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Connecting Universal to LCD Projector

There is a backpack available for XDA II which enables one to connect the device to LCD projector, TV (through a vedio cable), and to monitor. Is anyone aware of such a device for for Exec / Universal? I am particularly interested in using my Universal with an LCD projector for presentations.

d_ranade said:
There is a backpack available for XDA II which enables one to connect the device to LCD projector, TV (through a vedio cable), and to monitor. Is anyone aware of such a device for for Exec / Universal? I am particularly interested in using my Universal with an LCD projector for presentations.
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Have you thought about trying a wireless projector adaptor?

apd said:
Have you thought about trying a wireless projector adaptor?
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Thanks
Good suggestion. do you have any particular equipment in mind? When I enquired in the local market here I could not find any. It appears that there are projectors with wireless capability built in but no add on device to make my existing projector connect to Universal. Presently I am not thinking of a new projector.

d_ranade said:
Thanks
Good suggestion. do you have any particular equipment in mind? When I enquired in the local market here I could not find any. It appears that there are projectors with wireless capability built in but no add on device to make my existing projector connect to Universal. Presently I am not thinking of a new projector.
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There are quite a few wireless adaptors for projectors on the market. However, the issue will I suspect be creating a suitable network connection. I'm pondering the answer to that one!

apd said:
There are quite a few wireless adaptors for projectors on the market. However, the issue will I suspect be creating a suitable network connection. I'm pondering the answer to that one!
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Thanks. Please do let me now if you get any further information regarding networking issues.

Will do.
That was going to be the extent of my post until I was told the post had to be 10 characters long!!!! I think I'm there now. Out!

Kingston wi-drive now supports kindle fire and is at amazon store

Just seen this anyone know what this is.
http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/kingston-wi-drive-app-for-kindle-fire.html

johnsaldivar said:
Just seen this anyone know what this is.
http://kindleworld.blogspot.com/2012/01/kingston-wi-drive-app-for-kindle-fire.html
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I posted this a few days ago in the General forum...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1443654
it definitely looks like a good idea.

$100 32gb flash drive
I hope kindle gets usb host support

I assume this works over WiFi? Would be cool if it worked over secret bluetooth and we finally found out for sure the BT worked...

I just ordered one..

This seems pretty cool; however, the 3 hour battery life is somewhat disconcerting.

podspi said:
I assume this works over WiFi? Would be cool if it worked over secret bluetooth and we finally found out for sure the BT worked...
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It provides its own WiFi network to which up to 3 devices can connect but also has an extra element that allows it to use a bridging mechanism to let your Kindle Fire be connected to the Internet and the Wi-Drive at the same time (not possible with the otherwise interesting AirStash with nice features of its own). You can be using media from the Wi-Drive while looking up something on the Net.
Besides adding storage to the Kindle Fire this way, 3 people can be wirelessly conected to it at the same time and be watching 3 different movies (or the same one) with what customer reviewers describe as smooth response. But it lasts only 3.5 to 4 hours per session, on the battery.
The sharing function is a real plus for families.
- Andrys (anieb & Kindleworld)

What a ripoff....
We could have this same thing for $5-20 in a micro SD slot/card if Amazon had more sense before releasing this thing.
I will not be buying this. We have a cheap $200 tablet, if you plan to spend $50-200 more on this kind of thing you might as well have bought a better tablet instead.
I don't think this is anything to get excited about.

Since it is apparently a hotspot do you have to pay some sort of monthly fee? Seems co
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I know someone that tried this with an iPAD2... streaming wasn't very good. they sent it back.

i bought one of this too, and im really enjoying.
It streams very well full hd movies to my fire and phone.
I'm having only one problem, cant access files on my windows laptop.
I go to 192.168.200.254 on browser and then i think he dont see well the code, cause appears just " /" NameLast Modified Size " and then the files i have on wi-drive. it's supposed to appear a list of linkable files i have, right?

