empeg-car bootstrap v1.00 20000601 (hugo@empeg.com)
On DC power, quick boot

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kerne
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Linux version 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg52-hijack-v413 (hijack@rtr.ca) (gcc version
2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #2 Tue Aug 17 18:05:30 EDT 2004
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
Checking for extra DRAM:
c0c00000: wrote ffffffff, read e91ba9f0
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel
empeg-car player (hardware revision 7, serial number 80000373) 12MB DRAM
Command line: mem=12m noinitrd
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 10952k/12M available (984k code, 20k reserved, 328k data, 4k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)
Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 fo
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384)
IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
Starting kswapd v 1.5
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART
Signature is 206f6972 'rio '
Found custom animation at offset 0x9b734
Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1
empeg display initialised.
empeg dsp audio initialised
empeg dsp mixer initialised
empeg dsp initialised
empeg audio-in initialised, CS4231A revision a0
empeg remote control/panel button initialised.
empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012
empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0004f00).
empeg RDS driver initialised
empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)
RAM disk driver initialized:  16 RAM disks of 4096K size
empeg single channel IDE
Probing primary interface...
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x000-0x007,0x038 on irq 6
hda: IBM-DARA-206000, 5729MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=12416/15/63
empeg-flash driver initialized
smc chip id/revision 0x3349
smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman (erik@vt.edu)

SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:10:01:7
5
Partition check:
hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 > hda2 hda3 hda4
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing unused kernel memory: 4k init
Timezone: Atlantic/South_Georgia
Timezone: Atlantic/South_Georgia
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

[ir_translate] ERROR: "PopUp1=Bookmarks"
[hijack] ERROR: "time_offset=2"
player.cpp        : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01. 

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c0c00000: wrote ffffffff, read e91ba9f0

In Antwort auf:

It's just checking to see if you've installed any addtional RAM modules. You probably haven't, and that "error" is nothing to worry about.

ok, that's great

Well, I had this hijack option set and I noticed a short message from hijack during boot-process that it is forcing dc mode... I guess I played around with the option once I was waiting in a traffic jam .

But after I disabled it and the two menu options remained appearing in the menu, I then noticed the message that it is in the DC mode.

I have tried three different native unemulated serial ports. Two from different laptops and one from a regular desktop. Well, after the third pc I stopped thinking about serial port problems on the computers side.

After checking the bbs, I came to the conclusion that the power jack error recently hit me.
But I read more possible solutions for this kind of error than this power jack thing.... I read about faulty soldering joints, capacitors and other electronical pieces... so I don't want to start soldering several parts of the motherboard until I have found the disturbing part....

I don't know what I can check now... and I hope for your help

I think that the boot-log is a bit short, isn't it? I miss messages about ethernet interface coming up....

In Antwort auf:

One other note or two. If you are detecting DC power, that will both change the speed of the serial ports down to 4800 and will also not allow flash upgrades.

Well, I read that somewhere and tried to set the speed to 4800, but this brought up weird characters in hyperterminal... it looked like word salad...
So I assume that there is some line in my config.ini saying "serial=115200" or something like this. I assume I read this once and thought that setting this would be a good idea...

As far as I know, the empeg kernel would skip the upgrade process completely if DC power is detected, so this is probably not the cause for the problem.

But thank anyway for your suggestion

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As far as I know, the empeg kernel would skip the upgrade process completely if DC power is detected, so this is probably not the cause for the problem.

In Antwort auf:

If your boot log is telling you DC power, and there is nothing plugged into the AC adapter jack, and you're not forcing DC power via Hijack option or any other way, then definitely the problem is that jack.

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Yes, there is my powercable plugged in the AC-adapter jack.

Woops. Yeah, I said that backwards, but you could tell what I meant to say.

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I had hoped that someone would tell me something like, plug in ac cable, connect contact 3 with 4 and see if it is correct now..

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On DC power, quick boot

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Let me look and see what the pinouts are on that jack.

                        _______s_
                       |         | 
Plug goes in here ->   |    -    |+
                       |_________|

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Now, Tony, isn't the AC Jack Failure the one that makes a DC player think it is on AC? This unit has the opposite problem.

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Yes, that is the common error condition, but I don't see why it couldn't fail the other way.

• the left pin is ground (-).
  
• the centre pin is for the "sensor".
  
• the right pin is 12V (+).
  

• The spring contact could fatigue and stop springing back into
  position when no plug is inserted. In this mode, the player
  will be permanently stuck in AC power mode.
  
  
• The spring contact may break off completely,
  in which case AC operation becomes intermittent or impossible.
  The metal fragment could then also short out the (+) and (-)
  conductors when in the car, damaging the player's main circuit board.
  

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On some players, this switch fails, causing the player to think it's either permanently in home mode or permanently in car mode.

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the player started up in "transient" mode. I thought this was disabled in car due to local law...

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I thought this was disabled in car due to local law...

There are no laws covering the empeg in that way. Just the designers trying to do what they thought was the right thing.

Anyway, like Hussein said, that's a hijack feature.

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the player started up in "transient" mode. I thought this was disabled in car due to local law...

Hijack can override this if you select the Restore DC Car Visuals option in the menu - it must have been activated at some point. Just go back into the menu and disable it.

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Upon booting up in DC/Car mode, my empeg displays the message "Info Off" inside a rectangular box. If I adjust my selection to again view track information, the setting is lost during the next boot and once again I see only the animated visuals.
I've assumed that this is an issue of a previous owner diddling around in the config.ini and that at some point I'd learn how to 'un-didle' it. Could Restore DC Car Visuals also do this?

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I'd like to learn a lot more about the various Hijack features. Are there other sources of info other than the FAQ?
I probably can't hurt anything by trying it, but I thought I'd ask while the topic is hot.
Thanks!