davlee;673835 Wrote: > I play WAV files from a portable hard drive via the USB port on the > Touch. The hard drive has 500Gb of music files and this takes quite a > while for an initial scan before they can be played. > > If I remove the Drive, the scan is required each time it is > re-connected. If I leave it connected with the Touch on standby, the > Drive stays on and is very slightly warm. Does this matter, or should I > remove it and then go through the annoying scan on re-connection. > > I use the Touch to play the wav files about five times a week. > Thanks, > Dave
On the other hand, you could just turn it on in the morning as part of your routine and turn it off again at night. Then it wouldn't be on all the time and still be ready to use when you need it. -- firedog GIK Acoustics Room Treatments. Tranquil PC fanless server running Vortexbox OS; SB Touch slaved to Empirical Audio Pace Car; MF X-DAC-V3, MF X-150 as pre-amp, ClassDaudio SDS-470 amp; Devore Gibbon Super 8 Speakers; Dual 506 + Ortofon M20 (occasional use); sometimes use PC with M-Audio 192 as digital source. SB Boom in second room. Arcam CD82 which I don't use anymore, even though it's a very good player. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ firedog's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11550 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=91979 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
