To clarify - it's not USB - it's an eSATA connection.
--- In [email protected], Jeremy Sullivan <jersu...@...> wrote:
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> It is an external USB hard drive designed specifically to be plugged
into a TiVo.
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> From: S a n r <s...@...>
> To: [email protected]
> Sent: Friday, February 6, 2009 8:53:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [TiVo Central] Is my HD starting to go...?
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> Its been happening to mine too for a couple weeks now. Both my machines
> [S3HD and Sony DVR] are less than two years old and so it seems
unfeasible
> that the hard drive would be going on either.
> Also, the CC is sometimes minutes behind, and only by hitting FF
does it
> catch up but it only helps for a short time. This was on a DVD that it
> happened, but the CC is almost always behind on live TV.
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> I don't know what a DVR expander is. Is it something that you added
yourself
> or something built in to the unit ?
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> Best,
> Sandra
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> I started having occasional problems like that and after a couple of
> months it turned out to be the hard drive. For me, the issue was the
> hard drive in a my DVR expander but because of the way they format
> the drives, I couldn't tell that without erasing the program
> information on both drives and running the Tivo HD without the DVR
> attached for a few days.
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> With our Tivo, the problems occurred once every few weeks to start
> off but then later it started happening a few times a week requiring
> a reboot of the Tivo to have it start working again. Finally it was
> happening a few times an hour and we decided to make an effort to
> troubleshoot and fix the problem.
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> Regards,
>
> Jay
> On Feb 3, 2009, at 12:45 PM, Dave in Boston wrote:
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> > I noticed during a few programs.... when playing back a program, the
> > picture
> > freezes for 3-4 seconds...and then continues.
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> > It appears that these were recorded this way, cuz when I play back
> > that
> > section, it does the same thing again.
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> > The other night I recorded the Colbert Report (the one with Paul
> > McCartney
> > as guest). The program got to about 15 minutes in....and the
> > picture froze.
> > When I fast-forwarded the show...or rewind...the picture stays
> > frozen from
> > that point...to the end of the show.
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> > Anyone have any idea? Is this my HD starting to go?
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