Can I enable the radio with a firmware upgrade?

I have an E260 with firmware 01.00.12E. If I upgrade to 01.02.18F will that enable FM radio?

yes. (at least i think so.)

Maybe. Some European units were built without radio. Some were built with the radio but disabled it in firmware. Try the change and see what happens.

Tried it…

Radio showed up in the menu…

Set Radio Options to WORLD…

Tuned to 91.9 (local BBC Radio 3)…

Not a sound!

Does this mean the radio chip is not there?

@anotherbob wrote:

Tried it…

Radio showed up in the menu…

Set Radio Options to WORLD…

Tuned to 91.9 (local BBC Radio 3)…

Not a sound!

 

Does this mean the radio chip is not there?

Probably. :cry:

It was worth a shot though.

No worries, thanks for your time. It was still a good 20 quid’s worth.

:smiley:

You can also try installing rockbox (rockbox.org).  It will enable you to use the radio tuner if your player has one.  You probably don’t have the tuner on yours, but you might also like some of the other features of rockbox even if you can’t get the radio to work.