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Don't buy. I'm stuck with two of them and they'll both end up in the trash. Rip off. Would not come close to working as advertised.
It is simply one more step in the transfer process. Other than reading from an instruction sheet, they do not offer any help with such technical issues as USB use. But you can still use a coaxial cable with mini-plug to display your laptops video feed on the PhotoFrame -in theory. 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 called the Help Center for Nextar, and found the technical help to be horrible. Upon powerup, my unit fired right up. 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. 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.
Plug the memory stick into the PhotoFrame and then operate from there. These were then able to be displayed on the Digital PhotoFrame in Slideshow mode, for further inspection of the video quality of this display. Load the pix from computer to memory stick OR the SD memory if you have a port for this on your computer. I like this PhotoFrames picture. It can be made much brighter, sharper, contrasty-er, and the colors, saturation etc. Controls for the unit are located on a rather complex remote control, as well as on the right back side.
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. hehLarry D.NW Wisc. 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. Not terribly long range for an IR control, but it does work.
Not having the USB link also prevents video transfers from laptop to photoFrame, for remote displaying purposes, via USB. Ok everyone, class over.wake UP. I have not tried this yet. 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. Both work well, with the remote working reliably from 10 ft. I first messed around with the controls, to get familiar to the logic that the design uses. Clearly, the unit knows when the USB cable is connected, as it signifies this status.
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. Reading the installation instructions, and operating instructions, it became clear that the instructions do not discuss USB operation at all. 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. Next, I powered down, installed an SD 2 gig memory stick in the photo frame memory port, and powered back up. can all be adjusted as well.
It also has AV out and IN. Decent video quality.
Also includes a sleek black face plate to swap from the silver, if you want. So from the memory card (not included) you can play your video content.
Also plays video formats that most other frames(costing much more) do not handle. Truly a bargain for the features.
This little guy is so much more than a simple photo frame. You can use it as a compact video monitor for a camcorder or edit set up, Amazing for the price.
Also from the built in USB port from a standard flash drive.
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