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| daboris |
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just want to know about the decks with usb
can u hook up a hard-drive to the usb port on a deck? because if u can then i was thinking of getting a 250gb and put all my music on it but thats if u can hook up a hard-drive to the usb deck's thanks ppl's 
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| dazza2924 |
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Im not too sure about hooking up a portable hard drive....
There are some on the market (particularly the larger type ones) require for you to utilise two usb ports at once to hook into the hard disk. So its like you are using two usb ports at the same time. The reason being is because the usb ports run only on a very small amount of power, and sometimes this low power output is not enough for the hard drive to function though u can usually get usb keys now like round the 2gb range pretty cheap. If you decide to get a hard disk, check to see how many usb ports it would require to be able to function properly. Dazz |
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| daboris |
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all rigth mate thanks for the info
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| Big Kev |
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dazza2924 wrote: Im not too sure about hooking up a portable hard drive....
There are some on the market (particularly the larger type ones) require for you to utilise two usb ports at once to hook into the hard disk. So its like you are using two usb ports at the same time. The reason being is because the usb ports run only on a very small amount of power, and sometimes this low power output is not enough for the hard drive to function though u can usually get usb keys now like round the 2gb range pretty cheap. If you decide to get a hard disk, check to see how many usb ports it would require to be able to function properly. Dazz USB eys are the easiest option in that concern cheap as and will hold more than enough music.....hard drives can be power hungry hence why its normally better to run from a 12V power source externally and not backed off the head unit powering via the USB interface/interfaces.
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| daboris |
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yer true that power hungry hmmmm i just my self a 2gb usb then =)
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| Big Kev |
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daboris wrote: yer true that power hungry hmmmm i just my self a 2gb usb then =)
2gb is more than enough...I mean without going awesome quality WAVs etc...a decent recorded MP3 so round 192kbps+ ya looking bout 5mb-7mb+ per file...so 285-400 songs which when it comes to play time...thats a decent duration  buy a couple hehe
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Big Kev wrote: daboris wrote: yer true that power hungry hmmmm i just my self a 2gb usb then =) 2gb is more than enough...I mean without going awesome quality WAVs etc...a decent recorded MP3 so round 192kbps+ ya looking bout 5mb-7mb+ per file...so 285-400 songs which when it comes to play time...thats a decent duration buy a couple heheyep thats true
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| data_mine |
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I was reading the specs on a USB capable head unit recently, and was amazed to read it only supports 254 files on the USB device. Now that's very poor.
ie. check the detailed specs of the HU you want to get first. It may be a near useless feature. If it does work well (accesses lots of files), then think about a 2.5" HDD (laptop style) in an external case, they can quite happly run from a USB port. But are limited to about the 120GB size mark. 3.5" HDDs are the power hungry ones, but come in much bigger sizes.
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yeah i have used external hard drives with my usb deck, but as datamine said, rarely can it access all the files.
i think you might also find that it is 254 files per folder, so if your music was arranged in folders, i.e by artist or album, you should be fine, but dont quote me on that.
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| daboris |
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yer i am think of just getting my self a deck with ipod ready and just get my self a dammm ipod
yer i been looking into the usb decks and all i been told they not that good so off to the shops to get my self a dammm ipod |
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| andrewts |
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I got a dammm iPod. You won't regret it. Just make sure you have good speakers in your car and headphones for elsewhere.
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Hello Everyone
O.k. I have done a bit of testing with this and here is what I found The usb ports on decks do not have the power to run a laptop drive, it tries to spin up and dosn't I tried my W800I too since it works like a USB key and the decks could not use it A normal computer "thumb drive" works just fine I ended up getting an axis head unit, has usb, 3.5mm input as well as mp3 cd all for $230 |
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| daboris |
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4LTRsix thats for that and the testing side of it too
so relly the hhd just needs more power doest matter getting my self a ipod with a week or 2 |
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