Simonwpb
Been here awhile...
Duaine,
As Ric said there does not appear to be a way to load/unload anything to the HDD.
You can play your music by attaching external flash or hard-drives such as USB or iPod etc. but you cannot download your music library to the car system.
I think we all perceive a hard-drive like one in a computer as a storage device we get to use. In this case however the system is self-contained and whatever it does with all that storage space it keeps to itself.
[AFTERTHOUGHT] If what you want to do is store music for car use independent of your iPod it seems to me that a thumb drive is the way to go. Easy to install, easy to remove for updates via your PC, and very low-cost. A 2-Gig flashdrive sells online for $10, and an 8-Gig USB drive is $50... Then you won't be sitting in your car downloading and synching all the time.
There was some previous discussion as to what actually goes on inside, and how much is taken up by the operating system, sound system processing and navigational info systems.
PS One thing I just discovered on my Nav system is that the map stores where you drive. You can get it to display your historical routes as little blue dots. The more times you drive on the same road, the more dots you get. (This option can be turned on or off).
As Ric said there does not appear to be a way to load/unload anything to the HDD.
You can play your music by attaching external flash or hard-drives such as USB or iPod etc. but you cannot download your music library to the car system.
I think we all perceive a hard-drive like one in a computer as a storage device we get to use. In this case however the system is self-contained and whatever it does with all that storage space it keeps to itself.
[AFTERTHOUGHT] If what you want to do is store music for car use independent of your iPod it seems to me that a thumb drive is the way to go. Easy to install, easy to remove for updates via your PC, and very low-cost. A 2-Gig flashdrive sells online for $10, and an 8-Gig USB drive is $50... Then you won't be sitting in your car downloading and synching all the time.
There was some previous discussion as to what actually goes on inside, and how much is taken up by the operating system, sound system processing and navigational info systems.
PS One thing I just discovered on my Nav system is that the map stores where you drive. You can get it to display your historical routes as little blue dots. The more times you drive on the same road, the more dots you get. (This option can be turned on or off).
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