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kingchicken · 02-16-2007, 10:57 AM

I recently installed this. I have a DEH-P860MP hu. The install is a breeze. Just a ground and constant power. The usb that you are using MUST be FAT. I have a 60 gig HDD that I had to re-format into two partitions in order for this to work. One word of advice, Win XP can only format FAT with a size smaller than 32 gig. Anything larger has to be NTFS and this unit does NOT recognize it. Also a word of caution, you CANNOT partition the drive. Example, 60 gig HDD formated 32 gig FAT and 28 NTFS. The unit will not recognize. If you have something small that 32 gig you're fine over that, in order to format you need either a computer running Win 98 SE or get (or find) a program called Partition Magic. You can however format a drive larger into 32 gig FAT and leave the remaining portion unallocated. With most Pioneer units, you CAN get Artist, Track, or Folder name to be displayed. There is a Scroll feature, scan (which give a 10 sec preview of each track), track forward and back. Fast forward and back. It really is a neat unit. It's nice to have all my music in one spot. Let me know if I can help any further with this.

02-16-2007, 10:57 AM	#19
kingchicken Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1 My Photos: ()	Hope this helps I recently installed this. I have a DEH-P860MP hu. The install is a breeze. Just a ground and constant power. The usb that you are using MUST be FAT. I have a 60 gig HDD that I had to re-format into two partitions in order for this to work. One word of advice, Win XP can only format FAT with a size smaller than 32 gig. Anything larger has to be NTFS and this unit does NOT recognize it. Also a word of caution, you CANNOT partition the drive. Example, 60 gig HDD formated 32 gig FAT and 28 NTFS. The unit will not recognize. If you have something small that 32 gig you're fine over that, in order to format you need either a computer running Win 98 SE or get (or find) a program called Partition Magic. You can however format a drive larger into 32 gig FAT and leave the remaining portion unallocated. With most Pioneer units, you CAN get Artist, Track, or Folder name to be displayed. There is a Scroll feature, scan (which give a 10 sec preview of each track), track forward and back. Fast forward and back. It really is a neat unit. It's nice to have all my music in one spot. Let me know if I can help any further with this.