"Getting started" rework: add informations about support channels. Move out installation instructions to its own chapter (and file). Move the "Differences between binaries" to installation section. Update iriver installation and add description of bootloader usb mode.

git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@10566 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657

1 files changed, 44 insertions, 25 deletions

diff --git a/manual/getting_started/iriver_install.tex b/manual/getting_started/iriver_install.tex
index 46406fce2c..1b0e0a7db0 100644
--- a/manual/getting_started/iriver_install.tex
+++ b/manual/getting_started/iriver_install.tex
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@
   how to download and patch the Iriver firmware with the Rockbox bootloader 
   and install it on your jukebox.
 
+
 \begin{enumerate}
   \item Download a supported version of the Iriver firmware for your 
-  \playername\ from the Iriver website or from 
+  \playername{} from the Iriver website or from 
   \wikilink{ManualRockboxInstall}.
   Supported Iriver firmware versions currently include 
   \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD}{1.63US, 1.63EU, 1.63K, 1.65US, 1.65EU, 1.65K, 1.66US, 
@@ -24,13 +25,15 @@
     patched to be used with the bootloader. If you wish to install Rockbox
     on a US \playername\, you must use an international firmware, which will
     permanently remove DRM support from the player.}
-  }
+  }%
   If the file that you downloaded is a \fname{.zip} file, use an unzip 
-  utility such as \fname{InfoZip}, \fname{7zip}, \fname{WinRAR},	or 
-  \fname{WinZip} to extract the \fname{.hex} from the \fname{.zip} file
+  utility like mentioned in the prerequisites section to extract
+  the \fname{.hex} from the \fname{.zip} file
   to your desktop. Likewise, if the file that you downloaded is an 
-  \fname{.exe} file, double-click on the \fname{.exe}	file to extract 
+  \fname{.exe} file, double-click on the \fname{.exe} file to extract 
   the \fname{.hex} file to your desktop.
+  When running linux you should be able extracting \fname{.exe}
+  files using \fname{unzip}.
   %
   \item Download the firmware patcher \fname{fwpatcher.exe} from 
   \url{http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/iriver/} and save it to your desktop.
@@ -42,39 +45,55 @@
   \item Go to your desktop and double-click on whichever version of the firmware 
   patcher you downloaded in the prior step.
   %
-  \item In the firmware patcher dialog box, click on the BROWSE button and navigate
+  \item In the firmware patcher dialog box, click on the \setting{Browse}
+  button and navigate
   to the \fname{.hex} file that you previously downloaded to your desktop.
   %
-  \item Click PATCH. The firmware patcher will patch the original firmware to 
-  include the Rockbox bootloader. The \fname{.hex} file on your desktop is now
-  a modified version of the original \fname{.hex} file.
+  \item Click \setting{Patch}. The firmware patcher will patch the
+    original firmware to include the Rockbox bootloader. The \fname{.hex}
+    file on your desktop is now a modified version of the original
+    \fname{.hex} file.
   %
   \item Turn on your \playerman{} and connect it to your computer via USB.
   %
-  \item Copy or move the modified \fname{.hex} file to the ROOT directory of 
+  \item Copy or move the modified \fname{.hex} file to the root folder of
     your jukebox.
   %
   \item Disconnect the jukebox from USB. (Be sure to use Windows' ``safely remove
   hardware'' option.)
-  \warn{Before proceeding further, make sure that your player has a full charge, 
-    or that it is connected to the power adaptor.}
+  \warn{Before proceeding further, make sure that your player has a full charge
+    or that it is connected to the power adaptor. Interrupting the next step
+    due to a power failure most likely will brick your \dap{}.}
   %
-  \item Update your \playerman{} s firmware with the patched bootloader. To do this, turn 
-    the jukebox on. Press and hold the 
-    \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD}{\ButtonSelect{} button }%
-    \opt{IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonSelect{} button }%
+  \item Update your \daps{} firmware with the patched bootloader. To do this, turn
+    the jukebox on. Press and hold the
+    \opt{IRIVER_H100_PAD,IRIVER_H300_PAD}{\ButtonSelect{} button }%
     to enter the main menu, and navigate to \setting{General $\rightarrow$ Firmware 
     Upgrade}. Select \setting{Yes} when asked to confirm if you want to upgrade the 
     firmware. The \playerman{} will display a message indicating that the
     firmware update 
-    is in progress. Do not interrupt this process. When the firmware update is 
-    complete, the player will turn itself off. (The update firmware process usually 
-    takes a minute or so.)
-
-    You have now installed the Rockbox bootloader. 
+    is in progress. Do \emph{not} interrupt this process. When the
+    firmware update is complete the player will turn itself off. (The update
+    firmware process usually takes a minute or so.)
+    
+    You have now installed the Rockbox bootloader.
+\end{enumerate}
 
-\opt{h1xx}{\note{If you install the Rockbox bootloader, but do not install the
-  Rockbox firmware, the Rockbox bootloader will load the iriver firmware when the
-  jukebox is turned on.}}
+\note{If you install the Rockbox bootloader but do not install the
+  Rockbox firmware the Rockbox bootloader will load the iriver firmware when the
+  jukebox is turned on.
+  To load the \playerman{} firmware press and hold \ButtonRec{} before
+  powering up the \dap{} until the \playerman{} logo appears.
+  }
 
-\end{enumerate}
+\note{The bootloader has a builtin ``bootloader USB mode''. This function
+  switches to USB mode when the \dap{} is connected to a computer upon
+  power-up. This way you can access the \daps{} harddisk without the need
+  to boot any firmware (which is also useful when your harddisk is 
+  damaged). The screen will simply display the text ``bootloader USB mode''.
+  After you disconnect the \dap{} from USB the bootloader will
+  continue booting Rockbox. As in bootloader USB mode the firmware
+  itself hasn't been loaded this is also a simple way of updating Rockbox.
+  After the disconnect the bootloader will load the updated version of
+  Rockbox.
+}