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Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 23:45 |
At the minute the HDD has just got a USB to mini USB cable, obviously tried that on the HU which says 'No Device' when USB is selected, the HDD sounds like it's trying to spin up making a clicking noise. Which leads me to believe it's due to not enough power. | |
AlexW |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 22:36 |
If it has a cig lighter plug on the end, chop that off, fit a fuse inline and then wire it up to a ign live and the other side to earth. | |
Dom |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 20:47 |
quote: Power tends to be the usual issue. Quickly testing it with a mains powered usb hub will tell you if that is the case, in which case you could see about hard-wiring (take power from the cig-lighter or if you're really adventurous a new feed back to the fuse box; either way make sure you fuse the feed) a USB hub as most of those are 12v. | |
Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 18:04 |
Well i've got a Freecom drive at the minute. This one to be precise, and a Pioneer DEH-2120 HU which don't seem to work together | |
LeeM |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 17:52 |
get a usb powered hdd, i can imagine the headunit will be able to power it. my old sony h/u charged my iphone with no bother, doubt a hdd needs more power than that | |
Archie |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 17:35 |
Wire a second cig lighter under the ashtray area ? | |
Phillips_91 |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 17:07 |
Mines usb powered so runs straight from the head unit, but i use mine to store films not music | |
Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 16:58 |
Well yeah, lots of people have plugged a HDD into their HU with the 3-way adapters and the fag lighter bits, just i haven't seen much about hard wiring in a power source for it. From what i've read it's a bit hit and miss whether the HDD and HU work together, i.e. some HDD work with some HU while others do | |
John |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 16:50 |
Loads of people have plugged a hard drive into a headunit. | |
Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 16:46 |
I wouldn't have a clue where to start tbh, would it be as simple as getting a 3-way USB cable and splicing it in? Or need more complicated workings? Also, im guessing vibrations wouldn't really be an issue as modern portable drives are designed for use on the move? Guessing no-ones really done it as i can't find anything on the net | |
VegasPhil |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 16:16 |
Should be able to hard wire it in. | |
Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 16:03 |
Plugs into the fag lighter? Seen those, but ideally would like to keep use of it, plus would like to keep wires hidden and such. Been wondering if it'd be possible to conjure up some wiring to splice in or something. | |
daymoon |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 15:53 |
You can get an adapter that goes from 12v to the power needed for HDD. Search on ebay. Only few quid. | |
Paul W |
posted on 18th Nov 11 at 15:36 |
Reason i ask is i'll be moving my HU to the glovebox and figured i could get away with hooking up a portable HDD to it with all my music instead of a flash drive, considering how cheap portable drives are these days compared to large flash drives. So my question is this, are you running it off the HU power or using a separate source? If a separate source, how have you managed it? Just trying to plan out my options :thumbs: |