Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
I couldn't find either of those for a reasonable price but saw a Seagate GoFlex 250GB on Scan and took a flyer. I can confirm that it works fine. Tom -- TurnipMan TurnipMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9739 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
sebp;630091 Wrote: The key point is that the connected drive, if not powered externally, must not draw more than 500 mA (or 2.5 W) when running (case included). Can anyone recommend any specfic devices that fall within the above spec? 250GB would be ample. I want to buy one for my Mum who lives 300 miles away, so I just want it to work. TIA Tom -- TurnipMan TurnipMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9739 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
LaCie Rikiki 250GB Western Digital My Passport 250GB Both devices have been reported by users as working with the Touch, powered from USB. -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
dasmueller;630332 Wrote: I switched to running the same drive off my PC on a wi-fi network because updating the music library is just so much easier that way. If you run it attached to the USB port you are disconnecting and updating the drive doing a rescan etc. which is a pain done this way. It does work just better when attached to a network. I agree that running SBS on an external server is generally more reliable than using the Touch's built-in server (TinySBS). However, if you choose to use TinySBS then it is easy to avoid the hassles of disconnecting, reconnecting, rescanning, etc. There is absolutely no need to disconnect the USB drive from the Touch to update your music library. The Touch also runs Samba file server software, so when the USB drive is attached to the Touch it will also appear as a drive on your network. You can do all the file management you need on it from any other computer on the network. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
I assume you are asking about a drive working when dirctly attached to the USB port on the Touch. I cannot help w the drive you mentioned, but I have used a Toshiba Canvio 1TB drive attached this way. It did work. I did not have a plugins etc when I used the drive this way. I switched to running the same drive off my PC on a wi-fi network because updating the music library is just so much easier that way. If you run it attached to the USB port you are disconnecting and updating the drive doing a rescan etc. which is a pain done this way. It does work just better when attached to a network. Good luck -- dasmueller dasmueller's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=38035 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
[SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
Bearing in mind that I'm in the UK (so some drives might not be available over here) does anyone have any recommendations for a USB drive? I'm looking at the Samsung S2 1TB, but being aware from other posts that the Touch is a bit touchy would there be any particular problems with this? -- Gillinger Gillinger's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=46364 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
Many USB bus powered drives _do_ work with the Touch. Note that they're all 2.5 drives or smaller. Many people have had good luck with the Toshiba Canvio external drives. If the hard drive is powered, or if you run it from a powered USB hub, then just about any drive should work. I'm not sure about 750 GB or 1 TB 2.5 drives, whether any have been successfully bus powered by the Touch. These drives have an extra disk platter which may make them harder to spin up. -- JJZolx JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
Re: [SlimDevices: Touch] Recommendations for USB drive
The key point is that the connected drive, if not powered externally, must not draw more than 500 mA (or 2.5 W) when running (case included). -- sebp 'Last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/sebp) sebp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11768 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=87574 ___ Touch mailing list Touch@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
