I see that all the reviews are over a year old for this product. Does anyone know if the USB portion of this is outdated?
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The unit has a micro USB that can be plugged into any typical wall adapter, auto adapter and laptop. Hope this helps!
1777534
Yes the rear USB port works alot better than the one on the front. If it still doesn't want to read your USB than you might want to buy a different one. I've had that happen to me before.
1199683
The USB end is NOT a 3.0. I cannot be sure it is not a 1.0. Shortly after I left my high review, I started using the device on a different computer, and it failed to work at all. I subsequently bought a different adapter from Amazon made by Plugable; it has worked well in all environments I have tried.
2063634
my experince i bought on butmine has been down,but i don't believe even usb 2.0 worked good but i could be very wrong,as can't remeber for sure sorry but don't believe you would have usb speeds going into a 2.0 usb
198650
i did not see a definitive answer. Did you ever find a USB dongle that worked?
1362567
Mine died (the USB) and I sent it back for replacement. No problems since. That has been 6 months ago. I think they had some issues that may have been corrected.
1033509
The software is weird, make sure in the software you turn the 'power' button on and it should work. If not I would make sure that the device itself has installed. USB should automatically be picked up but sometimes you have to manually do it.
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How did you format it and what type is it? The cheap ones will not work, I found there is actually a big difference in the quality of USB sticks and its no surprise the cheap ones don't even get recognized by MMI....
1466507
Did you receive an answer for this? I have also lost my USB transmitter. I attempted to replace it with another Genius product's transmitter, but that did not work.
1836764
I have had no problems at all with the USB connection. The unit has been totally reliable. Mine is plugged into a USB 3 port.
1050731
If its a standard USB port it should work just fine but always check with supplier as well this they know the specs of compatabilty best. I had a slight problem with them ( I received what looked like it was a return and was missing parts, just my guess) but they were very professional. Addressed all my inquiries and fixed problem rite away with out any other issuers. I would def use them again.. The product is very good for the items you receive as well as the price.
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My experience is that the connection technology doesn't last 10 years. I replaced mine when I couldn't find a good adaptor to switch from the old pins to USB. The old one probably still works fine if my newer computer had a port for it.
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It sound like this person might have had incompatibility issue with the USB 3.0 port and this device. I have used it with USB 2.0 and haven't had any issues. I will try it with USB 3.0 to see if there is any issues.
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It's slower being it's usb 2.0. I don't know what the benchmark numbers for usb 3.0 but I would assume it's quite a bit faster. I had need of the older legacy 2.0 and the price was right for me.
1063410
It's a USB 3.0 put I would look for other options. SanDisk makes a great one. I just had my second one of these fail already... The first failed after 1 month, and the replacement lasted maybe 5-6 weeks. Extremely frustrated with the quality of the unit.
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My experience was over 2 years ago. Perhaps they are selling a different product (USB3?) compared to the one I purchased (with the incompatibilities). I recommend buying and trying.
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i honestly wouldn't recommend you purchasing this product at all, is just a total waste of time and money. you will be lucky if two usb port work on this thing.