Philips DVP5980 USB Hard drive playback

churkus · 16-01-2008, 1:44 PM

Can someone who owns the above tell me if i attach a usb enlclosure containign a 500gb hard drive will it play the divx files off it or not?

jonnypb · 16-01-2008, 3:18 PM

i think i read somewhere that you can attach external hard drives as long as they're formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS

Knox · 16-01-2008, 8:15 PM

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Originally Posted by churkus

Can someone who owns the above tell me if i attach a usb enlclosure containign a 500gb hard drive will it play the divx files off it or not?

You may need to partition the hard drive into 32MB partitions !

Why such a big hard drive ?

jonnypb · 16-01-2008, 9:26 PM

i've had a 160gb drive (fat32) on a usb dvd player and didn't need to partition it

TeamGers · 17-01-2008, 12:08 AM

I know this is lightly off track, but, can anyone tell me if the USB connection on this machine can be used to download the latest firmware onto the 5980? or do you have to "burn" the firmware to a disc and update it that way?

Thanks

TeamGers · 17-01-2008, 8:10 AM

Anyone....

*chris57* · 17-01-2008, 9:05 AM

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Originally Posted by TeamGers

Anyone....

No it must be updated via CD.

TeamGers · 17-01-2008, 3:50 PM

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Originally Posted by chris57

No it must be updated via CD.

thanks for that mate.....

28-06-2008, 5:40 AM

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Originally Posted by jonnypb

i think i read somewhere that you can attach external hard drives as long as they're formatted as FAT32 and not NTFS

I've got an 8GB flash drive that works fine, but my Western Digital 250GB drive (FAT32) can't be read.
Any suggestions ?

TIA

06-07-2008, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by ormember

I've got an 8GB flash drive that works fine, but my Western Digital 250GB drive (FAT32) can't be read.
Any suggestions ?

TIA

i also have an 8gb flash drive, but it doesn't work on the dvd player but works fine on a pc. it is formatted to fat32. any hints ?

lambu · 07-07-2008, 7:19 AM

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Originally Posted by churkus

Can someone who owns the above tell me if i attach a usb enlclosure containign a 500gb hard drive will it play the divx files off it or not?

I've got a 500gb hard drive formatted FAT32 in only one partition and 5980 player plays everything on my HD

*chris57* · 07-07-2008, 7:26 AM

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Originally Posted by jimmy five

i also have an 8gb flash drive, but it doesn't work on the dvd player but works fine on a pc. it is formatted to fat32. any hints ?

Some flash drives require too much power from the USB for the player, here's a good/bad list:-
http://www.phunkyfish.com/article/4/...-596012#usbkey

18-07-2008, 3:52 AM

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Originally Posted by chris57

Some flash drives require too much power from the USB for the player, here's a good/bad list:-
http://www.phunkyfish.com/article/4/...-596012#usbkey

I managed to get my 250GB portable hard drive working. I purchased a powered usb hub, and one of those twin end USB cables ( mini-usb to usbdata and usb power). The drive is connected directly to the DVD player, and additional power comes from the USB hub. Works fine now