From: Matej Golian via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 21:32:26 +0200

Steve, you're a champ. I wouldn't have had the stamina/courage/chops to get
it done like you have. So my appreciation.

ut 29. 4. 2025 o 20:04 Stephen Clower via rockbox <rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se>
napísal(a):

> Hi Dana,
>
>
> Thank you for confirming. Between the use of the Envision Ally and
> Microsoft Seeing AI, I was able to (first) change my unit's language
> from Polish back to English, identify the firmware (2.0), and flash the
> bootloader. Granted, the process took me about two hours start to
> finish, but Rockbox is now installed, my voice clips created, etc. I
> just ordered another player for my fiancee and will give it the same
> treatment, hopefully in much less time than last night.
>
>
> Long live Rockbox!
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> On 4/28/2025 6:53 PM, Dana Conrad wrote:
> > Hi Steve,
> >
> > I just confirmed with my HifiWalker player that it is the same as the
> Surfans player, so the below does indeed apply.
> >
> > Dana
> >
> >> On Apr 28, 2025, at 3:28 PM, Dana Conrad via rockbox <
> rockbox_at_lists.haxx.se> wrote:
> >>
> >> I think they're the same, but I don't know for sure - I'll take a look
> when I get home. One thing to be aware of is the scroll wheel will
> sometimes drop the first click when you start scrolling - that might not be
> ideal without voicing I imagine! The Previous/Next buttons appear to be
> used for menu navigation in the original firmware as well, those should be
> much more reliable navigation I think.
> >>
> >> On my Surfans in front of me at least, a fresh boot into the original
> firmware starts at "Explorer", and the menu cycles through the following
> entries by pressing the Next button (down):
> >>
> >> Explorer, Settings, System Settings, Category
> >>
> >> Under System settings, if you press Previous (up), the list wraps
> around to the following entries (listed in order according to pressing the
> Previous button):
> >>
> >> About the Player, Firmware Update, Reset
> >>
> >> About the Player will be necessary just to check the original firmware
> version, and Reset can be used to reformat your SD card if desired.
> >>
> >> Clicking Reset brings up two options, Format TF card and Factory
> Default, with Format TF card selected by default. If you click on Format TF
> card, it will confirm Yes or No, with No selected by default. The
> Previous/Next buttons can be used to select Yes here as well.
> >>
> >> Firmware Update asks for confirmation Yes or No as well, with No
> selected by default.
> >>
> >> I'll double-check when I get home to make sure the HifiWalker is the
> same layout as the Surfans, but I hope that all helps.
> >>
> >> Dana
> >>
> >> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025, at 3:10 PM, Stephen Clower wrote:
> >>> Hi Dana,
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Wonderful, thank you! Do you know whether the menu layouts are in the
> >>> same order for each player variant? e.g. x number of clicks up or down
> >>> will take me to the version information, firmware upgrade screen, etc?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for such a helpful response.
> >>>
> >>> Steve
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 4/28/2025 4:05 PM, Dana Conrad wrote:
> >>>> Hi Steve,
> >>>>
> >>>> Maybe this explanation can be of some use:
> >>>>
> >>>> There's a scroll wheel in which there is a large center button,
> that's Play/Pause.
> >>>> Below the scroll wheel and to the left is the Menu button.
> >>>> Three buttons to the right-hand side of the scroll wheel are, from
> top to bottom, Previous Track, Next Track, and Back.
> >>>> On the right-hand edge of the device are Volume Up and Volume Down.
> >>>>
> >>>> The Play/Pause button doubles as Select in the menus.
> >>>> The scroll wheel is used for scrolling through the menus as you would
> expect, though Previous Track and Next Track can also be used for scrolling
> in the menus if desired.
> >>>>
> >>>> For some of the less-used functionality when we needed to define a
> "Left" and "Right" as well as "Up" and "Down", the scroll wheel does up and
> down while the Previous and Next buttons do left and right, or vice versa.
> It depended on what made sense for that specific functionality. (If that
> makes sense - Hah!)
> >>>>
> >>>> I hope that helps! Let us know if you have trouble with the
> installation and I'm sure we can get you going.
> >>>>
> >>>> Dana
> >>>>
> >>>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2025, at 1:57 PM, Stephen Clower via rockbox wrote:
> >>>>> Greetings,
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> I picked up a Hifi Walker H2 the other day for purposes of installing
> >>>>> Rockbox onto it. I'm blind and would be grateful if anyone can
> describe
> >>>>> the layout of buttons on the front panel; Power is obvious, but not
> the
> >>>>> rest. With some assistance from OCR apps on my phone, I'm hoping I
> can
> >>>>> manage the
> >>>>>
> >>>>> firmware identification/installation process from there.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Thanks for continuing to keep this project going. I've been using
> >>>>> Rockbox daily for almost 20 years now.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Steve
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
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