From: James Teh <jamie_at_jantrid.net>
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:43:41 +1000

Tom Cole wrote:
> The main purpose of the charging screen in the Archos machines is to
> show that the unit is running in a reduced power consumption state. i.e.
> the hard drive is not powered up. This is to allow flat batteries to be
> charged up by simply plugging in the charger. Pressing "On" from this
> state will start the Archos normally and allow it to browse and play
> music, etc.
Would this not apply to the Iriver H300 as well once the bootloader is
patched? I have heard of instances of the unit not being able to boot
due to a very flat battery, although in the H300 case, the charging is
done in hardware so it's only cosmetic.

Jamie

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Received on 2006-06-27