HU+ USB external hard drive

[blut3ng3l 10+ year member]

So, I'm buying a new head unit. speakers, amp. Rather than buying a mp3 player I want a hard drive.

Can I get some recommendations?

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[blazian87 10+ year member]

well considering that most external hard drives are fairly large, I would go with a 16 GB flash drive for 30 bux on newegg.com. The reason being is what's the lowest size drive u can find? Maybe 250? or 100 if you're lucky... I dun think you'll fill all that with music so it'll be a waste of money and space. so think about it...//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[grooverider 10+ year member]

kenwood x493

 

[blazian87 10+ year member]

wait.. i forgot that you were asking about HU, speakers, and amp...lol what's your budget? what car is it going in?

 

[thegreatestpenn 5,000+ posts]

jvc has a nice lineup of USB HUs

 

[No Room IV Boom 10+ year member]

Kenwood Excelon KDC-X592

 

[blazeplacid 10+ year member]

if your going to do this make sure your HU can support over 1amp of current to the HDD

I had a problem with HUs only providing 500mA or .5 of an amp

 

[blackdragonaudi 10+ year member]

First off this has been asked so many times its not funny. Second buy an ipod and be done with it's less hassles and easier to use and control.

 

[macq32 10+ year member]

good luck getting an HDD to play, stick to flash drives, Hard drive and flash drives are not the same thing and most likely a hard drive won't work.

I got a real nice bus powered one, didnt work, gave in and got a 120 ipod not too long ago

 

[ppazz1101 10+ year member]

if your going to do this make sure your HU can support over 1amp of current to the HDD
I had a problem with HUs only providing 500mA or .5 of an amp

^^^ QFT.

I have a Pioneer AVIC F900BT, and it won't spin anything larger than about a 100GB 2.5" drive. I think most Pioneer units are like this.

You can get around that by using an external HDD that has an external power supply, but then you need provide that power with a converter.

Even if you do get it spinning and reading a larger HDD, expect long loading times on startup. It'll have to index the songs on the drive.

I agree with blackdragonaudi... get an iPod and call it a day, especially if your head unit supports iPod control. You won't regret it.

 

[blut3ng3l 10+ year member]

^^^ QFT.

I have a Pioneer AVIC F900BT, and it won't spin anything larger than about a 100GB 2.5" drive. I think most Pioneer units are like this.

You can get around that by using an external HDD that has an external power supply, but then you need provide that power with a converter.

Even if you do get it spinning and reading a larger HDD, expect long loading times on startup. It'll have to index the songs on the drive.

I agree with blackdragonaudi... get an iPod and call it a day, especially if your head unit supports iPod control. You won't regret it.

Yeah, I think I'll just buy a iPod and new head unit.

So, what are the best head units to combine with an ipod?

So far I'm thinking the DEH-P710BT

 

[ppazz1101 10+ year member]

Yeah, I think I'll just buy a iPod and new head unit.
So, what are the best head units to combine with an ipod?

So far I'm thinking the DEH-P710BT

DEH-P7800MP //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

Coincidentally, I know where you can get one!