[ILUG] [OT-ish] Q: iRiver H340, Linux, USB1.1/2.0, comments?

[Brendan Arthurs]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2005 at 02:13:27PM +0200, Brian Foster wrote:
>   one specific question about the H320/H340:  apparently,
>  they have two (2) USB ports, which I consistently see
>  called a 1.1 (data?) and 2.0 (media?) port.  whilst none
>  of the sites I've looked at have been clear, they give
>  the impression the 2.0 port cannot be connected to 1.1
>  (i.e., my Linux box).  this not only does not match
>  my previous impression (I _thought_ USB 2.0 was fully
>  backwards compatible with 1.1, just faster if the peer
>  was also 2.0);  it also suggests I won't be able to
>  download my ripped CDs to the H3x0 from my Linux box
>  (which is obviously no good).   I want to believe the
>  sites (or at least my reading of them) is confused,
>  but can anyone clarify?
> 

Some of the iRiver units have builtin USB ports which allow you to
plug USB mass storage devices into them and copy data from those
devices onto the iRiver hard drive. They also let you play files from
the mass storage devices. I imagine this is what is being referred
to. 

For iRiver <-> PC connection, they use a seperate USB connection which
will work with both USB 2 and USB 1.1 ports (though much more slowly
with 1.1)

Regards

Brendan Arthurs