I tried moving my external storage drive four times today and it doesn't work

[AdamGott]

I know that some were talking about doing this but I never saw anyone post about it and I tried searching (so go ahead and flame away if you must if I have duplicated a topic).

I got a good deal on a 320 gig HD this week and it is my second drive so I copied a few shows to it and tried moving it back and forth between my two 622's. It worked three times and then the fourth it asked me if I wanted to reformat the drive. I will mess around more but it looks like this limitation does apply, contrary to what some have been saying.

One thing though, you can copy shows from one receiver to another using the external HD so the three swap limit is less restrictive given this.

 

[r_childress]

That feature is not currently supported.

 

[SmityWhity]

I remembered there being a limit, but thought it was 5.
However, it looks like it is 3, see the Tech Chat Recap for Aug 13, Q & A on the first post at
http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-forum/103918-tech-chat-recap-august-13-2007-a.html

 

[harshness]

The limit is three moves between machines.

I'd contemplate recording the content on the other machine in the first place or leaving it on the USB drive.

 

[Sammy033]

I assume the 3 limit counter is kept on the drive. Could a drive be mirrored first and the copy hooked up to the other player without affecting anything? Or perhaps the counter is stored by E* somewhere and the receiver must dial in for authorization?

 

[harshness]

Could a drive be mirrored first and the copy hooked up to the other player without affecting anything?

This was my understanding.

 

[AdamGott]

You could always get a 40GB drive or something cheap and use that to move stuff back and forth. Then you can just erase it and start over after your three moves are up.

 

[SmityWhity]

You could always get a 40GB drive or something cheap and use that to move stuff back and forth. Then you can just erase it and start over after your three moves are up.

And that will only be necessary until the software update that will correct the limitation (or wipe everything off )

 

[Bill R]

You could always get a 40GB drive or something cheap and use that to move stuff back and forth. Then you can just erase it and start over after your three moves are up.

The 622/722 does not support drives that small. The supported drives are 60 GBs to 750 GBs. Although 1 TB drives are not offically supported I do know a few people that are using them and they haven't had any problems.

 

[AdamGott]

And that will only be necessary until the software update that will correct the limitation (or wipe everything off )

Right.... I am not going to hold my breath for this one.

 

[JohnL]

Right.... I am not going to hold my breath for this one.

AdamGott,

Really all those 501,508 510 owners can NOW come off Life Support (from holding their collective breath)

The new Firmware spool to those receivers has NBR (Name Based Recording), only about 2 years late.

John

 

[navychop]

The 622/722 does not support drives that small. The supported drives are 60 GBs to 750 GBs. Although 1 TB drives are not offically supported I do know a few people that are using them and they haven't had any problems.

I thought it was posted that 40GB was the minimum. Where did you get 60GB?