Comments on: Review The EN306TV-S Media Player http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html If it's not in the lab, you don't need it. Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:09:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Admind http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-8581 Admind Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-8581 HI friends, I’m looking for help. My EN306TV no media detected neigther to Pc or TV.But my PC (win XP) detect it inmidiately when connected to USB port and Ican copy and delete.Have you any idea. Best Regards. Admind HI friends,
I’m looking for help. My EN306TV no media detected neigther to Pc or TV.But my PC (win XP) detect it inmidiately when connected to USB port and Ican copy
and delete.Have you any idea.

Best Regards.
Admind

]]> By: koolfingaz http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-5028 koolfingaz Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:49:51 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-5028 I have this model and have been using it for about a year now... I think it works pretty well. To get around the preview of each movie file in the menu, all you do is put the file in a folder and put the folder at the root with the name of the movie... then when you are browsing the movie files you are browsing the folders instead of the avi files for preview... One thing that i have a huge problem with is when i am transfering files from my pc the the media player i keep getting delay write failures. its very common with this drive and i have to just reconnect it and transfer again... Why would this be happening? its happened since ive owned it. thanks in advance I have this model and have been using it for about a year now… I think it works pretty well. To get around the preview of each movie file in the menu, all you do is put the file in a folder and put the folder at the root with the name of the movie… then when you are browsing the movie files you are browsing the folders instead of the avi files for preview… One thing that i have a huge problem with is when i am transfering files from my pc the the media player i keep getting delay write failures. its very common with this drive and i have to just reconnect it and transfer again… Why would this be happening? its happened since ive owned it.

thanks in advance

]]> By: Albert http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-3891 Albert Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:25:31 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-3891 HI friends, I'm looking for help. My EN306TV Media lost the video output, neigther to PC or TV, but my PC (OS, WinXP) detect it inmidiately when is connected via USB port and I can copy, delete or edit files in HD, it acts like external USB HDD. Have you idea wher can I find technical assistence? or How can I get the electronic schema?. Best Regards, A. Mora HI friends,
I’m looking for help. My EN306TV Media lost the video output, neigther to PC or TV, but my PC (OS, WinXP) detect it inmidiately when is connected via USB port and I can copy, delete or edit files in HD, it acts like external USB HDD. Have you idea wher can I find technical assistence? or How can I get the electronic schema?. Best Regards, A. Mora

]]> By: toshiya http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-1057 toshiya Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:52:21 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-1057 Hi again. Sounds like you've got two problems. 1. Vista. Your brother's XP computer recognizes the EN306TV-S. 2. I never had the same problem with the A/V connectors. Didn't try the S-Video though. You may just want to return it. Sounds like you got a defective one. I also exchanged the model I reviewed and had some better luck with the replacement. Still, it's better suited as a picture viewer or as an external harddrive enclosure. Also, as Nick mentioned, the thing takes forever to index when it boots. Personally, the fact that it has to be NTFS or FAT32 is a major limitation for someone who'd prefer ResierFS or Ext3. I would take a serious look at spending the extra money on the MediaGate MG-35 from MediaSonic. At least, the company has a web site where you can download the manual in advance. The MediaGate MG-35 doesn't need a hard drive. It has a network plug in the back so you can just plug it into your router or switch. Set it up to view the files in shared folders on your PC. I think you can configure it using your web browser, once it's plugged in to your network. As an alternative to the USB connection to your PC. I tried it at a friend's place. The remote control doesn't look or feel like a toy. It's much more responsive. Doesn't seem to have the underpowered shortcomings of the EN306TV-S. For the more tech savvy, you can even assign it an IP address or leave it at DHCP. Hi again.

Sounds like you’ve got two problems.

1. Vista. Your brother’s XP computer recognizes the EN306TV-S.

2. I never had the same problem with the A/V connectors. Didn’t try the S-Video though.

You may just want to return it. Sounds like you got a defective one. I also exchanged the model I reviewed and had some better luck with the replacement. Still, it’s better suited as a picture viewer or as an external harddrive enclosure. Also, as Nick mentioned, the thing takes forever to index when it boots. Personally, the fact that it has to be NTFS or FAT32 is a major limitation for someone who’d prefer ResierFS or Ext3.

I would take a serious look at spending the extra money on the MediaGate MG-35 from MediaSonic. At least, the company has a web site where you can download the manual in advance.

The MediaGate MG-35 doesn’t need a hard drive. It has a network plug in the back so you can just plug it into your router or switch. Set it up to view the files in shared folders on your PC.

I think you can configure it using your web browser, once it’s plugged in to your network. As an alternative to the USB connection to your PC.

I tried it at a friend’s place. The remote control doesn’t look or feel like a toy. It’s much more responsive. Doesn’t seem to have the underpowered shortcomings of the EN306TV-S.

For the more tech savvy, you can even assign it an IP address or leave it at DHCP.

]]> By: nick http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-1056 nick Sun, 23 Dec 2007 09:23:34 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-1056 I loaded a bunch of files on that same player for a friend. They were all MP3 files. I couldn't be bothered to wait for the index to load. I think it's completely unusable and people would be better off shelling out the extra bucks for a Mediagate (which actually works) or eUreka / LX350HD. I hear the new one even records TV. If I had cable, I'd actually care. I hate it when companies put out junk like this. I went to a computer store to buy a second Mediagate the other day and the salesperson was pushing the EN306TV-S. It should be scrapped for the junk that it is or just used as a hard drive enclosure. The one my friend bought wouldn't even fit the hard drive properly so it's not even good for that really. I format my hard drives on my mac in something called DOS file system. I think it's FAT32 and I've never had problems with the Mediagate MG-35. OSX won't write to NTFS drives which is a bit of a pain in the ass. This was a good review. It should help a lot of people from making the wrong purchasing decision. Here are some links to the other two players I mentioned: http://www.ziocanada.ca/products/pEurekalx350hd.php http://www.mediagateusa.com/html/mg35ndas.html I loaded a bunch of files on that same player for a friend. They were all MP3 files. I couldn’t be bothered to wait for the index to load. I think it’s completely unusable and people would be better off shelling out the extra bucks for a Mediagate (which actually works) or eUreka / LX350HD. I hear the new one even records TV. If I had cable, I’d actually care.

