08-15-2011, 08:46 PM | #1 |
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USB and portable HDD?
Hi, just ordered my X3 35i today. Very excited.
Just wondering if anyone has tried plugging a 2.5 HDD into the USB port for listening to music. Does it put out enough power to run a drive and is the unit able to navigate the folder structure. I am getting the upgraded Hifi unit. Cheers, |
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Not enougH power It worked fine with the samsung s1 drives, since those are 1.8" drives. And now I'm using a 128gb SSD drive in a 2.5" enclosure Much faster to navigate than the regular drives
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08-15-2011, 09:37 PM | #3 |
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I am using a 500GB 2.5'' portable drive with no problem. I agree that sometime to generate the list of album, it can take a few seconds but not an issue for me.
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08-16-2011, 07:45 AM | #6 | |
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I often listen to the same music but I enjoy the power of been able to listen to any music I have |
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08-16-2011, 08:35 AM | #7 |
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From the X3 manual:
"Number of tracks Information from up to four USB devices or for approx. 16,000 or 26,000* tracks can be stored in the vehicle. If a fifth device is connected or if more than 16000 or 26000* tracks are stored, information on existing tracks may be deleted." Not really sure what that means though... |
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So it sounds to me that you wouldn't effectively be able to use a HDD with more than 26K songs. I mean you could put it on shuffle and just have it play through, but searching wouldn't work properly and some songs would just show up as "Track01" or some variation. Has anyone tried using a huge HDD with more than 26K songs?
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08-16-2011, 10:12 AM | #10 |
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Seriously, 26000 songs?? Legal songs? This is about 2000 CDs I doubt someone normal would be be limited by that in a car... This like any computer, especially 32 bits addressing 4GB.
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08-16-2011, 10:30 AM | #11 |
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Actually that's a really good point... I'm used to bumping up against limits because I have a pretty sizable lossless library. But there's no way I'm going to hit the track # limit. Where would someone even get 26K illegal songs?
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08-16-2011, 01:11 PM | #12 | |
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Does it reindex every time you start the car and change to use the USB port?
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There is some more info here: http://x3.xbimmers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=529599
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