krelvinaz said:
I know someone that tried this with an iPAD2... streaming wasn't very good. they sent it back.
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I've streamed original 1280 x 720 videoclips shot with a FlipMino HD from the Wi-Drive -- to a Kindle Fire, a Samsung S2 phone, and a Samsung Tab 10.1
They all streamed smoothly. But I don't have an iPad2.
It depends on how you do your file. I've seen now conversion software that is unstable on the intended device and which is not playable from the Wi-Drive and looks like it's torn apart on any of the 3 devices I mentioned.
Positive results came with DVD Catalyst 4 to downsize, and from Emicsoft's easy 'join'ing of mp4's.
I experimented with both the original videoclips and joined ones, which even if called 'lossless' changes something due to the resulting somewhat smaller file.
The FlipMino HD uses 60 frames per second.
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Android16 said:
What a ripoff....
We could have this same thing for $5-20 in a micro SD slot/card if Amazon had more sense before releasing this thing.
I will not be buying this. We have a cheap $200 tablet, if you plan to spend $50-200 more on this kind of thing you might as well have bought a better tablet instead.
I don't think this is anything to get excited about.
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The Nook Tablet has the SD slot and costs $50 more + the cost of a good SD card. (It also has better specs in total.)
The Wi-Drive can be shared by 3 devices at a time, accessing the same data or different data. Can't do that with an SD card, but it all depends on your need for that. Some are sharing it on trips, for kids in the back of the car.
But it still lasts only 3.5 to 4 hours tht way.
Someone else mentioned it acts as a hotspot. Actually, it doesn't serve Internet data. It just serves its own stored data. Other devices connect to the Wi-Drive as a sort of cloud and it provides the wireless access to itself -- but not to the Net.
It can, though, be used with a connected device while the latter accesses the Net. It uses some kind of bridging mechanism to do that.

baj24 said:
This seems pretty cool; however, the 3 hour battery life is somewhat disconcerting.
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Here's the good thing. You can use the Wi-Drive while it's plugged in. Doesn't matter if the battery's drained. People on vacation can use it in their hotel rooms that way.
I just did the setup to use the Wi-Drive and be on the Net at the same time. It's easier than I thought from reading it the first time. You just put the Wi-Drive on your WiFi network (using the Wi-Drive app on your Kindle Fire) and then the Wi-Drive reboots.
After it's done, and ready, you use the app on the KFire to connect with the Wi-Drive again and then check the Wi-Drive's network connections status and there's an icon that, if it shows up, means you're both on the Net, via the Wi-Drive and also able to access the Drive. The other ones I've read about don't do both at the same time...

anieb said:
Here's the good thing. You can use the Wi-Drive while it's plugged in. Doesn't matter if the battery's drained. People on vacation can use it in their hotel rooms that way.
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Are you sure you can use it while it's charging? Did you actually try it?
The article states that you can not.
His caveats are that with two or more people using it at a time, constantly streaming, it runs for only 3 hours and then must be re-charged again and you cannot recharge this with the miniUSB adapter while using it. He doesn't say how long it lasts with one person using it.
That was actually one of the things that was turning me against it... would love to know if it's not true.
Though honestly, I will probably just wait for a stable ICS ROM that will, hopefully, by then have the usb host function working.

Xandralia said:
Are you sure you can use it while it's charging? Did you actually try it?
The article states that you can not.
His caveats are that with two or more people using it at a time, constantly streaming, it runs for only 3 hours and then must be re-charged again and you cannot recharge this with the miniUSB adapter while using it. He doesn't say how long it lasts with one person using it.
That was actually one of the things that was turning me against it... would love to know if it's not true.
Though honestly, I will probably just wait for a stable ICS ROM that will, hopefully, by then have the usb host function working.
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It turned out that the customer reviewer was wrong about not being able to charge it while accessing it. I've just replied to his review because I AM able to charge it while running a movie from the Wi-Drive. At home. With the power adapter that came with the unit. However, Kingston is clear that you cannot charge it and access it if you are using the USB cord with a computer. It has to be with the power adapter that comes with the unit or is Apple Certified.
The reviewer was describing not being able to charge it in his car once the battery was run down. I called Kingston tech support to find out if there was something different about its use with car adapters, and a Level 2 tech support rep said that it does charge it while you're using but the car adapter has to be up to a certain standard and the best thing to do is look for car adapters that are Apple Product Certified.
I haven't been able to test that yet though!

So anyone can confirm if we can use wi drive while charging with power. adapter?

therethere said:
So anyone can confirm if we can use wi drive while charging with power. adapter?
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Yes, I explained above that I can charge it while using it. The customer reviewer who said it wasn't possible has revised his review and is now letting people know how to do it, after I wrote to that review thread. He is very good about adding updated info.

does anyone know if they have mobile wireless 1TBs yet? the seagate one is only 500gigs

ok, thanks.
i tried with a charger i have but that don't work, maybe because it got a led light on charger. will have to try another

therethere said:
ok, thanks.
i tried with a charger i have but that don't work, maybe because it got a led light on charger. will have to try another
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It comes with its own charger. The chargers need to be at a standard, they said, which qualifies for 'Apple product qualified' ... The one that comes with it definitely works.
There's also a trick that's needed which I mentioned and the customer reviewer added to his updates. And that's to make sure it's off without the charger plugged in.
Turn it On w/o the charger plugged in. Then turn the Wi-Drive back On to let it get activated. At that point, plug in the power adapter .

