Specifications

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Flashing
1. Download the correct package for your player from http://download.rockbox.org/
bootloader/archos/. It is named flash-<model>-<version>.zip. The current
packages are v3.
2. Unzip the flash package to the root of your player. This will extract two files
to the root, firmware_<model>.bin and firmware_<model>_norom.bin. (The
<model> part is slighty different from that in the .zip file name.) The flash
plugin will select the correct one for your player. Now safely disconnect USB.
3. Make sure your batteries are in good shape and fully charged. Flashing doesn’t
need more power than normal operation, but you don’t want your player to run
out of power while flashing.
4. Select Plugins → Applications, and run the firmware_flash plugin. It will
tell you about your flash and which file it is going to program. After pressing F1
it will check the file. If the file is OK, pressing F2 will give you a big warning. If
we still didn’t manage to scare you off, you need to press F3 to actually program
and verify. The programming takes just a few seconds.
5. In the unlikely event that the programming or verify steps should give you any
error, do not switch off the box! Otherwise you’ll have seen it working for the last
time. While Rockbox is still in RAM and operational, we could upgrade the plugin
via USB and try again. If you switch it off, it’s gone.
Note: After successful flashing you may delete the .bin files from the root of your
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player.
Note: There are no separate flash packages for players modified to have 8 MB of RAM.
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You need to use the corresponding package for non-modified Recorder. You should then
install a Rockbox image that makes use of all available RAM as described in the following
section.
13.5.4. Updating the Rockbox Image in Flash
When Rockbox is booted from flash, it does not check for an updated firmware on disk.
This is one of the reasons why it boots faster than the Archos firmware. It means that
whenever you update Rockbox, you also need to update the image in the flash. This is
a simple and safe procedure:
1. Download (or build) the Rockbox build you want to use, and unzip it to the root
of your player. Safely disconnect USB.
2. ROLO into the new Rockbox version.
The Rockbox manual (version rUnversioned directory-150515) Archos Recorder