bah my headunit doesnt even see my HD

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

Well i bought a portable hardrive and added music to it

but my pioneer 6000 doesnt even see it

is there anything I need to do,maybe format it somehow?

The HD is 250gb so its right at the limit that Pioneer has

the light on the HD lights up

anyone know?

Its a toshiba if it matters

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[crunktimes.com 5,000+ posts]

I don't know shit about this stuff but remember seeing something about your USB needs to be able to provide enough power to run it, you should check the usage on your HU and your HD and make sure it gives out enough juice to push it.

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

Does the HD run off just the usb? What's the model?

What is it formated in? Try formatting it to FAT32 like most flash drives are.

 

[wu501 10+ year member]

probably not enough power to get the hard drive working.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

Typically, HU's only provide like .5a on the usb. Barley enough to spin a laptop HD. You need an HD that runs off 12v (your car's 12v) or a car power supply for the HD that runs that way. Try a thumb flash drive full of mp3's and see if your HU can read it.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

yeah a tumb flash drive will work with no problem

i think you are right about the power thing

I may need to get a smaller HD =(

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

Or just a (or a couple) really big flash drives. Don't really see a need for a HD anymore.

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

I got a 16gb flash from Fry's in Plano for like $70, something like that should work. Almost any real spinning hard drive will need an external power source.

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

well i got about 40gb of music and want to just leave it in my car and take my ipod in with me to work

 

[mcsoul 10+ year member]

You could get an inverter (12v dc to 120v ac) but I'm not sure if they introduce noise.

 

[tsenfw 10+ year member]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=2013240522+1309429390&name=32GB

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

i think ima have to get an ipod

the 32gb stick is a good idea but i cant find one local

might have to get the newegg one =(