Fri, 15 Feb 2008
Firmware Reflash on an i.Beat organix
The TrekStor i.Beat organix FM I own suffers from persistent screen corruption from time to time, i.e. chars get replaced by some other symbols from the GUI and other issues making the display unreadable. A firmware update helps, though. Now again this software is Windows only despite the manufacturer claiming that Linux is somehow "supported".
Now it is not that easy to "update" the firmware (i.e. to override it with the same version just again), so I document the key step here: you need to press the Play button while connecting the device to the USB port. It will then present itself as a "Recovery Device" to Windows and the firmware updater from TrekStor's homepage will pick it up. If you fail to do so it will just keep on scanning with no result.
This may or may not work on other TrekStor models, too. In other news Dieter Bohlen is now glancing at me when I open their homepage. How freakingly annoying that they chose him as their advertising beast.