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thsciguy
Feb 09, 2014Aspirant
I revived my ReadyNAS NV+ v1 after 2 years, now what?
My PSU for my ReadyNAS NV+ died about 2+ years ago and due to "life" happening I haven't gotten around to getting a new PSU and bringing it back to life. Right now it has all my FLAC music files on i...
thsciguy
Feb 15, 2014Aspirant
I have never done a factory reset, but I was able to upgrade to 4.1.13 with no issues and it is just like new.
As far as streaming, I was hoping there was some added features or apps during this time, but as you note aks this is not a strength of the NV+. I do use it as an iTunes server on my PC then use that for airplay, so not direct but it works. I have heard from multiple folks (not just here on the forum) that my best bet is to back up frequently and start looking for a NAS that has more of these features.
Thanks!
As far as streaming, I was hoping there was some added features or apps during this time, but as you note aks this is not a strength of the NV+. I do use it as an iTunes server on my PC then use that for airplay, so not direct but it works. I have heard from multiple folks (not just here on the forum) that my best bet is to back up frequently and start looking for a NAS that has more of these features.
Thanks!
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