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External DVR Storage
Motorola DVR Set-tops
User Guide
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Страница 2: ...3 to Your External Drive 5 Connecting Your DCT3412 DCT3416 to Your External Drive 6 Connecting Your DCH6416 to Your External Drive 7 Connecting Your DCH3416 to Your External Drive 8 Connecting Your DCX3400 DCX3400 M to Your External Drive 9 Warnings 10 Formatting the External Drive 12 Recording Onto Your External Drive 5 Watching Recordings on Your External Drive 5 External Drive Utility Error Boo...
Страница 3: ...ox s eSATA port Motorola s user interface screens will automatically guide you through the use of this feature Your cable service provider must enable this feature in order for you to enjoy the additional storage capabilities Cable Boxes that Support External Drives The use of external drives is compatible with a variety of Motorola DVR cable boxes The following cable box models are capable of sup...
Страница 4: ...otorola please go to http TBD motorola com If you attempt to use an external drive model that has not been approved by Motorola you may experience compatibility and or performance issues If an external drive is not compatible with your Motorola DVR cable box you will be notified by an on screen message after you connect an external drive to your cable box or during the external drive formatting pr...
Страница 5: ...hannels High Definition Channels 160 GB 55 to 100 14 to 21 250 GB 80 to 150 20 to 30 320 GB 110 to 210 30 to 45 500 GB Connecting an external drive to your Motorola DVR cable box provides the following additional recording capacity Estimated Recording Hours External Drive Size Standard Digital Channels High Definition Channels 500 GB 1 TB 1 000 GB Note All recording hours shown are approximate The...
Страница 6: ...he cable box may result in overheating and damage the external drive Instructions 1 Connect the AC power cord to the external drive and plug the external drive s AC power adapter into an electrical outlet 2 Allow approximately 15 to 30 seconds for the external drive to reach operating speed 3 Connect one end of the eSATA cable to your Motorola HD DVR cable box 4 Connect the other end of the eSATA ...
Страница 7: ...ecting Your External Drive 5 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS Connecting Your DCT6412 P3 DCT6416 P3 to Your External Drive Figure 1 DCT6416 P3 DCT6412 P3 Connection Diagram ...
Страница 8: ...2 Connecting Your External Drive 6 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS Connecting Your DCT3412 DCT3416 to Your External Drive Figure 2 DCT3412 DCT3416 Connection Diagram ...
Страница 9: ...B 2 Connecting Your External Drive 7 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS Connecting Your DCH6416 to Your External Drive Figure 3 DCH6416 Connection Diagram ...
Страница 10: ...B 2 Connecting Your External Drive 8 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS Connecting Your DCH3416 to Your External Drive Figure 4 DCH3416 Connection Diagram ...
Страница 11: ...Connecting Your External Drive 9 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS Connecting Your DCX3400 DCX3400 M to Your External Drive Figure 5 DCX3400 DCX3400 M Connection Diagram ...
Страница 12: ... s eSATA port will cause the following on screen message to automatically appear Drive 1 is connected and available for use Alert 06 OK Account Authorization In order to use Motorola s External DVR Storage feature your cable service provider must authorize your account for use of this feature If your account has not been authorized to use this feature you will be notified by an on screen message u...
Страница 13: ...gin the formatting process If the external drive was previously used with another device all existing contents on the drive will be erased Once the formatting process is complete the external drive can only be used with the last cable box that was used to format the external drive Your external drive can be reformatted for use with other devices such as a computer or a different cable box However ...
Страница 14: ...r television screen a l B If your external drive has already been configured for use with another cable box Alert 09 will automatically appear on your television screen instead of Alert 01 The external drive must be formatted for use with this cable box All content on the external drive will be erased Do you wish to continue NO Alert 1 YES The external drive has been formatted by another cable box...
Страница 15: ... control s or keys to select YES and then press SELECT OK to continue with the formatting process Or select NO to cancel the formatting of the drive A If you select YES on Alert 01 or Alert 09 to continue with the formatting process you will see the following prompt B If you selected NO to cancel the formatting process Alert 13 will be displayed Disconnect your external hard drive from your Motoro...
Страница 16: ...xternal Drives During the formatting process a name will automatically be assigned to each external drive that you format for use with your DVR cable box beginning with Drive 1 If you plan to use more than one external drive it is recommended that you label each drive with the assigned name to aid with identification at a later time 4 You will be notified that the external drive is available for u...
Страница 17: ...ontrol s or keys to select RETRY and then press Select OK to try the formatting process again There is no limit on the number of times that you are allowed to select RETRY if the formatting process continues to fail with the connected external drive OR B Select CANCEL on Alert 05 to stop the formatting process of your external drive An on screen message Alert 13 will appear instructing you to disc...
Страница 18: ...able at the time of recording As a result you do not have the option of choosing whether the cable box will record to the internal versus the external drive If both your internal and external drives are full an on screen message will alert you to this situation Programs that are recorded to your external drive s will automatically be included in your Interactive Programming Guide s DVR Recordings ...
Страница 19: ... of Externally Stored Recordings while Drive is Connected 1 Access the Interactive Programming Guide s DVR Recordings List Your Interactive Programming Guide will display both your internally and externally stored programs within the same DVR Recordings List 5 Select a recorded program and follow the normal process for initiating playback of the selected recorded program 6 If the recording you sel...
Страница 20: ...llow the normal process for initiating playback of the selected recorded program 3 If the recorded program is stored on an external drive that is configured for use with your cable box but is not currently connected you will be prompted to connect the appropriate external drive to begin playback Note The HELP button on Alert 12 provides access to the External Drive Utility which is described in se...
Страница 21: ...L on Alert 12 you may be prompted by the Interactive Programming Guide to either DELETE or Do NOT DELETE the selected recorded program prior to being returned to the DVR Recordings List Account Authorization for Playback If your cable service provider removes the External DVR Storage authorization from your account after you have already completed recordings to an external drive you will not be ab...
Страница 22: ...ntent individually This is a particularly helpful feature when a previously used external drive is no longer available for use with your cable box You may not use the External Drive Utility to delete the contents of the cable box s internal hard drive Access to the External Drive Utility is provided by selecting HELP on Alert 12 which will appear when you attempt to playback a recording that is st...
Страница 23: ... will return you to Alert 16 EXTERNAL DRIVE UTILITY Select an external drive to delete all recordings for the selected drive Deleted recordings will be removed from the DVR recordings list Name Serial Number Size Drive 1 3E456500 500GB Drive 2 6E121000 1000GB Drive 3 4C651000 1000GB Drive 4 3D798500 500GB Drive 5 8T360500 500GB Drive 6 7U451000 1000GB Drive 7 4R123500 500GB Drive 8 5H651000 1000GB...
Страница 24: ...itional external drives for deletion prior to restarting the Interactive Programming Guide 5 Once you have returned to Alert 16 if you wish delete additional external drives repeat steps 2 3 of this section 6 Once you have finished selecting and confirming the external drives to be deleted you will be returned to Alert 16 Use the remote control s or keys to select EXIT and press the Select OK butt...
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