Need assistance with installaing Rockbox

[only_the_girl]

because it was recommended by someone i installed rockbock (everything okay uo to this point) and now i only have screen glowing on my newly bought baby WITH NOTHING ON IT!!!!
i am freaking out to be honest .... is this the so-called "crashing" of the player?!?!?!?!?

WHAT CAN I DO NOW, none of the buttons work....



the remote is not showing anything on its display
the screen stays plain
.......nothing happens.
WTF?!?!?!??! ((((((((((

[musichound]

Did you follow the instructions properly?
Check here to make sure you did.

Remember, all installations must be followed with either a daily build or an optimized.

Get your daily build here and make sure you download the correct one pertaining to your player.

If you want the experimental build there is a thread you can download it from and it's located here.

Everything will work out properly if you follow the instructions. The best of luck with it.

P.S. I renamed your thread to a more suitable title so more people will respond.

[Febs]

You'll also want to download the manual. Check the "Sources of Rockbox Info" link in my signature. The first link is a link to the manual.

[only_the_girl]

- sigh - i guess the rockbox is not so good for total newbies... i thank you for your help and thanks for renaming the thread, too.

i will dive into the matter and only cry out for help if i cannot find help in the manuals, i promise
good night, good fight.

[Febs]

Seriously, read the manual. It is intended for "total newbies"!

One question: when you turn your player on, does it show a Rockbox logo before you get to the blank screen?

[only_the_girl]

Originally Posted by Febs

Seriously, read the manual. It is intended for "total newbies"!

One question: when you turn your player on, does it show a Rockbox logo before you get to the blank screen?

yeah, i know, but i meant that i am a iriver h120 hdd.player newbie... should i learn how to use the player with the iriver firmware eitherway?

oh, the blank screen phenomenon is gone --- i pressed RESET and now the rockbox screen appears, it boots, i can also boot with the original firmware, but e.g. the shuffle function does not include more than the current folder and stuff + various other negative events are happening.... but i will check the manual about that.... i downloaded it even before installing rockbox, i am trying to be a good girl

[Febs]

At this point, I think that the only reason to use the original firmware on the H100 series is if you have .wma files, which are not supported by Rockbox (yet). Otherwise, there's no need to learn the iriver firmware before you learn Rockbox.

[only_the_girl]

you got a point...
wma can kiss my derriere )) i don't really care about this format. never did, never will.

i will have to slow down though, i stuck my nose already into all this cool wps-stuff..... wanna have wanna have! but first of all i should read the manual...... i know.

oh, and thanks for helping and bothering.

(when calling it a DAILY build...um, is it changing every day?! sorry for asking such a stupid question but english is not my mother-tongue)

[Febs]

I would be interested to know whether you find the manual useful, and if you have any suggestions for how it could be made better.

[only_the_girl]

oh, i will definetely give you feedback about the manual.
has to be in the public forums (here) though since i am not allowed to send PMs (yet)

[only_the_girl]

oh, and what's the difference between a so-called daily buid and an experimental one?!

[Mmmm]

Rockbox is constantly being improved and updated....

If you use a 'bleeding edge' build you will have all of the features described on the rockbox homepage.

At the end of every day a 'daily' build is made, so this build will contain all the updates up until the end of the previous day.

A lot of people make their own customized builds which have extra or slightly changed features to the official builds (the official builds being the daily and bleeding edge), The experimental build is an example of this, as is the build in my signature.

Hope that makes sense...