artmaltman;544353 Wrote: > I know that this has been mentioned in other threads (thank you John > Swenson, probably others....), BUT, we need to make this very very > prominent: > > See: http://www.logitech.com/assets/30072/documentation.pdf > > Read it!!! > > Some of the things that I thought were BUGS turn out to be documented > DEEP in the manual. > > - You should not expect non-a/c powered hard drives to work unless they > are plugged into a USB hub that is a/c powered. The Touch might > partially power a USB drive enough to recognize it but you don't end up > with a scanned drive and ability to play music. You need to plug such > drives into a USB a/c powered hub. Most of us discovered this the HARD > way! Some might have even purchased USB powered drives just for this > application. Sigh. > > - You can plug both an SDHC card and a USB hard drive into the Touch > but it will only recognize and play the first one that you plug in. > There is apparently some way to "eject" one to play the other. > > I estimate I've lost at least an hour, maybe two, trying to accomplish > things that even the tech writer at Logitech knows cannot be done! > > Sigh. > Art
Also let us not read TO MUCH into things either. USB powered USB drives will work fine without a hub in most cases and more often then not if said USB powered USB drive is a fully certified USB specification drive. The Touch USB port is spec'd out to the published USB specification. It will only provide so much current from the port. If ones USB powered USB drive draws more then this spec on startup or during operation, one is going to have problems! Period. I have had no problem with the Toshiba line of USB powered USB drives all the up to the 1TB model (I own a 320, 500, 640, and 1TB, my neighbors 750GB also works). The OP point is well taken that a reading of the manual will help with many issues and shed light on questions that arise. -- iPhone *iPhone* Media Room: Transporter, VTL TL-6.5 Signature Pre-Amp, Ayre MX-R Mono's, VeraStarr 6.4SE 6-channel Amp, Vandersteen Speakers: Quatro Mains, VCC-5 Reference Center, four VSM-1 Signatures, Video: Runco RS 900 CineWide AutoScope 2.35:1 Living Room: Duet, ADCOM GTP-870HD, Cinepro 3K6SE III Gold, Vandersteen Model 3A Signature, Two 2Wq subs, VCC-2, Two VSM-1 Kitchen: Squeezebox BOOM Bedroom: Second Boom Bathroom: Squeezebox Radio Ford Thunderbird: Duet, Mac Mini Ford Expedition: SB Touch, USB drive ------------------------------------------------------------------------ iPhone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13622 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78433 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
