Simplified USB question
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to Rockbox you may need to reboot manually if the new firmware you loaded
does not have a bootloader itself.)
-Q34: I was thinking about making the USB a bit more usable. What are the
- chances of using the USB port to [play games / share files / list
- the device as something other then a hard drive / sell my soul to you
- for a nickel]. What do you think?
-A34: You really don't want to know what I think, it involves road flares,
- microwave ovens and shaved cats. Enough said. But regarding the USB
- portion of your question, this is not feasible. First, any ideas
- regarding special communications over the USB port will not work because
- we have no control over the USB port itself. We are capable of
- dectecting if it is in use (so we know which mode to switch to) but that
- is it. Second, if you would like to have your Archos as a harddrive for
- another device, know that this will not work either. The Archos unit is
- a slave. Most other USB devices are slaves as well. So without some
- master involved there can be no communication. Sorry. Now about your
- soul. Would you settle for 3 cents and a small wad of belly button lint?
+Q34: Can I use the Archos as an USB harddisk to store data from my PDA/
+ digital camera/phone etc.
+A34: No. USB is a master/slave protocol, and both the Archos and your device
+ are slaves. Two slaves cannot communicate without a master (usually a PC).
+ (An upcoming extension called USB On-The-Go will let slaves communicate
+ without a master, but current Archoses will not be able to support that.)
Q35: When I use RockBox my jukebox's red "error" light turns on a lot, but this
doesn't happen on the factory firmware. Why?
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If you are in another version then you should be able to do command-N in
the Finder, then name the folder.
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