akcoolrider
New Member
Hi all
Very informative site. Great going guys.
I own many Panasonic products and I bought this home theater system SA-PT150 last year and its great so far. This model comes with a USB port as well which reads pen drives of 4 GB (I havent tried higher capacity ones yet) but when I connect a external hard disk it doesnt read. I have a Seagate 250 GB external hard disk, 2.5" which doesnt need an auxillary power supply (the 3.5" hard disk needs separate power). The LED light on the hard disk which blinks for power and data access, does blink when I connect it to the player so the player is able to read, but I get a message on the connected LCD TV that this kind of device cannot be played.
of course, the hard disk works perfect when connected to a laptop.
My question this:
Do USB ports have power ratings? Is it due to the power requirements of a motor/drive of a hard disk that its not able to read it when it can read a simple 4 GB pen drive (which is a solid state device and has no moving parts)
I am planning to buy a 1 TB 3.5" hard disk sometime soon. If power is the issue, this should play as it has its own auxiliary power supply. or is the issue something else?
Any simple fixes you can think of are welcome!
Otherwise I am planning to buy a WD media player to play from the HD whose output I can connect to the home theater.
I am also looking for any Panasonic tricks to play other newer formats. Mine only support .avi not even mp4!
Very informative site. Great going guys.
I own many Panasonic products and I bought this home theater system SA-PT150 last year and its great so far. This model comes with a USB port as well which reads pen drives of 4 GB (I havent tried higher capacity ones yet) but when I connect a external hard disk it doesnt read. I have a Seagate 250 GB external hard disk, 2.5" which doesnt need an auxillary power supply (the 3.5" hard disk needs separate power). The LED light on the hard disk which blinks for power and data access, does blink when I connect it to the player so the player is able to read, but I get a message on the connected LCD TV that this kind of device cannot be played.
of course, the hard disk works perfect when connected to a laptop.
My question this:
Do USB ports have power ratings? Is it due to the power requirements of a motor/drive of a hard disk that its not able to read it when it can read a simple 4 GB pen drive (which is a solid state device and has no moving parts)
I am planning to buy a 1 TB 3.5" hard disk sometime soon. If power is the issue, this should play as it has its own auxiliary power supply. or is the issue something else?
Any simple fixes you can think of are welcome!
Otherwise I am planning to buy a WD media player to play from the HD whose output I can connect to the home theater.
I am also looking for any Panasonic tricks to play other newer formats. Mine only support .avi not even mp4!