I have usb-c startech docking station Part#SDOCKU313E hooked up to my u5 with a 2TB hard drive formatted exfat and it not recognized by u5  buzztv. Am i missing something ?

did you format on pc first?

Edited December 8, 20241 yr by Ryu

21 minutes ago, Danny1 said:

I have usb-c startech docking station Part#SDOCKU313E hooked up to my u5 with a 2TB hard drive formatted exfat and it not recognized by u5  buzztv. Am i missing something ?

is there data on the drive?

Yes i formatted on the pc and no there is no date on the drive. It is not recognized under Storage under BuzzTv.

 

Update - i can recognize the  drive on the usb-2 port with no problems on the u5. What is the usb-c port good  for ?

10 minutes ago, Danny1 said:

Update - i can recognize the  drive on the usb-2 port with no problems on the u5. What is the usb-c port good  for ?

it's for transferring

 

No it is for recording movies  tv shows etc

 

30 minutes ago, Danny1 said:

 

No it is for recording movies  tv shows etc

 

if you say so

Versatile Type-C port offers rapid data transfer

 

 

I say so.! The usb-c port is useless if cannot write date to external drive. Did buzztv test this port or are in some other world ?

3 minutes ago, Danny1 said:

I say so.! The usb-c port is useless if cannot write date to external drive. Did buzztv test this port or are in some other world ?

you can use the usb ports on the side or the drive storage at base of the u5

as a test hook your phone up to your box

Edited December 8, 20241 yr by dishuser

Keep in mind that docks have a tendency of having internal USB hubs and bridges, and therefore may NOT be supported by all devices.

However on this case, it was never advertised for connecting USB storage.  In fact the port does NOT act like a USB Host.  It is a USB device.  Like DU mentioned, it is for data transfer.  It allows you to plug the U5 into a PC, and the PC will see it as an eternal drive.  It is to allow quicker transfer to/from the box. If you don't like the purpose and functionality of the port, or you assumed something different, then that is your problem. It is very clear in the boxes literature that it is for data transfer.

The box has 3 USB-A ports on the side of the box.  the black one is USB2 and the 2 blue ones are USB3.  I don't see the issues, since you can use the USB3 ports to connect external storage.

 

 

4 hours ago, Danny1 said:

No it is for recording movies  tv shows etc

 

1 hour ago, Emporium said:

Keep in mind that docks have a tendency of having internal USB hubs and bridges, and therefore may NOT be supported by all devices.

However on this case, it was never advertised for connecting USB storage.  In fact the port does NOT act like a USB Host.  It is a USB device.  Like DU mentioned, it is for data transfer.  It allows you to plug the U5 into a PC, and the PC will see it as an eternal drive.  It is to allow quicker transfer to/from the box. If you don't like the purpose and functionality of the port, or you assumed something different, then that is your problem. It is very clear in the boxes literature that it is for data transfer.

The box has 3 USB-A ports on the side of the box.  the black one is USB2 and the 2 blue ones are USB3.  I don't see the issues, since you can use the USB3 ports to connect external storage.

 

 

don't tell them that🤣

So what you told me is that usb-c port is for only for connecting to a pc and nothing else correct ?

7 minutes ago, Danny1 said:

So what you told me is that usb-c port is for only for connecting to a pc and nothing else correct ?

several time now 

okay thank you for the information. Other than that it is an awesome box.

other than that??

it's a great option to have

Just use the USB3 USB-A port already and move on.   If you don't care for the USB-C feature, just ignore it.

It's not like you will get anything more in terms of performance out of the USB-C port even if it was designed as a USB Host type port.  The only other box I have ever had, that had a USB "device" port used to be my old Pivos AIOS HD player from a decade ago, and it was a USB3 USB-B type port on the back, to be able to access the HDD you had installed internally.  It was a great feature and I used it quite a bit back then to transfer movies to/from the local HDD when I used to take it along on road trips.

And either way, your USB dock even comes with both USB-A and USB-C cables in the box anyhow 🙂

 

 

4 options to connect a drive

most devices have 2 and sometimes only 1

who hooks up 5 external drives?🤔

and why use the dock?

put drive in the drive tray