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Humax - not recognising USB stick
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 |
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hi Jeanniepurple your not having much luck with your usb connection, what brand of usb stick are you using?
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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)
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Eureka...letters on stick PQI 128mb - rather a natty shade of blue
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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 |
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Thanks Graham, it's good to know if I'm flogging a dead horse, I'll look out for the sticks you suggest.
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Thanks Graham, it's good to know if I'm flogging a dead horse, I'll look out for the sticks you suggest.
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 |
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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. |
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The Medion 8gig USB sticks from Aldi also work in the Humax.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Is it worth seeing if a full format under something other than Win7 makes a difference?
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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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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.