Corrtex HDC 1000

[velocityroadshow]

Sorry, I misread your initial post. I thought you meant an unpowered hub (not an unpowered HDD).

So your hard drive was powered?

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I used to use a HDC3000 (about 3 years ago now) and I used a 2.5" USB powered hard drive with it without any issue. I know the recommendation was always to use a powered USB hub and/or a powered hard drive, but I never had a problem.

Julian

Hi,

Thanks for that, was it quite a big hard drive or was it just a a little bit of music on it?

[DJ Jules]

Thanks for that, was it quite a big hard drive or was it just a a little bit of music on it?

It was a standard 2.5" 120Gb, 7200rpm laptop hard disk which was pretty much full at the point where I switched to laptop If you're looking to try and keep the power drain on the unit to a minimum, look at SATA SSD's (or just great big USB memory sticks) as these have no moving parts and much lower power consumption - however, I wouldn't worry - it can supply a lot more power through the USB ports than a standard laptop.

Julian

[Shaun]

So your hard drive was powered?

Yes, the hard drive was powered, the hub was un-powered.

[velocityroadshow]

Hi Thanks,

Might just give it a try and see how it goes. Probably the best bet.

[Creature]

First of all - get the correct power supply for the cortex! theres usually some on well known auction site or at least get one the correct volt/ampage.

I have 4 cortexes - 2 for each mixer desk, 3 ran harddrives ok without a powered hub, but the other just did not want to work properly without one!.

Personally i would forget all about using harddrives and use memory sticks, I use the kingston (genuine not the cheap ones) 128 gigs and they work beuatifully plus as no moving parts and if not using a keyboard you can hold the up n down arrows without the playing track faultering

make sure you have the latest firmware installed - its no longer on there website - if you message me your email addy i will try n find were i have stored the last update.

[CRAZY K]

First of all - get the correct power supply for the cortex! theres usually some on well known auction site or at least get one the correct volt/ampage.

I have 4 cortexes - 2 for each mixer desk, 3 ran harddrives ok without a powered hub, but the other just did not want to work properly without one!.

Personally i would forget all about using harddrives and use memory sticks, I use the kingston (genuine not the cheap ones) 128 gigs and they work beuatifully plus as no moving parts and if not using a keyboard you can hold the up n down arrows without the playing track faultering

make sure you have the latest firmware installed - its no longer on there website - if you message me your email addy i will try n find were i have stored the last update.

I have been running mine with either 64gb memory stick or a couple of unpowered hard drives 250gb.

Once I got the MP3s into folders its all been perfect now for many years.