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Connecting an external har drive to a tablet
Coz21
12-04-2013
If a tablet has a USB port, is it possible to connect a pen drive or an external hard drive to it, to be able to view photos and watch video clips from the pen drive/hard drive?
JulesandSand
12-04-2013
I don't know about all tablets, but it was certainly possible on my Asus Transformer.
lamblamlamb
12-04-2013
I can use my hard drive/ pendrive on my Achos tablet
grumpyoldbat
12-04-2013
Originally Posted by Coz21:
“If a tablet has a USB port, is it possible to connect a pen drive or an external hard drive to it, to be able to view photos and watch video clips from the pen drive/hard drive?”

It depends if the USB port is multi-function or if it's just for charging. A couple of examples of tablets that can do it have already been mentioned.
white
12-04-2013
Depends on the tablet completely... which one do you have?
Arcana
12-04-2013
I rip DVDs to a flash drive and watch them on my Nexus 7. I had to buy an OTG cable and an app but total cost was <£4.

I haven't yet managed successfully to connect either of my external HDDs this way but apparently it can work depending on the model/type.
Coz21
12-04-2013
Thanks for replies everyone. What would I have to look for in the specs of the tablet to be able to do this? I don't have a tablet yet. I am getting info on them before I get one/decide which one to get. Thanks.
bilsat
14-04-2013
On my nexus 7 I bought the app, a cable to convert the connector on the nexus7 to a USB socket.
Also use a USB Hub that's mains powered so that the hard drive doesn't try to draw it's power from the nexus 7 as this is the usual cause of it not working!
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