nice car headunit

[Ruflyf]

http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/30/r...-does-digital/

Nice, but again...how much would the thing read from a usb drive? Anyone know?

[nfpgasmask]

Nice, but again...how much would the thing read from a usb drive? Anyone know?

Looks like I am going to have to email their tech support again...my guess is that it will be like the other one, with limited indexing capabilities (after all, its only $140), but my fingers are crossed.

I'll see what I can find out.

Bart

[nfpgasmask]

OK, for $80 at Walmart I might just have to try this unit. If you read the comments on that page you will see:

"I have had this installed and working awesome and flawless for over a year now...

Here are some questions to answer that they do NOT tell you:

1) It plays from FAT and FAT32
2) SD and USB pendrive are awesome, songs may be kept in folders, individual.
3) ID3 Tags! Wil display if present
4) WMV and MP#, that's it...
5) POWERED USB Port! I have a 60 gig laptop HD in a USB2.0 (usb-powered) adaptec case, and it powers and plays songs from ALL partitions (there are 3 F32 partitions on it)"

So it looks like this unit might be that answer to my dreams. There is a strong possibility I will be going to Walmart next weeks to pick one up, that is, if they still have them....

Bart

[9tinyfingaz]

wow that actually does look good. Thats exactly what we were looking for. i might just pick that up.... its cheap enough.

[Ruflyf]

Bart, that does sound like the solution

[9tinyfingaz]

if anyone needs a harddrive and enclosure, I can use my discounting capabilities @ CompUsa. I figure I might at as well be the "hook up" somewhere.

[kpaske]

SD and USB in a head unit would be GREAT features. I'll wait until the big boys (Sony, Pioneer, etc) catch on and provide 2 powered USB ports for portable HDD's that need a little extra juice. I'll also be waiting to see what methods of cataloging/indexing will become available as more and more folks start plugging portable HDD's and large flash media drives into their head units. I know that with 70 GB of music even my desktop has trouble presenting me with THAT many songs in a quick and easy format. At a minimum these things should have the ability to read playlists in several different formats and sort and filter based on title, album, artist, and genre.