RNS 510 Hard drive question..

[Mk6 GTI]

Hi All,

Just a question regarding the hard drive.. is the idea that we can store music on it? if so how do we transfer it? Can we store photos? videos?

Cheers!

[roy]

i guess u can transfer that via usb...

[markw1009]

I put music on my HDD I bought a 2gig sd card and transfered via that. I haven't tried photos but avi's mpg's and wmv's don't work. But you can make folders and sort your music that way.

[MurphyTheElf]

The hard drive is 30GB, but only 19GB is available for music. You transfer via the interface, which is quite straightforward and also explained in the manual.

You can't transfer via the MDI, either from iPod or USB - the latter I find a stupid limitation. The only methods of transfer are via CD/DVD, and SD card. I had trouble with DVD transfer - it was extremely slow and repeatedly gave disk read errors. I recently transfered 1.8GB of music via an SD card, which took about an hour. You can do this with the ignition off and the car locked. The current firmware only allows a 2GB SD card, but I've read that there is an update available to allow up to 32GB cards. I'm a little cautious about a firmware upgrade coming from a forum (not this one), so I'm not going to install it until it comes from an official source.

[Mk6 GTI]

Great thanks for that guys!

What compression options do we have? Is it only MP3?

Cheers!

[Pana]

The hard drive is 30GB, but only 19GB is available for music. You transfer via the interface, which is quite straightforward and also explained in the manual..


+1

MurphyTheElf - apparantly if you ask your service dept nicely enough at next service, they will be able to do it for you (or that's what I've read from other members on here) :)

[Swallowtail]

i guess u can transfer that via usb...

Roy - if you don't know what you are talking about please refrain... there is no USB connectivity on an RNS510, so I guess you would be wrong. The MDI option provides a USB connection, but you can't use it to copy files.


I put music on my HDD I bought a 2gig sd card and transfered via that. I haven't tried photos but avi's mpg's and wmv's don't work. But you can make folders and sort your music that way.

Yep, SD card is the quickest way to get files on to the HDD in the RNS510. It'll copy 2GB in about 30 minutes from an SD card. Still sooo slowwww....

The only video that the RNS510 will play is DVDs.


The hard drive is 30GB, but only 19GB is available for music. You transfer via the interface, which is quite straightforward and also explained in the manual.

You can't transfer via the MDI, either from iPod or USB - the latter I find a stupid limitation. The only methods of transfer are via CD/DVD, and SD card. I had trouble with DVD transfer - it was extremely slow and repeatedly gave disk read errors. I recently transfered 1.8GB of music via an SD card, which took about an hour. You can do this with the ignition off and the car locked. The current firmware only allows a 2GB SD card, but I've read that there is an update available to allow up to 32GB cards. I'm a little cautious about a firmware upgrade coming from a forum (not this one), so I'm not going to install it until it comes from an official source.

As Murphy says, you can't transfer via the MDI - the MDI uses the external CD stacker connection, with some additional data passed in - it is not an 'external drive' connection as such, so no copying data. Copying from DVD is woefully slow - about 1GB in 30 minutes (the time it takes for the RNS to auto turnoff after you leave the car).

I don't bother with copying data to the hard drive any more - I have a 32GB SD card and have upgraded my RNS to the new firmware so it will read SDHC cards. I sync it on my PC MUCH faster than trying to copy data to the HDD...

[Swallowtail]

great thanks for that guys!

What compression options do we have? Is it only mp3?

Cheers!

rtfm..... :D

[Mk6 GTI]

How is the quality of tracks played from the hard drive?? Because i have payed for dynaudio and want to get the most out of it..

[Swallowtail]

Quality of tracks played from HDD is dependent on the quality of the track... if you get my drift. Try a 96kbps MP3 and it will sound crap. Play a 320kbps MP3 and it will sound brilliant.

[roy]

Roy - if you don't know what you are talking about please refrain... there is no USB connectivity on an RNS510, so I guess you would be wrong. The MDI option provides a USB connection, but you can't use it to copy files.


sorry for my unclear reply...i meant usb provided by MDI, but seems i was wrong...

[mattyf83]

im getting GTI with RCD510, if i plug in a 32gb SD card full of music, what will i use my MDI for apart from charging my Iphone.

Seems useless now?

[Mk6 GTI]

im getting GTI with RCD510, if i plug in a 32gb SD card full of music, what will i use my MDI for apart from charging my Iphone.

Seems useless now?

hehe I know what you mean.. I have that and I have the 20gb hard drive with the Sat Nav aswell!

Oh well.. at least you will always have the option? MDI isnt much compared to the cost of the car :)

[Swallowtail]

MDI is still handy - will charge phone, and also will allow you to play (and remember position) of podcasts, audiobooks etc.

[team_v]

im getting GTI with RCD510, if i plug in a 32gb SD card full of music, what will i use my MDI for apart from charging my Iphone.

Seems useless now?

Use the MDI to keep the phone charged while you use it for sat nav..........
Otherwise there isn't really any point to it.

[Corey_R]

I don't bother with copying data to the hard drive any more - I have a 32GB SD card and have upgraded my RNS to the new firmware so it will read SDHC cards. I sync it on my PC MUCH faster than trying to copy data to the HDD...
My issue is that my personal CD collection in MP3 is just over 64GB, so no chance of fitting on a single SDHC card and swapping cards is a pain ;)
When I eventually get my R, I'll figure out whether I get a really large USB key for the MDI, or upgrade the HDD in the RNS 510.

How is the 'intergration' between the different storage spaces? Does the RNS 510 index what is plugged into the SD slot, MDI and on the HDD so that it's all in the one 'artist / album' list? Or do you have to access each area individually?

[MurphyTheElf]

My issue is that my personal CD collection in MP3 is just over 64GB, so no chance of fitting on a single SDHC card and swapping cards is a pain ;)
When I eventually get my R, I'll figure out whether I get a really large USB key for the MDI, or upgrade the HDD in the RNS 510.

How is the 'intergration' between the different storage spaces? Does the RNS 510 index what is plugged into the SD slot, MDI and on the HDD so that it's all in the one 'artist / album' list? Or do you have to access each area individually?

It doesn't appear to index. I haven't spent as much time as I should have getting my music collection sorted, but the interface gives you separate subheadings and folder lists for each device. The MDI is the most useful (with an iPod attached) because it gives albums, artists, playlists, etc - all categories available in the iPod. The HDD and the SD card only give you folders to view. Quite a bit more limiting, but I've found browsing through the collection is faster on the internal storage than MDI.

[Corey_R]

Thanks for that info MurphyTheElf. My music is properly organised anyway (MP3\Artist\Album\##-Track.mp3) so the internal HDD would probably be easy enough. However, I'm thinking the MDI is probably the easist for updating etc since DVD-R are so slow. :)