Canon CS100 1TB WiFi drive â‚¬34.99 delivered

ED E · 20-01-2018 09:58AM

brightkane wrote: »

Does this work as a regular plug and play drag and drop external hard drive?

Does anyone read the thead?

brightkane · 20-01-2018 12:10PM

ED E wrote: »

brightkane wrote: »

Does this work as a regular plug and play drag and drop external hard drive?

Does anyone read the thead?

I did but missed the post.

It will show up as a network drive when attached to the router?

djmarkus · 20-01-2018 01:29PM

Anyone able to crack this open yet? Finding it hard to get a screwdriver that fits.

studdlymurphy · 20-01-2018 01:53PM

brightkane wrote:

It will show up as a network drive when attached to the router?

I have it attached with ethernet and i cant see it with the telly or nvidia shield. Anybody know how to achieve this or do i need to use the hdmi to display on a telly?

jakdublin · 20-01-2018 02:40PM

studdlymurphy wrote: »

I have it attached with ethernet and i cant see it with the telly or nvidia shield. Anybody know how to achieve this or do i need to use the hdmi to display on a telly?

Yes, you can only view it on the TV so you need the HDMI cable.

Stylesclash07 · 20-01-2018 05:47PM

I most likely asking a question that has been asked but here I go haha, With the update in feb 2017, could we in theory move edited movies(movies hehe) to the drive and play these on the TV

kaizersoze · 21-01-2018 03:13PM

Ordered @13.02
Tracking Number @13.15

21-01-2018 03:15PM

Stylesclash07 wrote: »

I most likely asking a question that has been asked but here I go haha, With the update in feb 2017, could we in theory move edited movies(movies hehe) to the drive and play these on the TV

the video formats it would play would be limited.

mp4, mov and AVCHD seem to be the video formats that it's able to play.

also the menu organisation of video files won't be very good.

not really designed to be a general media player - more for camera-sourced content

unless it's effectively hacked of course - depends on how much effort is put in by the hackers.

the chip on it is from 2011 though so will never be great.

ED E · 21-01-2018 03:21PM

Personally if I can get SMB/NFS working and SSH that'd be cool. €30 1TB NAS. Running it headless is where you'll find some use for it.

Alanstrainor · 21-01-2018 03:53PM

Just connected mine up. God it's awful. Haha, you'd be kicking yourself if you had spent any real money on it. There's a couple of threads around with people trying to get SSH to it, but it's not possible. No NFS either so it doesn't show as a network drive. I think I'll be taking out the disk and getting a usb sata connector.

bromley52 · 21-01-2018 03:56PM

I refused delivery on mine. Should get refunded in about 10 days.

Alanstrainor · 21-01-2018 05:06PM

Mr.S wrote: »

Can I use this as a hub for media and access over WiFi from my MacBook?

No you cannot.

jakdublin · 21-01-2018 05:20PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Just connected mine up. God it's awful. Haha, you'd be kicking yourself if you had spent any real money on it. There's a couple of threads around with people trying to get SSH to it, but it's not possible. No NFS either so it doesn't show as a network drive. I think I'll be taking out the disk and getting a usb sata connector.

Haha. Yeah, I'm kinda kicking myself having spent what we did on it. Jaysus, imagine spending €300 on it? In fairness, it does what it says quite nicely but if you want photos on your TV there's loads of other ways to do it.

Getting the disk out is easier said than done. There's four screws that I can see but they're seated in real deep and ain't easy to get at. I haven't figured out how to get at them yet. If you manage it, let us know how you did it and what kind of screw heads they are. Might be best just to force it open seeing as how you won't be needing the casing after anyways.

Stylesclash07 · 21-01-2018 05:46PM

Haha was just thinking maybe someone with one could let me know, if I but a video on a usb can be be played or copied to the drive. I bought a few 64gb cards from boots when they were on sale. If you use the SD as the “disc” for video playback it may be an ok/useable media player in that way.

Etnies · 21-01-2018 06:47PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

Just connected mine up. God it's awful. Haha, you'd be kicking yourself if you had spent any real money on it. There's a couple of threads around with people trying to get SSH to it, but it's not possible. No NFS either so it doesn't show as a network drive. I think I'll be taking out the disk and getting a usb sata connector.

SSH is possible. Don't spread misinformation without doing some research there's a link on previous pages were some one has already done it.

jakdublin · 21-01-2018 07:45PM

Etnies wrote: »

SSH is possible. Don't spread misinformation without doing some research there's a link on previous pages were some one has already done it.

