Page 14 of the manual says the best way to mount it is vertically, with the HD cartridge facing up. They do say that horizontal mounting is okay, it's just not optimal.
http://www.omnifimedia.com/scripts/omnifitech.cfg/ php.exe/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=F1iuVRnh&p_t bl=9&p_id=70&p_created=1070410995
Perhaps your DMP1 was defective? I don't have one, but there seem to be satisfied users in the OmniFi DMP1 forums.
http://www.omnifimedia.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_I D=30
I guess I should elaborate. The reason for wanting 802.11 access is not just for users to manually transfer files. It's so that the car's music library syncs to your home music library automatically, and you never have to manually put music in your car.
IE: schedule an rsync on your home server to be performed at 3:00am (or some other time your car is likely to be parked in your garage), connecting to an SMB share or SSH server running on your car, via the 802.11 link. I'd prefer to use SSH for it, but it's just as easy to do it over SMB, and consumer products would be more likely to have SMB built in.
This is actually functionality that the Omnifi has, but only with their MS Windows software.
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Page 14 of the manual says the best way to mount it is vertically, with the HD cartridge facing up. They do say that horizontal mounting is okay, it's just not optimal. http://www.omnifimedia.com/scripts/omnifitech.cfg/ php.exe/enduser/fattach_get.php?p_sid=F1iuVRnh&p_t bl=9&p_id=70&p_created=1070410995
Perhaps your DMP1 was defective? I don't have one, but there seem to be satisfied users in the OmniFi DMP1 forums.
http://www.omnifimedia.com/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_I D=30
I guess I should elaborate. The reason for wanting 802.11 access is not just for users to manually transfer files. It's so that the car's music library syncs to your home music library automatically, and you never have to manually put music in your car. IE: schedule an rsync on your home server to be performed at 3:00am (or some other time your car is likely to be parked in your garage), connecting to an SMB share or SSH server running on your car, via the 802.11 link. I'd prefer to use SSH for it, but it's just as easy to do it over SMB, and consumer products would be more likely to have SMB built in. This is actually functionality that the Omnifi has, but only with their MS Windows software.