Posted by Don S. on 10/12/07 03:15

"Mister.Lull" <Mister.Lull@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." <donan...@no-spam-hotmail.com> wrote:
>> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier
>> DEH-P690UB,
>> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard
>> drive
>> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western
>> Digital
>> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
>> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual
>> shows,
>> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Don
>
> Per the manual for the DEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
> be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
> formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
> it.
>
> The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
> is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...
>
> Hope that helps,
> ~Mister.Lull


Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD website
http://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zip and formatted the
160MB drive in FAT32, reloaded the music, and it still doesn't work. All I
get is "NO DEVICE" on the deck's display. The documentation with the drive
does not specify how much power it uses so I emailed that question to WD.

Don

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