After coming back from a little vacation I was sad to say that a few of my scheduled programs didn't record on my DVR. It seems that the internal hard drive was full. This hard drive has a storage capacity of 160 gig, but when recording Hi Def material, it fills up pretty quickly.
At this point I decided to get the Western Digital DVR Expander.
It works terrifically, and was a cinch to install, so I recommend this upgrade if you find you're in the same predicament as I was.
This new external drive holds 500 gigs plus the 160 gig for a total of 660 gigs......not too shabby!
I might add that you should check with your cable company that the SA8300 series DVR's that they supply will allow this upgrade.
By the way.....my cable company is Cablevision in the NYC area.
Alan
Hi Alan,
I also have a SA 8300HD+ and looked at 3 different External discs which did not work (keep getting error problems relating to cable connections) I first tried a LaCie d2 1 Terabyte disc, then their 500GB disc, followed by a WD My book of 500GB but still got the same error message. Later I found the same one you got, the Western Digital My DVR Expander eSATA, and now ready to purchase it.
I have 2 questions though, which neither CISCO systems (formerly Scientific Atlanta) could not answer and neither my cable provider (Videotron),
1. Will the programs already recorded in my Explorer HD+ get erased once the external disc is formated, and
2. Which size disc can I put; the 1 Terabyte external or only a 500 GB (WD—My DVR Expander eSATA) on my Explorer HD+ (the HD+ has a 320GB internal disc).
Thanks for any help with this!!!!!
Ogee