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| Thread ID: 121572 | 2011-11-01 06:43:00 | Android question: Can it play media directly from the USB port? | BBCmicro (15761) | Press F1 |
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| 1241237 | 2011-11-01 06:43:00 | I can't tell from the fantastic manual whether the Sony Tablet S can play media directly from a USB device. The on-line manual talks a lot about transferring content to the internal memory - www.mobicity.com.au Same question regarding the Asus Transformer TF101 |
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| 1241238 | 2011-11-01 07:12:00 | I've played movies directly off a USB drive on an Asus TF101 running 3.1. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1241239 | 2011-11-01 07:27:00 | +1, I have too, both a USB Thumbdrive, HDD, USB -> SD Card Adapter, and from the internal MicroSD port. Plays brilliantly :) | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1241240 | 2011-11-01 07:39:00 | Thanks Supplementary question: Is the TF101 OK for downloading a driver or similar file from the internet? It's not limited to 'media' files, is it? |
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| 1241241 | 2011-11-01 07:46:00 | You can download whatever you want, but it won't run standard windows executables etc. if you're just after downloading them and copying them to a USB drive, no problem. | inphinity (7274) | ||
| 1241242 | 2011-11-01 08:05:00 | Thanks again (I'm sort of learning how much a tablet is a 'computer' versus a 'media player') |
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| 1241243 | 2011-11-01 19:07:00 | Yeah no worries. Todays Android tablets are pretty darn flexible and incredibly powerful too!! :D | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1241244 | 2011-11-03 02:54:00 | Update: I took a portable HDD into Sony Wellington and connected it to the Sony Tablet using a gender changer and another cable. It didn't spin. So I asked for the Sony adaptor (SGPUC1, microPlug-to-standardSocket). Didn't have any - said they were on order. Even when they arrived it might not work until a software fix was used. Possibly Ice Cream Sandwich? Said to enquire in a week or so... Not very encouraging, too many mights and maybes Comments: - Tablet has a micro USB port of the 'device' type. Just like on latest WD portable HDDs - that would mean easy connection to a desktop PC or other host. (They don't supply a cable but Jaycar sell them for about $12, I think) - presumably this would allow the PC to copy stuff to the 16 or 32 GB Tablet storage - online User Guide says the port is 'USB micro-AB' - I take this to mean both host and device capabilities in the same (device) connector - User Guide says port can supply standard 500 mA (The Tablet battery cannot be charged via the USB port) - the Sony USB adaptor-cable SGPUC1 ends in a standard host connector like the USB ports on a PC - I presume that the special adaptor cable has some sort of cross-over wired into it - if Honeycomb can drive a USB host port, Tablet S should as well - but it's possible that piggy-backing host capabilities onto a device port is too new to be included in Honeycomb 3.x? - or perhaps it already does work as a host port but you need the cross-over cable? (listed at $26) Will update in a week or so |
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| 1241245 | 2011-11-03 03:08:00 | You're getting USB Host ports confused with USB Devices... | Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 1241246 | 2011-11-03 03:20:00 | I wondered about that. So a device port is one on a host machine? For connecting a device to? I was assuming a device port identified a device... Would welcome clarification |
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