Sonicview 8000 Can't See Hard Drive - ABA DSS

hamton · December 2nd, 2008

Hi all, I currently have a zip drive and the unit sees it but I just purchased a hard drive (Seagate 120 Gb), formatted it to Fat32 but it can't see it. I'm stumped and getting frustrated. This was the same situation with the zip drive and after I formatted it, the unit was able to see it.

ANy suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

**grettahans** · December 2nd, 2008

I have to shut my receiver off and then back on and/or the external drive also.
If you plug it in when the reciever is on it doesn't always recognize it.
Good Luck, it works for me.
I still do it from time to time.

**bigevil69** · December 2nd, 2008

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do a hard reboot with back switch with it plugged in and it should recognize it

hamton · December 2nd, 2008

Thanks Bigevil and grettahans. I have tried hard booting with rear switch but nothing. The hard drive is a Seagate Freeagent Go and has no on/off switch. When I formatted it I did not partition it and I am wondering if that could be the reason. When I plug it into my laptop though it is recognized so I am baffled as to why the Sonicview cannot see it.

Thanks

**bigevil69** · December 2nd, 2008

is it self powered

hamton · December 2nd, 2008

Yes it comes on with the USB connection.

**bigevil69** · December 2nd, 2008

do you have it set to front or rear usb

**tomcat01** · December 2nd, 2008

it is a small problem with the newest bin the coders know about it and are working to resolve it .. when you record it will also say it is recording freeze and then not record etc.. it sometimes works .. sorry bud you will have to try and put up with it muntil it is fixed ..

but they know ..

hamton · December 2nd, 2008

It only has one USB port on the front.

**bigevil69** · December 2nd, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcat01

it is a small problem with the newest bin the coders know about it and are working to resolve it .. when you record it will also say it is recording freeze and then not record etc.. it sometimes works .. sorry bud you will have to try and put up with it muntil it is fixed ..

but they know ..

hey TC there is a bin just come out a while ago if that helps

hamton · December 2nd, 2008

Tomcat, the USB zip drive works after it was formated to Fat32 so I would think the external hard drive would work as well.

Bigevil I will search for the latest Bin file and see if that helps.

Thanks all.

**tomcat01** · December 2nd, 2008

i know bud mine will work sometime it is off and on i have not tried the new bin as the girlfriend is watching ncis and i am not allowed to touch until it is over LOL

**peggy13** · December 3rd, 2008

Quote:

Originally Posted by tomcat01

it is a small problem with the newest bin the coders know about it and are working to resolve it .. when you record it will also say it is recording freeze and then not record etc.. it sometimes works .. sorry bud you will have to try and put up with it muntil it is fixed ..

but they know ..

Hey thanks TC, I was wondering why I was having a little problem recording. I have just been starting the recording when the program starts if it doesn't record on it's own and that works for now. I'll check it after the fix comes out. I didn't put the latest bin on yet...got to check it out. BTW, that's good to know that you know when to leave the TV alone....lol

Hamton, did you try turning off the receiver from the back rocker switch, plugging in the hard drive then turn the rocker switch back on? That worked for me once. The USB can be a little touchy on the SV8K. Let us know how you are doing. Thanks

**arboristman** · December 3rd, 2008

might want to check out version 432 12/3/08/

**tomcat01** · December 4th, 2008

still doing the same thing record then stops the video sometimes reboots now .. i tried a factory which i have done about 6 times and the newest file then i also tried to format fat 32 then ext2 to see if there was a difference none ..

so i tried to change to a different hard drive thinking it was my drive and same thing .. freezes or record is set at 0GB and nothing ..

this was a problem along time ago when they first came out remember arb then they had the update to the new recording features you and i played with ..

i think they are totally changing the bins for the up and coming full emu and they had to almost start at a beta bin

just my guess who know but i know we are not the only ones .. watching tv perfectly just records like crap..

**jeffultra** · December 5th, 2008

Did you try the "Scan USB" (Menu -> USB -> Scan USB). Not sure what that function is really for, but I get PVR crashes often and running USB Scan seems to recover the drive event when a hard reboot won't do it.