HDD full I'm just wondering if the HDD becomes full does it automatically reformat the HDD and start recording again? because I'm planning not to turn off the recording on my DVR
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You cannot add a second drive, but you can easily replace the drive with one up to two terabytes.You can also back up recorded events to an external drive via USB, including flash drives or your computer, but realize that this is not "adding" a drive - it's backing up existing events.
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Hi. Do you know if you can add hard drive space? Like attach an external hard drive for more space?
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It records on a loop just like the old VHS security systems used to do. Once the drive is full it starts recording over the oldest video on the drive. No need to delete or format the HDD.
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this records fr approx. 16 days, when the 17th day record, does the last day fall off or do you loose all 16 days and atar all over, lets say you are away for 17 daysand something happened 7 days ago, do you loose it when it stats all over or do you add a day and loose a day??? and also can the cameras be up graded to 600+ tvl, thank you
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The recording process only needs enough storage space for the size of the recording. Most of the movies I have recorded from my DVR wind up going on 4.7GB DVD but a few have to be recorded onto a Dual-Layer DVD with 8.5GB of space. If you wish to save copies of your DVR shows on your hard drive, then a 1TB drive should be more than enough. The software that comes with the card, Arc Soft Showbiz, will give you the option to shrink the recording to fit on a standard 4.7 GB DVD if you don't need all the menu items or extras. I personally am using a 250 GB SATA SSD for this as it runs a bit faster. I have two external drives, a 1TB and a 2TB, for storage. Hope you enjoy this card, it works very well for all my needs. I'm running it on a CORE i5 machine with 16GB RAM and Windows 7, 764 bit OS.
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I'm having the same problem with the 1TB my dvr expander. Let me know if you found a fix. I've had a 500gb on my other sa 8300 hd and never had an issue.
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Yes, its not fun though. The only way to re-record is to clear the memory... and that clears all 5 potential recordings. So make sure you have everything you want to put back on it backed up.
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It's up to you. You can set it so it stops recording when full or you can set it to overwrite.
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Mine has a 1 ter hard drive. But it shuts off the record mode on its own. You have to keep checking it to make sure its recording. I would recommend looking at another brand. I wouldnt buy this brand again if I had the chance
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I rec'd my WDTV a couple of days ago and have been playing with it a lot. I have 2 different hard drives connected (400gb western digital passport and 500gb freeagent portable). I had the same problem...hard drives wouldn't shut off even when ejected and turning off the WDTV. I updated the firmware this morning and now, my seagate freeagent portable turns off when ejected. The western digital passport however, didn't shut off. I will be exchanging the passport for another freeagent portable drive for that reason.
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what kind the dvr should i use. do i need the hard drive to recorder or internet to do the recorder. thanks.
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Thanks for your interest in our product.Without a HDD, the DVR would only be capable of live viewing and live remote internet viewing; you would not be able to record footage or play back footage.RegardsMolly
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Yes , you can record on all channels at same time, although it will fill your hard drive up fast, but you can overwrite old footage to make room. Your ONLY able to review 4 channels back at same time, as the dvr continues to record. Hope that helps clear up things.
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i record 24/7 with 13 cameras and i get 7 days of recording time and it does roll over if hd is full. hope this answers your question
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All the time. On hi-res with full time recording on all channels, it will record/store over a week straight before it overwrites.
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Hello Stephen - Really great question. I am a big fan of the ProBox. I have three of them running for a total of 36Tb with all 3Tb drives. I have never lost a single KB of data and never had a failure. Every once in a while on of the RAID will drop off and turn itself off but not that often. OK, your question. I assume all Smart TVs are basicially operating under a similar format. I have a LG 3D TV with all the latest goodies. Soon as I can, i will test one of my RAIDs and get back with an answer soon as I can. I am running MacOS drives so wonder how that will effect the TV formatting. Ed
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No it does not record, what a surprise,buy a DVR so I can record and there is no hard drive, what a rip off
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According to the instruction manual (page 7), it appears that you have to record until the memory is full. Hitting the record button after that point will delete all content and start recording anew.
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Amazon's page still says it's not available, but I just received mine yesterday (from Amazon). So far, so good. Plug it in, restart your TiVo, and 5-10 minutes later you got a gajillion hours of HD recording (okay, I think it's 240 hours, but still). One little bummer, you can't cart the drive from TiVo to TiVo (or computer) to transfer your shows. It says it records some of the show in the internal drive and some on the external, so no complete shows are on the external. No big deal I guess.
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IF you are leaving the HD attached to the system all the time, it is quite possible that you are saving all incoming data/media to the Seagate. The easiest way to check this out is by going to FileManager and then checking the contents of the Seagate. Even if it is full, it doesnt matter- Just select all (using the Shift the the Up/Down Arrows) and copy/paste it in the 'C' of Computer. That should free up almost 490 of the 500GB- as a few basic programs given by Seagate will remain. All the best.