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3.23 Transferring files to the Hard Disk Drive through USB
Chapter 3: Basic Setup
When connected to your PC, the So Smart
works exactly like an
external storage device (e.g. USB Flash drive).
1. Power OFF the So Smart Media Player
2. Connect the USB2.0 Slave Port to the USB Port of your
PC via a USB2.0 A-B Cable.
3. Power ON the So Smart Media Player.
4. Your PC will recognize the new external USB drive**.
5. Simply drag and drop your media files from your PC to the So Smart
Multimedia Player. It works exactly like any other external storage
device.
** If your PC fails to recognize the So Smart
Media Player when connected via USB, check the jumper settings on the installed HDD.
Try and test the jumpers in the following order:
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MASTER or SINGLE jumper setting
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CABLE SELECT (CS) jumper setting
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SLAVE jumper setting
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Complete Remove all jumpers.
USB Host Functionality: The So Smart player also provides a USB-host port built upon a full speed, USB 2.0 compliant host/function processor.
USB-host (also referred to as USB-OTG or USB-On-the-Go) allows communication between two USB devices. You can connect any external
storage device (e.g. Flash drive) or an external DVD-ROM and play video files residing on these external devices. You can even connect your
Digital Camera to directly transfer digital images/pictures from the camera to the HDD residing inside So Smart player.
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Turn off your So Smart player before connecting your external device to the player.
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Some 2.5” external-HDD may require additional power to the external HDD to be recognized. Use the AC-adapter included with your
2.5” external HDD to enable its use with the So Smart player.