Dish Network Hopper User Manual page 90

Chapter 11
Using Multimedia
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SING ULTIMEDIA
Photos
You can view photos on the TV connected to your Hopper HD DVR using the Home Media
feature. Now you don't have to pass photos around or have a crowd of people hover
around your digital camera. See "Using the Home Media Feature" on page 48.
External Hard-Disk Drive
The Hopper HD DVR has generous internal storage space for hundreds of hours of
recorded programming. But if you start to notice the hard drive of your integrated DVR
getting full, you can expand the storage capacity by connecting a compatible, external
USB 2.0 hard-disk drive (HDD) between 50 GB and 2 TB in size. You can transfer any
recordings from the Hopper to your external storage device (by using the Recordings
Transfer feature on the Main Menu screen) to archive them, and play back any programs
directly from the connected external drive. This feature is free and automatically enabled
on your Hopper HD DVR.
To choose a compatible external hard-disk drive, consider the following:
• The hard-disk drive must have a USB 2.0 data connection.
• The capacity of the hard drive should be a minimum of 50 GB up to a maximum of
2 TB.
• Using a hard-disk drive with an external power supply is recommended. Portable or
pocket hard drives powered only by a single USB cable may not function properly with
your Hopper.
• Do-it-yourself expansion kits and expandable storage racks may not be compatible.
• Dedicate the hard-disk drive for use only with your DISH receiver; do not use the drive
for any other purposes, such as the backup and storage of computer files.
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