F2 Charge Problem?? Pls Help

[togayg1]

i bought a cowon iaudio f2 , and on the third day of using it, it suddenly stopped working and i tried to connect the cable for charge but nothing cha! nged. f2 does not open now.

[martyn7]

on the right hand side of the player theres a small reset button, have you tried using that?

[Who Am I?]

What OS are you using?

-Windows Xp
-Windows 98SE
-Windows 2000 Professional

What USB does your Motherboard support? 1.1 or 2.0

Tried a different USB cable?

What happens when you try to power on the F2? Does a display come up indicating a LOW BATTERY Display?

[togayg1]

i use xp, usb 2.0 and i try different cable but display low battery.
i put usb for to charge display full battery
do you have propose?

[Who Am I?]

Has your F2 ever been dropped or do you know if it's been around any High temps. by any chance?

Have you also tried different USB ports on your motherboard?

[togayg1]

i tried another port on my mothercard what must i do now?

[Who Am I?]

i tried another port on my mothercard what must i do now?So your saying it didn't work? Hmm... does your computer recognize the player? If so then try formating it.

-Open Jetshell
-File
-Format Device Memory
-File System FAT32
-Quick or full format (Doesn't matter but I recommend Quick)

If that doesn't work then I'm out of options [sad]

[togayg1]

hi

i live in turkey

i bought f2 of B&H photo

where can i f2 send ?

[tehownt]

Hi,

I've had the exact same problem w/ an iAudio F2 bought from B&H, it kept on telling me that the battery was empty eventhough it wouldn't charge anymore as it saw the battery fully charged when charging...

I had to go to cowonamerica.com and web chat w/ a representative, and send it back through the mailbox after having obtained the RMA. I don't know for turkey though...

[Belphegor]

I bought my player (f. 1.11) last week.
Yesterday I wanted to charge the player for the second time but something is wrong.
When I start the player (without USB-connection) the display shows " Low Battery " and the player turns off. Connected with USB ( computer, ac adapter ) I receive " Battery Full ".
The computer does recognize the player, I formated the player and tried different player-menu settings but it has still this strange behavior.

Can the installation of new firmware solve this problem ?
I tried to install new firmware ( 1.11; 1.12; 1.13; 1.14), but my computer (Win 98) wasn't able to start the firmware. And now I ask myself if the firmware is able to solve the problem (and should I try to use the computer of a friend ) or will this cause perhaps further problems with the warrenty.

[Who Am I?]

I bought my player (f. 1.11) last week.
Yesterday I wanted to charge the player for the second time but something is wrong.
When I start the player (without USB-connection) the display shows " Low Battery " and the player turns off. Connected with USB ( computer, ac adapter ) I receive " Battery Full ".
The computer does recognize the player, I formated the player and tried different player-menu settings but it has still this strange behavior.

Can the installation of new firmware solve this problem ?
I tried to install new firmware ( 1.11; 1.12; 1.13; 1.14), but my computer (Win 98) wasn't able to start the firmware. And now I ask myself if the firmware is able to solve the problem (and should I try to use the computer of a friend ) or will this cause perhaps further problems with the warrenty.try your friends computer(hopefully it has Windows Xp) and update to 1.13

the current F/W 1.14 has issues in performance and adds really nothing in use. on the friends computer try to charge it(by trying different USB ports).

[Vitecs]

When I start the player (without USB-connection) the display shows " Low Battery " and the player turns off. Connected with USB ( computer, ac adapter ) I receive " Battery Full ".
The computer does recognize the player, I formated the player and tried different player-menu settings but it has still this strange behavior.
How did you switch to charge mode? Did you try to press "Safe remove hardware" button in your toolbar?

[Belphegor]

Thanks for your help and answers.
I guess the player was damaged, because I tried everything but it didn't solve this problem.
Since 4 weeks I have a new F2 and I charged it several times with no problems.


To be sure I also bought the original cowon ac adapter which vary a little from my Motorola adapter ( Cowon 5V 1,2A ; Motorola 5V 550mA ). But I don't think that this caused the damage.

It`s only one problem left.
I replaced the cowon earphones with the Sennheiser PX200 and the Beyerdynamic DTX50.
It's always difficult to decide which one I should use. [wink] [laugh] [laugh]


@Vitecs
Win98 hasn't the "Safe remove hardware" button. It switches automatically from usb-mode to charging-mode by starting or closing ( or when the *§&% Win98 can't recognize the player [wink] [biggrin] ) the session. The old player showed at this time " Battery Full ".