dm800 external hardrive

[john1509]

hi guys my son has just got a dm800 he has bought a extenal usb hardrive to record on. but cant get the dm to see the harddrive can he record onto this. or will he have to install the hardrive into the box. the image he has on it is niablo 12 tx

[NaNaNiii]

He needs to mount the hard drive my going into device manager (Blue Button Twice)

[john1509]

hi mate when he goes into device manager its not there. some people are saying it has to be a powerd hardrive rather than just a usb one is this true?

[andersjay]

Ideally it does need to be powered, i had problems with a usb external(low power) so i took it apart and found a nice 500gig 2.5 sata inside. I put this inside the dm800.

[NaNaNiii]

What format is the drive? If it's NTFS then the dreambox wont read it. I've got a self power external connected to mine and it works fine. Took ages to figure it out how to do it but once you know, it's easy

[andy211081]

can i add my external HDD without losing what is already on it? its a HDD i use to my ps3 so is FAT32

ANdy

[NaNaNiii]

Yes you can if you mount it rather than initalising it. I've got my HDD in FAT32 for the exact same reasons. I can record to my dreambox then when needed, connect it to the ps3 to view movies etc

[andy211081]

hi

I have plugged in the HDD to the usb slot..pressed the blue button and gone into device manager...the HDD is mounted and then what do i do

[NaNaNiii]

You'll notice that you are now able to pause but not record. you need to ftp into your box and create a folder called "movie" in Media/HDD

[john1509]

his 800 wont see the usb hardrive. if i plug a powerd one in it see it. so think i need a powerd hardrive