technomate 5402hd how to record

[clueless needs help]

hi just got the technomate 5402hd what device do you need to record programs ? tried an external harddrive but just says usbo storage not ready, really am clueless so if anyone could help would really appreciate it!

[thijs]

you will have to format it to fat 32
you can do this in main menu>usb menu>diskmanager menu
click ok on format wait untill it's done then turn of tm
when the tm starts up it will take a minute or so and the message pvr ready should come up after the tm read the drive

[Manic01]

Yes needs ton be fat32 as stated, really does work well on TM5402 and the epg works 100%

[clueless needs help]

many thanks for that will try later

[loop2008]

hi i got sane problem, i have got external hard drive 500gb on fat32 with its own power 3 pin plug tested on pc fine connect to technomate 5420hd, just wont record or pause. went to setting to format in it while connected to box still wont have it do i need any special software for hard drive to work with box i try a usb stick works fine but want me external hard drive on it hard drive is usb iomega 500gb works great on my win xp comp any help please being at it a week now this is why i came here to learn

[loop2008]

you will have to format it to fat 32
you can do this in main menu>usb menu>diskmanager menu
click ok on format wait untill it's done then turn of tm
when the tm starts up it will take a minute or so and the message pvr ready should come up after the tm read the drive


just to say tryd this no luck

[eigh8plus]

Make sure the hard disk drive is connected to external power socket and has to be turned on...hope that works!

[loop2008]

pvr ready come up buy still wont pause or recored to hard drive i contac the dealer i got me box from he said i need a external usb without power as wont work is this true ? and only will go upto 500gb which i have 500gb with a power lead to mains

[Manic01]

Never tried with a powered hdd, works perfect 500gb portable hdd.

[thijs]

pvr ready come up buy still wont pause or recored to hard drive i contac the dealer i got me box from he said i need a external usb without power as wont work is this true ? and only will go upto 500gb which i have 500gb with a power lead to mains
should work(had it working fine on my 7100 before and that works the same as the 5402) fine you will have to make sure it's formatted to fat 32 or formatted in the usb device manager menu ( i used a 1trb one)and use 1Trb usb powered ones for my 7100+6902 now

[loop2008]

Defo on fat 32 formated again on the box, reoobted box and still wont record all i can think off it dont like this hard drive will use on comp for back ups ect till i get an other one without power and try then end off month given up

thanks for help everyone thou worth trying thing out

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. have you tried to record using normal USB stick.? Also could it be your patch? I had similar problem a while back with my TM5400 SUPER. I loaded latest patch and no problems encountered. Regards.

[loop2008]

hi usb stick works fine not a problem and got the latest patch on the box

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. If USB stick works ok then nothing wrong with the box. Have you tried to copy your channel list to the drive just to see if it writes. When i was having problems i would get message ' USB NOT ATTACHED' although it was attached. If still having problems you can contact TM on 0208 8840701 and i am sure they will give you an answer. Regards.

[loop2008]

was told that hard drives will not work from shops as need specail software on the h/d what i understand as long as fat32

it dont pick up h/d some times, i have to turn on box 1st then turn on h/d then pick up some time will format sometime come with erro the software ver i got on is 1.17p the exteranl h/d is a segate barrcuda 500gb 7200

[Nutsandbolts]

Hi. You have patch 117 at the moment why dont you try latest patch 118 to see if it works. Have you tried to record a non HD channel? Also worth checking out the TM site for any fixes for your box. Regards.

[happy_highlander]

Ok just to clear up any confusion. I have recorded hd channels on 4 gb usb stick, usb powered 500gb seagate, 80gb old internal in a caddy mains powered and mains powered 1tb iomega. All formatted to fat 32 with easeus partition master, usb stick freezes sometimes but I am putting that down to it being the poor write speed as it cost about 50p. There have been absolutely no glitches or issues with any of the hdd, time shift also works perfectly, I have latest 117 original firmware with 118 phantom patch and 002 addon, so if you can't get your 5402 to record, you are doing something wrong

[Manic01]

I concur the above, used numerous size usb/hdd and never an issue.

[Jet48]

I seem to have a problem on my 5402HD with the record function
it is OK for a while then I it wont/cant record or playback.
The only way I can get it working again is to turn the receiver off at the main switch on the back and then back on again which seems to reset everything and it works fine again for a while.
This has been like this for some months now and despite loading new tm software the fault still occurs?? any cures please

[thijs]

what kind of usb device and did you format it in the usb>diskmanager menu in your tm and what patch/firmware are you on?

[Jet48]

Im using a hard drive formatted in disc manager and phantom patch 124p

[thijs]

run patch 117 for now most stable patch

[Jet48]

Thanks for that will give it a go

[Jet48]

Thanks Thijs for the info, PVR seems to be ok with running 117 patch