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Chapter 2. Installation
Starting at the root directory of your player browse into the directory
and from that into the subdirectory
sure that you have configured your browser to show hidden files or you may be
unable to see
In that directory you'll find a file called
Rename the file to
as it is needed for booting the Toshiba firmware.
Now copy the file
spelling is correct.
After installing the bootloader you
the following steps. Failure to do so may result in problems.
Eject / unmount USB drive and unplug the USB cable.
Unplug any power adapter.
Hold the
Slide the battery switch located on the bottom of the player from 'on' to 'off'
Slide the battery switch back from 'off' to 'on'
2.3.3 Enabling Speech Support (optional)
If you wish to use speech support you will also need a voice file, English ones are available
from
and unzip it directly to the root of your player. You should now find an
in the
and will come into effect after a reboot. See section
settings.
2.4 Running Rockbox
Remove your player from the computer's USB port. Unplug any connected power supply
and turn the unit off. When you next turn the unit on, Rockbox should load.
you see the Rockbox splash screen, Rockbox is loaded and ready for use.
2.5 Updating Rockbox
Updating Rockbox is easy even if you do not use the Rockbox Utility. Download a
Rockbox build. (The latest release of the Rockbox software will always be available
from
player like you did in the installation stage. If your unzip program asks you whether to
The Rockbox manual
.
you downloaded to that directory. Make sure the
button to turn off the player.
. Download the "voice" package for your player
directory on your player. Voice menus are enabled by default
). Unzip the build to the root directory of your
. These directories are hidden. Make
. This too may be hidden.
. Make sure you spelled that name correctly
to power-cycle the player by doing
8.8
(page 62) for details on voice
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