When is it safe to remove USB devices?

Posted by: Somchie on 20 March 2012

I am still having some issues streaming FLACs to my SU, so I am currently playing music from an external HDD with approx 600 GB of data and I am not sure how my SU handles USB devices.

 

Is it safe to remove USB devices whenever the SU is set to another preset than the USB?

 

Posted on: 20 March 2012 by Gaetano

It's safe. Don't worry.

I've read in the user guide par 8.3.

Good music.

GL

Posted on: 20 March 2012 by Noogle

The SU will only ever be reading from USB (not writing) so there isn't a problem.

Posted on: 20 March 2012 by Somchie

Gaetano, thanks!

 

Noogle, that is of course true but are you sure it is safe to just remove a USB device if it also takes power from the USB cable?

Posted on: 20 March 2012 by Noogle

The SU has no facility to power-down the USB (not that it needs one) so I'm not sure what else you can do other than just disconnect it.

 

The only reason to worry about unplugging USB devices is if they internally cache data writes.