Tim here is asking whether 770 will work with external USB storage. We explored the 770 and USB story before, so I guess the official answer would be - out of the box it won’t, but with some modifications it will. The only problem I foresee is that few of those external USB hard drives come with their own power supply.
I guess an ipod would work, but not for too long!
Comment by James 11.05.05 @ 3:03 pmI’ve got an RCA Lyra 2854A - - 40GB, detected by the PC as an external drive once plugged in. Self powered, however I don’t know if it leeches power from the host. When the 770 finally finds it’s way to Canada I’ll try to see if I can get it going.
I’m going to have to splice together a USB cable that has type ‘B’ connectors at either end, aren’t I…
Comment by Hedgecore 11.07.05 @ 10:25 pmI’ve a iAUDIO X5 that’s detected as a USB storage device by Windows, Linux, Mac and etc… It does have a configuration option for charging via USB on and off, so I hope it could be used without any problem.
(By the way… too bad 770 don’t have USB charging… it’s a shame for such a small device require so much cables when a simple option’s available!)
I have a Gmini that I use to offload photos from a CF card when I’m on a long vacation. It is battery powered.
I would just like to view the images off the Gmini on that nice 800×480 screen.
So you can’t buy a cable with the small USB connectors on both ends?
–t
Comment by Tim 11.08.05 @ 2:39 amCan I access network hard drives with 770 through wlan? Assuming that the hard drive is in the same intranet network…
- Marko
Comment by Marko 11.10.05 @ 4:18 pm770 has USB host-controller? I’d like to know whether I can connect USB input device(keyboard, mouse) to 770.
Comment by nohmad 11.10.05 @ 11:27 pmThe 770 has a slave USB interface.
Unlike ethernet, USB is asymmetric, so devices are either host or slave. A desktop computer is a host. A slave device like a disk cannot talk to another slave device.
Comment by Xen 02.04.06 @ 5:29 amWhat about a Nano? If the Ipod was set to “use as disk’, and you could find a mini USB adapter, would it work? The Nano would have it’s own supply… hmmm
Comment by Russ 03.14.06 @ 1:11 amYou can get both keyboard and disks work over usb. You have to create a special cable and have a usb hub with external power.
Comment by Ola Lundqvist 04.16.06 @ 11:04 pmwatch.
http://www.hcilab.org/projects/nokia770/nokia770.htm
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Use the circuit described above at your own risk! We are not responsible if you blow up your little toy.
Comment by kserver 05.21.06 @ 1:32 pmok question why can’t you use a custom usb mini to mini cable if the device you’re connecting to is self powered ie a digital camera, or ipod? Just wondering.
Comment by JUSTIN 06.16.06 @ 12:08 pmThere is a USB Mini-B Femail adapter available on ebay that would allow an external USB hard disk to be attachhed to the 770.
Otherwise search on ebay for “USB Mini B female adapter”
I have both of these, arriving soon so will test this with my Vosonic VP6210 self powered 80GB hard disk.
Comment by Dugby 08.11.06 @ 9:06 pm