Hi-MD as data drive for USB car stereo?

[SilverBlade]

I am going to be purchasing a car stereo with a USB port to listen to mp3s while driving. I was originally going to purchase a 1 gig USB drive to use with it, but another thought occured to me: I can use a Hi-MD player as a USB reader.

Some things I'd like to know:

1) Is this a good idea?

2) Do I need to install any software for Windows to detect the Hi-MD unit as a removable drive? If I do, then my idea won't really work

3) Would this require batteries? or would the USB be able to power the unit while being used as a data drive?

This would be a lot better (to me) because of the cost of Hi-MD media vs cost of flash drives.

Edited April 8, 2006 by SilverBlade

[Sony_Fan]

I am going to be purchasing a car stereo with a USB port to listen to mp3s while driving. I was originally going to purchase a 1 gig USB drive to use with it, but another thought occured to me: I can use a Hi-MD player as a USB reader.

Some things I'd like to know:

1) Is this a good idea?

2) Do I need to install any software for Windows to detect the Hi-MD unit as a removable drive? If I do, then my idea won't really work

3) Would this require batteries? or would the USB be able to power the unit while being used as a data drive?

This would be a lot better (to me) because of the cost of Hi-MD media vs cost of flash drives.

If you have SonicStage 3.4 installed, Windows will recognize your Hi-MD player and it will see it as a removable drive. The problem now is, whether your car stereo will recoginize your Hi-MD unit.

[ZosoIV]

It should work, as long as you format the disc as FAT32 and simply drop your MP3's onto it via Windows Explorer and not SonicStage.

[danielbb90]

It might or it might not

I tryed it as a USB drive with my brothers PS2 but It didn't work!

I doubt it would work!

And it might be a bit slow on reading large mp3's for playing them back...

I woulden't do it!

Edited April 11, 2006 by danielbb90