From: victor rajewski <askvictor_at_gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 23:19:52 +1100

No - you should be able to install any firmware (maybe except for the
US version) without problems. I have. The language always seemed to be
in English (or perhaps whatever it had been previously set to),
although when I moved to 1.29, the settings menus were in korean. This
is easily changed, though there are parallels with being blind here :)

Anyway: key sequence to install the firmware (after the H300.hex file
has been copied into the root dir):
1 - Press and hold the NAVI key (big one in the middle) for about 2
seconds to be safe
2 - Press the NAVI key again - just a quick press this time
3 - Press the down key four times
4 - Press the NAVI key once
5 - Press the left key once
6 - Press the NAVI key once
7 - Pray for a minute or so.

For those in a different language who want to change it:
1 - Press and hold the NAVI key (big one in the middle) for about 2
seconds to be safe
2 - Press the NAVI key again - just a quick press this time
3 - Press the down key once
4 - Press the NAVI key once
5 - Select the language - Korean to English is 14 up presses, Japanese
to English is 13 up presses
6 - Press the NAVI key

Though I'm guessing the lanuage of the iriver firmware wouldn't make
much difference to blind users? The language of the iriver firmware
won't affect the language of rockbox.

And as for the EU thing - I think that relates to EU regulations on
music devices having to put a certain output limit. ipods sold in
europe have this too. See
http://hardware.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=05/12/29/0055249&tid=184&tid=141


On 12/29/05, Scott Erichsen <pianoman_at_scotterichsen.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks for that, I've only just got my iriver so this is the first upgrade
> I'll be doing. If I install the other firmware, that won't screw it up? and
> will the language still be english?
> Also, what is the key sequence to press to start the upgrade process?
> as I'm blind I can read the screen so if any has a key sequence I can press
> to start the h340 upgrade that'd be greatly appreciated.
> Finally, what's the volume limitation placed on the EU versions of firmware?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "victor rajewski" <askvictor_at_gmail.com>
> To: "Rockbox" <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se>
> Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 4:59 PM
> Subject: Re: installing rockbox on iriver h340
>
>
> > I've been running the Korean firmware since 1.20 or so as this doesn't
> > limit the volume like the EU ones do. The Japanese is the same as the
> > Korean (but in Japanese). In fact, short of the volume limitation,
> > these both the same as the European one. So go right ahead and use the
> > japanese one.
> >
> > I just successfully installed rockbox (for the first time! yay!) on my
> > H340. The device previously had the Korean firmware 1.28, but I
> > patched the Korean 1.29 and installed that. Everything works just
> > beaut.
> >
> > You can even try patching the H300.hex file which is probably still on
> > your H300 from the last firmware upgrade you did (unless you deleted
> > it).
> >
> > good luck!
> >
> > On 12/29/05, Scott Erichsen <pianoman_at_scotterichsen.com> wrote:
> >> Hi all, I'm new to this list and a blind user.
> >> I'm trying to get the correct version of the firmware for my Iriver H340
> >> player.
> >> I know my iriver says that I have firmware version 1.28E so I downloaded
> >> the
> >> Europe version from the iriver.com site. However when I run fwpatcher.exe
> >> and select the h300.hex file it does not patch it just says it could not
> >> recognise the file.
> >> I can patch the japanese version of the firmware though. I bought my
> >> iriver
> >> h340 in australia of course as I'm from there, does anyone have
> >> suggestions?
> >> Thanks for any help.
> >> Cheers,
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
Received on 2005-12-29