Thank you very much for your responses. Let me take up the various points:
1. Just for information, the scanning time for the disk is in the 10-15 minute range if I have simply added a few CDs or if the system has been powered down for another reason. If I erase the database and start afresh, it takes hours - but I do not do that very often. 2. I had not realised that there was a possibility of the SBT becoming clogged with rubbish after some time, but I'll certainly keep that in mind. 3. I have not tried .WAV files (ever), but will play around with that. I would need a 2TB drive to accommodate all my files, however, and that might bring additional problems. 4. As to the disk going to 'sleep', the thought had occurred to me, too. However, I don't think so (but I can't be 100% sure). I'll look into that. The question which remains with all the suggestions is why I get no dropouts with firmware 7.7.1 (which was the one installed on the SBT when I bought it) - whilst they happen all the time with 7.7.2 and later versions. The problems started about 6 months after I purchased the unit, when the SBT upgraded itself to 7.7.2. I tried all sorts of things then, until I realised that by re-installing 7.7.1 I could eliminate the dropouts. When the SBT decides to work, it works very well. The issue with firmware 7.7.1 is that it is not terribly stable. That said, other reports on this and related forums suggest that using the SBT with a USB hard drive is hardly ever a straightforward affair, irrespective of the firmware version. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SqueezeboxAbe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100748 _______________________________________________ Touch mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/touch
