external hard drive -> usb?

[derek33 10+ year member]

I have an extra 200 gig external hard drive lying around the house, and i want to find a use for it.

i was wondering if i buy a head unit with a usb port, i can save an almost unlimited amount of songs on this maxtor beast, and play them in my car through the usb port.

would it work? and would the quality of the music be alright?

also, what head unit with usb would you recomend?

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[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

HU wont read that big of a drive. but if u have a carputer that be a different story //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[derek33 10+ year member]

explain... carputer?

edit:

heres my motive.

i have a 2g ipod.... which i can keep enough songs on to entertain me on my walks to class and stuff. but i'm looking for something to hold all of my songs to play in my jeep... and i need a new head unit anyhow....

what would you guys do?

 

[bdawson72 5,000+ posts]

or u could sell the external 2 me

 

[DDeitz 10+ year member]

carputer, computer in yer car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

explain... carputer?
edit:

heres my motive.

i have a 2g ipod.... which i can keep enough songs on to entertain me on my walks to class and stuff. but i'm looking for something to hold all of my songs to play in my jeep... and i need a new head unit anyhow....

what would you guys do?

click on the link in my sig //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

HU wont read that big of a drive. but if u have a carputer that be a different story //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

What size is the limit for the Kenwood's to read? If 200 gig is too much, what is good? 40 or 80 gig? I'm planning on the 80gig 7200 RPM external build, but I need to make sure the unit can handle it before purchasing.

 

[yacob.naif 10+ year member]

flash drives and hard drives need to be addressed/accessed completely differently, it has nothing to do with the size

 

[Megalomaniac 5,000+ posts]

I don't even think you can hook up an external hdd to it. those usb ports are meant for flash drives I believe.

edit: heyman beat me to it

 

[Eugenics 5,000+ posts]

an almost unlimited amount eh?

 

[.::DuD3::. 10+ year member]

HU wont read that big of a drive. but if u have a carputer that be a different story //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

word, you wont even need the external hdd if you put one in your car //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/naughty.gif.94359f346c0f1259df8038d60b41863e.gif

 

[mjf 10+ year member]

or u could sell the external 2 me

better yet! GIVE it to me!

 

[dvrmstrng 5,000+ posts]

how much you looking for it if your gonna sell...ill take it

 

[PESteele 10+ year member]

i know the x-590 will read my moms 80 gb wd passport.

 

[Frankensuby 10+ year member]

i know the x-590 will read my moms 80 gb wd passport.

This is great news, because this is the unit I am looking into. You are positive it reads and plays the music off of an 80 gigabyte hard drive? Do you know the specs on that hard drive? What MB is the cache, what does the drive spin at (i.e., 7200 RPM), and what capacity is that USB? 2.0?

Thanks for the help, I'm doing this shortly and need to research everything before I go ahead and do this.

EDIT: if you do not know the specs, throw the manufacturer name, model name, any literature on the unit and I'll figure it out myself. Thanks alot.