Comments on: Brando SATA HDD Dock Station Combo Stereo Speaker + Hub http://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/brando-sata-hdd-dock-station-combo-stereo-speaker-hub/ Everyone can understand technology; sometimes it just takes a little translating. Wed, 15 Feb 2012 02:34:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Federico Cervellihttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/brando-sata-hdd-dock-station-combo-stereo-speaker-hub/#comment-43914 Federico Cervelli Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:02:47 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=25947#comment-43914 Ehm, instead of: "itsull needs a PC" please read: "it still needs a PC" :) Ehm, instead of:

“itsull needs a PC”

please read:

“it still needs a PC”

:)

]]> By: Federico Cervellihttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/brando-sata-hdd-dock-station-combo-stereo-speaker-hub/#comment-43913 Federico Cervelli Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:01:34 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=25947#comment-43913 You are right. The dock does not allow you to play music on its own; itsull needs a PC. You are right.
The dock does not allow you to play music on its own; itsull needs a PC.

]]> By: Perryhttp://www.geardiary.com/2009/04/15/brando-sata-hdd-dock-station-combo-stereo-speaker-hub/#comment-43502 Perry Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:17:07 +0000 http://www.geardiary.com/?p=25947#comment-43502 Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it doesn't look like this thing could play music all on its own. I think it simply functions as a HDD/Flash dock, on which you could store your music; a USB sound card and speaker, with which you could listen to your music; and what appears to be some buttons for controlling the playback (play, pause, stop, etc.).<br><br>You'd still need a PC to read the music files, decode the MP3s, and send the output back to the device as audio.<br><br>But I could be wrong. Maybe I'm reading this wrong, but it doesn't look like this thing could play music all on its own. I think it simply functions as a HDD/Flash dock, on which you could store your music; a USB sound card and speaker, with which you could listen to your music; and what appears to be some buttons for controlling the playback (play, pause, stop, etc.).

You'd still need a PC to read the music files, decode the MP3s, and send the output back to the device as audio.

But I could be wrong.

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