Using An External Hard Disk - Pace TDC776D Operator's Manual

Using an external hard disk

Your cable service-provider may enable a feature that allows an external hard disk to work with your
set-top. If this is the case, most major brands of serial ATA hard disk, connected to the SATA port, are
supported. You should not connect an external hard disk to the USB port.
If you do use an external hard disk, it gives extra recording capacity, but you cannot choose which
disk (internal or external) your set-top will record to. It will automatically choose the one with more
empty space. The recordings on the external hard disk are uniquely linked to the set-top on which
they were made, so you cannot play them back or delete them with a different set-top.
Connecting an external hard disk
1. First stop any recording you are making to your set-top's internal hard disk.
2. Turn off your set-top with the POWER button and then wait 60 seconds before disconnecting
it from the wall AC socket. (You must not "hot plug" an external hard disk).
3. Connect the external hard disk, using an appropriate cable, to the SATA connector on your set-
top.
4. Apply power to the external hard disk.
5. Reconnect your set-top to the wall AC socket and turn it on with the POWER button.
If the external disk needs formatting, your set-top will inform you by means of a pop-up dialog box on
your TV screen (see right).
6. Use the arrow and SELECT buttons to select YES, and the formatting will begin.
OPERATING YOUR SET-TOP (cont.)
Do you want to format the
external hard drive?
YES NO
Formatting the Hard
drive. Please
wait...
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