Recording to a Sata HDD

[awt41]

I can record to a usb memory stick on my V8s with no problems, but when I connect a Sata drive several items in the menus are greyed out - everything relating to USB in the Tools menu + PVR and Media Player in the Multimedia menu.

I've tried two Sata drives, a 2.5 and a 3.5 with it's own PSU - they both give the same effect. Unplug them and the settings re-appear.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

[P&D]

What are the drives formatted to NTFS or FAT32

[Hadron]

Do they work OK when you plug them into your pc/laptop?

[awt41]

What are the drives formatted to NTFS or FAT21
Thanks for your replies.

Both these drives work fine on my Windows 7 laptop. They are both formatted for NTFS.

I had considered trying FAT32, but isn't that limited to 32gb?

[digicon]

Fat32 is limited to 4GB chunks

[P&D]

Hi it defo sounds like a conflict maybe a driver issue........

[awt41]

Hi it defo sounds like a conflict maybe a driver issue........
Thanks, well my Software version is 3511HD_07_12_2014 so perhaps I should update that.

However, I don't want to risk bricking it as everything else is working fine and I can live with recording to a memory stick.

So - I think I'll leave things as they are for the time being, having learned t he hard way" if it works don't fix it" after years of always wanting that bit more!

[P&D]

All i can say which is good advice.......Upgrade the box to an E2 system & then you will have some fun & many new doors will open ;)

[awt41]

All i can say which is good advice.......Upgrade the box to an E2 system & then you will have some fun & many new doors will open ;)
Which E2 box would you recommend?

[genam]

Which E2 box would you recommend?
Any thats have half decent user and seller support for images...images are like customised user interfaces..some are better than others.