Posted by winson.woo on 10/23/07 01:05

On Oct 14, 2:30 pm, "Deke" <no s...@starband.net> wrote:
> "Don S." <donan...@no-spam-hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> > "Mister.Lull" <Mister.L...@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.
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> > >> 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?
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> > >> Don
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> > > Per the manual for theDEH-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.
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> > > 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...
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> > > Hope that helps,
> > > ~Mister.Lull
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> > Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD website
> >http://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zipand 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.
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> > Don
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> If the hard drive has a "go to sleep mode if no activity"
> feature, disable it.
> I'm assuming the drive doesnt spin up.- Hide quoted text -
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Did you ever resolve this ? I have the same problem with 2.5" Hitachi
TravelStar (notebook drive). I did get it to work with my Archos 404
but that has its own power.

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