SGS3 to TV

I know you can get a HDMI to micro usb but I do not have any other means of connecting (my TV is fairly old)
Is there any other way of connecting?

Wi-Fi -> AllShare Play - if you have an Allshare capable Samsung TV.
If only HDMI port available then go for the Allshare cast Dongle.
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UrbanDesigns said:
I know you can get a HDMI to micro usb but I do not have any other means of connecting (my TV is fairly old)
Is there any other way of connecting?
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I bought one of these: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0080KN18K/ and it works fine. Picture quality is obviously degraded, but it looks as good as can be expected with the signal. I use it in my car along with the Samsung MHL adapter.

dcs3 said:
I bought one of these:] and it works fine. Picture quality is obviously degraded, but it looks as good as can be expected with the signal. I use it in my car along with the Samsung MHL adapter.
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just curious, does this device have a delay in regards to the video?

Gozer the Destructor said:
just curious, does this device have a delay in regards to the video?
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Not that I can tell. Then again, I'm using it on a really low quality screen in my vehicle rather than a true TV/monitor.

Dropped in to tell the op what to look for, instead found a link to exactly what is needed. Thanks!
I have an a/v modulator to send the signal through coax as some of the hotel tv's i'm confronted with don't even have rca jacks, but it won't take an hdmi input. So from this thing to that thing I can patch modern tech backwards to the stone age and use it.
XDA wins again.

Best mini keyboard/mousepad? Anyone else having problems with Hausbell mini h7?

What is the best wireless mini keyboard/mousepad for FTV/XBMC?
I ordered a hausbell h7 for ftv/xbmc it works but has one major problem, the HausBell often acts like i am holding the button down and getssssssssssssssssss stuck on any button be it a key or arrow button. This is obviously a huge annoyance, and happens often enough to where I plan to return it. My question is: do i have a faulty unit or is this a common issue with these?
I also have a QQ-Tech Mini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard I can't seem to get paired anyone know if these are able to be paired via FTV bluetooth?

Zorak27 said:
What is the best wireless mini keyboard/mousepad for FTV/XBMC?
I ordered a hausbell h7 for ftv/xbmc it works but has one major problem, the HausBell often acts like i am holding the button down and getssssssssssssssssss stuck on any button be it a key or arrow button. This is obviously a huge annoyance, and happens often enough to where I plan to return it. My question is: do i have a faulty unit or is this a common issue with these?
I also have a QQ-Tech Mini Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard I can't seem to get paired anyone know if these are able to be paired via FTV bluetooth?
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I have the exact same issue. Thinking to return it as defective.

As of now, the Amazon dev site for the fire says the HID spec for bluetooth input is limited to the game controller HID spec, as near as I can see:
https://developer.amazon.com/public...view/supporting-controllers-on-amazon-fire-tv
This is a problem if it persists, because the USB port treats directly connected and hub connected mass storage differently.
I did read recently that there's space for an SSD inside the case, but as of now no connector take it. The lan is controlled via pcie; perhaps, especially if someone was willing to sacrifice LAN for Wifi only (I would not) it would be possible to use the PCIE to add a large SSD and have a keyboard via USB?
For now, I'm finding the Logitech K400 is acceptable for what I want.

snowf0x said:
I have the exact same issue. Thinking to return it as defective.
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I have both the Hausbell and a Favi. The Favi works fine; the Hausbell is not usable because of the key repeat problem. I swapped the two keyboards, putting the Favi on the Fire and the Hausbell on my Raspberry Pi. I get the same results with the Hausbell on the RPI.

chilinski said:
I have both the Hausbell and a Favi. The Favi works fine; the Hausbell is not usable because of the key repeat problem. I swapped the two keyboards, putting the Favi on the Fire and the Hausbell on my Raspberry Pi. I get the same results with the Hausbell on the RPI.
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May I ask which particular Favi? Thanks

moz68 said:
May I ask which particular Favi? Thanks
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Favi FE01-BL Mini Keyboard with Laser Pointer
I'm thinking about the new Favi that's designed for media centers. The FE02-BT or RF (bluetooth or wireless). I haven't done any research on whether the bluetooth one will work with the Fire TV though.

roustabout said:
As of now, the Amazon dev site for the fire says the HID spec for bluetooth input is limited to the game controller HID spec, as near as I can see:
https://developer.amazon.com/public...view/supporting-controllers-on-amazon-fire-tv
This is a problem if it persists, because the USB port treats directly connected and hub connected mass storage differently.
I did read recently that there's space for an SSD inside the case, but as of now no connector take it. The lan is controlled via pcie; perhaps, especially if someone was willing to sacrifice LAN for Wifi only (I would not) it would be possible to use the PCIE to add a large SSD and have a keyboard via USB?
For now, I'm finding the Logitech K400 is acceptable for what I want.
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Hmm I wonder if its possible to use the PCIE lane to put another USB3 controller on it. Then you could use a USB network card. if you could even get the USB controller to run.

