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2014-04-10 , 15:41
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Originally Posted by FlashInTheNight86 View Post
With a powered USB hub, will I be able to use an external hdd together+wireless dongle for kb and mouse together with my N900, or it is better to use Y-cable for HDD+charging and bluetooth mouse+keyboard for input? Will I have to power the hub right before hitting vbus boost button, or anytime before?
With powered hub, you may connect as much things as you want at the same time. Just like with a netbook that have one USB port, and you connect a hub to allow more things at the same time.

BTW, in case of using HD and many different other things at the same time, you would probably need powered hub even if using notebook/netbook/desktop, as even "regular" USB port gives up to 500 mA (which need to be enough for hub itself, HD, and all other stuff) - it could be too low. Also, most non-powered hubs limit outputs ports to 100 mA (100 mA reserved for hub, 400 mA split between [usually] 4 ports). Most 7 port hubs are, in fact, 2 hubs connected in serially (internally).

Originally Posted by FlashInTheNight86 View Post
And a little off-topic, but it's very related. If I get a call, and have a bluetooth headset paired and audio connected to external source (TV. for example), once I answer the call, will I hear the caller only on headset, or on TV as well? If the latter, can it be fixed so that sounds from call go to headset only? (I wouldn't ask this stupid question if I had a bluetooth headset to try)
No freakin' idea, but I recall button at the status menu, that you can use (if have connected both bluetooth headphones and normal ones) to choose output. It would mean that using TV and bluetooth headset, you can have output redirected only to *one* of those sources, not two.

But I may be wrong about part of this, or even about everything. So, what about you test it yourself and tell us?

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