YAHOO CD/DVD MODEL YDP 5299( USB PORT)

[wilfj]

A little off topic... this unit is made to read a external hard drive but will only read my Adobe file. There are several MP3 files but it's blind to all the other files. I have moved some music into the Adobe file and it works. Has Anyone had any experience with this unit or suggestions ?? Could i install a MP3 reader on the drive? What could I use? Thanks

[-pops-]

I'm having difficulty in determining any information about this device. Can you give a link to clarify some of its details, please?

[wilfj]

Thanks pops for your interest.. The model no. is YDP530( not 5299 as quoted) made for Yahoo around 2004 and sold in Box Stores for under a $100. It looks like something from Mars, with 2 meters on the front and done in silver and black.

In has a cd tray and will play cd/dvd very well. Has a S Video output and component. With a USB port on the front it will play a usb stick, music or pics. Also it has a complete memo setup with a selection for video or audio. A external H/D works through the usb input.

There's very little on the net but a search on Yahoo cd/dvd YDP530 will find a few sites including a print manual which i have. Sorry i did not Book mark the site.

When you select Video(pics) from the setup it does list all my file folders on the H/d that have pics in them ie Adobe, Photoshop. The problem is that when you select Music the Adobe file shows , no pics but the music that i put into the Adobe file. It lists and plays the music selected very well.

Another quirk, if I just put the music on the H/D individually it will find the songs and play them but not any music in a file folder.

I come to the conclusion that my H/D is not setup correctly but I tried my other drive and exactly they same thing!! There both formatted with fat32. i tried the H/D on my sons new Western Digital WD TV Live HD media Player( that's another story) and it works.

Should I just go out and buy a WD TV Live, i think not ! I'm looking at a Asus unit which is much more user friendly over the Western digital . the printed manual for the WD is about 188 pages !! it has a setup for North Korea but not for the US or Canada, you use Western Europe ..... as i said that's another story for another day.

thanks for reading...

[Boris]

this unit is made to read a external hard drive but will only read my Adobe file.

What do you mean bt "Adobe file" - what format is this in ?

Are you trying this through the USB port ?

From what I can ascertain this player supports the following :-

Media type DVD-R , DVD , Kodak Picture CD , DVD-RW , CD-RW , CD-R , CD

Media load type Tray

Picture modes Widescreen , Normal

Supported digital video standards DivX , DivX (ver.3) , DivX (ver.5) , DivX (ver.4)

Supported digital audio standards MP3

Slot(s)

Type MultiMediaCard , SD Memory Card , SmartMedia Card , Memory Stick

[wilfj]

this unit is made to read a external hard drive but will only read my Adobe file.

What do you mean bt "Adobe file" - what format is this in ?

Are you trying this through the USB port ?

From what I can ascertain this player supports the following :-

Media type DVD-R , DVD , Kodak Picture CD , DVD-RW , CD-RW , CD-R , CD

Media load type Tray

Picture modes Widescreen , Normal

Supported digital video standards DivX , DivX (ver.3) , DivX (ver.5) , DivX (ver.4)

Supported digital audio standards MP3

Slot(s)

Type MultiMediaCard , SD Memory Card , SmartMedia Card , Memory Stick

[wilfj]

THANKS BORIS.. THE FILE NAMED " ADOBE" is on my external Hard drive and played through the usb port on the unit. The exernal drive is formatted in fat32. When i opened the Adobe file I find the follow info file folders: Acrobat.com, Photoshop 7.0, and reader 9.0. i can't determine the file type. I have about 700 pics and 500 mp3 in the file.

As i said earlier the unit finds ALL my pic files BUT will not find my Music file folders on the harddrive. When i select MUSIC in the meno I get the Adobe file !

Now that you raised the Question, perhaps I should remove this Adobe file folder and see if my music folders will come up.It could be blocking the Music file folders !( I will save the Adobe file to my other hard drive.)

Finally, i may just format the external drive and start fresh with new folders one at a time and see if i can trace the problem that way. it may well fix the problem's.