a hdd?

[Chuck]

Still have to add the histogram, most of the rest of the REP is already in there for ages... What feature were you looking for?

The recording balance meter would be great to have from the REP.

[petur]

after years i wanna come back from my bricky h330 to my beloved h120 (betrayed it for the sake of the color display ) and pimp it with a 16gb flash card -> Kingston CompactFlash Card (CF) Elite Pro 133x 16GB (CF/16GB-S2)

my question is: which bootloader was used? was it v6 or V7-pre4?

can you access the iriver just as normal usb-usm-drive as when using a hdd?

You'll need V7-pr4 I think (is detailed in the CFMod wiki page on rockbox.org)

It will be accessible as normal USB disk, yes. Original firmware will no longer work, it doesn't like the CF

[amgod]

ok

too make it foolproof:

1) flash to v7pre4
2) copy latest build to the cf, insert it in the h120, do a reset, restart?
3) done?

btw hows improvement on battery life and weight?

[slightlys]

What is the largest capacity CF card that some has sucessfuly used in this mod?

[EarlyMorningRain]

16 gig here

edit to add info:
16GB CF 133X KINGSTON   

[slightlys]

16 gig here, I'd have to open the thing up to see what exactly I put in there though (type/model etc)

So I'm assuming that it is besst to use higher end cards ie. kingston, sandisk rather than the generic cards.
Not all brands work with the mod?
What does work?

[EarlyMorningRain]

here's a couple posts of 32gig CF cards being successfully installed (in H320's that is)

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=20823.0
http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=22231.0

Might want to take a look at this page as well - it's a good starting point
http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/CFModGuide

[slightlys]

Okay so I read the rock box wiki page on this. so if i'm just swapping out the HDD for a CF card do I still need to flash the firmware with bootloader 7 pre 4. I know I would have to copy the rock box files to my computer then load them to the CF card but is it mandintory to flash and reload rock box first?

[Chuck]

Okay so I read the rock box wiki page on this. so if i'm just swapping out the HDD for a CF card do I still need to flash the firmware with bootloader 7 pre 4. I know I would have to copy the rock box files to my computer then load them to the CF card but is it mandintory to flash and reload rock box first?

I did another one recently. I used bootloader 7 pre 4.

[slightlys]

On an already rockboxed H120 can I copy the rockbox dir to my pc. Install the CF card  connect to PC via USB copy rockbox dir to CF card restart and bingo mod complete?

[petur]

On an already rockboxed H120 can I copy the rockbox dir to my pc. Install the CF card  connect to PC via USB copy rockbox dir to CF card restart and bingo mod complete?

depends which bootloader is installed, the version number is shown at startup (right after switching it on)