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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Archos Jukebox Recorder V2 - HelpRe: Archos Jukebox Recorder V2 - Help
From: Neon John <johngd_at_bellsouth.net>
Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:38:59 -0400 You haven't killed it. You've just run the battery down so low that it can't power up to start charging. I had that happen a couple of times when I still had an FMR. My solution was to remove the batteries and give them enough charge to let the machine boot. I did this by pumping some current through them using a 1 amp 12 volt battery charger. Most any source of current-limited power will work at just about any voltage. I left the battery on the charger for about 5 minutes, then put it back in the FMR, booted and charged normally with the wall wart. Note that even though the V2 can take power from the USB port, it's likely not to be enough to supply the machine's needs, much less charge. My experience has been that very few USB ports can supply the full half amp that the spec calls for. My Belkin PCMCIA adapter that uses an external wall wart for the power bus can but none of the ports on my other computers can. Best to pretend that this USB connection does not exist. John On Wed, 04 Aug 2004 13:27:54 +0100, Scott B McDowall <scott.bmcdowall_at_ntlworld.com> wrote: >Dear All > >My lovely little Recorder is silent. I bought it from Ebay on Saturday - >it was in great nick when I loaded Rockbox and 110 CDs - that was >yesterday. Last night, I decided to charge the battery by leaving it >hooked onto a USB hub and when I woke at 4ish, it was broke. When I >turned it on, I was getting flashing green and red lights - now there >is no flashing at all. It is dead to the world - I tried connecting it >directly to my lap top USB and for a while it showed enough life to say >" HD Register Error". > >I tried it on the official charger and now it is totally dead. Needless >to say, my computer does not recognise it. I had been so looking forward >to getting this machine and now I have broken it. Can anyone help? It is >a V2 so I can not take the batteries out an recharge them on their own. > >Scott B > > >_______________________________________________ >http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox --- John De Armond johngdDONTYOUDARE_at_bellsouth.net http://bellsouthpwp.net/j/o/johngd/ Cleveland, Occupied TN _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockboxReceived on 2004-08-04 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |