Alpine Headunits with Harddrive

[schism13 10+ year member]

I was wondering what this exactly meant? I was looking to buy a alpine cda 9815, and i saw that it has a hard drive connection..does this mean i can fill a hard drive with music than just connect it to the head unit, and ill be able to access all my music off of that? Thankss

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[JoseMCeee 10+ year member]

I believe its a hard drive thats already made tho. I dont think you can just plug a regular drive into the system or sumthin. From what I remember they are pretty expensive.

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

you are probably talking about the HDA-5460

it's a hu that already comes with a built-in hd (you detach the front face plate and connect it to your puter via USB port... the hd is in the faceplate)

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

nah its not that.. check http://www.alpine.com.au/products/product4.asp?search=1&id=54

the last line, hard disc drive ready.. as in plugging a HD in..does anyone know where i can get the HD's if there ones made just for it?

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

im almost sure thats what im saying... you can connect this HD alpine hu and control it from the 9815 or use it to equalize or something like that

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

im almost sure thats what im saying... you can connect this HD alpine hu and control it from the 9815 or use it to equalize or something like that

oh alright so they prolly just connect to each other..to bad i dont have room for another headunit..thanks man

 

[Slaugh 10+ year member]

well don't feel sad... im just telling you the most reasonable explanation for this feature...

if there was a way to connect a HD to this hu, don;t you think we would have already seen someone with it? how come i've never in life stumbled upon someone who had or any information about this?

 

[schism13 10+ year member]

well don't feel sad... im just telling you the most reasonable explanation for this feature...
if there was a way to connect a HD to this hu, don;t you think we would have already seen someone with it? how come i've never in life stumbled upon someone who had or any information about this?

ipod.

 

[brandontw 10+ year member]

email alpine they will get back to you eventually

 

[Ayrton 10+ year member]

That just means the 9815 will control the HDA-5460. Alpine no longer offers the 5460, but has the 420i ipod adapter.

I looked at the 5460, but the software is dreadfully slow, and if the hard drive takes a dump, it will be very expensive to replace.