Advice on Hard-Drive purchase for Eurovox EX7000-HD

[Tvjunky]

I intend to purchase a H/drive and would like a little help from you guys please in making the correct choice for this box.
Sata or IDE? The ideal gb size the box will handle in regards the internal power supply.
Also do we know if the software for program timing, prog id?s etc is downloaded into the box already for use? Thanks.

[ruudvandan]

I'm using a 500GB 3.5" Sata USB hard drive with its own power supply. If you want something powered through USB then go for a portable (2.5") hard drive. The size shouldn't make much difference to the power needs.

As for using the timer, you're better off doing it manually if you can because the box's EPG doesn't go very far into the future, so I never bothered trying to record from that.

[Tvjunky]

Thank for your info.
Did you purchase your h/drive for the E/vox specifically.
if so which make did you go for.
I will head for Map**s 2morrow.

[ruudvandan]

Thank for your info.
Did you purchase your h/drive for the E/vox specifically.
if so which make did you go for.
I will head for Map**s 2morrow.

No I had one anyway that I was using with my computer. It's a M3d!0n Harddrive2go from A1d!

[Tvjunky]

Any other suggestions or advice very welcome.

[chrisgolf]

advice on hard-drive purchase

I intend to purchase a H/drive and would like a little help from you guys please in making the correct choice for this box.
Sata or IDE? The ideal gb size the box will handle in regards the internal power supply.
Also do we know if the software for program timing, prog id?s etc is downloaded into the box already for use? Thanks.

i bought a 320g from comuter shop near me just make sure u formatt in fat32
cheers chrisgolf

[Tvjunky]

No I had one anyway that I was using with my computer. It's a M3d!0n Harddrive2go from A1d!

I've had quite a lot of kit from Aldi, always been well satisfied. I may as well go there as well they may still have one in stock.
Just of interest, every time I have tried to sort fav's list (4 times) I end up having to re-scan again, normally I end up with around 240 chan's found, today out of curiosity I did the deep scan, ended up with 687 chan's found , lots of double and trebles. Too much back to the normal scan.
Also had v/media engineers van parked in the street today! don't half make ya think the worst. .

[Tvjunky]

i bought a 320g from comuter shop near me just make sure u formatt in fat32
cheers chrisgolf

Thanks Chris, Did you purchase Sata or ide.?

[camelv]

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[ruudvandan]

Thanks Chris, Did you purchase Sata or ide.?

Don't let SATA or IDE affect your choice. You'll be plugging it into a USB port which is slower than both, so any extra money spent on a SATA for the sake of getting a SATA drive will be wasted.

[Tvjunky]

Don't let SATA or IDE affect your choice. You'll be plugging it into a USB port which is slower than both, so any extra money spent on a SATA for the sake of getting a SATA drive will be wasted.

Ok thanks I did not know that.

[Tvjunky]

I have connected EX7000 via my freeview recorder to Tv using scart leads and hdmi cables. I find that I can record programs from cable via AV2 _AUX

So I have no need to purchase a new h/drive.
Thanks guys for your assistance.

[markymark1]

Hi have just got the EX7000 and looking to install a usb hdd does the drive need to be powered ie 3.5" with external power supply or does the usb slot have enough power to run the non powered 2.5" external hdd's that are used to give extra storage on laptops.
Regards

[BROGO]

re hardrive

Thank for your info.
Did you purchase your h/drive for the E/vox specifically.
if so which make did you go for.
I will head for Map**s 2morrow.

I MYSELF BOUGHT A 1TB EXTERNAL HARD DRIVE FOR ?65.00 FROM TESCO AND IT WORKS A TREAT , MAKE SURE IT'S A PLUG AND PLAY HARD DRIVE. AND YOU CAN'T GO WRONG , LOADS OF RECORDING TIME ON . ALSO IF I'M RIGHT A 1TB IS JUST UNDER 1000 GIG.

[johnasp]

Guys - I've had constant problems with connecting two different external USB drives (i.e. ones without their own power supplies). Constantly get the error message 'USB drive not found'. I''ve just bought an external hard drive cradle with its own power supply and Im going to test this out as Im convinced that you need to have a hard drive with its own power supply on this box. Will report my findings anyway!