Pionerr Mep 7000

I have just bought an Mep 7000 (pioneer) what a gr8 piece of kit but i am having trouble getting my hard drive to work with it cds no problem and 2gb pen drives are ok but my hard drive is a 500 gb powerd one . in the book it says it has to be of fat or fat 32 format and have taken it into pc world to get it formated thats another story but after two attemts they say its now fat 32. when i put it into my pc it says it is fat 32 but if i go to format it it still says its ntfs or ex fat any help on this subject will be grearly appreciated on either getting my hard drive to work or the correct hard drive i need

Hi,
My name is Tony and have just joined the forum ,re your MEP 7000 i have two and they are quite tricky to set up,Firstly you need to format in Fat 32 look on the web for a format tool HP format tool this is a free download at works fine stay away from swissknife which crashes ,once you have all your tunes on your hard drive you then need to run them through MP3 validator anthoer free download this will check all your files and fix any bugs.
Allways use mains powered hard drive and if you are using a usb keyboard make sure this is attached via a mains powered hub,dont switch on the Mep 7000 till you have pluged all your hard drives and key board in live then switch on your MEP and let it find your units hope this helps.