Hard drive

Discussion in 'Challenger Audio/Video/Electronics Modifications' started by challengerone, Mar 19, 2018.

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  1. Mar 19, 2018 at 10:58 PM #1
    challengerone

    challengerone Active Member

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    I will be taking my R/T in for a T56 alternator exchange for the recall on Fri. They have viewed the serial # of my unit as needing to be replaced. No one at the dealership could answer my ques. of the hard drive content I have put into my radio which was quite time consuming into many many untold hrs. of c/d music. The radio is a 2014. Does anyone know if I should expect to lose all my hard drive content when they disconnect the battery for a couple hrs. while they exchange my alternator? They claim theres no equipment at any dealership that will let them remove the hard drive content, store it briefly then reinsert it back into my hard drive when the battery is reconnected. Thks in advance.
     
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  2. Mar 20, 2018 at 2:11 AM #2
    IntimidatorRT

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    if it just a alternator replacement, no you will not loose you hard drive content, I have a 2009 and have had my alternator replaced twice, and it didn't effect my radio at all with the stored music on my hard drive.
     
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  3. Mar 20, 2018 at 9:31 AM #3
    challengerone

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    Thank you IntimidatorRT for the quick response. I'll go in Fri. feeling more at ease.
     
  4. Mar 25, 2018 at 8:25 AM #4
    challengerone

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    Install of my new alternator went well. No loss of hard drive music not even any loss of radio stations from memory. The only two items affected were the loss of the correct time & all my radio memory stgs. for bass treble left-right sound preferences. They were set back to the center of the screen as a default.
    One little side note I didn't expect to see was the spray of water on my lower half & front of the engine & also on the abs unit. The tech. came out to my car to mention that the upper rad. hose is required to be removed to clear the alternator from the car which caused the overflow of a/f during removal & required spraying off the above mentioned area with water.
     
  5. Mar 28, 2020 at 9:43 AM #5
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    can you download music into hard drive from i-phone?
     
  6. Mar 28, 2020 at 4:43 PM #6
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    What year and model do you have. My 2010 RT will not
     
  7. Mar 29, 2020 at 3:02 AM #7
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    Arnt you just able to download music from a flash drive?
     
  8. Mar 29, 2020 at 6:45 AM #8
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    Yes you can do that. That may be a weekend project......I usually just us a 3.5mm audio cable from my IPhone to the audio input on the front of the stereo. It would have been nice to have that input within the arm rest housing
     
  9. Mar 29, 2020 at 9:58 AM #9
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    I dumped about 3 gig of songs to the HD in my 2012 Ram.......it does take awhile.....

    Now, on my 2015 ST 392, ya can't do that....have to use a memory card.....so I just loaded them onto it and leave it in the slot
     
  10. Mar 29, 2020 at 10:38 AM #10
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    I did the same on my 2015, loaded a bunch of music onto a usb jump drive and leave it plugged in.
     
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