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The harddisk doesn't more then 0,5 Ampere.
You need a Stick or a HD with <= 2,5 Watt

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Externe Festplatte???

You can translate it with many Onlinetranslater.

Sorry, my english its very bad and not good. :lol: :lol: :lol:

hi and welcome to these forums !

the problem which seems to bug most of the people is simply that one drive will work, while the other won't.
obviously, since fiat (or better, Microsoft) did not respect the mandatory USB 2.0 specifications, you have to find an external device which will, at no point, need more than 500mAH , as the USB port (both of them, tbh) will never output more than that.
in other terms, a max of 500mAH or 2.5W is given, any harddrive demanding more than that will not work to your satisfaction (or maybe not even at all).
the next point is that u need an external device which will only use ONE connection port.
many external 2.5" devices will use an Y-cable with 2 USB connectors, one dedicated to the data transfer, the other dedicated to the power supply. while there have been a few GP-owners who reported successfully one of these devices by plugging in the data cable into the Blue&Me port, and the other cable into the Fiat-Service plug (also situated in the glovebox), it's only been really a handful of people so far, and it's rumoured to be more "luck" than anything else.

to be honest i haven't heard of anybody using a 1.8" HD on the GP so far, very sadly indeed, as this would have been my first choice aswell (1.8" HD's are known to be way more resistant to shocks and usually should need less power aswell).

i have given up by now the idea of using the GP's USB port for music.
i don't like using voice-recognized commands to select specific tracks etc, since i tend to listen very loud to my music.
i think burning CD's with 200+ tracks on it is way more than enough, and as for the costs of blank CDR's ... i think i don't need to show you the relation between a USB HD (around 40-100€) and the costs of CDR's (about 10-15€ for 100 pieces) ;-)

if you wanna make sure it works, tryout some 20GB 2.5" HDD's from freecom.
they've been known to give the best results so far.

if you ever need any help in english, just ask for it

well, i've installed a 100GB Harddiskdrive in my Grande Punto. the problem was the power supply. as m404 already said, the two USB-Ports doesn't provide enough power to run the HDD properly. so i bought an external DC/DC converter to convert the 12V bord tension voltage to the required tension voltage (i think it was about 4.5V).
with this external power supply the HDD works properly.
BTW: i connected the external power supply at the suplly for the cigarette lighter.

i've you're interested in such an solution, i can upload some pictures, which show the installation of the power supply and the HDD

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Original von Carsten84
i can upload some pictures, which show the installation of the power supply and the HDD

Yes. :lol:

ich habs geahnt, du willst ein How-to-do haben, oder?

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Original von Carsten84
ich habs geahnt, du willst ein How-to-do haben, oder?

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Wusste ich doch, daß du mich da nicht hängen lässt. Danke schon MAL. 8-)

here we are:

How to install a HDD

it's in German, so if there are any problems, don't hesitate to inquire ;-)