YellowGTO said:
Hmm I wonder if its possible to use the PCIE lane to put another USB3 controller on it. Then you could use a USB network card. if you could even get the USB controller to run.
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I have the hausbel h7.. it has a major design flaw similar to the iphone.. its antennae is inside the left portion where you hold it with your hand.. Try holding it with your right hand and it should work way better (also check your battery i get repeats with a low battery sometimes).

Type c to hdmi tv

I am looking for a thing that i can use to share my screen from Leeco to my TV with cable...
Will this thing work? And if someone try something other please write here
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB...32772332960.html?spm=2114.13010308.0.0.ioWwkf

Dwyane Wade said:
I am looking for a thing that i can use to share my screen from Leeco to my TV with cable...
Will this thing work? And if someone try something other please write here
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/USB...32772332960.html?spm=2114.13010308.0.0.ioWwkf
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AFAIK there is no way to connect the Le Max 2 to a TV using a cable. It simply doesn't have the hardware to support HDMI over the USB C port. You can use Miracast or Chromecast to connect wirelessly.

I try already Miracast dongles from aliexpress but they are poor quality and screen is freezing.
Can chromecast do screen mirroring? not cast mirroring, whole screen from phone?
is this original??
what is the difference between theese?
18.99$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/For-Google-...754846?hash=item2cbdcaf11e:g:NrAAAOSwmCVY9wst
29.99$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-Chro...300202?hash=item4b14f7532a:g:hTAAAOSwmgJY7etI
43.80$
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Google-Chro...801776?hash=item232b451030:g:~5AAAOSw44BYFsnR

Can please someone help me?

Dwyane Wade said:
Can please someone help me?
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https://www.google.com/chromecast/t..._campaign=tv&dclid=CKjal_TxtdMCFdh4YgodeeAPCw
Yes you can mirror your android screen.
Different sellers/ different regions / different prices?
You can buy a 2nd gen from stores here in the US for $35
I'm surprised your TV has a HDMI port but no DLNA/casting built in?

As mentioned, Chromecast can mirror Android screen. Or maybe a Miracast dongle from a more reputable manufacturer (e.g. Microsoft or Belkin) would give better results than the one you tried.

Supertacomonkeyexplosion said:
https://www.google.com/chromecast/t..._campaign=tv&dclid=CKjal_TxtdMCFdh4YgodeeAPCw
Yes you can mirror your android screen.
Different sellers/ different regions / different prices?
You can buy a 2nd gen from stores here in the US for $35
I'm surprised your TV has a HDMI port but no DLNA/casting built in?
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ok i will order one chromecast 2, but tell how it can be different sellers, regions when the shipping is free....It can be some fake copies or what?

Dwyane Wade said:
ok i will order one chromecast 2, but tell how it can be different sellers, regions when the shipping is free....It can be some fake copies or what?
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All of the above. Maybe copies, maybe fell off the back of a truck, maybe totally legit selling real chromecasts. Why not just buy from Google?

MiraCast and DisplayLink do work
Dwyane Wade said:
Can please someone help me?
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As others mentioned, MHL or HDMI over USB type C are proprietary solutions which Le Max simply doesn't support. It's really too bad, because the hardware is powerful enough to drive a big screen with some serious desktop work like M$ Office.
I've use Microsoft's MiraCast Dongle (2nd generation) on the MoKee ROMs and it works well enough. There is some lag, but most of it may actually be from my TV, an LG set that just tends to lag on all HDMI inputs, while it does just fine on RGB.
I've used it to run PowerPoint sessions off the phone and it's really cool for not having to pack a laptop or a big bag when you go and visit a customer.
It wasn't so great for playing games with say an Xbox bluetooth controller, but video is ok.
I also tried using a DisplayLink USB 3 to HDMI adapter, which works well enough to. Actually I believe it even lags a little less, but I don't think it supported games.
None of them support what I really want, though: A portable desktop where I'd just connect my phone to a USB dock on my desktop and start working with one or two external screens, Ethernet, keyboard and mouse for an entire workday, while the phone is charged.
Some apps struggle with DPI settings, so it can be useful to have an app which overrides the DPI settings for things like Citrix or Remote Desktop clients.
The hardware is definitely powerful enough to handle it (I even got a 6GB RAM version), but it's simply not a use case LeEco cares about, nor anyone else in the Android space, unfortunately.