KDL-47W807A and USB external Hard Drive

jmcross1981 — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:09:54 GMT

Hi Sony Community

I have recently purchased the above tv and everthing is working fine.

The only feature I would like clarification on is the ability to transfer files to the external USB hard drive when it is still connnected to the tv.

Example

if I download a movie to my laptop the movie will sit in my "Download" folder.

If I open up "Device and Printer" - "Windows 7" my tv is listed under the "Devices"

Is is possible to open up or "Explorer" the tv so you can see "attached drives", treat it as a shared or network hard drive and cop files from my laptop to the USB hard drive?

I dont fancy buying a 4TB NAS drive as I currently have a 4TB USB drive.

Thanks

John

Re: KDL-47W807A and USB external Hard Drive

Anonymous — Wed, 25 Sep 2013 00:58:02 GMT

Hi there

I think I know what you are getting at. But unfortuately, no It does not work that way. The TV would have to be a DLNA server, of which it isnt (a mere DLNA Client).

You would need to purchase a Media Server (ie SNP-N200)
Or stream from your laptop to the TV over your home network
Or unplug the HDD from the TV, transfer your media files, then plug it back in.

Cheers

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