Will ANY USB drive work?

WD Legacy Products WD TV Live & Live Plus
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Hi,

I’m about to purchase the WD TV Live and have a question about USB drives that I couldn’t find an answer to on the forums.

I have a Fujitsu Storagebird 320GB portable drive that connects via USB, but it requires 2 USB ports - 1 for power and 1 for data. Does anyone know if this device will/will not work with the media player? I know it has 2 USB ports, but wasn’t sure if using them for the same device would cause an issue. 

thanks in advance!

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Welcome to the forums.

Not all USB drives do work, so unless someone actually has this exact same drive it’s hard to say.

Also be aware there are USB->AC power convertors you can buy (so you don’t have to use both USB ports if all you need is power on one plug).

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thanks for your response Mike.

I wasn’t aware of the converters, that’s useful to know. 

If it doesn’t work then I guess it isn’t much of a problem to pick up a compatible drive, it’s just that this one is a good size and obviously means I don’t have to spend more money (!), but they’re cheap enough these days I guess.

Thanks again!

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You’re welcome.

When you try your drive, make sure you try it in both slots, because sometimes the Live is picky about what drives work in what slots (sometimes – not usually).  Since power should come correctly from both slots it won’t make a difference with your power cable either way.

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Will do, thanks again!