Topic: iriver H1xx Tapers FAQ (beta)

[aberg]

Is there any way to take the 60gb HD out of my iPod photo and put that into an iRiver H120 and format it to work properly with rockbox?

[petur]

Is there any way to take the 60gb HD out of my iPod photo and put that into an iRiver H120 and format it to work properly with rockbox?

http://www.misticriver.net/ has lots of info on this topic

[jeromejello]

just wondering which daily build you all are running for optical support... i know after 5/9-ish the support was there, but i was looking for something known to be field stable between now and then...

i ask b/c it seems since the freeze was lifted there has been a lot of daily build activity and while i am sure it is most all for the good, as tapirs we have specific needs.

thanks in advance

[cgrooves]

just wondering which daily build you all are running for optical support... i know after 5/9-ish the support was there, but i was looking for something known to be field stable between now and then...

i ask b/c it seems since the freeze was lifted there has been a lot of daily build activity and while i am sure it is most all for the good, as tapirs we have specific needs.

thanks in advance

I have not had any problems (line-in or digi-in) using the 07.07.06 daily build.

[jeromejello]

just wondering which daily build you all are running for optical support... i know after 5/9-ish the support was there, but i was looking for something known to be field stable between now and then...

i ask b/c it seems since the freeze was lifted there has been a lot of daily build activity and while i am sure it is most all for the good, as tapirs we have specific needs.

thanks in advance

I have not had any problems (line-in or digi-in) using the 07.07.06 daily build.

thanks +t

[hyperplane]

A friend just pointed out to me that the iSkin for the iriver units is on sale again. It's $5.99 + shipping for an iskin case, so for anyone who wants an iskin, it looks like the iron is hot so strike it while you can.

http://www.iskin.com/store/I2shop_irvr1XX.tpl

[poppag76]

Ok, I just got my iriver h120 and started to install the rockbox and discovered that I don't have a ROOT directory on my iriver.  Do I need to merely create a ROOT folder?  Am I missing a step?  Did I not install something on the iriver?

[cgrooves]

It will not be named 'root'.  If your computer recognizes the h120 as drive 'g', for example, just drop the files into that drive.  That is the root directory (i.e. don't put rockbox into a subfolder).

[poppag76]

Thanks for the tip.  Now I have a new problem.  I was messing around with the recording and now my screen and buttons are frozen.  How do I turn this thing off with all the buttons frozen?

EDIT:  Nevermind, apparently if it freezes, if you leave it alone for long enough it shuts down on its own.

[divamum]

Thanks for the tip.  Now I have a new problem.  I was messing around with the recording and now my screen and buttons are frozen.  How do I turn this thing off with all the buttons frozen?

On the bottom of the unit (you may have to remove any case to see it) is a small hole labelled "reset". Take a BLUNT small object (eg a paperclip or  pen tip) press and hold until unit reboots. It will reset the unit.

Disclaimer:   I've personally never lost any data when I've done a hard reset like that, although I suppose it's possible...

[petur]

Thanks for the tip.  Now I have a new problem.  I was messing around with the recording and now my screen and buttons are frozen.  How do I turn this thing off with all the buttons frozen?

EDIT:  Nevermind, apparently if it freezes, if you leave it alone for long enough it shuts down on its own.

It would help a lot if you could tell what you did to make the iriver freeze. So we can fix the bug

Are you surte it wasn't temporarily (20-30 sec) unresponsive because it was flushing to disk?

[poppag76]

Ok, so I was listening to a show I transferred from my JB3 this morning and this thing froze again.  I was trying to do the volume and touched the center button and the whole thing froze up.  I was in play mode, moved the center button and it froze.  Any ideas?

[kuuan]

Questions abt. recording source setting with Rockbox:

if selected 'mic' it is the internal mic only, yes?
if using an external mic I must select 'line', As I then can select the gain it means that the internal preamp is activated, yes?
if so, is there any way to bypass the built in preamp altogether using line-in ( or is this just a stupid question )

( I got confused because I have been using an iriver iFP-799 before, and there 'line-in' meant no gain, and mic-in meant external mic with selectable gain )

[cgrooves]

Questions abt. recording source setting with Rockbox:

if selected 'mic' it is the internal mic only, yes?
if using an external mic I must select 'line', As I then can select the gain it means that the internal preamp is activated, yes?
if so, is there any way to bypass the built in preamp altogether using line-in ( or is this just a stupid question )

( I got confused because I have been using an iriver iFP-799 before, and there 'line-in' meant no gain, and mic-in meant external mic with selectable gain )

Yes.  Mic-In means internal mic only.

Line-In enables the use of an external mic, but also enables the preamp.  If you have the gain setting on 0dB, I would assume that the preamp is bypassed altogether.  That is the only way I know of to 'bypass' the preamp via line-in.

[cgrooves]

Ok, so I was listening to a show I transferred from my JB3 this morning and this thing froze again.  I was trying to do the volume and touched the center button and the whole thing froze up.  I was in play mode, moved the center button and it froze.  Any ideas?

Haven't ever had that problem.  Maybe try a different daily build.  I'm still using 07.07.06 without any problems, FWIW.