Can I plug in a external hard drive my movies and music are on and play through an onscreen menu on this reciever?
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The only way to do this is through your computer. The media player interface of the marantz isn't exactly the best anyway. You're better off connecting a computer directly to the receiver via HDMI, playing it through game console (ps3, xbox, etc), or using an Apple TV with airplay mirroring. You *can* share music to your marantz with DLNA UPnP media server, but I also think this is the worst way of getting music to the receiver. You're better off playing it directly from the device and using the receiver as a receiver and not a control center.
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Not that I know of. There is the wireless network capability or you could use the cat-5 network cable plug in on the back but your hard drive would have to have it's own operating system similar to a Micca EP100 1080P Full-HD Digital Media Player for example.
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I'm not sure if you can plug an External USB device and play the files, you could however share your DVD/BluRay drive on your computer and play the files over the newtork (wired gigabit connection to be stable). It will play bluray/dvd iso or raw files. I bought a few 4TB externals and just created ISO files out of my blurays so I don't have to get up and get the disc, I can just select them from a list and play them.
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Sorry, I am not sure. We have external speakers. The picture quality is Amazing!!!
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Yes you can. It's identified as 'External Digital Audio In (Optical)' on page 11 of the user manual, and on the back of the unit. It's a square receptacle.
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No, only the internet connections from your hard drive. The previous response sounded about right. You need an external hard drive or drive C but that will work. I don't care that it doesn't access my entire Hard Drive because I only use the DVD player for the 55" Wide Screen RCA LED TV with all the bells and whistles. I've got a 27" wide screen ASUS Monitor connected to my laptop, and that's enough satisfaction for me. TV for me isn't meant to mess with my entire hard drive, just entertainment and with that, it's fantastic. Certified Life Coach
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Only if your external HDD has a Display Port connection. This is similar to, but not the same, a HDMI connection.
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We are so sorry that there is not hard drive installed, you can purcahse it yourself and install it. Sure you can hook it to your TV, it has three video output interface: BNC/VGA/HDMI, thank you.
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You are supposed to be able to do that, but I have had many problems with this unit. Even just one hard drive plugged into this didn't work properly. It would eject the external hard drive all the time. It work fine in the beginning, then suddenly stopped working.
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yes, u can also plug in a usb flash drive that has music, movies, or pics as well
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You can download movies and music onto a flashdrive and pkug it into the usb port to play them,or buy a hdmi to usb adapter and play your phone through the tv
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Simple answer: No. The unit does not have 1) hard disk reading software/hardware (those are complex and built into computer operating systems) nor, 2) a movie decoder built into it. It will play a few audio formats (MP3, AAC, M4A), however, from thumb drives, but it does NOT play ANY VIDEO from sources connected to its USB ports.
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Yes you can, there are two plugs on the back a red one and a white one, I have external speakers plugged in to mine and they work fine
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I only used my iPod and my cell phone. Other external hds im not sure. Im assuming it has to have a player to actually play the files. I have since gotten rid of this due to having a different car, so I wouldn't be able to test on my own.
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Kathy,Although it dies allow you to import an external device, DVD player,etc, it does not come with the ability to use external speakers.
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You certainly can, that is how I almost always use the player. I have a short flash drive that I populated with music from my computer that I plug into the system and it plays it with no problem.
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Sure you can.. All you need to play it is a sound device with an USB port..
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To be very honest with you I do not think the mini-usb port in back of the projector is for an external hard drive. I have several HD'S and none of them have a mini-usb-cable. ON page 9 of the owner's manual all it shows is the mini-usb cable to a lap-top. The usb button on the remote is non-working. A better bet would be to hook your external hard drive to a BD player w/a usb port or get a Western Digital media Center and you could connect your HD to the Media Center, either way your movies will be going through the HDMI cable which should give you a better picture than a straight usb cable to the projector.