Music Box - Remove HD and load song from computer?
#31
Originally Posted by Culture
What about using a CF to "something" adapter?
Like, for example:
This: http://www.flash-memory-store.com/msacmcf1n.html
...which could somehow with a pin-to-pin mapped cable then connect to...
This: http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=37101569
Basically, it seems like you could add a hard drive externally via the CF slot, but I'm at a loss to find an adapter that makes a hard drive plug into a CF slot. Lots of adapters going the other way...
Like, for example:
This: http://www.flash-memory-store.com/msacmcf1n.html
...which could somehow with a pin-to-pin mapped cable then connect to...
This: http://www.ecost.com/detail.aspx?edp=37101569
Basically, it seems like you could add a hard drive externally via the CF slot, but I'm at a loss to find an adapter that makes a hard drive plug into a CF slot. Lots of adapters going the other way...
#33
I wouldn't change the hard drive in the car because that's not a regular drive. It's a 2.5" drive that is designed specifically for automotive use. It has wider temperature range, better shock and vibration, and humidity spec. Standard 2.5" drives that you can buy off the shelves will not last very long. Also, be aware that the drive is ~ 20G to 30G where only 9.3G is available for music, the rest of the capacity is used for navigation. I would not mess with the hard drive.
#34
Originally Posted by ansn
I wouldn't change the hard drive in the car because that's not a regular drive. It's a 2.5" drive that is designed specifically for automotive use. It has wider temperature range, better shock and vibration, and humidity spec. Standard 2.5" drives that you can buy off the shelves will not last very long. Also, be aware that the drive is ~ 20G to 30G where only 9.3G is available for music, the rest of the capacity is used for navigation. I would not mess with the hard drive.
#35
Thining about this like a computer, if thats possible, isn't this just a comp with a single hard drive, and some external inputs. It has an operating system.
If its possible to get into the OS, and if there is a way to hook up another harddrive, couldn't that hard drives path be linked through the music hard drive, just like a folder in the existing drive, but this folder goes to the extra hard drive?
If its possible to get into the OS, and if there is a way to hook up another harddrive, couldn't that hard drives path be linked through the music hard drive, just like a folder in the existing drive, but this folder goes to the extra hard drive?
#36
I believe it's possible to connect the hard drive to a PC and download/upload files. However, the drive's file system has to be recognized by the PC, which in most cases uses a Windows based FAT16, FAT32, or NTFS file system. I have not clue if the Infiniti system uses any proprietary file system - I would speculate so. If it does, then it's very difficult to talk to the drive through PC.
By the way, the drive uses an IDE or PATA (parallel ATA) connection so newer systems that has SATA (serial ATA) may not be able to connect to it.
By the way, the drive uses an IDE or PATA (parallel ATA) connection so newer systems that has SATA (serial ATA) may not be able to connect to it.
#37
Originally Posted by ansn
I wouldn't change the hard drive in the car because that's not a regular drive. It's a 2.5" drive that is designed specifically for automotive use. It has wider temperature range, better shock and vibration, and humidity spec. Standard 2.5" drives that you can buy off the shelves will not last very long. Also, be aware that the drive is ~ 20G to 30G where only 9.3G is available for music, the rest of the capacity is used for navigation. I would not mess with the hard drive.
#38
Originally Posted by Hokie_G
The idea from what I would like to see is not replace the HDD but use another system to get data to the HDD. Ripping CDs one at a time gets a little old and cumbersome really.
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