OTHER PVR feature on X2 Premium IV FTA receiver

[dfecarter]

Looking for help from anyone who's gotten the recording (timer) feature to work with this receiver.
Can't get the box to record anything either by pressing record or programming a recording. Have an external hard drive connected via USB in back of receiver. Have gone in to menu over and over again , I can't even access the pvr setting option. have emailed x2 square tech but thus far their tech support hasn't been that great.

 

[FaT Air]

Is the external HDD powered by the USB? If so this may be the problem. If not, May need to know the model of the HDD,

 

[dfecarter]

have been using a western digital the book external drive and yes it has it's own powersource

 

[FaT Air]

Have you formatted the HDD?

Support FAT16/FAT32/FAT12

 

[fred555]

What capacity is the hard drive? If it is bigger than 2 TB, you may not be able to use it as is.
I found out the hard way in earlier posts when all I could find at the store was a 3TB drive.
You should be able to re-partition it down to 2TB however. If you format on the PC uncheck Quick Format.

Me learning this lesson here:
http://www.satelliteguys.us/xen/threads/so-what-is-fred555-doing-wrong-here.351880/

 

[fred555]

Whoops, above should read TB not gigs on the drive sizes, posting while sleepy!

 

[KE4EST]

Whoops, above should read TB not gigs on the drive sizes, posting while sleepy!

Fixed it. Just in case reading stops with that post.

 

[Radioguy41]

On the main menu screen there should be an icon marked "External Device". Selecting that will put you into the Disk Management area where you can format the drive.

 

[fred555]

dfecarter, did you get this fixed and working, curious to know the outcome.