Adding a hard drive to Sync!
7/12/12, 04:04 PM
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I found a cable that's USB-A female to USB-B mini male here: http://www.sourcingmap.com/blue-usb-...-p-182738.html. Do you think 11" will be long enough? Eliminates the gender bender.
7/20/12, 08:42 AM
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7/20/12, 09:10 AM
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Has any 2012 owners successfully done this? Do we know if it isn't something new on the '13s?
7/20/12, 12:07 PM
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7/20/12, 03:26 PM
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7/20/12, 05:12 PM
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installed the usb adapters today. took about 45 seconds to unhinge the glovebox, install the adapters, feed it back to the point in the glovebox i wanted it, and re-hinge the glovebox. Tested it out, and it now lets me switch to USB2. 
7/20/12, 06:47 PM
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Originally Posted by jmillz
A. Why didnt you tell everyone a year ago about the option lol...
B. Do you have the electronics package?
Second thing is as long as you have SYNC on your car, there's a USB 2. I did it for my 2013 without electronics package.
7/20/12, 07:47 PM
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7/21/12, 12:44 PM
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My error -- I do have the port. I did not feel the recessed area inside the knock-out (it is on the engine side, so you can't see it without a mirror); however the port is there and it works. Thanks!
7/21/12, 01:06 PM
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Ahh ok, that makes sense. Yea I had to do it by feel. I would never have known from looking that a port was on the other side.
7/23/12, 04:09 PM
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2011 V6 Premium, no nav. I have had a 500gb drive hooked up for a while. The only thing is every now and then it re-initializes. There is just under 10,000 songs. I heard that 10k is the magic # for searching by song. It takes about 5 mins to finish intializing. During that time it will play music but will not allow you to search.
(Shaker 500, no navigation)
