From: Mat Mirabella <mathew.mirabella_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:48:22 +1000

Ok Thanks. so it seems like i was right origionally to hold REC and
boot into iriver firmware in order to get USB charging happening. But
back to my origional issue... why is this not working? when i hold
REC and go into Iriver, the device connects rather than charges. when
the battery is low and i go into iriver firmware, the device shuts
down rather than charging. so therefore... no USB charging seems
possible...
any thoughts.
Mat.


On 10/10/06, Sander Sweers <sander.sweers_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Mat Mirabella wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Ok well now I am finding that my Iriver H340 will not charge via USB
> > at all. This is the case no matter wether the battery is flat or not.
> > then the battery is still charged enough to use the unit but i want
> > to charge via USB, it goes into "connect" mode no matter whether i
> > hold REC or not. SO perhaps I am doing something wrong.
> >
> > Can someone post the correct instructions for how you force the H340
> > into charge mode via USB? I want to know how this is meant to be done
> > so I can be sure I am not doing the wrong thing. Does rockbox itself
> > have anything to do with USB charging? I used to charge this device
> > via USB but always with the Iriver "Charging" logo, which suggests
> > that it was operating inside the Iriver firmware, not rockbox.
> >
> > I wonder if it is charging via USB when you see the message "Booting
> > USB mode" in rockbox...
> > If I insert the USB cable into the player on starting it up but do not
> > hold REC down long enough to cause it to boot into the Iriver
> > firmware, i do get a rockbox message that sits in the centre of the
> > screen saying "Booting USB mode". That message sits on the screen,
> > nothing else happens, and the unit does not connect to the PC in the
> > usual way via USB. Does this mean it is charging via USB at that
> > stage? If so, the message is not very informative.
> >
> > Any thoughts on this? I wonder... should I be posting my battery
> > charging queries to the rockbox dev list rather than the user list?
> > (considering that perhaps I am also asking for something to be added
> > to the manual on how to actually use the battery charging options....
> > and also perhaps options in rockbox to set the unit to force into USB
> > charge vs force into connect mode etc.).
> >
> > Mat.
> >
>
> Charging via USB is not implemented yet in Rockbox. There is a patch in
> the patch tracker that will add this but it has yet to be committed. If
> you need charging go into the Iriver firmware or apply the patch.
>
> Greets
> Sander
>
> PS: I Am using it and works great.
>
Received on 2006-10-10