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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 9:32 pm 
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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

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Posted: Mon Jan 01, 2007 10:24 pm 
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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.

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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 9:07 am 
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all rigth mate thanks for the info
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 12:34 pm 
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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


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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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:42 pm 
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yer true that power hungry hmmmm i just my self a 2gb usb then =)
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 2:48 pm 
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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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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 3:17 pm 
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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



yep thats true :D
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Posted: Tue Jan 02, 2007 6:21 pm 
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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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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 8:35 pm 
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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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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:51 pm 
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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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Posted: Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:58 pm 
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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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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 11:50 pm 
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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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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 11:06 am 
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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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