I hate it when companies put out junk like this. I went to a computer store to buy a second Mediagate the other day and the salesperson was pushing the EN306TV-S. It should be scrapped for the junk that it is or just used as a hard drive enclosure. The one my friend bought wouldn’t even fit the hard drive properly so it’s not even good for that really.

I format my hard drives on my mac in something called DOS file system. I think it’s FAT32 and I’ve never had problems with the Mediagate MG-35. OSX won’t write to NTFS drives which is a bit of a pain in the ass.

This was a good review. It should help a lot of people from making the wrong purchasing decision.

Here are some links to the other two players I mentioned:

http://www.ziocanada.ca/products/pEurekalx350hd.php

http://www.mediagateusa.com/html/mg35ndas.html

]]> By: David http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-1055 David Sun, 23 Dec 2007 04:06:59 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-1055 I try to plug into my brother computer who is using Windows XP work great. The Drive detect and show in my computer. I try to set it to Cable Select but still dont work on my vista machine. Well after that I put some movies and mp3 files onto the drive to test it but when I use the Yellow Red and White connector doesnt seem to show anything on my TV. Than I use the S-Video connector instead of the Yellow but the picture quality suck. Doesnt even show it clear. Show alot of line on the screen. There was no sound for the movie. The mp3 files work. Well this Drive seem to give me more headace than it look. DOnt know what to do maybe I'll return it. What you think? Well I dont have a HDD TV to test it out maybe only work will with HDD TV. So confuse. Please help me out Thank you for your time David I try to plug into my brother computer who is using Windows XP work great. The Drive detect and show in my computer. I try to set it to Cable Select but still dont work on my vista machine. Well after that I put some movies and mp3 files onto the drive to test it but when I use the Yellow Red and White connector doesnt seem to show anything on my TV. Than I use the S-Video connector instead of the Yellow but the picture quality suck. Doesnt even show it clear. Show alot of line on the screen. There was no sound for the movie. The mp3 files work. Well this Drive seem to give me more headace than it look. DOnt know what to do maybe I’ll return it. What you think? Well I dont have a HDD TV to test it out maybe only work will with HDD TV. So confuse. Please help me out

Thank you for your time
David

]]> By: toshiya http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-1051 toshiya Sat, 22 Dec 2007 14:19:25 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-1051 Hi David. I don't have a PC with Vista. A Vista driver shouldn't be necessary. It should just be recognized as an extra hard drive by your PC. Also, the Windows 98 driver is the only driver I know of for it. 1. Check the jumper setting on the back of your hard drive. Try setting it to "CS" aka Cable Select. Otherwise try setting it to Master. 2. Have you gotten it to play videos at all? Make sure that both the wide IDE cable and smaller molex power cable are properly attached to the hard drive. 3. Was the hard drive already partitioned and formatted using a file system other than NTFS or FAT32? 4. Make sure you power off the device before attaching it to your PC via the USB cable. Once you've logged in to Vista, then turn the EN306TV-S on. Under XP, if the hard drive hasn't been formatted yet ( NTFS or FAT32 ) go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management. Then right click on what looks like a new hard drive in order to begin formatting it. 4. Finally, make sure your hard drive actually works. Hope this helps. Hi David. I don’t have a PC with Vista. A Vista driver shouldn’t be necessary. It should just be recognized as an extra hard drive by your PC. Also, the Windows 98 driver is the only driver I know of for it.

1. Check the jumper setting on the back of your hard drive. Try setting it to “CS” aka Cable Select. Otherwise try setting it to Master.

2. Have you gotten it to play videos at all? Make sure that both the wide IDE cable and smaller molex power cable are properly attached to the hard drive.

3. Was the hard drive already partitioned and formatted using a file system other than NTFS or FAT32?

4. Make sure you power off the device before attaching it to your PC via the USB cable. Once you’ve logged in to Vista, then turn the EN306TV-S on.
Under XP, if the hard drive hasn’t been formatted yet ( NTFS or FAT32 ) go to Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management -> Disk Management. Then right click on what looks like a new hard drive in order to begin formatting it.

4. Finally, make sure your hard drive actually works.

Hope this helps.

]]> By: David http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html/comment-page-1#comment-1046 David Fri, 21 Dec 2007 05:03:51 +0000 http://www.thechangelab.com/toshiyas-blog/review-the-en306tv-s-media-player.html#comment-1046 I am hadnt trouble with that EN306TV-S machine with vista. I was just wondering how you get it to work? Where can I find driver for it? Vista keep saying unknown device. And The Driver in the CD is for Win98 it wont even install. How can I get it to work with vista I just brought it. Thank you for your time David I am hadnt trouble with that EN306TV-S machine with vista. I was just wondering how you get it to work? Where can I find driver for it? Vista keep saying unknown device. And The Driver in the CD is for Win98 it wont even install. How can I get it to work with vista I just brought it.

Thank you for your time
David

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