It's possible but going by that thread nobody has managed to get it to do anything useful with it yet and one lad reckons he's bricked his already. That thread wouldn't be for the faint hearted anyway. I'd imagine most who bought here are looking for an easier way to get some use out of this.

Schorpio · 21-01-2018 07:58PM

Still waiting for mine to arrive, but the fact that it has no form of NAS protocol (smb etc.) is ridiculous. It's not like it wouldn't have the processing power for it. I could have been a genuinely useful little thing for photographers and general users alike. How are you supposed to get media back off the hdd? Through the interface?

It was never worth the original rrp.

jakdublin · 21-01-2018 08:29PM

Schorpio wrote: »

How are you supposed to get media back off the hdd? Through the interface?

It was never worth the original rrp.

You can export it to a USB stick or an external drive.

The J Stands for Jay · 21-01-2018 11:42PM

Tweaky wrote: »

Thanks OP. Got one for the wife. She has a canon EOS 1300d and was filling up the PC hard drive with all her photos. This also comes with 100gb of online storage as well. Can't believe how quick it was despatched. Will have it Friday.

How did you get the 100Gb of storage? I've just bought one and don't see it.

dingding · 21-01-2018 11:44PM

McGaggs wrote: »

How did you get the 100Gb of storage? I've just bought one and don't see it.

That offer expired a couple of days ago.

august12 · 21-01-2018 11:46PM

A code issued to your email address which you would input to the Irista app but you would need to have purchased the product on 17th Jan as that was the last day of the 100gb storage offer.

The J Stands for Jay · 21-01-2018 11:57PM

august12 wrote: »

A code issued to your email address which you would input to the Irista app but you would need to have purchased the product on 17th Jan as that was the last day of the 100gb storage offer.

D'oh. I'll just tell myself that it wouldn't have stacked with the 100Gb I already have from buying a lens last year.

somebody_else · 22-01-2018 02:56PM

McGaggs wrote: »

D'oh. I'll just tell myself that it wouldn't have stacked with the 100Gb I already have from buying a lens last year.

It does add up.

I got 100 Gb for Sx710 i got last year and not got additional 100 Gb for this station.

Altogether 200 Gb space,

Tom

Deagol · 22-01-2018 04:23PM

jakdublin wrote: »

Haha. Yeah, I'm kinda kicking myself having spent what we did on it. Jaysus, imagine spending €300 on it? In fairness, it does what it says quite nicely but if you want photos on your TV there's loads of other ways to do it.

Getting the disk out is easier said than done. There's four screws that I can see but they're seated in real deep and ain't easy to get at. I haven't figured out how to get at them yet. If you manage it, let us know how you did it and what kind of screw heads they are. Might be best just to force it open seeing as how you won't be needing the casing after anyways.

Screws are Torx T10. As the entry is slim you'll need a torx driver, the T10 fitted into an adapter you get with a lot of tool kits won't do.

A small flat head screwdriver might work also if you get precisely the 'right' size and push down hard into the T10. That's how I managed it in the end.

If you don't care about anything but the drive, you could always just lever open with a chisel of course

ch750536 · 22-01-2018 06:17PM

sugarman wrote: »

Agreed. Piece of junk.

Slightly regret buying it myself, but i'll pull out the drive and upgrade the PS4 to 1TB and throw the 500GB into the PS3 and the aul 80GB from that can gp back into the Canon. Still works out 15quid cheaper than buying a 1TB drive.

Who came up with the concept for this device? Such a long list of things that we will purposely make sure it can't do!

styron · 22-01-2018 06:29PM

Deagol wrote: »

Screws are Torx T10. As the entry is slim you'll need a torx driver, the T10 fitted into an adapter you get with a lot of tool kits won't do.

A small flat head screwdriver might work also if you get precisely the 'right' size and push down hard into the T10. That's how I managed it in the end.

If you don't care about anything but the drive, you could always just lever open with a chisel of course

Yeah, one of those cheap 2mm precision slot-head works fine with pliers for extra torque if required.

NIMAN · 22-01-2018 06:31PM

€89 now

22-01-2018 06:36PM

NIMAN wrote: »

€89 now

Add to basket.

kaizersoze · 22-01-2018 06:42PM

NIMAN wrote: »

€89 now

rks · 22-01-2018 07:00PM

Anyone know the return process?

Canon CS100 1TB WiFi drive â‚¬34.99 delivered

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