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Title: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: BlindWillie on September 07, 2007, 08:36:19 AM

I have just bought an iRiver H320 from US with US firmware and want to Rockbox it.
I have previously installed Rockbox on an H320 bought in Europe but unfortunately I damaged that one.
In the manual for Rockbox is written that it does not support US firmware and an non-US firmware should be installed first. However, when I checked the available firmware on www.iriver.com I found out that US devices are not compatible with non-US firmware.
As far as I could find out the only difference between an US H320 and non-US H320 is that the US version support DRM (Digital Rights Management) which I have no intension of using anyway.

My question is: Can I ignore the warning and install non-US firmware (for example version 1.30eu)?
Thank you for your time and for any help you can give.

Kaj

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: danzz1234 on September 07, 2007, 10:18:37 AM

Quote from: BlindWillie on September 07, 2007, 08:36:19 AM

My question is: Can I ignore the warning and install non-US firmware (for example version 1.30eu)?

i did that with mine h320, it had 1.04 US firmware installed, no problems at all.. working great

cheers

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: petur on September 08, 2007, 11:52:47 AM

You can perfectly install non-us firmware (and thus Rockbox) on the US model.

HOWEVER there are two things to know:
1) you loose the DRM key _for_ever_ so if you have copy-protected WMA songs, don't upgrade! Even if you go back to a US firmware this will stay that way.
2) the USBOTG will not entirely work because the US model misses 5V supply on the connector (normal USB is OK)

Have fun!
Peter

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: BlindWillie on September 10, 2007, 09:17:36 AM

Thanks a lot for your input, I will go ahead and install the international firmware. I don’t really need USBOTG and if I will need it later on I have read that I can modify the H320 so it supports USBOTG (it’s only the 5V power supply that is missing).

Kaj

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: petur on September 10, 2007, 11:45:29 AM

Quote from: BlindWillie on September 10, 2007, 09:17:36 AM

I don’t really need USBOTG and if I will need it later on I have read that I can modify the H320 so it supports USBOTG (it’s only the 5V power supply that is missing).

Yes, but I know of at least one who tried and broke his player, so I hope you're comfortable with electronics if you ever try to mod it ;)

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: ead666 on September 18, 2007, 02:49:54 PM

Thanx for this thread .. as i will have the same problem soon, as i bought a H320 too

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: BlindWillie on October 01, 2007, 07:07:02 AM

Hi again, I managed to install Rockbox on my US iRiver H320. First I upgraded the firmware to 1.30eu and then it was no problem installing the newest build of Rockbox. Thanks a lot for the help.
Kaj

Title: Re: Installing Rockbox on an US iRiver H320?
Post by: petur on October 01, 2007, 07:28:00 AM

good to hear. have fun with it!