This Mini Media Player is frankly an extra device. I plugged in, connected by HDMI cable to my TV, I connected a USB external hard drive where I had loaded videos. I turned on the Mini Media Player, open the corresponding channel of the HDMI TV. The installation was all alone, I have just put in French. After you open the videos section, and the Mini Media Player looks for and finds the external HD videos. Reading is no problem. That's great!