[Justabloke]

Hello,

I've just acquired one of these little boxes... I like it! I'm about to purchase a small external drive to go with it.
Its not clear to me whether it will power a USB drive as well or will the drive need an external power source.

does anyone have any experience / knowledge about this model that can maybe point me in the right direction?

TIA

[grahamlthompson]

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Originally Posted by Justabloke

Hello,

I've just acquired one of these little boxes... I like it! I'm about to purchase a small external drive to go with it.
Its not clear to me whether it will power a USB drive as well or will the drive need an external power source.

does anyone have any experience / knowledge about this model that can maybe point me in the right direction?

TIA

Barry at MyHumax uses a 1TB USB powered drive with a HB1000S with no external power.

[Justabloke]

Quote:

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson

Barry at MyHumax uses a 1TB USB powered drive with a HB1000S with no external power.

Great! thanks for the info.

[Rusty Bolt]

For the benefit of others reaching this page my experience is that not all USB drives will work satisfactorily. The first one I used - or the HB1000s itself was not happy with an ex-PC drive installed in a USB caddy. The HB1000s kept on losing the software key that prevents the drive being paired or used with any other device.
Since moving to a new USB3 1Tb 2.5" HDD and using a different HB1000s all is now fine.
NB not only did the HDD pairing come apart but the keys were corrupted and those recording I had made were inaccessible. Either this or the HB1000s itself also lost the IP address. Thus if you have any trouble change the HDD first.