Packard Bell Vibe 500 Port

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Overview

• Produced from 10/2005 to 12/2006
• 20 or 30 GB 1.8" hard drive
• 1.8" color screen 160x128 pixels (65,536 colors)
• USB 2
• Microphone and Line-in
• External charging socket

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Current status

Rockbox runs well on this player and is stable.

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Installation

Full installation and uninstallation instructions for all supported devices are in the Rockbox manual.

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Hardware components

1. Hold Switch
2. Power Button
3. Record Button
4. USB Port
5. Power Connector
6. Reset Switch
7. Menu Button
8. Left/Previous/Rewind Button
9. Display Screen
10. OK/Repeat A-B Button
11. Play/Pause Button
12. Scroll Bar
13. Right/Next/Fast Forward Button
14. Cancel Button
15. Microphone
16. Line-In Jack
17. Earphone Jack

Mainboard:

• Hynix KOR HY5V560 F-H 447A - 32MB of RAM
• AMIC A29L400TG-70 0446SA MJ9Y5 - 512KB of Flash Boot ROM (Datasheet)
• WM XWM8731 49AGWRV - Wolfson Micro codec WM8731 (Datasheet)
• PP5020E-TF EC596518-E-1 or PP5020D-TF EC596518-E-7 - PortalPlayer SoC
• Philips 8563T 952.1 n6445 - I2C Real time clock/calendar (Datasheet)
• AZS 4AW Z589 - Lion Charger (similar to the one in the iriver h100) (Datasheet)

PCB pictures (front side): 1 | 2 |
PCB pictures (back side): 1 | 2 |

Touch Interface and the OK/Cancel buttons:

Synaptics T1005G 0538 ACP5062-11 - LightTouch Interface Solution Chipset (similar to the one in the Philips GoGear HDD Players)
It controls four independent leds and buttons (Menu, Play/Pause, Prev, Next) and the scroll strip.

Images: 1 | 2 | 3 |

LCD:

• 160x128x16bpp
• on the ribbon - LTM018G14C, 97-LTCB84-C001 REV.A3 or REV.A4
• on the one side - A018AA1 5811 or A018AA1 51122
• on the backside - 1G_5830C00640 or 3G_5C13C02921

Images: 1 | 2 | 3 |

Battery:

3.7V 1000 mAh Li-Ion (Image)

Harddisk:

HDD Hitachi Travelstar HTC426030G7CE00 - 30GB 1.8" ZIF (Image)
The player should work with any other HDD of this type (tested with Toshiba MK6028GAL and MK2008GAL).

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Links

Firmware updater download link
Disassembly manual

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