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in particular, i wonder whether you can feed a Pioneer N-50A from an external HD, containing a lot of music in Apple Lossless format, without using any computer, and still playing those files?
a friend of mine is asking me that question and i must confess i don't know the answer
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Page 17 in the Pioneer owner's manual makes no mention of what disk drive filesystem format is supported. I suspect MS-DOS FAT as the most likely but they don't say. Additionally it hints that the Pioneer USB port may not sufficiently power the USB HDD so external power would increase chances of success. Also look at the suggested artist -> album folder -> files hierarchy.
Good luck.
i see... yet, how can you give external power to the USB HDD, in addition to the power coming from the USB port?
The larger 3.5" HDD's typically come with an external power brick or 'wall wart'. The smaller 2.5" HDD's usually do not.There are a couple situations where the USB port itself will not power the external HDD:
- Older USB port with low power output.
- Some older brand small 2.5" HDD's that consume more power than recent models.
Older 2.5" HDD's were less power efficient so some of those might be marginally powered by the USB port itself. And as mentioned above some older USB ports couldn't source as much power as modern USB ports. For either of these situations you can use a USB Splitter intended to supply additional power. [Same Y cable solution can be used for USB CD/DVD burners that required more power for burning vs reading the media].
One leg plugs into the host/computer/network streamer. The other leg plugs into a dedicated USB power source like a USB charger.
I found this on Amazon but there are others
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interesting, thanks!
A powered USB Hub will likely do the job too but the Hub needs to be externally powered with its own power supply.Of course none of this matters if:
- The USB port on the streamer supplies sufficient power. Not all do.
- Your 2.5" HDD is efficient and draws very little power. Some draw more power.
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Based on a quick internet search the Pioneer appears to be a reasonably priced Swiss Army knife network streamer costing much less than most hoity-toity audiophile approved brands of the day. Released around 2012 it is a rather old computer by today's standards but I guess it will do the job.Hope the OP's friend bought it a decade ago or more and didn't pay too much if it was a recent purchase. It's an oldie!
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See page 10 in the manual
The Well Tempered Computer
Theoretically yes, the manual for the Pioneer indicates that an external hard drive can be connected to the USB port on the Pioneer and the music on the hard drive can be played.
I would plug the hard drive into the Pioneer per the instruction manual and see what happens.
Of course best practice is to make a backup of the drive first in case something funky happens to the drive's file system when it is connected to the Pioneer rendering it unreadable.
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