Glad to hear you got it working 🙂
Unfortunately.. yeah.. unless you have a BIT of technical knoledge.. its not an easy thing to do..
The average JOE USER shouldnt have to have to do this to get it working 😞
And it WAS working before (as mine pluged in and worked fine)... i am guessing a bad batch of pre-formated ones or something from Segate.
not sure if the units are designed to read a drive over 1tb.
I transitioned from a new IPG 8642 to 9865 with no issues, without having to put into a PC first.. BUT.. the 8300 is running SARA, so may be still formatted differently.
Might be a good idea, to do as you said before hand, JUST to be sure.
And you are just not formatting the drive. You want to go in, and remove ANY partition that you find there.
Go into control pannel > computer management > disk management, and remove any partitions at all for that external drive.
The HDMI CEC is broken on the NB3.. but from what i have seen/heard, the sonys seem to have the BIGEST issue with it.
Try turing off the bravia sync, and see if that helps (though it will disable the bravia sync features if you are using them with another device)
the SD letterboxing.. is part the NB2/3 and part the channel.
I am guessing, your NB2 only had the OLD guide and not the NEW guide, the same as the NB3?
On the old guide on the NB2 and the older boxes.. an SD channel would AUTO scale up to full screen, as its on 480i.
With the new guide, on the NB2 and the NB3.. it is auto scaling everything up to 1080i.. no two seperate modes.
Some SD channels, you will find, will only have the bars on the sides. Many SD channels now are releasing in a 'false' widescreen, with the bars then top and bottom as well. Makes it even smaller on teh screen.. but allows then to ZOOM in to make full screen.
Correct, you should be able to add any form of ESATA type external hard drive to the unit to exend space.
(obviously the better the drive, and enclousre, the better performance you will get... IE: dont put in GREEN drives, etc)
I do agree.. they should not be saying 'its enough' to someone who its not for.
That being said.. it IS a lot of space.. with the newer compression, it should be getting upwards of 200h of HD.
For your AVERAGE user.. (recording and then watching with a week or two) its likely enough
Just a hint though.. DONT count on it for recording/keeping things indefinately.
PVRs are definately NOT designed for that by any means.
And that they can get accidently wiped by a simple software update, etc... I wouldnt put my eggs in that basket.
Yeah, sorry, should have expanded more on my post.
Your absolutely correct mfait.
The better drive you get.. the better the box will preform... a cheaper basic drive, while it may work, may cause slowdowns if using many recording streams at one time.
@DrMike: Let my try to answer your questions.
1. The iHDD is 1TB.
2. It used to be that the firmware only allowed a TOTAL of 2TB storage. It appears from a previous post that this limit may be "gone", but perhaps there is a new limit, or the limit on the eHDD is still 1TB (with more allowed for the iHDD?). Sorry, there have been so few people do this since the 1TB iHDD with media shrink is more than adequate for most people.
3. I do not recommend the WD green drive because the power saving features of the green drives may conflict with the firmware functionality.
4. I suggest either a black or blue WD SATA drive. I believe any of the latest models will work in an appropriate enclosure, like a Vantec.
Additional comments:
A. Since the 9865 uses "media shrink" you already have over two hundred hours of programme-recording ability. Most people don't bother adding an eHDD because the internal 1TB HDD is more than adequate for the PVR's intended use.
B. The PVRs are not intended to be utilized as an archiving device. They are time-shifting devices. As you know, it's not a matter of IF a HDD will fail, but rather WHEN, so I'd hate to see you think you've got an archive when a HDD fails, which it will inevitably do.
C. If you wish to have an archive, you would need to consider something like the Hauppauge HDPVR (an HTPC to which your recordings can be copied)
D. Some people have reported more issues when an eHDD is present, so I suggest you consider only using the iHDD, perhaps upgrading the iHDD to 2TB if you don't mind losing that programming.
@rmunro: Here's a link to discussion of adding an eHDD to a 9865. This is certainly possible and some people have done it. (Many people used to do it when the internal drive was smaller (as it was on 8300s and 8642s and before the firmware had media shrink available.)
However, please read my comments regarding doing so:
1. Although I'm not sure, the firmware may limit you to a total of 2TB Total (1TB additional, although I've read conflicting reports on this limitation and it may now be larger)
2. Since the 9865 uses "media shrink" you already have hundreds of hours of programme-recording ability. Most people don't even bother adding an eHDD because the internal 1TB HDD is more than adequate for the PVR's intended use.
3. The PVRs are not intended to be utilized as an archiving device. They are time-shifting devices. It's not a matter of IF a HDD will fail, but rather WHEN, so I'd hate to see you think you've got an archive when a HDD fails, which it will inevitably do.
4. If you wish to have an archive, you would need to consider something like the Hauppauge HDPVR (an HTPC to which your recordings can be copied).
5. The eHDD on a 9865 doesn't work like it does on the Bell Satellite PVRs. It doesn't act as an "archive" (you cannot move programming to/from that drive). The eHDD simply increases the "onboard" storage and is utilized "full time" functioning like a larger internal drive.
6. Read the first few and the last few pages of the link regarding procedures and the type of e-HDD (Most people have had success with WD Black, Blue, Red drives. Do not use a "green" drive).
7. There have been some reports of an eHDD causing more issues on a 9865, so I don't really recommend going that route.
rmunro wrote: When I checked back in to confirm that a configuration I was going to use would work, another tech support guy told me that Rogers boxes would not support an external drive, never did, never will, the eSATA and USB ports on the back of the drive were not attached to anything, and assured me that after nine years in the industry, he would know!
Obviously, this technician is incorrect. Many people have added eSATA eHDDs, however, it is not an archive, rather it functions as if it were additional internal storage. The USB port doesn't serve any function on the Rogers PVRs, although there is power to it and you could use it to charge a phone...
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