purchased a hard drive upgrade...now what? - ABA DSS

**ken1004** · June 3rd, 2008

I got the 250 mgb hard drive upgrade when I purchased my VS Pro. I can't use PVR...it says I need an external hard drive. What is the purpose of such a big memory upgrade if it can't be used with PVR?

kev4 · June 4th, 2008

Your information is wrong man I have a 500gb hd with over 100 events and movies recorded. Get on hook it up and format it using the Pros program and it will work.
PS I have a 500gb WD My Book , Costcos 139.00$ Check it out.

**ken1004** · June 4th, 2008

Maybe i was misunderstood...I oredered it with 250mgb enternal hard drive and was told by a preson on here that i would have to buy an external harddrive in order to record...is this correct?

**cdo_care** · June 4th, 2008

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Originally Posted by ken1004

Maybe i was misunderstood...I oredered it with 250mgb enternal hard drive and was told by a preson on here that i would have to buy an external harddrive in order to record...is this correct?

Your right.. And don't forget to Format before using.

kev4 · June 4th, 2008

Sorry, I have never read or seen anything about a VSPro with an INTERNAL HD. Everything I have read and experienced with my own is and has been related to an EXTERNAL HD interfaced using USB connection on the rear of the unit. Can you actually see the hard drive which you have (internal) on your menu?? If in fact you have an internal HD is it formatted using the VSPro Lenix method installed on you VSpro?

Personally I have never heard of a PRO having an internal drive, but if yours does let me know, I need another unit.

**IBella** · July 1st, 2008

how many gb do you think are enough for the pro? Would a 8gb flash drive be big enough to record anything?

**tomcat01** · July 1st, 2008

there is no internal drive for anyof the fta recievers and the 250 will be good but make sure that if it is new just plug into the pro and you can format it from there via usb cable

and then you are ready to go .. also you can adjust the amount you want to dedicate to the drive .. you will see read it all in your manual or you can read the help here

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right above your post .. when you wan to burn or convert ther are alot of tools to do it with here

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they will record into a file called .trp and the you can convert to mpeg or directly burn then to dvd with convert x to dvd also there