hi folks

im getting into PCs full stop atm....putting together my own desktop (check out tech heads corner) but thats another story........

pretty much...i hate to admit it, but i KNOW im going to put a carputer into my next car......but dont want to bother with it in my celica, which i plan to keep over the next year or two atleast (poor uni kid)....

sorta hoping there might be a short-cut possible

is there anyway to connect a hard drive to a deck (pioneer 8650) directly? .......to play the music which is on it

going to need to be in some kind of caddy, and power is going to be an issue.......but yeh, are there any options at all?

the current case i have for my external drive (if i was to put one in the car, i might think about a 2.5inch 160gig or something) connects to the pc via usb (will use its SATA connection in new pc)....and i know there are some decks which just have a usb input on the front.........but yeh, just a thought

anyway, cheers folks.....i'd love to be able to put all my music on a drive in the car lol.......yes, navigating through it is going to be a bitch.....

side note....something i might look at would be the

Maxtor OneTouch III (external drive+case)

can pick up a 200gig unit for $195 from MSY

try hook a hdd up via a broken ipod?...lol...

Alpine have a USB adapter. Maybe check out if Pioneer has one (or has one coming) too?

Blaupunkt Memphis MP66 HU is the only one i know of so far that will accept actual portable HDD, most of the rest only support thumbdrives.
would love to find out which units will be able to use a HDD as having your whole collection at hand would be quite handy

http://www.bluespot.co.uk/stock/memphis.asp

I have one of these sitting around if you're interested :

http://www.ssiamerica.com/products/neo35/
http://www.mpzoo.com/neo.htm

I dont use it anymore - its been sitting in the cupboard wrapped in bubble wrap.

Else wait till this is available or order it from overseas :

http://www.pioneer.it/eur/products/10/20/2...D1BT/index.html

wow, thanks for that last link dogo....looks rad as.....quitea firm possibility for the future project im looking at (simpler than setting up a whole carputer ).........

the mpzoo is pretty much jus a whole seperate deck yeh?

cool idea, but i sorta wanna keep my deck n not have to swap everything to use it

cheers for the input guys

pioneer have, something

http://www.pioneer.it/eur/products/25/38/3...B100/index.html

i'll look into getting hold of one in aus now.....

how about powering something like an external drive from the batteries 12 volts?........need a similar inverter (??) setup?


errrrggghhhhh....$160 bucks for that bit

i think, i might end up waiting till the next car lol...have to stick to my mp3 discs for now

thanks

You could get an Mvix and hook it up through rca plugs. It's a media player that has a remote and it plays MP3s and vids.

use a notebook hd (2.5") and appropriate case...it powers off the usb so all good...

or if you find the media player ones it has separate power source which is only 5V so u can get a suitable plug into ciggy lighter socket converter. but thats only to use with non usb interface... then just have screen to navigate the menu and audio thru your system...

Alpine now have a USB thing too

http://www.alpine.com.au/products/product.asp?modelID=340

You could probably plug a USB hard drive in. Get a laptop drive and mini hard-drive case

i got one sittin at PO waiting for me to pick it up...hopefully it works with the 9835 i will be putting in now too...i'll let ya's know how it goes

just as a comparison. You can get 500gb Western Digital hdd for $265 from Officeworks canberra. I think you're paying a little too high for that hdd. Western Digital is equally reputable and reliable as maxtor.
Also make sure it is protected well in the car. You'll reduce the lifespan of any hdd because it really isn't designed for that much movement so in a nice place like the glovebox could be ideal.

yeh dw, im picking up my 320gig hdd for my pc for $101 currently......(umart/msy ftw dude).....(well, i'll be getting it once i finish saving for the whole pc, check my other thread)

goodluck for the boys with the alpine gear

for now im going to resort of mp3 discs........im not willing to fork out a hundred bucks for a connecter, plus the price of a drive, plus the price of a suitable caddy for it, plus the price of an inverter/power-adaptor if necessary too at this stage lol.....

carputer with 700gig drive in the future

geez

You should be able to find a Western Digital 500gb drive for about $170-200 + $5 usb hard drive case

where're these cases u speak of dogo?.....i musta looked with my eyes closed coz i havent seen them (sincerely interested not being a smart ass)

and yeh......could pick up 640gig worth of space for $202 from MSY at this point in time

crapness, dont think the usb interface works with my old 9835...
it powers up the harddrive but cant bring it up as a source
will have to stick in the aux in interface instead....

mmm, fairly sure its more for the newer models, as the older one's don't have the software to access hard drive's over their ai-net/usb connection.

hence why the ipod adapter(KCA-420i?) had it's own brain box, to do all the decoding and computer work to make it work with all HU's, whereas new ones(KCExxxi) have built in software for th eipod, also for USB products.

yer i had a feeling it would be the case but it was worth a try...
i can just sell the unit or upgrade...again

lol I looked them up, they're not literally $5 but they're not expensive. I've got a usb case for a 2.5" laptop harddrive and put a 120gb in it, these cases seem to be much cheaper than the full-size ones.

MSY have :

• Quality External 2.5” USB 2.0 Notebook HDD Enclosure $8 “Suitable For High Speed Notebook HDD”
• One Touch External 2.5” USB 2.0 Notebook HDD Enclosure $15 “Suitable For High Speed Notebook HDD Backup”
• Two Button with O/S Ext. 2.5” USB 2.0 Notebook HDD Enclosure $49 “Suitable For High Speed Notebook HDD”
• Quality External 3.5” USB 2.0 IDE HDD Enclosure $18 “Suitable For High Speed IDE HDD”
• Quality External 3.5” USB 2.0+1394 Combo IDE HDD Enclosure $33 “Suitable For High Speed IDE HDD”
• One Touch External 3.5” USB 2.0 IDE HDD Enclosure $39 “Suitable For High Speed IDE HDD”
• Quality External 3.5” LAN + USB2.0 “Pure Alum.” HDD Enclosure with SATA Connector
• $74 “Suitable For High Speed IDE HDD”
• Two Button with O/S Ext. 3.5” USB 2.0 IDE HDD Enclosure $80 “Suitable For High Speed IDE HDD”
• Quality External 3.5” USB 2.0 to SATA, IDE HDD Enclosure $33 “Suitable For High Speed SATA HDD”
• Quality External 3.5” SATA to E-SATA HDD Enclosure with SATA Connector $36 “Suitable For High Speed SATA HDD”

I use http://staticice.com.au/ for most of my shopping

i'm using a kenwood MP5035U, which has a USB connection out the back..
Maxtor external HDD running off a 600watt inverter (had it lieing around) and it works fine... takes a while to read the source, but thats due to the 250ish GB of music on there, aswell as the numbers of folders!

curiously enough i plugged in my girlfriends Ipod into it and i could change songs/albums through the headunit, without the external Ipod control thingy!