Connecting a Hard drive to a Pioneer Premier DEH-P690UB

[Don S.]

According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier DEH-P690UB,
I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard drive
to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western Digital
WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.



Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual shows,
but it is not working. Any suggestions?



Don

[Jyeshta]

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 05:12:16 -0700, "Don S."
> wrote:

>According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier DEH-P690UB,
>I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard drive
>to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western Digital
>WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>
>
>
>Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
>loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual shows,
>but it is not working. Any suggestions?

If the drive is not seen by your computer, how did you manage to
load any folders and files onto it?

>Don

[Mister.Lull]

On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." > wrote:
> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier DEH-P690UB,
> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard drive
> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western Digital
> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>
> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual shows,
> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>
> Don

Per the manual for the DEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
it.

The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...

Hope that helps,
~Mister.Lull

[Don S.]

"Mister.Lull" > wrote in message
ups.com...
> On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." > wrote:
>> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier
>> DEH-P690UB,
>> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard
>> drive
>> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western
>> Digital
>> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>>
>> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
>> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual
>> shows,
>> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>>
>> Don
>
> Per the manual for the DEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
> be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
> formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
> it.
>
> The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
> is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...
>
> Hope that helps,
> ~Mister.Lull


Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD website
http://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zip and formatted the
160MB drive in FAT32, reloaded the music, and it still doesn't work. All I
get is "NO DEVICE" on the deck's display. The documentation with the drive
does not specify how much power it uses so I emailed that question to WD.

Don

[Mister.Lull]

On Oct 11, 8:15 pm, "Don S." > wrote:
> "Mister.Lull" > wrote in message
>
> ups.com...
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." > wrote:
> >> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier
> >> DEH-P690UB,
> >> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard
> >> drive
> >> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western
> >> Digital
> >> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>
> >> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck? I
> >> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual
> >> shows,
> >> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>
> >> Don
>
> > Per the manual for the DEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
> > be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
> > formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
> > it.
>
> > The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
> > is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...
>
> > Hope that helps,
> > ~Mister.Lull
>
> Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD websitehttp://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zipand formatted the
> 160MB drive in FAT32, reloaded the music, and it still doesn't work. All I
> get is "NO DEVICE" on the deck's display. The documentation with the drive
> does not specify how much power it uses so I emailed that question to WD.
>
> Don- Hide quoted text -
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....Dang. That was my best guess. You may just want to ask WD (if you
haven't already) if they know about any compatability issues.

Good Luck!
~Mister.Lull

[Deke]

"Don S." > wrote in message
...
>
> "Mister.Lull" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." > wrote:
> >> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier
> >> DEH-P690UB,
> >> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard
> >> drive
> >> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western
> >> Digital
> >> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
> >>
> >> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck?
I
> >> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual
> >> shows,
> >> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
> >>
> >> Don
> >
> > Per the manual for the DEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
> > be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
> > formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
> > it.
> >
> > The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
> > is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...
> >
> > Hope that helps,
> > ~Mister.Lull
>
>
> Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD website
> http://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zip and formatted the
> 160MB drive in FAT32, reloaded the music, and it still doesn't work. All I
> get is "NO DEVICE" on the deck's display. The documentation with the drive
> does not specify how much power it uses so I emailed that question to WD.
>
> Don
>
>
If the hard drive has a "go to sleep mode if no activity"
feature, disable it.
I'm assuming the drive doesnt spin up.

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On Oct 14, 2:30 pm, "Deke" <no > wrote:
> "Don S." > wrote in message
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>
>
> > "Mister.Lull" > wrote in message
> ups.com...
> > > On Oct 11, 5:12 am, "Don S." > wrote:
> > >> According to the documentation that came with my Pioneer Premier
> > >>DEH-P690UB,
> > >> I'm supposed to be able to connect up to a 250 GB sized portable hard
> > >> drive
> > >> to the USB. However, when I plug in my USB powered, 160 GB, Western
> > >> Digital
> > >> WD Passport (WD1600U017-004) portable drive, the deck won't read it.
>
> > >> Does anyone know if this hard drive cannot be recognized by the deck?
> I
> > >> loaded my MP3's onto the drive in folder style just like the manual
> > >> shows,
> > >> but it is not working. Any suggestions?
>
> > >> Don
>
> > > Per the manual for theDEH-P690UB, any drive you connect via USB must
> > > be formatted in FAT12, FAT16, or FAT32. It may be currently be
> > > formatted in NTFS - which would make it so that your deck can't read
> > > it.
>
> > > The only other guess I have is that the supply current from the deck
> > > is only 500mA, and perhaps your portable hard drive requires more...
>
> > > Hope that helps,
> > > ~Mister.Lull
>
> > Great info. I got this FAT32 format utility off the WD website
> >http://support.wdc.com/download/external/ExtFat32.zipand formatted the
> > 160MB drive in FAT32, reloaded the music, and it still doesn't work. All I
> > get is "NO DEVICE" on the deck's display. The documentation with the drive
> > does not specify how much power it uses so I emailed that question to WD.
>
> > Don
>
> If the hard drive has a "go to sleep mode if no activity"
> feature, disable it.
> I'm assuming the drive doesnt spin up.- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -

Did you ever resolve this ? I have the same problem with 2.5" Hitachi
TravelStar (notebook drive). I did get it to work with my Archos 404
but that has its own power.