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#295 of 358 Re: Hard drive reliability [silica1] by scottm123 Feb 01, 2008 (11:35 am)
Replying to: silica1 (Feb 01, 2008 10:33 am) Geez... Now I'm knocking on wood!
#296 of 358 Re: Hard drive reliability [silica1] by adamr001 Feb 01, 2008 (12:22 pm)
Replying to: silica1 (Feb 01, 2008 10:33 am) *laugh*   Well, I've been in the IT world professionally since 1988. I've seen dozens and dozens of hard drives go. Sometimes it just happens. Sometimes it's out of the box, sometimes you get to hear it or feel it coming for days or even weeks.   You're perfectly reasonable being skeptical of the hard drive longevity, especially in an environment like a car. There are also certain brands of drives that are known as likely failure drives. IBM had a line of HDDs called "Deskstar" that those of us in the biz called "Deathstar" because they always seemed to go bad inside the first year. Quantum had a line of high speed server drives called "Fireball" which, while being some of the very first 10,000 RPM drives, were aptly named not because of speed but because they'd routinely overheat and the bearings would go out. Squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeel. *shudder* I can still hear that noise.   As to the on/off issue, that's honestly a double edged sword. Ask most IT guys and you'll likely find that drives (especially server drives) tend to fail after there has been a power event or other reason to reboot / restart the hardware. I've seen it happen personally. In fact, I don't usually turn off my own PCs at home unless I have too.   So I'm not trying to go back on what I said earlier, but just trying to point out that there are always risks. Even NVRAM can go bad. A simple bit of static electricity and you can wipe the whole thing out or maybe someone shorts something in the audio system accidentally one day... Just don't worry too much, especially not since there's a relatively inexpensive backup to be had. It's further mitigated by the nature / style / warranty on the drives and the vehicle. As I said earlier as well, a relatively small investment ($130) and some free drive-cloning software from Sourceforge and you're protected in the post-warranty phase of ownership.   That's my $0.02 anyway.
#297 of 358 Re: Hard drive reliability [silica1] by adamr001 Feb 01, 2008 (12:25 pm)
Replying to: silica1 (Feb 01, 2008 10:33 am) Oh and one more thing... slightly OT... I backup my TiVO drives regularly too. I hate having to retrain the TiVO! Replies to this message: scottm123 (Feb 01, 2008 1:04 pm)
#298 of 358 Re: Hard drive reliability [adamr001] by scottm123 Feb 01, 2008 (1:04 pm)
Replying to: adamr001 (Feb 01, 2008 12:25 pm) I know hard drives go and I also admit to being one of the lucky ones who hasn't suffered the fate of a lost drive. I keep backups of everything just in case, cause it can happen. In fact, I'm due! (lol)   I guess my final thought on this is that the Navi package, especially now that it includes the backup camera, is worth the price, IMHO. The car has a great warranty and even if the drive goes after the fact, it's a small financial smack to the wallet... nothing to cancel the kid's college dreams over.   Buy the car, get the Navi and hope for the best.
#299 of 358 Re: Hard drive reliability [silica1] by cadreamn Feb 01, 2008 (5:07 pm)
Replying to: silica1 (Jan 31, 2008 7:13 pm) Besides everything mentioned, there is one other feature you get with the Navi that may seem like a nit but was a real big one for me: You can control the phone mute and other features using the steering wheel control, center control, etc., whereas without the navi you need to use voice commands (at least that seemed the case when I tried at the dealer). When I'm on a conference call in the car, I'm constanting going on and off mute. If I had to keep saying "mute" and "unmute" everytime it would drive me nuts, especially if the system failed to recognize my command. With the navi I just position the cursor on the mute command and press enter on the wheel to switch mute on and off. Super convenient.
#300 of 358 Compact Flash Assistance by rsaul Feb 16, 2008 (3:22 pm)
Recently purchased an Extreme III Compact Flash card for use in a 2007G35. Having problems with putting music from I-Tunes library onto the Compact Flash and having it played by the car. While in I-Tunes, I am dragging the music onto the compact flash card that has been inserted into my computer and the folder clearly shows the music is there (in mpeg format), however, when I insert the CF into the G, it says "no audio files." Is there a specific process or file format that I'm supposed to be using? The G ownermanual is not helpful, nor is the I-Tunes website. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Replies to this message: slzweibel (Feb 16, 2008 5:10 pm) rsaul (Feb 16, 2008 7:10 pm)
#301 of 358 Opinions...what works best? by synergy212 Feb 16, 2008 (3:43 pm)
What is working for folks with ipods and the G? I have a 2007 S and I hate the the FM matching trip products. Is there an auxiliary cable connect I don't know about? Any help would be appreciated. Replies to this message: shov8 (Feb 16, 2008 5:11 pm) slzweibel (Feb 16, 2008 5:12 pm)
#302 of 358 Re: Compact Flash Assistance [rsaul] by slzweibel Feb 16, 2008 (5:10 pm)
Replying to: rsaul (Feb 16, 2008 3:22 pm) I did the same thing and had no problems listening to the music. Maybe it is the fact that it is an Extreme III CF card - maybe that doesn't work with the G?? Maybe you need a regular CF card. I also put the songs into folders on the card but that shouldn't matter. When you look at the card on your computer do you see the files there? Are they the right sizes (ie. a few MB each)? Do you have another plain CF card you can try out with only a few songs? You can't use iTunes songs (AAC) you have purchased from the iTunes Store - only MPEG audio files you have burned from a CD. To use AAC songs you need to first burn them to a CD and re-import them back into iTunes as MPEG audio files. Replies to this message: rsaul (Feb 16, 2008 7:10 pm)
#303 of 358 Re: Opinions...what works best? [synergy212] by shov8 Feb 16, 2008 (5:11 pm)
Replying to: synergy212 (Feb 16, 2008 3:43 pm) You should be able to plug your iPod, using a standard 3.5mm to RCA jack audio cable, to the A/V jacks inside the center console. Then you manually control the iPod but hear the music direct through the stereo AUX input.     kc
#304 of 358 Re: Opinions...what works best? [synergy212] by slzweibel Feb 16, 2008 (5:12 pm)
Replying to: synergy212 (Feb 16, 2008 3:43 pm) I have a cable that has a mini headphone jack on one end (for the iPod) and RCA connectors on the other end for the AUX input jacks on my G. I think I got it from Radio Shack for a few bucks. Works like a charm. Obviously you can't control your iPod through the car but you can control the volume. Good luck.

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