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[Christopher Bruinenberg <chbruin7@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi, thanks.  I tried doing exactly what you said to do and it didn't do 
anything.  I set my ipod back to factory settings before i did all of 
this.  are you suposed to do something else?
thanks
chris


Shane Jackson wrote:
> Hi, Chris.  I see that you have received no answer, so here goes.  I'll help
> you with this disclaimer:  If any of my instructions are wrong, it is due to
> the fact that I have not installed Rockbox for a long while.  This message
> is to try and assist you to get it up and running on your iPod video.  That
> having been said, do the following.  Go to http://www.rockbox.org.  Find the
> section for current builds or daily builds.  Go here and find the zipped
> archive for your iPod video.  Plug your iPod video into your pc's usb port.
> Make sure you can recognize the drive in Windows Explorer.  Now, get the
> manual from the same area that you got the daily build.  You may have to
> sarch a bit, but if you know your screen reafder's cursor keys and you know
> how to successfully navigate the web, you'll find it.  It tells you to
> download the iPodpatcher program.  Download this, and put it in a safe
> place.  Now, unzip the file you downloaded for Rockbox.  Unzip it into the
> root of your iPod.  It should create a folder called .rockbox and it should
> be the only thing that unzips.  This is very different than how it used to
> be, but that's how it's done as I remember it.  Now, run the iPodpatcher
> program from where you saved it.  This is also different.  You used to have
> to run it from a command prompt, but it is a Windows program now.  It runs
> fine, and if it detects your iPod, you can terminate it by hitting enter.
> This creates all the necessary firmware changes and all that is necessary
> for running Rockbox on your iPod video.  Now, go to Brian's page, find the
> page on iPods and find the link to the voice software.  Find the voice you
> want and download it.  It will unzip into a file with a .voice extension.
> If need be, change the name to english.voice and load it into the
> .rockbox\langs folder of your iPod.  Now, this file must be called
> english.voice, so if it has another name, change it appropriately.  Re-boot
> your iPod into Rockbox by holding down the center button and pressing the
> wheel at the 12:00 position, or the top nearest the display.  Wait about
> five seconds and you should hear speech.  Rockbox is up and running, and
> you're good to go.  To get back to the Apple firmware, press the hold switch
> to the right while holding down the top of the wheel, again, nearest the
> display.  This is the Menu key.  You wait five seconds again, and you'll be
> in the Apple firmware with no speech.  There you have it, as best as I
> remember it.  I trust that this is helpful to someone, and I look forward to
> hearing that your iPod is up and running.  You will have a ball onfce you
> have Rockbox the way you like it.
>
> Shane Jackson
> Hoover, Alabama, USA
> "All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof,
> for correction, for training in righteousness;
> so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work."
> 2 Timothy 3:16-17 (NASB)
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