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Question

Can I connect a Seagate hard disk to my TV via USB?

Oct 3, 2011 7:27PM PDT

I'm planning on buying a Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 2.5 Inch 1 TB External Hard Disk (Model No. STAA1000301)

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Clarification Request
You might want to tell the make and model of that TV
Oct 3, 2011 8:04PM PDT

It will come with instructions as well and these might give you a better answer than someone who has no access to them.

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Samsung LA40D550K1R
Oct 4, 2011 2:41PM PDT

It is a Samsung LCD TV Series 5- Model LA40D550K1R.

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Now try different file systems (if the manual won't tell),
Oct 4, 2011 6:31PM PDT

such as fat16, fat32, or ntfs, to see which file system the tv do recognize. Once the file system has been established then you have to figure out what file formats it will play (pretty sure j-peg is ok). What did you want to do with the harddrive? Good luck.

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Thanks
Dec 6, 2011 5:34PM PST

Thank you for the suggestion. I changed the file system and realised that the TV only recognises FAT32 and not NTFS. My problem is solved. Happy