JohnSwenson;545322 Wrote: > It depends on how the drive behaves, if it spins down the platter but > keeps the USB connection alive then it should be fine. > > There seem to be some drives that disable the logical connection when > they go into sleep mode and that will cause the server to stop, which > then means it will do a scan when it comes back up. > > Some people have been able to find settings for those drives that > prevent it from dropping the logical connection. > > John S.
It is not my goal to be argumentative about the subject, but I do find it interesting how many qualifiers are required for the Touch to behave in a reasonable manner with an external USB drive attached directly to the unit. I'd understood the whole point of the Touch's internal server was to create a consumer "plug and play" product. That has been far from the case. It seems more "hit and miss" than "plug and play." If there are specific hardware requirements in terms of make & model of external hard drives, they should be clearly listed in the product specs. I just checked - the instructions are clearly absent any special restrictions. Likewise, there is no mention of any special settings required. >From where I sit my verdict on the Touch is its a great sounding player when used in the traditional external Squeezeboxserver configuration. However, it is a real roll of the dice when the internal server is used. I hope that gets better, though I have to wonder just how bad things were last Christmas when they delayed introduction four months to fix those issues. -- mlsstl ------------------------------------------------------------------------ mlsstl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9598 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=78335 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
