If I plug my hard drive in via the USB port, will I be able to easily access and view media on my hard drive?
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You wold need software to view the media on any display. Why don't you run a media cable from your computer to the HDTV and view it that way?
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Yes you can if it connects by USB. You can also connect over a network if the drive is shared and skip the wires.
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If your drive has an mSATA, then it's OK. You can also get a SATA to USB adapter to get the data out.
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I have an external USB hard drive connected and it works fine. You can even play back files from the USB drive. I have a 1 TB external drive.
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I'm not sure if you can plug a external hard drive directly to the t.v., I usually connect my t.v. through my local network. For example I'll turn on my computer and have it set up through windows media player. Same thing with my music......
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Hi Lynn, your PC will have one or more USB ports on the side. If you don't know what that looks like, look at your computer manual--it will point out where they are. You just slide the drive into the port--with the topside, that has 2 square holes in it, up. Hope this helps! Dan
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Yes. If your drive has a power connector, you plug it in there, either directly or with the supplied adapter. There are 3 photos that show the complete setup clearly for different drive types, with instructions for each.
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I haven't tested this personally, but considering the hard drive has AC power, it should not be an issue. I'm assuming this probably wouldn't work well or at all with a USB powered hard drive.
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Yes. Its possible but its only for a firmware update and presentation from other display devices that support USB videos like some high-end mobile phones. You cannot use the port to view slideshows or other files eg movies loaded on to the drive.
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I don't really know the answer... but I don't think it was intended to work that way. If you plug in the hard drive into the USB and then plug in the Ethernet connector and not hook up the computer, I don't think there's a built in server or anything to directly access the hard drive over the network.
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No way I can see. It is powered by the USB connection and data is moved the same way. There is no other connection.
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yes, u can also plug in a usb flash drive that has music, movies, or pics as well
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Yes, you can connect an external hard drive using one of two USB 2.0 ports (front or rear), and can then watch movies stored on the connected drive in any of the supported formats. If your external drive requires more power than one USB port can provide you may need to consider an externally powered drive like the WD MyBook or similar.
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Hi Dan, If by hard drives, you mean that the regular-size USB part of it can be plugged into a computer, then yes--the bigger plugs into your computer port. Does that answer your question? If not, please post again and I'll be happy to see if I can be more specific.
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As far as I know, the answer is no. The USB ports are for connecting mass storage devices such as flash drives and cameras.This includes external hard drives. I did this recently in order to change storage modes from RAID1 to JBOD. I hooked upan external drive, moved all my data off, changed the storage mode, then moved all my data back.
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Yes, I just checked it out with my portable 1 TB hard drive. It will automatically open up to a screen asking if you if you are going to view pictures, play music, or play movies. Then it will take you to the next menu just like a computer if you use folders. Hope this helps.
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Yes, you will be able to access all information stored on your iPod hard drive. I have purchased this item to use for accessing the hard drive after my iPod broke, installation was simple and it has been working fine since.