2012-01-17, 07:14
#3 gushh
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"Touch & USB & simple folder navigation is quite easy. Plug in your USB, a screen will pop up "attaching USB", then select USB from the Touch's home menu, select Start SqueezeBox server (this launches the Touch's own built in server), wait for it to finish scanning your music files."
This is exactly what marketing says, not someone who actually has done it.
Marketing (taken from logitech offical description on amazon):
"USB port and SD card slot expand your listening and viewing experience
Say you have a ton of favorite tracks stored on an external flash drive. Just plug the drive into the music player's USB port and your tunes are ready to play through your home stereo. "
User perception: Plug in, wait a few seconds and play.
Reality:
- Plug in.
- Start Server. Wait a minute.
- Indexing starts. In my case 25.000 files on NTFS. Indexing speed: 10 tracks per Minute. Indexing time: 42 hours !!!
- come back two days later.
- do not cut power to the device, re-indexing takes about 20 Minutes.
- If you "turn off" Squeezebox, the screen goes black. USB power is always on and your disk will spin 24x7!
I rather have a fast device then have features I do not use.
Currently the only thing saving the box is the excellent sound quality.