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Rip off. Don't buy. Would not come close to working as advertised. I'm stuck with two of them and they'll both end up in the trash.
Plug the memory stick into the PhotoFrame and then operate from there. I called the Help Center for Nextar, and found the technical help to be horrible. Both work well, with the remote working reliably from 10 ft. Reading the installation instructions, and operating instructions, it became clear that the instructions do not discuss USB operation at all.
These were then able to be displayed on the Digital PhotoFrame in Slideshow mode, for further inspection of the video quality of this display. Upon powerup, my unit fired right up. I like this PhotoFrames picture. However, my computer would not detect the USB cable being plugged in, either USB 1.0 or 2.0, thus not mounting the Digitsl PhotoFrame as an external memory to be downloaded to. My need was for the unit to have USB connectivity with my lap top, for photo transfers and album transfers to the frames memory stick. I first messed around with the controls, to get familiar to the logic that the design uses.
The units left side has the USB port, AV in/out, power supply input, and a port for the required, but not providedd SD,MMC or MS format memory sticks. Controls for the unit are located on a rather complex remote control, as well as on the right back side. While the unit does not meet my needs because of the inability to transfer files directly between laptop and PhotoFrame via USB, the workaround using a memory stick as the file transfer method works OK for now. It will mount on a wall and it has a variable pitch support on the back that will allow the frame to be setup on a table, and then tilted from just off of vertical to about 70 deg from vertical (it is used this way for overhead viewing). I did discover that the Frames USB port did detect the presence of my SanDisk Cruzer mini 256MB memory stick, and did access the 100's of photos that I loaded it with previously.
Next, I powered down, installed an SD 2 gig memory stick in the photo frame memory port, and powered back up. But you can still use a coaxial cable with mini-plug to display your laptops video feed on the PhotoFrame -in theory. All that the girl that I talked with could say was that some units' USB works, others don't, after denying that they actually had USB. This product is rather plain in appearance, comes with a white and a black plastic frame for the unit, but otherwise appears like a typical picture frame, albeit a bit too thick to pull the image off for long. It can be made much brighter, sharper, contrasty-er, and the colors, saturation etc. can all be adjusted as well. It is simply one more step in the transfer process.
Load the pix from computer to memory stick OR the SD memory if you have a port for this on your computer. I have not tried this yet. Not terribly long range for an IR control, but it does work. Ok everyone, class over.wake UP. Other than reading from an instruction sheet, they do not offer any help with such technical issues as USB use. Clearly, the unit knows when the USB cable is connected, as it signifies this status. Not having the USB link also prevents video transfers from laptop to photoFrame, for remote displaying purposes, via USB.
hehLarry D.NW Wisc.
Truly a bargain for the features. So from the memory card (not included) you can play your video content.
It also has AV out and IN. This little guy is so much more than a simple photo frame.
Also plays video formats that most other frames(costing much more) do not handle. You can use it as a compact video monitor for a camcorder or edit set up, Amazing for the price.
Decent video quality. Also from the built in USB port from a standard flash drive.
Also includes a sleek black face plate to swap from the silver, if you want.
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