HD to Car Mp3 player via USB

**spudgunblunder** · 09-08-2005, 07:49 PM

I have just bought a H&B CA-5555 in-car MP3 player (from pixmania for £85) with USB port on the front (http://www.hb-direct.co.uk/EN/P_68.html).

I have tried to connect a 3.5 Hard Drive via a EASY IDE 2.0 USB adapter but the unit would not play the MP3s properly. It read the ID3 tags and played a second or two of a track but then nothing!

So it CAN work but HOW DO I SET IT UP TO WORK RIGHT???

could it be the 3.5 HD? would a 2.5 laptop HD work? or maybe is it the easy ide adapter i'm using? (The H&B Mobile Multimedia AV-512 is supposed to work according to H&B
http://www.hb-direct.co.uk/EN/P_46_5.html)

cheers in advance
jon.

**DarquePervert** · 09-08-2005, 10:41 PM

I did some looking around and it seems that the device is designed to read of a USB memory thingie.
It's very likely that the access speed of the USB hard drive isn't fast enough for the headunit.

**spudgunblunder** · 09-09-2005, 05:00 AM

Thanks DarquePervert, maybe this is why the stereo keeps trying to play from the HD but then fails. However it did play for a second and Ben Denmeade posted that he could use a 3.5 HD with a drive caddy:
http://transportation.engadget.com/e...049787#c341088

So if its down to access speed what would I need? It is possible isn't it?