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Andy_H · 05-09-2008, 08:53 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by scottifa

Ok Ive got the exact same drive but cannot get the deck to read it.
Can you please tell me;
Are you using the USB cable which came with the drive to connect to the deck?
What program did you use to format the drive to FAT32?

I did write a seperate reply for you a few days ago but it doesnt seem to of appeared on the thread?

Quote: Originally Posted by scottifa

Hi guys,
does anyone know if the AVH-P6850DVD is too old for the CD-USB100?
I can get a 1 gig thumb drive to work, sort of. I connect and I hear music however there is nothing visual for me to go by. The only info is eg F001 or T001.
When I connect the Seagate 160gig 2.5 inch HDD the head unit does nothing. The HDD powers up and emits a "blip" noise every second until I disconnect it.
Is the deck wrong? I am going to try formatting the two drives using Partition Magic instead of Swiss Knife.
An ideas on the head unit compatibility?

basically, your problem with the "blip" noise as you describe it - there isn't enough power to spin your drive up, you'll notice also the EL light on the end of the drive dims whilst its trying to spin up. At a guess i would say you are using the extension cable that was also supplied in the box with the UB100. They are very poor quality and have a lot of internal losses, the voltage drop is too much to plug a hard drive into. try this: plug the cable that came with the drive directly into the UB100 (Power & Data plug only into the UB100) and then plug your drive in - it will work fine!

What you have to remember is that a single USB socket can only provide 500mAh of current, most laptop drives are over that limit so this is why you are having the problem you are with a portable hdd. before this drive i was using a Western Digital 80GB Scorpio drive, that was rated 550mAh and i still got it working fine with this WITHOUT a seperate power supply and a fairly long cable.

As for formatting thats not your issue, my old drive i formatted with Partition Magic, i had to get something else for the new drive though as Partition Magic can't physically format a drive over 200GB in size (nothing Norton branded has impressed me to be honest - junk!)

Try what i said above and you'll be in business.

if you've been messing about with the drive lots doing lots of new partitions etc without doing a full surface sweep you may also notice the device takes a long time to start playing music, if thats the case leave the drive to do a full scan overnight with along with a fresh partition, my 250GB drive takes no longer than about 20 secs to fire up and start playing.

05-09-2008, 08:53 AM	#89
Andy_H Newbie Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 5 My Photos: ()	Quote: Originally Posted by scottifa Ok Ive got the exact same drive but cannot get the deck to read it. Can you please tell me; Are you using the USB cable which came with the drive to connect to the deck? What program did you use to format the drive to FAT32? I did write a seperate reply for you a few days ago but it doesnt seem to of appeared on the thread? Quote: Originally Posted by scottifa Hi guys, does anyone know if the AVH-P6850DVD is too old for the CD-USB100? I can get a 1 gig thumb drive to work, sort of. I connect and I hear music however there is nothing visual for me to go by. The only info is eg F001 or T001. When I connect the Seagate 160gig 2.5 inch HDD the head unit does nothing. The HDD powers up and emits a "blip" noise every second until I disconnect it. Is the deck wrong? I am going to try formatting the two drives using Partition Magic instead of Swiss Knife. An ideas on the head unit compatibility? basically, your problem with the "blip" noise as you describe it - there isn't enough power to spin your drive up, you'll notice also the EL light on the end of the drive dims whilst its trying to spin up. At a guess i would say you are using the extension cable that was also supplied in the box with the UB100. They are very poor quality and have a lot of internal losses, the voltage drop is too much to plug a hard drive into. try this: plug the cable that came with the drive directly into the UB100 (Power & Data plug only into the UB100) and then plug your drive in - it will work fine! What you have to remember is that a single USB socket can only provide 500mAh of current, most laptop drives are over that limit so this is why you are having the problem you are with a portable hdd. before this drive i was using a Western Digital 80GB Scorpio drive, that was rated 550mAh and i still got it working fine with this WITHOUT a seperate power supply and a fairly long cable. As for formatting thats not your issue, my old drive i formatted with Partition Magic, i had to get something else for the new drive though as Partition Magic can't physically format a drive over 200GB in size (nothing Norton branded has impressed me to be honest - junk!) Try what i said above and you'll be in business. if you've been messing about with the drive lots doing lots of new partitions etc without doing a full surface sweep you may also notice the device takes a long time to start playing music, if thats the case leave the drive to do a full scan overnight with along with a fresh partition, my 250GB drive takes no longer than about 20 secs to fire up and start playing.