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esata port work on the D*tv hr 20

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August 21, 2007 09:15 PM

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farscape

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Joined: 06/20/2006

Is any one familiar with the esata port being enabled and you can add an external hard drive.

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BruceS

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August 22, 2007 10:01 AM

Check out the dbstalk.com forum.

Other people seem to have gotten it to work.

NOTE: Unlike the Tivo based HR10-250 and S3, which use an attached esata drive in addition to the internal drive, the HR20 appears to switch to just the external drive when one is added.

vegaspl

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November 17, 2007 12:58 PM

Currently frustrated with many attempts to upgrade my Directv DVR's. Seems the HR20-100's do not have the ESatA port enabled. The HR21-700 recognizes the External Drive but does not operate properly. Freezeups and the "Do you want to delete now" message showing immediately when attempting to play back any recordings. Live programs freeze after a few minutes. IOW..totally useless.

On the other hand, the HR20-700 works perfectly with the External Upgrade

Please explain "Tivo based HR10-250 and S3, which use an attached esata drive in addition to the internal drive" How do I do??

TiVo and DTV DVR user since late 90's
Have the following in my arsenal:
3-HR10-250's (1 Upgraded Internally)
2-HR20-100
1-HR21-700
1-HR20-700 (Is only one that accepted Seagate 750GB HD via ESatA Port. Looking for help to utilize my 2nd Newly Acquired Seagate 750 ExtDr)
1- 42" Panasonic HD Plasma
1- 50" Panasonic HD Plasma
2- 34" Panasonic HD CRT's (At least one for sale)