Portable hard drive problem in car - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

myjobis2pimp · 07-26-2013, 05:15 PM

Anybody know why I'm having issues using my portable hardrive to play music in my FRS? Is there a certain format or something that needs to be done to the harddrive? It was working at one point but now it says no music is on the hard drives eventhough there is music.

NYCsubaruBRZ · 08-19-2013, 06:56 AM

are you using a flash drive or a portable hard drive?

myjobis2pimp · 08-19-2013, 08:22 PM

Portable hard drive

NYCsubaruBRZ · 09-10-2013, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by myjobis2pimp

Portable hard drive

thats your problem.......

cant use a portable hd like a wd passport or something like that.

u need to use a flash drive.

go to micro center or radio shack and grab a 4gb or 8gb flash drive

FyeaFRS · 09-19-2013, 09:12 AM

The drive probably has to be formatted in FAT or FAT32 to be detected.

But I wouldn't want a spinning hard drive in my car though, it'd get wrecked pretty quick.

Better off with a large flash drive, or go with an SSD if cost isn't a factor.

Struckbylitenin · 09-19-2013, 10:28 AM

even those larger ones can be formatted to FAT (though the limit i think is 1.5 tb or something like that)

But like he stated, stick to flash media.

NYCsubaruBRZ · 12-10-2013, 05:59 AM

yep hard drive will break

Boostedpro · 12-10-2013, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NYCsubaruBRZ

thats your problem.......

cant use a portable hd like a wd passport or something like that.

u need to use a flash drive.

go to micro center or radio shack and grab a 4gb or 8gb flash drive

I have a 1.5tb WD passport hooked up in my FRS for almost a year with no problems.

cjsporl1996 · 12-10-2013, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by FyeaFRS

The drive probably has to be formatted in FAT or FAT32 to be detected.

But I wouldn't want a spinning hard drive in my car though, it'd get wrecked pretty quick.

Better off with a large flash drive, or go with an SSD if cost isn't a factor.

He is right on that one it mostly likely needs to be reformated to a Fat32. Some devices cannot be detected if they are over a certain about of Gbs.

Nassty · 12-10-2013, 05:23 PM

I understand that all the vibrations/bumps aren't good for the hard drive...but I've been using the same ipod classic (80gb hard drive) in my cars for at least 5 years now...however i just got the 2013 bespoke radio and it's having problems staying connected (probably the radio though)

maybe it's time to switch to a wd passport that i have laying around

Boostedpro · 12-10-2013, 08:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Nassty

I understand that all the vibrations/bumps aren't good for the hard drive...but I've been using the same ipod classic (80gb hard drive) in my cars for at least 5 years now...however i just got the 2013 bespoke radio and it's having problems staying connected (probably the radio though)

maybe it's time to switch to a wd passport that i have laying around

Which bespoke do you have? The early one with zypr or the newer one with aha?

Nassty · 12-10-2013, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Boostedpro

Which bespoke do you have? The early one with zypr or the newer one with aha?

The first one with zypr

NYCsubaruBRZ · 12-10-2013, 11:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Boostedpro

I have a 1.5tb WD passport hooked up in my FRS for almost a year with no problems.

ok so i was wrong... you just need to reformat the drive.....

paiceyfan · 12-25-2014, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by Boostedpro

I have a 1.5tb WD passport hooked up in my FRS for almost a year with no problems.

I have a 1tb...how did you connect it? I have it formatted to exFat and connected directly to the USB port and getting nothing. Do I need another power source for the drive?

Thanks!

07-26-2013, 05:15 PM	#1
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FyeaFRS Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Drives: 1992 Nissan Skyline GTS-t Type-M Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 270 Thanks: 85 Thanked 65 Times in 42 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The drive probably has to be formatted in FAT or FAT32 to be detected. But I wouldn't want a spinning hard drive in my car though, it'd get wrecked pretty quick. Better off with a large flash drive, or go with an SSD if cost isn't a factor.

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Struckbylitenin Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Drives: 10 Series FR-S Location: S. Jerz / Philly Posts: 254 Thanks: 41 Thanked 121 Times in 67 Posts Mentioned: 1 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	even those larger ones can be formatted to FAT (though the limit i think is 1.5 tb or something like that) But like he stated, stick to flash media.

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Nassty Member Join Date: May 2013 Drives: 13 FR-S, 08 ZX-10R Location: Westchester, NY Posts: 45 Thanks: 1 Thanked 12 Times in 8 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I understand that all the vibrations/bumps aren't good for the hard drive...but I've been using the same ipod classic (80gb hard drive) in my cars for at least 5 years now...however i just got the 2013 bespoke radio and it's having problems staying connected (probably the radio though) maybe it's time to switch to a wd passport that i have laying around

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