Calculating 211k EHD Drive Space

[Anony55]

My old 500gb EHD died and I need to replace it. Currently, I'm limping along on an old 80gb hard drive that I had in "the pile". My HTPC has 4 HDDs in it. One of them is only 1tb. I was considering buying a 2tb drive to replace it, then using it (1tb) for my 211k.

BUT, if the 211k would make use of all 2tb, I would go that route. I can do some testing on my own. But the problem is this... how can I tell how much storage the 211k sees?

The 211k reports drive space in hours/minutes for HD & SD. Is there a formula to convert these numbers to TB/GB/KB ?? The way it is now, I'm not sure I could tell how much of the drive it actually sees.

I haven't tried it, but I'm pretty sure connecting it to a PC would be of no help either. I figure the drive format is not a Windows compatible format.

Any help is appreciated.

Cheers

 

[3HaloODST]

The "My Media" EHD menu (MENU-4-2-1) will say "xxx GB Available."

Pretty sure 211k doesn't support 2TB drives though, but heck, it's worth a shot. Just plug the new 2TB to the receiver, format it, and check in the EHD menu for available space.

 

[Anony55]

The "My Media" EHD menu will say "xxx GB Available."...

I don't recall seeing the "My Media" option in the menus of my 211k. I could be wrong though (it's happened before ). I'll check that when I get home. Thanks.

Cheers

 

[Anony55]

Ah good. I see you were editing while I was responding. Menu 4-2-1... that'll be easy to remember. 4.2.1 is the version of GBPVR I'm running on the HTPC.

Thanks again.

Cheers

EDIT; Oops, I meant 4.2.1 is the version of DVB Viewer I'm running... not GBPVR, lol.

 

[3HaloODST]

Pleasure to help .

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[Mr Tony]

If I remember right the Dish guys here mention a 1TB limit on the 211

 

[KAB]

If I remember right the Dish guys here mention a 1TB limit on the 211

Correct. 2T will NOT work for the 211

 

[Anony55]

Yes, I've seen the 1tb limit listed as well. But I've also seen posts here at SatGuys where people claimed to get the 211k to see a full 1.5tb. And some hinted that 2tb might be possible.

Either way, I'll be buying a 2tb hard drive. The only question will be... will it go in the HTPC, or the external enclosure for the 211k.

Cheers

 

[dwarren2]

I don't recall seeing the "My Media" option in the menus of my 211k. I could be wrong though (it's happened before ). I'll check that when I get home. Thanks.

Cheers

It doesn't. The 211 has "My Recordings" which takes you to the EHD and just shows the time remaining. I'm sitting next to my 211 right now.

 

[Anony55]

It doesn't. The 211 has "My Recordings" which takes you to the EHD and just shows the time remaining. I'm sitting next to my 211 right now.

Yep, I checked that out last night. The screen shots on the Dish web page must be from a different model. Still, I'm grateful for the attempted help.

So, let's see if we can tackle this from another angle. Does anyone with a 211k & a 1tb EHD know or remember how much time remaining the 211k reports when the drive is empty?

If I had that information, it would be easy to tell how much of a 2tb drive that it can see.

Cheers

 

[3HaloODST]

Yeah sorry about that, never used the 211's, and my 722k's have those menus, the article mentioned 211's so I thought maybe it was the same.

 

[gjh3260]

I have a 211 (not 211k) and just got a 1tb EHD a while ago (my 500gb bit the dust) and after formatting I "THINK" there were about 100 hrs HD recording time available.....

 

[Anony55]

@ 3Halo; No problem. I appreciate you trying to help.

@ gjh3260; Now that you say that, it seems like I remember my 500gb drive having about 50 hours (HD) when empty, which would be in line with a 100hrs for 1tb. But like you... I "think", lol.

That's probably close enough to know how much of the 2tb the 211k sees when I try it.

Cheers

 

[Anony55]

OK, I finally got the 2tb drive and the time to check this out.

When connecting the 2tb drive, the 211k just gives an error message indicating that it will only work with drives between 50gb & 1tb. It doesn't even attempt to format the drive to the max capacity that it can see.

I'm not sure what the guys that were making the 1.5tb claims were doing. But it sure doesn't work for me.

This isn't a problem for me. I'll just steal the 1tb from the HTPC for the 211k, and put the new 2tb in its place. But I just had to try the 2tb on the 211k first so that I could see for myself. Now I know, lol.

Cheers

 

[Straybeat]

I could be wrong though (it's happened before ).

I thought I was wrong once, but I was only mistaken. LOL

 

[csmith5111]

211k said to be getting 2tb ehd limit like the current dvrs. With new S/W as long as it doesn't get pulled.