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compatibility issues with the oppo 95 and ext hd's

Wondering if anyone else has encountered this or has any suggestions. I tried two "pro audio" hard drives: the latest from glyph and avastor. Both have internal power supplies and will allow me to use my synergistic research hologram a power cords. However, the oppo is not compatible with the latest oxford chipset. Has anyone had any luck using a quality hard drive on the oppo 95? Oppo said they tested the 95 using western digital and hitachi before release. Very dissapointing in an otherwise fine piece.
srz888
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ozzy
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Srz888, No,I have not called Oppo because I thought the 95 could only handle just small flash drive storage not external hard drives.
Perhaps I will contact them, maybe they can suggest an external hardrive that DOES work with the 95.
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ozzy
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Called Oppo today. The tech support says the Oppo 95 will only support about 8000 songs on any hard drive.
My experience is much less.
digilog5
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Same here. My OWC Mercury Elite AL-pro 1.5 TB is not recognized (Oxford Chipset).

My old Buslink (e-sata and usb 2.0) drive was recognized nicely for months and one day it stopped being recognized by the Oppo. Still works fine with my laptop e-sata connection.

Tried the small black Oyen Digital 2.5'' (e-sata, usb) and works fine (JMicron chip)

Tried a small Eagle Tech 2.5'' enclosure (e-sata, usb) and works fine up to 320 gb.

oppo told me that LaCie drives that they tested did not work (they mentioned that those had Oxford chipsets)...

Now I am simply using the DLNA from my Netgear Readynas and hoping Oppo will come out with an external app (web or ipad) to control the playback.

Good luck
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