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Steven_P

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using the Gemini PDA wifi for media: my experience
« on: June 15, 2018, 07:17:32 pm »
I am using the Gemini with its stock android. I downloaded my various media apps (Netflix, Amazon Prime Video etc). I then used my home wifi to download a few episodes of shows and watched them off line using headphones and an aux cable. Very pleasant experience. This will be very useful for plane travel and general business travel, where I can watch my own library. The screen coped well, and the audio quality was fine.
I did have a few issues with bluetooth connection to the headphones. I couldn't actually 'find' my headphones, but on a plane I use aux cables anyway.
I also managed to connect easily to a SanDisk wireless thumb drive (SanDisk 128GB Connect Wireless Stick Flash Drive - SDWS4-128G-G46) with my music library using the standard SanDisk app. The SanDisk app comes with a simple music player built in. I can also stream from amazon and google music player when I am online. I will be loading some music locally via the SD drive for offline music appreciation.
I have found that only some standard thumb drives can be connected and recognized by the PDA using a standard USB-C/USB adapter (UGREEN USB C to USB 3.0 OTG Adapter Cable ), and folks may have to empirically determine which thumb drives work best for them. But overall, this is turning into a nice little travel media player.

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using the Gemini PDA wifi for media: my experience
« Reply #1 on: June 15, 2018, 08:24:57 pm »
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I did have a few issues with bluetooth connection to the headphones. I couldn't actually 'find' my headphones, but on a plane I use aux cables anyway.

Bluetooth seems fragile, it takes many resets to see some devices. I did get some Bluetooth headphones working (eventually) but there's a lot of lag (at least on the cheap set I have) so for films it's useless as they're well out of sync.