The only drive that will work is one specially formatted for tivo. It is the only external storage device officially supported and recognized by tivo, but it should work with a wide range of dvrs as well. Expand your dvr storage so you can record more of your favorite tv shows. Unfollow western digital my dvr expander to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. It comes in 500 gb and 1 tb 1,000 gb, roughly twice the capacity versions. Wd 1tb my book av dvr expander external hard drive usb 2. Western digital launches my book av dvr expander hardforum. The my book av dvr expander is intended to increase the. Thr22 tivo how to get an external hd working dbstalk.
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Enjoy reliable, highcapacity storage for ultra fast data transfers. Jul 05, 2009 verified for tivo dvr expander also works with some scientifica atlanta boxes. Whichever one you use, the drive has a maximum data transfer rate of 3 gigabytes per second. Get the best deals on western digital esata external hard disk drives and find everything youll need to improve your home office setup at. Using my dvr expander with scientific atlanta dvrs 6 using my dvr expander with scientific atlanta dvrs connecting the dvr expander to a dvr 1. Tivo claims that the only drives they support are listed below. Buy wd 1tb my book av dvr expander external hard drive usb 2. Expanding storage on a 1tb bolt dvr tivocommunity forum. Wd my book av wdbabt0010hbk 1 tb external hard drive. Oct 21, 2010 one key thing to make clear in the features is that when western digital say my dvr expander, what the company really mean is my tivo expander. Usb is the most common type of peripheral connection. Built with wd greenpower technology, the drive inside is optimized for the demands of reading and writing video as well as the high temperatures often found in entertainment centers.
Tivo my book dvr expander faq what external storage devices does tivo support for use with hd tivo boxes. Increasing recording capacity on tivo boxes sparklight support. My book is a series of external hard drives produced by western digital. Launch disk utility and select the wd hd on the left. Does western digital have any firmware that will allow this 6tb drive to be used as a tivo dvr expander.
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Expand dvr storage with an external hard drive mydish. Western digital esata external hard disk drives for sale ebay. Any time you transfer it from a tivo dvr to anything else, you have to reformat it and lose all the old data on it. The external drive plugs into the tivo box using an esata interface. When i called tivo, the tech told me that the compatible western digital external drive that they sell is formated with linux.
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Dvr expander troubleshooting tivo customer support. Once the expander is plugged into the esata port on your tivo box, it will be married to that box. Using a 6tb wd ext hd as a tivo dvr expander offtopic. Aug 03, 20 2tb is the max amount of space that the dvr will use on a drive even if it is more than 2tb you cannot take video off of the external drive and save it to your computer this is technically illegal. Under normal operating conditions, there is no reason to remove the dvr expander. With the western digital my book av dvr expander for tivo boxes, you can increase the recording capacity of your tivo box. The western digital my book dvr expander is designed to expand the amount of video and live television you can store in your dvr. Essential edition, home edition, office edition, mirror edition, studio edition, premium edition, elite edition, pro edition, av dvr live edition, and the world edition. Unfollow western digital 1tb my dvr expander to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. External hard drives free delivery possible on eligible purchases. Formatting an external drive to work with a tivo hd dvr. Wds my book av dvr expander allows users to keep more of their favorite movies and tv shows.
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Some models of the my book av dvr expander from western digital include a usb cable in addition to the esata cable, but only the esata connection. Drive expansion and drive upgrade faq tivocommunity forum. Check the recording space on your digital video recorder dvr. Examples of drives marketed for dvr use include western digital avgp, seagate db35, and hitachi. The expander is available with a storage capacity of 1 tb. Western digitals 500 gigabyte external hard drive plugs into the esata port on scientific atlanta explorer 8300 series dvrs leased by time warner cable, cablevision, and many other cable operators, tivo hd, and tivo series 3 models. Once you plug the drive into your dvr, it should be recognized automatically. Dec 31, 2010 wd my dvr expander 1tb media hard drive pls leave some comments cheers brad. Removing the dvr expander does not allow you to play your recordings on a different tivo box. Tivo bolt ota for antenna a great way to save and still get your overtheair, recorded and streaming tv. However, if you change the drive in the dvr expander and own a tivo. Once you add an external hard drive to your dvr, you have the ability to transfer recordings from one hd dvr receiver on your account to another, or you can store your favorite shows and movies on your external hard drive to free up your dvr storage space.
If it works, then my expander is still good, but not works with my tivo box. Tivo and some other cable co dvr s use the ehd as expanded capacity to the dvr. Home forums main tivo forums tivo coffee house tivo discussion tivo. Jul 02, 2010 wd r enables consumers to instantly add more recording hours to dvrs with new my book r av dvr expander wd s my book av dvr expander allows users to keep more of their favorite movies and tv shows. Since it has the hardware requirements esata connector, i would like to connect it to my tivo bolt to expand recording memory. Dish also has this type of ehd service but only for turning. You can find your dvr expanders firmware version on your tivo dvrs system information screen. The first version of the esata drive shipped was a 500 gb drive that shipped in june 2008. Dvr expander troubleshooting what external storage devices does tivo support for use with hd tivo boxes. The western digital my book av dvr expander is available in a 1 tb size. Disconnect the power cables from your tivo box and your dvr expander. Tivo has partnered with western digital to create an external hard drive, the my dvr expander esata edition, for tivo hd and series3 systems. The dvr expander from western digital is the only tivo verified external storage device supported for use with series3 and premiere boxes.
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