Hey,

On my computer I have like 80gb of music, and only an 8gb iPod.

I know head units with USB inputs you can put a memory stick in with MP3 files, but could you use an external hard drive of such a large capacity? And are 12v ones available?

Anyone tried this?

Iv had a quick search about and didnt really find much :)

Cheers

i would of thought so, would just need wiring up to the battery.

Wouldn't be able to use an external hard drive in the usb, not that simple am afraid.

Your typical head unit will only read from a smaller USB drive because they are formatted in FAT32, whereas a larger external hard drive tends to be in NTFS. You could try reformatting your external hard drive in FAT32, however it means wiping all data then putting it back on.

Wouldn't be able to use an external hard drive in the usb, not that simple am afraid.

Your typical head unit will only read from a smaller USB drive because they are formatted in FAT32, whereas a larger external hard drive tends to be in NTFS. You could try reformatting your external hard drive in FAT32, however it means wiping all data then putting it back on.

ah yeah, i was gonna jus buy a harddrive for my car. could i use a large capactity usb stick our would that be same format (the wrong one)

ta

Don't see why not, it will be more cost effective to buy a 2.5" ext hardrive, these are larger than usb sticks, but they can hold anything upto about 500gb, plus they're usb powered, unlike the larger 3.5" ext hardrives, which is a bonus for car use.

Don't forget that USB sticks are solid state and USB hard drives (generally) have spinning platters inside, which don't like vibrations. I'm not sure how sensitive modern ones are but it's something worth thinking about.

Edited 27 February, 201016 yr by Ray2k

shittt i jus realised i have 20gb of duplicated songs in itunes! haha. anyone know a fast way to delete them without sittin going through 7000 songs? :)

You can get an extermal hard drive from Alpine which holds 500GB of music and runs at 5v - costs about £300 though!

fuck & that!!

500G HP one from tesco runs on my headunit. Takes about 10mins to sort through the songs before it starts playing. so use a 4Gb stick or the HU's SD reader

only cost £50/60.

Edited 28 February, 201016 yr by Cymro

might just listen to radio

shittt i jus realised i have 20gb of duplicated songs in itunes! haha. anyone know a fast way to delete them without sittin going through 7000 songs? :)

yeh i have the same problem with duplicats and its really annoying but i dont think there is any way doing it quickly with out going through them all, its long , if anyone knows of a way let us know please.

I'd just get an 8GB or so USB flash drive, you can get bigger ones but prices start to get silly. Anything with a mechanical hard drive in isn't going to last all that long with vibrations in a car. You can get IDE or SATA attached solid state hard drives which would fit into a normal usb drive caddy but these also aren't too cheap. An 8GB USB stick will still hold a shit load of MP3s! MY 8GB iPod nano currently has something like 1400 songs on it, I tend to use that in the car.

Wouldn't be able to use an external hard drive in the usb, not that simple am afraid.

Your typical head unit will only read from a smaller USB drive because they are formatted in FAT32, whereas a larger external hard drive tends to be in NTFS. You could try reformatting your external hard drive in FAT32, however it means wiping all data then putting it back on.

depending on the head unit, you can read almost any size harddrive, it just depends if you wanna spend money on a good head unit that can handle it! You always get your moneys worth!

Jamie

i would of thought so, would just need wiring up to the battery.

ermm no..

Wouldn't be able to use an external hard drive in the usb, not that simple am afraid.

Your typical head unit will only read from a smaller USB drive because they are formatted in FAT32, whereas a larger external hard drive tends to be in NTFS. You could try reformatting your external hard drive in FAT32, however it means wiping all data then putting it back on.

True but no.. like snail on skunk said pay the money and you wont have a problem, ntfs and fat32 effect most budget headunits and computers, like my external 250GB is fat32 because I'm smart anything can read it factory hard drives come out ntfs and causes problems for everything and anyone :)

Don't forget that USB sticks are solid state and USB hard drives (generally) have spinning platters inside, which don't like vibrations. I'm not sure how sensitive modern ones are but it's something worth thinking about.

Ok..right well do you own a laptop? would you say your laptop can expierance vibration...wellll there you go laptop hard drives are designed for that and so are external hard drives you pay money for..

You can get an extermal hard drive from Alpine which holds 500GB of music and runs at 5v - costs about £300 though!

Or go on ebay pay £50 and get a 500GB maxtor or seagate then buy a hong kong £5 case and HEY PRESTO! All that money given to alpine and pc world was errm pointless..

Thank you ill be here all week..

Dimz

Don't forget that USB sticks are solid state and USB hard drives (generally) have spinning platters inside, which don't like vibrations. I'm not sure how sensitive modern ones are but it's something worth thinking about.

Ok..right well do you own a laptop? would you say your laptop can expierance vibration...wellll there you go laptop hard drives are designed for that and so are external hard drives you pay money for..

Well I don't tend to use my laptop for hours while driving a probably lowered car with stiff suspension over potholes? Like my second sentence said, it's something worth thinking about.

I use a 32gb usb stick an it takes a few secs to load but after that its perfect. I dont understand why you would need anythin bigger in your car?