[SonicMojo]

Seasons Greetings!

Just took delivery of a Dune Smart D1 - and I am slowly finding my way. For the initial run - I stuck in a 500GB Western Digital Caviar Black - but I am at a loss as to how to have the player format the drive for me? This drive still has old Windows data on it and I understand I need to format to EXT2 or something?

I cannot find a command anywhere to do this? What am I missing?

Cheers!

Sonicmojo

[kjx]

Do you se the drive in home menu. If you do mark it and press infobutton

[Bluray2]

If you have old Windows data on it then just erase the files and you are good to go. Dune "understand" NTFS in both read and write so it´s a good idea to keep it in NTFS so you can take your 500GB drive to your Windows computer and still able to read it.

[SonicMojo]

Originally Posted by Bluray2 If you have old Windows data on it then just erase the files and you are good to go. Dune "understand" NTFS in both read and write so it´s a good idea to keep it in NTFS so you can take your 500GB drive to your Windows computer and still able to read it.

Thanks guys. I went ahead and formatted it to EXT2 format after finding the "info" button. Gotta say - if Dune actually took 5 minutes to supply a copy of the "online" manual in the box - probably would have been a huge time saver.

Further to your comment on NTFS - I see I have an NTFS format option within the Dune Info menu - and I agree - if I wanted to see data on the Dune (when it appears in Explored on the Network) - it's probably a better idea to format to NTFS...

I also finally figured out how to get an SMB shortcut working from the Sources area - so now my movies are streaming in with no issues.

Was thinking about upping the internal drive to a 2TB Seagate or WD Green...thoughts on this?

Cheers,

Sonicmojo

[MediaVista]

I've read reports of overheating issues with internal drives, so a 5400 rpm (ie WD Green) should be a good choice. Alternatively a 2.5 hdd, 5400 rpm should run really cool and you shouldn't have any internal heat problems. Personally, I have a Dune HD Smart H1 and I never put in an internal drive. I keep everything external.