Cineloic,

As I mentioned in the other thread, I had the same problem with a new Western Digital hard drive. I could format the drive and read the files fine from the PC, but the M4000P didn't show the files. Oddly, pressing the "info" button did show the proper NTFS formatting and drive size, but it showed the drive as empty.

I tried every possible jumper combination, as well as formatting to smaller drive sizes, but never got the WD drive to work properly. So, I returned the WD drive and bought a Seagate drive instead. The Seagate drive worked perfectly the first time, after formatting NTFS and copying the files to the drive.

I have no idea why the WD drive would be any less compatible than a Seagate drive, but based on my experience, comments from other posters, and a reply from Dvico, WD drives are apparently not compatible with the M4000P.

Anthony

...found another thread on this forum
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=778342

Seems that this box have some trouble with WD Hard Disk.Good find! I'd forgotten all about Anthony's old warning. :(

Thanks for sharing Anthony...
I will try to make 2 smaller partitions just in case...
If something happens, all the best
Otherwise i will drop the case, and just mumble about dvico not advicing against this kind of trouble :mad: ... Popcorn hour here i come

I have a bunch of DTS audio files (wav) that play fine...one set does not work on this setup, though it works on my Popcorn Hour (not apples to apples, as the PCH attaches to an Onkyo). The 4000/5000 go through a Denon.

Anyway, as I recall one thing to check is the volume control. But I'll be darned if I get get the volume to display. Is this control hidden in firmware 2.2.7, or have I forgot how to access the volume menu (would not be surprising, I don't use it much)?

Any other thoughts?

The volume level is set with the...volume control rocker switch. You aren't perhaps trying to set it with nothing playing, are you? ;)

TPeterson....

Yeah, tried adjusting it with nothing playing. Gather that is a non starter.

Thanks for the tip. Actually the many tips over time!

Oh, for everybody....

Hi jack has posted some beta firmware for the 4000 on his website (2.3.x?). Says this is the final firmware for the machine.
Supposed to fix the annoying three dots in the right corner issue.

Might play iso files too (not a biggie for me, but others might care).