The FA's work find with HR20's. I also had a 750 for several months with ZERO issues.
ONLY reason I went with the WD this time around was in case I get stuck with a HR21.
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The FA's work find with HR20's. I also had a 750 for several months with ZERO issues.
ONLY reason I went with the WD this time around was in case I get stuck with a HR21.
I hooked up a WD 1tb to my hr21...it did not reformat the hd...what it did was lock up the receiver...I wonder if it was the cable or incompatible drive?..any info would be appreciated
You need to mentions the model number of the drive and the enclosure to get a definitive answer. If it is a MyBook, I think it won't work. Did you search? There is a lot of info already here.
If you have Vista, just plugging it in will modify it enough to cause your HRXX to reinitialize it losing everything. I think there are instructions here on how to do it although they appear daunting.
I got a Free Agent Xtreme 1.5 TB drive and have it hooked up to my HR21-700. It's only been on there for 2 days but so far everything is working great. It's a pain to switch back and forth to internal while I finish watching the stuff I had recorded on there, and I still don't have my shows all set up to record yet. But it looks like I'm going to love the room.
Newegg.com - Seagate FreeAgent XTreme ST315005FPA2E3-RK 1.5TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA Black External Hard Drive - External Hard Drives
Newegg.com - Seagate FreeAgent XTreme ST315005FPA2E3-RK 1.5TB 7200 RPM USB 2.0 / IEEE 1394a / eSATA Black External Hard Drive - External Hard Drives
I had the same problem. I switch eSata cables to one that is used in the My DVR hard drive and it worked perfectly. Very strange.
Coming a bit late to this dance - trying to fire up a 1TB Xtreme with no luck to this point. Trying to follow Aztecs script and can't seem to get to the part where the Xtreme is "seen" by the HR21. Connected to my laptop and changed the sleep settings on the device as described above. Have reset/unplugged multiple times to no avail - do not hit a point where the light on the Xtreme stays on while the HR21 is going through its reset cycle. The light on the Xtreme always comes back during the power cycle on the HR21, but the HR21 still boots to the internal drive. Advice/experiences anyone?
Still no setup for this...?
I have not taken my free agent extreme 1tb out of the box yet hoping these issues would have been cleared up by now, so its still a little shaky even on these?
I have not taken my free agent extreme 1tb out of the box yet hoping these issues would have been cleared up by now, so its still a little shaky even on these?
As an update, I've been able to get the HR21 to see the Xtreme twice out of dozens of power cycles. Tinkering with varying time lapses between power down/unplug of the HR21 and the Xtreme. I can't yet produce standard process that reliably gets me to the device of choice, and I'm hesitant to move forward until I get to that point.
So far I've switched between internal and my Xtreme about 10 times as I slowly watch the stuff I have recorded on my internal drive. I just leave the Xtreme plugged into power all the time. When I'm ready to watch something on the internal drive, I unplug the esata cable from the drive, and do a reset from the remote. Come back in 10-15 minutes and it's up and ready to watch. When I'm ready to switch back, I just plug the esata cable back in, and do the reset again, and it's always come up for me. Have you tried a different cable? The first one I tried, a cheap one from best buy didn't work. I ended up getting one from work and replacing it later. The ones we use at work are these: For only $3.25 each when QTY 50+ purchased - 6ft SATA External Round Cable - eSATA to eSATA (Type I to Type I), Black | External Serial ATA / SATA Cable
PS - loving it so far. Looks like I'll be looking at around 250+ hours of HD with the 1.5TB drive.
PS - loving it so far. Looks like I'll be looking at around 250+ hours of HD with the 1.5TB drive.
Can someone please answer a few questions for me?
Thanks guys.
- Can someone recommend an external hard drive for my bedroom that will be extremely quiet?
- When you have an external hard drive; does the internal hard drive power up at all; currently my internal hard drive is making lots of noise?
Thanks guys.
1) Free agent pro is quiet, but does not work well with the HR21 and HR22 (i think) My WD 640gig is a tad noisy
2) Depends on whether you have a HR20/21/22 (i think again)
1) Free agent pro is quiet, but does not work well with the HR21 and HR22 (i think) My WD 640gig is a tad noisy
2) Depends on whether you have a HR20/21/22 (i think again)
I have an HR20
Free agent pro then (just use tape to cover the yellow lights)
Ive heard debates on whether the internal shuts off or not, I do not think it does in the HR20.
Ive heard debates on whether the internal shuts off or not, I do not think it does in the HR20.
Plan for replacement of the HR20 with an HR21/22
But if you ever need to replace it, DirecTV is going to give you the newer one.
But if you ever need to replace it, DirecTV is going to give you the newer one.
I just upgraded my h21-700 with and external hard drive. The Western Digital "My DVR expander series" ( WDG1S5000VN 500 GB) also works with Tivo dvr. Now do I have to leave my DVR on for the drive to get the guide and firmware updates, or can i just power it down like I always do when not watching?
The saga continues. Plugged the Xtreme back into my notebook, thinking I'd reformat it as NTFS and start the whole install process over. Downloaded Seagate's disk utility, and when it showed the Xtreme as being formatted in Linux native, changed plan.
Next tested the Xtreme with my HR21-700 in my bedroom, and it works like a champ - booted to the Xtreme and back to the internal multiple times without issue. It would appear something's funky with the e-SATA port on the HR21-100 in the living room. I'm assuming our friends at D* aren't going to be showing a whole lotta sympathy if I call complaining about a bad e-SATA port.
The thing to do would be to swap boxes, but the 700 in my bedroom has a decent sized collection of stuff-that-will-put-me-to-sleep that I really don't want to lose. I read the post on DBSTalk about how the copy process works - it's certainly not beyond my technical comfort zone, but now I start to wonder if I can get really clever and start to use the Xtreme as a "bridge" between the two HRs? Obviously the big concern is rendering the internal drive unusable by such a copy operation, but "in theory" it's still just a copy process between two Linux drives, right?
Next tested the Xtreme with my HR21-700 in my bedroom, and it works like a champ - booted to the Xtreme and back to the internal multiple times without issue. It would appear something's funky with the e-SATA port on the HR21-100 in the living room. I'm assuming our friends at D* aren't going to be showing a whole lotta sympathy if I call complaining about a bad e-SATA port.
The thing to do would be to swap boxes, but the 700 in my bedroom has a decent sized collection of stuff-that-will-put-me-to-sleep that I really don't want to lose. I read the post on DBSTalk about how the copy process works - it's certainly not beyond my technical comfort zone, but now I start to wonder if I can get really clever and start to use the Xtreme as a "bridge" between the two HRs? Obviously the big concern is rendering the internal drive unusable by such a copy operation, but "in theory" it's still just a copy process between two Linux drives, right?
If I understand what you mean by bridge, you won't like the results.
If you take a hard drive from one receiver, and plug it into a different receiver, the first thing it does is check the receiver ID number on the drive/receiver. If it doesn't match, it formats it.
Basically, every time you move it the drive is wiped clean.
If you take a hard drive from one receiver, and plug it into a different receiver, the first thing it does is check the receiver ID number on the drive/receiver. If it doesn't match, it formats it.
Basically, every time you move it the drive is wiped clean.
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