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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 09:28 AM
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I was wondering is there any way you can install a USB reader in place of the auxiliary input? Does the head unit need to have a USB reading capability?

I was just wondering cause Id rather use a flash drive and not worry about charging a my itouch all the time.

My car is a '09 NON ML.
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 10:54 AM
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yeah i was thinking about the same thing , or if you can just hook up a 3.5mm to female usb and just
plug in a jump drive?
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Old Mar 14, 2012 | 11:59 AM
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I don't think a 3.5mm jack provides power. I believe it is just an input, not a power output which would facilitate the charging of an ipod/usb device.
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Originally Posted by agentman16
yeah i was thinking about the same thing , or if you can just hook up a 3.5mm to female usb and just
plug in a jump drive?

This would be like plugging a hard drive with movies on it directly into a computer monitor and expecting the movies to play.

there has to be something in between to read, understand, and do something with the data.

2010 and newer 2ISes come with a head unit that includes and understands USB input. 06-09 models do not.

VAIS and others sell adapters to add this functionality, but it's not going to happen with a $5 cable/adapter.
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Old Mar 15, 2012 | 09:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Kurtz
This would be like plugging a hard drive with movies on it directly into a computer monitor and expecting the movies to play.

there has to be something in between to read, understand, and do something with the data.

2010 and newer 2ISes come with a head unit that includes and understands USB input. 06-09 models do not.

VAIS and others sell adapters to add this functionality, but it's not going to happen with a $5 cable/adapter.


Ah icic. Thats what i figured. Thanks!
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