Looking to keep this on my desk at work and continually play all my favorite show. Can I add any size micro SD and always keep it plugged in

Thanks

Looking to keep this on my desk at work and continually play all my favorite show. Can I add any size micro SD and always keep it plugged in

Thanks

TinyTV 2 was not designed to have the card replaced and therefore we do not support it. However, I have heard of brave users taking it about and putting larger cards in.

Does anyone know where to find advice from these "brave users"?  I'm interested in trying to expand my storage, and would like some advice about where to start disassembling the TinyTV2, even if it isn't "supported"...

Does anyone know where to find advice from these "brave users"?  I'm interested in trying to expand my storage, and would like some advice about where to start disassembling the TinyTV2, even if it isn't "supported"...

It's actually pretty easy.  First off, BUY A GOOD QUALITY MICRO-SD CARD!   Not a cheap amazon basics or some no-name brand.  Get a Samnsung.   I am using a Samsung EVO SELECT, 512Gigs. 

So buy a good micro-SD card.   Then, Find a program that can format large partitions into FAT32.    Personally, I just used the free version of " IM-Magic Partition resizer ".  Just turn format the entire volume as FAT32.   

Make sure you copy your settings text file from your original micro-SD card to the new one.

I do have ONE weird issue, where I have to take the micro-SD card out of the TV, and put it into a Micro-USB to USB adapter, for my PC to read it.   Otherwise, explorer often hangs on me.   I got it working for a bit, then it started doing it again. 

Oh, and to open the TV2,  Just unscrew the two phillips screws in the back.  It will come apart.  Watch out for the power button.  It will fall out.  To put the TV back together, hold it upside down, and put the power button in place, then put the screen in.    But once you open it, just pull out the SD card.   And install your new one.   

If you have any questions, feel free to ask.   I also found a program to convert videos in batches, and can input a custom bitrate to save on filesize, or combine videos, or split them...etc..etc.   Totally works with the TV2, as long as you have the correct commands.

Got it, thank you!  I've gotten it open and gotten the card swapped safely.  The only part that tripped me up a little was that the battery was glued to the original card, but I got it loose with some gentle prying.

Actually, I am having one strange phenomenon after having upgraded the microSD card: even with the volume turned all the way off, there's now a noticeable sound whenever the TinyTV reads from the disk; buzzes when changing channels, and regular ticks during video playback.  (I can tell it's disk access, because it buzzes for longer when switching to a longer channel, and it ticks more frequently when playing higher-bitrate video....)   It's only noticeable when holding the TinyTV close to my face, though.   I tested switching back to the original microSD and that indeed made the noise stop.

Actually, I am having one strange phenomenon after having upgraded the microSD card: even with the volume turned all the way off, there's now a noticeable sound whenever the TinyTV reads from the disk; buzzes when changing channels, and regular ticks during video playback.  (I can tell it's disk access, because it buzzes for longer when switching to a longer channel, and it ticks more frequently when playing higher-bitrate video....)   It's only noticeable when holding the TinyTV close to my face, though.   I tested switching back to the original microSD and that indeed made the noise stop.

Hmm, I'm not noticing any extra weird sounds.  But I'm using the commands another user posted about boosting the audio here on these forums, and one of the commands i believe kills the audio for any sounds under a certain range.  So if I am getting that same sound effect, It might be getting cut out.    His commands are on page 2 of these forums, in a thread called "Louder audio when converting media suggestion"    I'm using the 2nd one he posted, the one for fill / stretch for video aspect ratio.   I also changed the gain=0 to gain=2 to get a bit more volume from the TV.

EDIT:  Actually, While testing I DID notice a very very tiny "hissing" sound coming from the speaker when I pressed the power button.  I changed the powerOffSecs from 300 to 5.   After 5 seconds, I can hear the hissing click off.   Not sure if it's the SD card, or just the unit itself.  But it's VERY quiet.  had to put it up to my ear to even notice it.   

To be clear, it's definitely not something in the video conversion, because it still happens when the TV's volume is set to zero (and it *doesn't* happen for the same video file on the original card, too).   I guess it's just something that some brands of SD card do, oh well.