Topic: iriver H1xx Tapers FAQ (beta)

[petur]

yes, go to the radio screen first, tune to the station you like. Then go to recording without leaving the radio screen first so the radio keeps playing. In the recording screen, make sure you have source set to line-in

Radio recording is going to move to the radio screen itself sooner or later....

[gmm6797]

yes, go to the radio screen first, tune to the station you like. Then go to recording without leaving the radio screen first so the radio keeps playing. In the recording screen, make sure you have source set to line-in
Radio recording is going to move to the radio screen itself sooner or later....

Thanks for the info, I will have to test it out tomorrow.  A local FM plays live SBD shows, and I always forget to turn on the radio > PC @ home before I leave for work, so this is a good backup!

[sunjan]

yes, go to the radio screen first, tune to the station you like. Then go to recording without leaving the radio screen first so the radio keeps playing. In the recording screen, make sure you have source set to line-in

Radio recording is going to move to the radio screen itself sooner or later....

This should be an FAQ entry. I was unable to figure it out, since the Source only lists SPDIF, mic, line in (but not specifically from the built-in radio).
And the official Rockbox manual doesn't mention it either, the radio section completely omits this information:
http://download.rockbox.org/manual/rockbox-h100/rockbox-buildch4.html#x6-510004.9.2

/Jan

[Ryan Sims]

Thank you so much for this!  Now that I have my iRiver, this made it a damn breeze to get up and running.  Big +T!

[mmmatt]

this is very helpful!!!!!

+T and Thanks,

Matt

[whatboutbob]

No sweat guys.  Glad you find it useful.

Jeebus....Mmmm (one of the main rockbox developers behind iriver recording) has updated his REP build (rb forum) to allow up to so size 20 font on the recording screen...which translates to very thick peakmeters.  I've got Gomez over the next 3 nights tho so I don't have time to test...so I dare note upgrade just yet.

[mmmatt]

I have another question though.  does anyone know if the ihp-120 will work off the charger without the battery installed?  Reason I asked is that I took a chance on one without battery on fleabay and the battery won't be here for about a week after the irver gets here.  I will be hacking an adaptor but no worries on the polarity... I will test thouroughly.  Thanks for the negative tip!  (pun intended)

Matt

[Ryan Sims]

No sweat guys.  Glad you find it useful.

Jeebus....Mmmm (one of the main rockbox developers behind iriver recording) has updated his REP build (rb forum) to allow up to so size 20 font on the recording screen...which translates to very thick peakmeters.  I've got Gomez over the next 3 nights tho so I don't have time to test...so I dare note upgrade just yet.

Hmm.  I need to check out the REP and that is promising.

[BayTaynt3d]

No sweat guys.  Glad you find it useful.

Jeebus....Mmmm (one of the main rockbox developers behind iriver recording) has updated his REP build (rb forum) to allow up to so size 20 font on the recording screen...which translates to very thick peakmeters.  I've got Gomez over the next 3 nights tho so I don't have time to test...so I dare note upgrade just yet.

I saw that yesterday and was tempted, but I'm heading off to Bumbershoot for a massive tapefest and don't want to risk my hella-stable current REP intall... So, I'm with you on that front, but I'm dying for a larger font and peak meters!

[whatboutbob]

oh, and by the by, it looks like recording to other codecs is coming soon too...WV and MP3

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6152.msg47624#new

BayTaper: Peakmeter height is now configurable by the sounds of it, thanks to your question.  Up to 8x,. That's just getting silly.

[mmmatt]

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[140] Can I use any battery charger with my player, because my Nokia charger fits?

Warning: By far the most common method of killing irivers is by people using the wrong charger.  This fries the circuitry, rendering the H1xx useless.  Nokia chargers in particular are the scourge of iriver owners everywhere.  All it takes is a minute of absent-mindedness, and your toy is dead.  My recommendation is to clearly label your iriver charger and to use only that charger, and checking it every single time you go to plug in the charger.

If you truly must use another charger, ensure it converts line voltage to 5VDC at 2 Amps, centre positive, tip negative (there’s an image demonstrating this on the back of the iriver).

I found a little error... you almost got me here!!!!  It is correct at the bottom though.

[430] What about external power?

Lots of options for external DC power.  The iriver runs on 5v external power, tip (+), ring (-).  Only catch is there aren't really any batteries out there that natively provide 5v of power.  Soooo...best bets are to take a battery which provides more than 5v of power and [1] regulate its output to 5v, or [2] build a battery pack which outputs ~5v.

otherwise so far so good!!!

matt

[Ryan Sims]

What is WV?

[hyperplane]

FWIW, the external battery pack (taking 4 AA batteries) runs fine with the iriver... the slight voltage difference is not harmful, based on my own experience and from what I've read at misticriver forums.


slimer:  WV = WavPack file (lossless compression scheme, similar to FLAC files)

[shaggy]

FWIW, the external battery pack (taking 4 AA batteries) runs fine with the iriver... the slight voltage difference is not harmful, based on my own experience and from what I've read at misticriver forums.


slimer:  WV = WavPack file (lossless compression scheme, similar to FLAC files)

4AAs meaning fresh 1.5V alkalines (and not sub 1.5V NiMH)?  I measured the output of the 2 iriver AC adapters I have and they output 5.4V (not 5.0V as written on the AC adapter itself).

About WavPack, it seems like it is CPU intensive and will shorten battery life as a result.  Seems like they committed the new on the fly recording/encoding patch with a new WAV codec called wav_enc.codec.

There are seven mp3 bitrate settings: 64, 96,128,160,192,224,320
WV is ~900 kBit/s
WAV is of course 1411 but now uses wav_enc.codec.

http://forums.rockbox.org/index.php?topic=6152.msg47643#msg47643

FWIW,  I have had no issues with the CVS build 20060717. 

[whatboutbob]

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[140] Can I use any battery charger with my player, because my Nokia charger fits?

Warning: By far the most common method of killing irivers is by people using the wrong charger.  This fries the circuitry, rendering the H1xx useless.  Nokia chargers in particular are the scourge of iriver owners everywhere.  All it takes is a minute of absent-mindedness, and your toy is dead.  My recommendation is to clearly label your iriver charger and to use only that charger, and checking it every single time you go to plug in the charger.

If you truly must use another charger, ensure it converts line voltage to 5VDC at 2 Amps, centre positive, tip negative (there’s an image demonstrating this on the back of the iriver).

I found a little error... you almost got me here!!!!  It is correct at the bottom though.

[430] What about external power?

Lots of options for external DC power.  The iriver runs on 5v external power, tip (+), ring (-).  Only catch is there aren't really any batteries out there that natively provide 5v of power.  Soooo...best bets are to take a battery which provides more than 5v of power and [1] regulate its output to 5v, or [2] build a battery pack which outputs ~5v.

otherwise so far so good!!!

matt

eek. thanks mate. fixed.