New to this box, not sure of how to set recording to hdd, can anyone help? Would like a walk through with set up. Basically went to setup clicked through to recording and time shift, recording settings dropped down to timer recording location, clicked on internal flash, list inc hdd appears so clicked on that, came out of that and saved but still when I click on add recording it shows write error when recording Disk full. I'm sure I'm missing something. I'm sure I've read that the hdd needs initialising but can't see how to do it. Ps I've put a micro card in the side of box and still nothing so perhaps I've altered some settings😳
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What size of hdd are you using and if you've already recorded to the flash (internal) then you will need to reflash the box to clear it but don't flash anything unless you have all the details you will need to put it right again -
Havnt recorded anything! Someone set the box up for me and I decided I wanted to use a 160gig hd(it's one I had lying about) hopefully It can be sorted without re flashing itComment
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Can't really help with hdd initialisation unless you tell us what image your usingComment
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Sorry meant to do that in first post. Think it's open tv blue HDComment
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if you had a hdd lying about it wont be partitioned or formatted correctly (to linux ext 3 or 4) unless you have intitialised and formatted it using your box and menus
and as stated earlier, if you dont telll people enough information like image and version being used nobody can advise you , same as if you asked where reverse is on your car, ? but you dont give the make and model
edit, more like openATV , not open tv , or maybe openpli or openvix ? should be a version number tooLast edited by ramjet; 31 March, 2016, 21:55.Comment
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Yes your right, should have gone to specsavers its openATV version 5.3 I've gone from an open box to to this and it's seems a tremendous jump!Comment
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It is but you will see the difference once setup.... & never look back
stick in there .....your on the best forum for advice.....i was in your boat 2 years back
seemed very Challenging...& i thought i would never get the knowledge to setup the box & get it running right
With plenty of help from members it became a breeze & 2nd nature
once you get the basics right....then you can start to load plugin's & then it get's even better
there is a lot you can do with the E2 systems that you cannot do with the cheap open boxes
Good luck & happy learning mate
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To format and mount hdd on open atv press the blue button then scroll down to harddisk on the left hand panel then scroll right to initialisation and follow the on screen instructions. You scroll by using the arrows that surround the ok button on the remote. This will format and mount the hdd. You then restart the box using the shutdown menu (hold down the power button on the remote) once restarted the hdd will be ready to go. Just fir the record OpenAtv 5.3 is still in it's very very early release stages don't be surprised if it has some little bugs but keep it updated and you will be fineComment
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Many thanks for the info, will try it when I get in from work😄Comment
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Forget the part I mentioned about updating a 5.3 image. Like I said it is in very early stages and any OpenAtv 5.3 image produced before 31-03 will not update online and a full reflash is needed. But don't just jump into a full reflash unless you have certain details and are cabable of reinstalling said details in the correct place because that is a part we cannot help with. Everything else we can talk you through.Comment
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Followed instructions, got mount manager up detected hdd on usb:1A pressed red use as hdd , setup mounts pressed got the choice of media/ hdd hdd2 hdd3 usb usb2 usb3 mmc mmc2 mmc3 usr sda1 which one please tried media usb saved and rebooted but no recordingComment
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I never mentioned mount manager
. OpenAtv will automount a single attached device as /media/hdd after initialisation (which was what i said to use) but choose /media/hdd as all your recording defaults use that as long as you have formatted hdd
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Sorry I'm a bit confused�� pressed blue button and get quick launch menu on the left it give software manager, softcam,system,mounts,network,av setup,tuner setup,plugins. Mounts had been mentioned so went for that! Mount manager was red to use as hdd,green set up mount then choose where to mount /media/hdd then save then restart system. After reboot it's still when asking it to record it's as write error when recording? Doesn't know if this is anything but the only way I could get the hdd mounted was I'd it's formatted to ntfc, wouldn't accept exfat (win 10)Comment
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