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External Hard Drive Reading - Toshiba TV

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lades972 Posted messages 1 Status Member -
Hello,

I am unable to watch my movies that I have on my external hard drive with my Toshiba TV.
My hard drive is a WD My Passport.
When I go to multimedia, I cannot make any selections.
Nothing works. However, I formatted my hard drive to FAT32, as it was not in that format at purchase.
I am not a pro in this matter, but I would really like some help... we talk about installing codecs on our TV because it may not be compatible...
Thank you for your responses!

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    STARGATE43 Posted messages 13754 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 648
     
    Good evening, it should be noted that the support for USB devices by a TV is limited; a TV will never support an external hard drive, as stated in the technical specifications of the TV. At most, a USB stick of 16 or even 32GB will work, but not a hard drive.

    Only multimedia hard drives (formatted in NTFS) are supported by TVs.

    Moreover, if I have seen correctly, this TV model is not intended for Europe, so there is no way to access its specifications, only on Toshiba.us.

    Best regards and have a good evening.

    No problems, only...solutions!!! :-)
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    1. STARGATE43 Posted messages 13754 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 648
       
      I will check to see if I didn't say something silly after all, and well no, I didn't say anything silly, here is the proof in image with this screenshot:

      --> http://hpics.li/aaf82d9
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    2. STARGATE43 Posted messages 13754 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   2 648
       
      On the other hand, I also have a 640GB Western Digital external hard drive, formatted in FAT32, and when I plug it directly into the USB port of my Sony KDL-40BX400 TV, the hard drive is not detected. So to be able to watch the movies on it, I have to connect it to one of the 3 USB ports of my "ScreenPlay Director HD Media Player Iomega 1To," and it works without any issues.
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