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I agree 100%. having to maintain folder structures to find music is just a pain in the ass compared to filtering through tag info!

 

 

It doesn't work.

 

I really wanted to be able to use a 160 gig portable Samsung drive.

 

I think its the same hard drive INSIDE the Ipod but there were several problems.

Power draw was not one of them. My samsung drive is very low power.

I read the specs carefully in both the Pioneer manual and the Samsung manual

and it should have worked.

 

Why it failed ???

 

1.) The X920BT apparently needs some sort of driver software. Apparently flash

drives all use the same driver - and its preloaded - or the flash drives have some

sort of driver that most devices know how to install.

 

2.) But more importantly, I realized that the little cable that CLIPS onto an Ipod

is much more robust. Even if I found driver software- the mini-USB cable on my

Samsung portable was going to constantly fall out... partly because there are no clips - but

also partly because the Samsung drive had a curvy shape that prevents the mini-USB

connector from going in all the way. Maybe not a problem on a flat stationary

surface - but definetly a huge problem in a moving vehicle.

 

 

Then there ultimately was the problem I was going to have trying to manage folders

on the drive... and the Pioneer refuses to display artwork from anything but an

Ipod... which was a huge deal killer for me.

 

That being said, I'm perfectly happy with using an Ipod. They seem a little pricey

at first glance - but the buggers are very robust.

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That being said, I'm perfectly happy with using an Ipod. They seem a little pricey

at first glance - but the buggers are very robust.

when every aftermarket radio is made to only work with them, its well worth the extra dollars they cost over any other mp3 player.

 

there is a reason that apple has the mp3 player market on lock down, and the aftermarket support they have for them is a huge part of that.

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I will confirm that it will indeed work for the AVIC-X940BT. I have it powered by an external power supply. The external usb drive is 100GB. (Any larger and I begin to have issues) The hard drive uses FAT32 formatting to work. Works like a charm!

If the drive is physically larger than 100GB, a 100GB partition is suitable to make it work.

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I haven't yet established a file limit as there are numerous upon numerous fles stored within that drive and have yet to hit a limit. Do note that navigation of the files and folders slow as there is more content added. But, I am talking about a lot of content before this is noticable.

 

Yes, the unit will read the file contents.

 

Another suggestion for powering the drive ia most external drives also provide a connector for external power. If the USB doesn't provide enough power to spin up the drive, add power through the power port on the drive. This does work.

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What is the file limit and is there any problem with the unit read the drive contents?

Limits is 2500 files - 300 folders that applies to the 930 and the 940 as well. You can put as many files on the dirve or SD card as you want they just won't show up past the first 2500/300 entries based on order they got created in the FAT table.

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