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Humax - not recognising USB stick
Jeanniepurple
28-12-2009
Hi guys....good news the Humax sees my memory stick....bad news..... the on-screen message is that it's not formatted correctly and that it should be ext3 or FAT 16/32

Now, I have reformatted it on my pc and have tried all formatting options offered including FAT 32 and re-loaded some mp3 tracks and the same non-recognition message appears.

The help line hasn't responded as it said it would with extra instructions (OK it's holiday time) but I get the impression other people have had this problem and have found a way around it.

Any help please guys will be gratefully received (I'm a moderately competent pc user - I have the ECDL and a new windows 7 pc system)

Thanks
GaseousClay
28-12-2009
hi Jeanniepurple your not having much luck with your usb connection, what brand of usb stick are you using?
Jeanniepurple
28-12-2009
Oops have now lost the blessed thing...I think it's a bog standard one I got from Maplins some time ago. I'll keep looking (I put it out of sight to stop obsessing with it)
Jeanniepurple
28-12-2009
Eureka...letters on stick PQI 128mb - rather a natty shade of blue
grahamlthompson
28-12-2009
Originally Posted by Jeanniepurple:
“Hi guys....good news the Humax sees my memory stick....bad news..... the on-screen message is that it's not formatted correctly and that it should be ext3 or FAT 16/32

Now, I have reformatted it on my pc and have tried all formatting options offered including FAT 32 and re-loaded some mp3 tracks and the same non-recognition message appears.

The help line hasn't responded as it said it would with extra instructions (OK it's holiday time) but I get the impression other people have had this problem and have found a way around it.

Any help please guys will be gratefully received (I'm a moderately competent pc user - I have the ECDL and a new windows 7 pc system)

Thanks”

It's a chip set thing. The hdr does not like some of the chip sets used in some usb sticks. I have two types that workk fine Danelec 8gB and EmaxUSB also 8Gb. A 256Gb usb powered medion HDD also works fine.
Jeanniepurple
28-12-2009
Thanks Graham, it's good to know if I'm flogging a dead horse, I'll look out for the sticks you suggest.
GaseousClay
28-12-2009
Originally Posted by Jeanniepurple:
“Thanks Graham, it's good to know if I'm flogging a dead horse, I'll look out for the sticks you suggest.”

There's a few more suggestions on this thread too
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s....php?t=1098875

edit: also I may add that along with a couple of sandisk cruzers which work either FAT32 or EXT3 I also have had success with PNY's and Buffalo brands formatted to FAT32
Jeanniepurple
28-12-2009
Hi GaseousClay,

Many thanks for the suggestions I'll follow them up. Shame the manual/Humax website/Humax helpline aren't clearer about this (and other issues) It would have made my learning curve less steep and my Christmas less stressful than it need have been.
koantemplation
28-12-2009
The Medion 8gig USB sticks from Aldi also work in the Humax.
Jeanniepurple
30-12-2009
Help guys....I'm getting seriously discouraged now I have bought an Integral 4gb USB 2.0 flash drive (as listed as being OK in a thread) which is fat 32 formatted, loaded some MP3 tracks and still the Humax doesn't recognise it.

It's the same message - can't read the device... format it in ext 32 or FAT 16/32. Am I missing something really simple here?

No word from the Humax helpline yet. Aaargh
rjay60
31-12-2009
I have the same problem with my 8gb Tevion stick bought from Aldi. I formated it to Fat32 under Windows 7 but the Humax just tells me to format it to EXT3 or Fat32.
Jeanniepurple
31-12-2009
How annoying and expensive is all this. Think I'll send the bill to Humax

However I AM grateful to know it's not just me who's having this difficulty.

I'm hopeful that someone will have the answer - not least the Humax 'help' line whom I've e-mailed again as they still haven't responded as they said they would initially.

I do like the Humax but it's been badly let down by poor manuals and customer service.
koantemplation
31-12-2009
Originally Posted by rjay60:
“I have the same problem with my 8gb Tevion stick bought from Aldi. I formated it to Fat32 under Windows 7 but the Humax just tells me to format it to EXT3 or Fat32.”

I got the 8gb Medion stick from Aldi and formated it to Fat32 under Vista and it works OK. Obviously I can't use it for files over 4gig.
pvr101novice
31-12-2009
Is it worth seeing if a full format under something other than Win7 makes a difference?
rjay60
01-01-2010
Good news:

Earlier I reported that my 8gb Tevion stick would not work with the Humax. Since then I tried to format it to EXT3 under Ubuntu but it kept throwing up errors, so I deleted the partition and tried again but it still would not format. When I booted back into Windows 7 and put the Tevion in a USB slot, Windows 7 said it needed to be formated before I could use it, so I again formated it to Fat32 and now it works fine with the Humax.

I would suggest that anyone who has a stick that wont work with the Humax try to delete the partition then format it again to Fat32, you never know this may work for you too.

As a thought I think most sticks are formated to Fat32 from new. I had formated mine to NTFS as a while ago I wanted to transfer a file larger then 4gb to another PC. I then formated it back to Fat32 when I tried it in the Humax. Maybe the Humax for some silly reason does not like it if a stick has previously been formated to NTFS.
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