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Hi
Thanks for looking in, Ok this is a long shot, and hope someone can help?
I have had the above Movie Cube for approx 10 years, its been fantastic, I have stored loads of Movies and Music on it over the years, As a family we have really enjoyed it, Winter evenings, a take away and a good old movie - Perfect!
However Unfortunately, recently the Movie Cube wouldn't boot up, i figured it was time to perhaps flash it with the latest firmware, i took it upon myself to back everything up, so disconnected the power, HDMI, etc and connected it to my pc via USB / Printer cable, i could see everything in designated folders, all the kids movies, our Movies and Music etc, although it took some time, i managed to get everything off which is still currently sitting on my Desktop / PC.
The great thing about this was it had a USB Dongle and so i could connect to my Desktop / pc and drag and drop a movie into a folder which would then place the movie on the cube whilst still connected to my tv, Unfortunately the firmware is not working the cube comes up with an error when i try to re-flash - iv'e resigned to the fact its had it's day although i will remove the 500 gig HD Before it go's in the bin,
Anyone have one? or has had one? I know i have attempted the flash correctly several times, its just not taking the firmware, i can't find anywhere else on line to get the firmware from, So i decided to go to Curry's to search for a replacement / alternative, The assistant informed me that i don't need an in between anymore and that if i simply purchase a HDMI (female) to USB Adapter and then plugged a Hard Drive on the end of it, this would be a suitable replacement to watch our movies again!
Would this work? We have a Panasonic Vierra 42" (not smart tv) with no USB Ports on the rear, It works absolutely fine and i am in the mind of if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
So, i guess i'm looking for some help please - solutions or fix for the movie cube would be great, failing that an alternative solution to put all of our movies on and enjoy them once again.
Any help, info, suggestions or ideas would be very much appreciated, I've added a couple of pics to show the movie cube.
Kind Regards
Slimmy46
Hi
Thanks for looking in, Ok this is a long shot, and hope someone can help?
I have had the above Movie Cube for approx 10 years, its been fantastic, I have stored loads of Movies and Music on it over the years, As a family we have really enjoyed it, Winter evenings, a take away and a good old movie - Perfect!
However Unfortunately, recently the Movie Cube wouldn't boot up, i figured it was time to perhaps flash it with the latest firmware, i took it upon myself to back everything up, so disconnected the power, HDMI, etc and connected it to my pc via USB / Printer cable, i could see everything in designated folders, all the kids movies, our Movies and Music etc, although it took some time, i managed to get everything off which is still currently sitting on my Desktop / PC.
The great thing about this was it had a USB Dongle and so i could connect to my Desktop / pc and drag and drop a movie into a folder which would then place the movie on the cube whilst still connected to my tv, Unfortunately the firmware is not working the cube comes up with an error when i try to re-flash - iv'e resigned to the fact its had it's day although i will remove the 500 gig HD Before it go's in the bin,
Anyone have one? or has had one? I know i have attempted the flash correctly several times, its just not taking the firmware, i can't find anywhere else on line to get the firmware from, So i decided to go to Curry's to search for a replacement / alternative, The assistant informed me that i don't need an in between anymore and that if i simply purchase a HDMI (female) to USB Adapter and then plugged a Hard Drive on the end of it, this would be a suitable replacement to watch our movies again!
Would this work? We have a Panasonic Vierra 42" (not smart tv) with no USB Ports on the rear, It works absolutely fine and i am in the mind of if it ain't broke, don't fix it!
So, i guess i'm looking for some help please - solutions or fix for the movie cube would be great, failing that an alternative solution to put all of our movies on and enjoy them once again.
Any help, info, suggestions or ideas would be very much appreciated, I've added a couple of pics to show the movie cube.
Kind Regards
Slimmy46