[jeffloby]

I bought one of these today, Seagate Freeagent Pro External Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM USB2.0/1394/ESATA; Can anyone give me directions for hooking up to a HR20-700. How much extra HD and SD Hours will I get with this. Only paid 50.00 for it.

 

[Michael D'Angelo]

Unplug the HR20-->plug the eSATA cable into the eSATA drive and the HR20-->plug the power to the eSATA drive in-->once it starts up plug the HR20 back in and it will start up and be good to go.

With the internal drive on the HR20 you can record about 200 hours SD/50 hours MPEG4 HD/30 hours MPEG2 HD.

Replacing the internal drive with the eSATA drive you can record about 400 hours SD/100 hours MPEG4 HD/60 hours MPEG2 HD.

 

[jeffloby]

Thank you for your help.

 

[bills]

I bought one of these today, Seagate Freeagent Pro External Hard Drive 500GB 7200RPM USB2.0/1394/ESATA; Can anyone give me directions for hooking up to a HR20-700. How much extra HD and SD Hours will I get with this. Only paid 50.00 for it.

question? i thought a 750 gb and above would work better? would like to get one but not sure which one to get..any help is appreciated....regards

 

[houskamp]

question? i thought a 750 gb and above would work better? would like to get one but not sure which one to get..any help is appreciated....regards

for every 250gb you add another "times" of space..
500=2x
750=3x....

 

[jksellman]

After a few issues with heat problems (I had the drive inside my A/V cabinet) the system is working fine. It's great to have so much available recording time. I think it's hardly worth the effort to add 500GB, or for that matter, 750GB when 1TB only costs a little more.
One question: If, at some point I have to replace the HR20, can the esata HDD be used with another DVR (I know I won't be able to access the programs from the previous DVR)? Do I have to do any thing after making such a change, or is it a simple "plug and play"?

 

[jeffloby]

After a few issues with heat problems (I had the drive inside my A/V cabinet) the system is working fine. It's great to have so much available recording time. I think it's hardly worth the effort to add 500GB, or for that matter, 750GB when 1TB only costs a little more.
One question: If, at some point I have to replace the HR20, can the esata HDD be used with another DVR (I know I won't be able to access the programs from the previous DVR)? Do I have to do any thing after making such a change, or is it a simple "plug and play"?

I just paid 50.00 for it. I didn't realize it was harder to plug in a 500GB than a 1TB external drive.. I agree but for this price I couldn't pass on it.

 

[kikkenit2]

for every 250gb you add another "times" of space..500=2x 750=3x....

Isn't directv reserving the first 100gb of each drive? I had read that here several times.
Unless that has changed I calculate 500gb=2x, 750gb=3.25x and 1tb=4.5. Can anybody else confirm these specs?

 

[jeffloby]

What types of esata cable do I need to connect this product to a HR20-700? male to male, female to male, etc. Thanks

 

[rb5505]

What types of esata cable do I need to connect this product to a HR20-700? male to male, female to male, etc. Thanks

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[jeffloby]

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Thank you