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Old May 29, 2007 | 01:24 AM
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I'm going to receive a 530d Touring with USB connection... anyone experienced what's better to connect? an ipod or a usb HD? which is faster to navigate by idrive???

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Old May 29, 2007 | 01:29 AM
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you cant connect a usb hdd yet (hope to see this in a future software update)


if you want something fast then smaller is better. Well, according to the usb document found somewhere on this site...
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Old May 29, 2007 | 01:34 AM
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Originally Posted by Rutto' post='429305' date='May 29 2007, 11:24 AM
I'm going to receive a 530d Touring with USB connection... anyone experienced what's better to connect? an ipod or a usb HD? which is faster to navigate by idrive???

Thank youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!

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I can recommend a regular USB stick!
I'm using a 4GB stick from Kington and it works peeerfect!

As said, USB HDD's is not recommended...
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Old May 29, 2007 | 02:50 AM
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Originally Posted by Scandic24' post='429307' date='May 29 2007, 11:34 AM
I can recommend a regular USB stick!
I'm using a 4GB stick from Kington and it works peeerfect!

As said, USB HDD's is not recommended...

That's strange... HD or Stick (so flash) should be seen as the same memory device...
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Old May 29, 2007 | 05:17 AM
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Originally Posted by Rutto' post='429328' date='May 29 2007, 06:50 AM
That's strange... HD or Stick (so flash) should be seen as the same memory device...
No, not at all strange. a HDD requires power and operates differently than a stick.
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Old May 29, 2007 | 05:46 AM
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Originally Posted by JSpira' post='429346' date='May 29 2007, 09:17 AM
No, not at all strange. a HDD requires power and operates differently than a stick.

Not to mention the block sizes and format can be (and often are) quite different.


I guess you guys don't often mount USB mass storage devices in non-Windows environments much...
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