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Budget media Player
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I got one of these today, but what worries me is that it says on the box "USB jack for playback" and nowhere do they mention anything about playback from an external HDD or High Speed USB 2.0 link as mentioned in GAME's ad.
I have a 120GB WD Passport Portable Hard Drive and it does not seem to work. My 1GB memory stick works, but not my 4GB. When I insert the HDD & 4GB the display reverts to 535:00:00.
What do I do? Take it back & accuse them of false advertising? BTW, got it as a gift.
And here I thought it would be easy changing the file system to FAT32, not.
How do I go about it?
Nerfherder
Honorary Master
You format it.
It will only allow me to format in NTFS.
Edit: managed to get it formatted to FAT32 using these instructions.
If you want to keep the data then Using WinXP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307881
Backup you data first as I have heard of file system instability in some cases after a conversion. Follow MS instructions at your own risk.
Which OS you using?
Edit: Oh, You sorted? Is the DVD player seeing your files now
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Will check when I get home tonight.
The Logik DVD player now sees all my files & works perfectly.
Good news
If you get a chance, pls post a short review in a week or so for people needing a budget device with media player capabilities. Just pros and cons. Tks.remybfg10k
Expert Member
rph72, Esquire have the Privio Light that has HDMI and USB input for R399 excl this saturday (R899excl with 1TB drive), only it doesn't play .mkv
RazedInBlack
RazedInBlack
Then its crap!
The Logik DVD player now sees all my files & works perfectly.
Hi rph72, I have purchased the very same dvd play, but am having problem with it playing the .avi movies i have...
I have tried using the memory stick which it sees and plays, but the movie skips a few seconds every now and then....
I copied a few movies on a dvd-rw and a dvd-r, both have the same issues...
Please can you let me know if you are playing avi files on the dvd and if you have any problems with the player...
LancelotSA
Banned
The Logik DVD player now sees all my files & works perfectly.
Can you plug a 1Tb external drive into it though? I know some of these DVD players accept flash sticks but not USB drives.
EDIT : Ah, I see talk of FAT and NTFS.
LancelotSA
Banned
Yip, I have a Philips and it also does not see large hard drives. As mentioned earlier in this thread it may be as a result of NTFS formatting as opposed to FAT formatting. Trouble is that reformatting your drive will result in a loss of all your movies.