Connecting An External Hard Drive - TELUS Salellite TV User Manual

Connecting an external hard drive

Connect an external hard drive to your receiver to enable recording functionality . Y ou can pause, replay and record live TV and see 9 days ahead in
the Interactive Programming Guide instead of only 2 . The receiver is a single tuner , which means you can record only one show at a time .
The hard drive you use should meet these specifications:
7200 RPM
Between 40 GB and 1 .0 TB of capacity
Holds a single hard drive (enclosures holding 2 disks are not supported)
Plugs into an AC power outlet
USB 2 .0 connection
No sleep mode (cannot power down when idle)
Quick tip
3.5" external hard drives are more likely to meet the specifications than
2.5" external hard drives, which are designed more for portable use.
Attaching an external hard drive
1
Connect your external hard drive to the USB port on the back of the receiver .
2
Yes
Navigate to and press
3
Navigate to Yes and press
4
The external hard drive will begin formatting and your receiver will automatically restart . This process will take approximately
5 minutes .
Your external hard drive is now attached and ready for use . Refer to Timers on pages 38 and 39, and to PVR on pages 62 to 66
for more information .
to format the drive .
to proceed with formatting . This will result in the loss of all previous data on the external hard drive .
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