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azhurricane
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10 years ago
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Issues with WD My AV DVR Expander and 8240HDC DVR

I've posted previously about issues with trying to use an eSATA drive with my 8240HDC and the conclusion was the WD DVR Expander would work.  I just purchased the 1TB WD My AV DVR Expander from my lo...
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  • bryaninphx's avatar
    bryaninphx
    10 years ago

    Go into the DVR settings menu, then Power Management options

    Make sure the setting is Power Manager > Hard Drive Power > "Always on"  (not On with Set-top)

    Also DO NOT use the AC Power plug on the back of the DVR for the External HDD

    When I had an 8240HDC, I just used a bare HDD w/o any enclosure, at that time there were issues with certain enclosures and chipsets that made the DVR unstable.

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azhurricane
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10 years ago

OK, well the digitized / interrupted playback has not gone away.  I'd say it happens now every couple of minutes.  it's very annoying.  any thoughts on what might be wrong or how to fix it?  i would like to think playback should be seamless...