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Rhymester · 02-10-2011, 15:13

I have an LG bluray player which doubles up as a media player. I can plug in an external hard drive. Some small drives draw enough power this way to work but I have a WD drive which does not. It hasn't got a power in socket so needs to work from whatever power it can get from the host USB port. I understand that on a computer a USB Y cable would be the thing to use as this plugs into two USB ports at the same time.
However, if I use one of these on my media player I only have one USB port available and would have to plug the second plug into an adapter plugged into the mains - the sort that you might use for charging USB devices like iPods.
What worries me is that I might be pushing too much power into the drive... Anyone put my mind at rest?

Andrew

02-10-2011, 15:13	#1
Rhymester Inactive Join Date: Jun 2011 Posts: 13	Using USB Y Cable to power ext drive I have an LG bluray player which doubles up as a media player. I can plug in an external hard drive. Some small drives draw enough power this way to work but I have a WD drive which does not. It hasn't got a power in socket so needs to work from whatever power it can get from the host USB port. I understand that on a computer a USB Y cable would be the thing to use as this plugs into two USB ports at the same time. However, if I use one of these on my media player I only have one USB port available and would have to plug the second plug into an adapter plugged into the mains - the sort that you might use for charging USB devices like iPods. What worries me is that I might be pushing too much power into the drive... Anyone put my mind at rest? Andrew