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#1: External Hard Drive & USB deck Author: richiepooh,

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:21 pm
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Could an External Hard Drive work with a USB Deck e.g. Pioneer Head Unit??

#2: Author: southside connections,

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:40 pm
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hmmm good question, i really wonder dread?

#3: Author: Soundstream_626, Location: san juan

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:20 pm
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great enough vibrations can damage the platters on hard drives

so even if it can work , it may be more suceptible to data loss than solid state media

#4: Author: Pirate, Location: All bout d place...i probably lost!!!

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:25 pm
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yes it could.
IIRC on pioneer's site a while ago for the 6900UB series they demonstrated the USB feature of the deck using an external HDD.

#5: Author: SR,

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 7:31 pm
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external solid state drive is no different to a usb stick with larger capabilities

only issue will be if the usb port had enough current to power the drive

#6: Author: Firewall,

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 8:10 pm
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sometimes the head unit itself limits the capacity which it can read (some can only go up to 16gb, so try it first)

#7: Author: D_bodyguard, Location: Driving HARD ON the TASKA ROAD / M2 around 6am i nthe morning and 4pm, so clear the road for meh....

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:33 pm
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yes it can but many ppl including meh padna runs up to 40gig (western digital 40 HD) it works but you will need a external casing and a DC to AC supplier to supply the current for the HD cause the deck cannot sustain such a load. Also the HD has to be formatted and not partitioned, and when formatting ...formatt it as a flash drive is and it will work . Had it running on a 690UB. Also for some strange reason only the western digital 40 gig works nothing higher and no other brand.

#8: Author: carfreak1024, Location: Trinidad, Maracas

Posted: Thu Jul 02, 2009 9:42 pm
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i used a 160gb western digital passport on a pioneer 6000ub, but could not use the extension, i had to connect it directly to the rear of the head unit.

When i used the extension the initial load time was too long. it loaded but took like 10 minuted to load the entire drive full of music, without the extension it was like 2-3 mins.

#9: Author: SmokeyGTi, Location: Trinidad

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:41 am
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SR wrote:

external solid state drive is no different to a usb stick with larger capabilities

only issue will be if the usb port had enough current to power the drive

was wondering if anyone would notice that
a lot of drives (especially the non-solid state ones) use two usb inputs - one for power, one for data, or they have an external power source

#10: Author: richiepooh,

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:30 am
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carfreak1024 wrote:

i used a 160gb western digital passport on a pioneer 6000ub, but could not use the extension, i had to connect it directly to the rear of the head unit.

When i used the extension the initial load time was too long. it loaded but took like 10 minuted to load the entire drive full of music, without the extension it was like 2-3 mins.

I also have a WD Passport 160g. but what is the extension? this drive is power by the USB.

#11: Author: Chiney, Location: Maracas,St.Joseph

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:38 am
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^^ he meant USB Extension..

the power decreases across the extension as u increase in LENGTH

invest in a GOOD branded 32GB Flashdrive... and u orn like boil corn!

#12: Author: Firewall,

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 8:52 am
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Chiney, true, 32 GB of music is a whole lot. you can't done listen to all that.

#13: Author: Chiney, Location: Maracas,St.Joseph

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:11 am
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no u cant.. Laughing

#14: Author: (...Rovin...), Location: Chaguanas

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:18 am
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makes me wonder what ppl doing with 160g ...u will get old & still not listen to all d music that can hold

i like 320kps for my mp3s.... Cool

#15: Author: Chiney, Location: Maracas,St.Joseph

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:30 am
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^^ nothing less ! Wink

#16: Author: southside connections,

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 11:14 am
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i did this aready for someone,but we used a solidstate drive from toshiba for it

worked pretty well

#17: Author: carfreak1024, Location: Trinidad, Maracas

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:39 pm
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the extension is the usb extender that makes it possible for you to plug in a memory stick and not have it behind the head unit, basically the cord that makes the USB on the back of the head unit longer.

Well when i connected the HDD using just cord that came with the hard drive it worked faster.

#18: Author: theblitz, Location: South Trinidad

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 1:56 pm
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richiepooh, yes some drives or sizes of drives work on some decks. Before you buy the best bet is to try it from a friends drive possibly.

But this:

Soundstream_626 wrote:

great enough vibrations can damage the platters on hard drives

so even if it can work , it may be more susceptible to data loss than solid state media

... is serious talk. The read heads can scratch the platters and firetruck up the disk. It is not even advisable to walk around with a laptop that's on far less drive through pot-holes with a non-solid-state drive.

#19: Author: Chiney, Location: Maracas,St.Joseph

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:38 pm
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some harddrives come now with sensors to stop the head wen shocks above rating Gs are detected. the harddrive will use its buffer memory in the mean time..

realistically, one cannot mashup a harddrive by driving, once using a disk with the features above eh, but is trinidad road. even though some can, and are made to operate at certain shock levels, with our roads.... i call 32gb flashdrive on this!

#20: Author: theblitz, Location: South Trinidad

Posted: Fri Jul 03, 2009 4:45 pm
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but I head of those in some IBMs but any drive you would be using sold by WD or otherwise for cheap will not have this feature. And realistically, yes you can damage a drive by driving.

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