peter;298097 Wrote: > toby10 wrote:[color=blue] > > That's interesting. What't the type number of that Pioneer? Does it > handle large music collections gracefully? > > I ran into this one today: > http://www.parrot.com/usa/products/carstereos/parrotrk8200 > > It's got an iPod interface but also a 'hidden' compartment where you > can > put your phone or usb stick (or perhaps even a small usb harddrive) as > > well as an SD (SDHC) slot. It's also got a bluetooth handsfree function > > for your phone. Looks pretty good... > > Regards, > Peter
Pioneer DEH-6900UB this is the 07 model, they have newer ones. I have about 44gb of MP3's all at 320kbps. I think I read somewhere this head unit had a "limit" of 250gb of usable USB storage capabilities. But that's also what Yamaha told me about hooking up a hard drive to the USB port on my AVR and it has no problem seeing the full 1tb USB hd where I have all my WAV's. Heck, I doubt I'd ever come close to the e-go's 160gb of space as MP3's. Keep in mind that the head unit's screen is pretty small so properly organizing the music files is important. But the head unit also has a remote so it's not difficult to search the HD via the front panel. It takes about 10 seconds to "format read" the USB drive every time I turn the car on. It also has two AUX ports, sat radio ready, iPod/MP3 player input, and BlueTooth, but I use none of these. If your existing head unit has an AUX port you could just buy a USB "module" for USB input. But I have no idea how you would then read/view/search the USB contents. It may well just output that to your front panel display, I dunno. -- toby10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47094 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
