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<blockquote data-quote="Kai Winters" data-source="post: 4411366" data-attributes="member: 574994">tez4life is correct and it makes song searching so much easier.Couple things to keep in mind. Older usb drives came with a program called &quot;uE&quot; installed. It is for computers and if installed on the usb drive makes it unreadable by auto hu&#039;s. There is a program available at uE.com to remove it...it is easy and takes seconds but can be a pain in the *** if you are not aware of it.Also the newest usb drives...specifically the PNY Optima Pro...may not work in all hu&#039;s. My JVC KD-AR770...2006 model...could not run it but ran all my older usb drives...while my Alpine iDA-x001 runs it flawlessly. I am not sure why this is so. Possibly the new PNY is much higher speed than the old drives.Today, at Staples, you can get a 4gb PNY drive for $20 and a 8gb PNY for $30. This is a great price for a lot of music storage.Make sure the hu will run the usb/hdd drive you want before purchasing so no unhappy surprises. Most of todays hu&#039;s that offer usb/ipod connectivity also use &quot;full speed&quot; accessing which is much better than old units offerings.Good luck and keep us informed.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Kai Winters, post: 4411366, member: 574994"] tez4life is correct and it makes song searching so much easier. Couple things to keep in mind. Older usb drives came with a program called "uE" installed. It is for computers and if installed on the usb drive makes it unreadable by auto hu's. There is a program available at uE.com to remove it...it is easy and takes seconds but can be a pain in the *** if you are not aware of it. Also the newest usb drives...specifically the PNY Optima Pro...may not work in all hu's. My JVC KD-AR770...2006 model...could not run it but ran all my older usb drives...while my Alpine iDA-x001 runs it flawlessly. I am not sure why this is so. Possibly the new PNY is much higher speed than the old drives. Today, at Staples, you can get a 4gb PNY drive for $20 and a 8gb PNY for $30. This is a great price for a lot of music storage. Make sure the hu will run the usb/hdd drive you want before purchasing so no unhappy surprises. Most of todays hu's that offer usb/ipod connectivity also use "full speed" accessing which is much better than old units offerings. Good luck and keep us informed. [/QUOTE]

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