Raketen
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Good to read you can finally get rid of that volume cap. After nearly 4 years, I put my A17 through the wash last week ![Sob :sob: :sob:](https://cdn.head-fi.org/e/people/sob.svg)
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Using the Rockbox tool. It's been covered on this thread. Took me a while to figure out but I believe I've cracked it.... I think! Certainly seems a little louder. Plenty loud enough for me
I'm sorry but I'm not sure about this. Maybe some one else, more technically minded, can helpHello I have the Sony NW-A16 (METAL GEAR) like the one linked below. Can you tell me if I can change the langue from Japanese to English with this Rockbox tool? Thank you for any information, its been sitting in a safe for 3 years since I can't read it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-Walkm...871878?hash=item2aa4d24c06:g:SpAAAOSwNGRavhI1
Hello I have the Sony NW-A16 (METAL GEAR) like the one linked below. Can you tell me if I can change the langue from Japanese to English with this Rockbox tool? Thank you for any information, its been sitting in a safe for 3 years since I can't read it.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/SONY-Walkm...871878?hash=item2aa4d24c06:g:SpAAAOSwNGRavhI1
https://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SonyNWDestTool
Yes, you can change your region and flash that regions firmware. But, I would suggest you keep it as a collector's item. It will only go up in value.
yup I got a hard time doing it myself, the tool was changing the language and stuff just fine, but not the sound level. I've written it somewhere in this thread, but I think I ended having to apply a US firmware then change the location with the rockbox tool for the volume level to actually change.
I was playing a sweet little sine wave and checking each time that I was still on the same volume setting and checking that no DSP was ON. so I'm very confident that I did get it right in the end.
but many reported success from just using the tool and following the steps, so my issue doesn't seem generalized at all and maybe it was caused by weird torture previously done to the DAP, like trying to force the wrong firmware on previous updates. IDK.
If you have previously used the European version of this player then you will not be difficult to use the Japanese version.Hello I have the Sony NW-A16 (METAL GEAR) like the one linked below. Can you tell me if I can change the langue from Japanese to English with this Rockbox tool? Thank you for any information, its been sitting in a safe for 3 years since I can't read it.
Good to read you can finally get rid of that volume cap. After nearly 4 years, I put my A17 through the wash last week![]()
reading the first half of the quote instantly made me think the second half. it's good to see rigorous people with solid logic around here. ^_^Recently got the Hiby R3 I'd ordered as a replacement, I guess I won't really know how good it is until I put it through a washing machine