Seagate HD for Hopper

[olhardhead]

I connected a Seagate HD to the Hopper USB port and the Hopper does not see it. I used this drive with my 211k receiver on my " Tail Gater " system and it worked flawlessly. It is USB powered.

 

[garys]

Your HD would need to be reformated, recordings done with a 211 cannot be viewed on a Hopper.

 

[MarkL@DISH]

I connected a Seagate HD to the Hopper USB port and the Hopper does not see it. I used this drive with my 211k receiver on my " Tail Gater " system and it worked flawlessly. It is USB powered.

Hello olhardhead, garys from SatelliteGuys is correct.
Hard Drives are not cross platform. If it on a VIP211 or on a VIP722, they won't work from one to the next. The receiver will need to reformat the drive to work with the unit its attached to.

Our basic hard drive requirements are:

While most major manufacturers' external hard drives are compatible, keep in mind the following guidelines when purchasing or using an external hard drive:

• When using an external hard drive with a ViP 612, 622, 722, 722k, 922, or Hopper, the drive should be no smaller than 50 GB and no larger than 2 TB
• When using an external hard drive with a ViP 211, 211k, 211z or DISH 411, the drive should be no smaller than 50 GB and no larger than 2 TB
• The external hard drive must have its own power supply
• The external hard drive must support USB 2.0
• The external hard drive must not use flash memory and should only be a single-hard disk drive

 

[navychop]

And if you put a pice of tape over "Seagate" and write Western Digital, it might be more reliable.

 

[Bobby]

EHDs will go from a VIP722 to a Hopper just fine. Just not the 211 family....

 

[charlesrshell]

Hello olhardhead, garys from SatelliteGuys is correct.
Hard Drives are not cross platform. If it on a VIP211 or on a VIP722, they won't work from one to the next. The receiver will need to reformat the drive to work with the unit its attached to.

When I switched from VIP722k to HWSs, my two WD EHDs worked just fine. They did not need to be reformatted.

 

[olhardhead]

Your HD would need to be reformated, recordings done with a 211 cannot be viewed on a Hopper.

Reformat on my computer? How do you reformat with receiver?

 

[MarkL@DISH]

Reformat on my computer? How do you reformat with receiver?

When the hard drive is connected to the receiver, it should offer to format it automatically. Keep in mind, it will erase everything on the HD as it formats it.

 

[olhardhead]

And if you put a pice of tape over "Seagate" and write Western Digital, it might be more reliable.

Now why did you have to say that?! It has worked just fine for 2 years... jus kidding got the tape out

 

[olhardhead]

When the hard drive is connected to the receiver, it should offer to format it automatically. Keep in mind, it will erase everything on the HD as it formats it.

Well that didn't happen nothing happened. Didn't see it at all.

 

[MarkL@DISH]

When I switched from VIP722k to HWSs, my two WD EHDs worked just fine. They did not need to be reformatted.

That's awesome that it did. Typically it might not. We advise customers who may have recordings or materials that they could be lost. It prevents future frustrations .

 

[charlesrshell]

I connected a Seagate HD to the Hopper USB port and the Hopper does not see it. I used this drive with my 211k receiver on my " Tail Gater " system and it worked flawlessly. It is USB powered.

Have you tried another Hopper USB port and how about a pull power cord reset?

 

[MarkL@DISH]

This is an external powered hard drive? Not powered thru the USB port?

 

[charlesrshell]

That's awesome that it did. Typically it might not. We advise customers who may have recordings or materials that they could be lost. It prevents future frustrations .

I haven't heard of that many issues with EHDs not working when switching to Hoppers.

 

[olhardhead]

This is an external powered hard drive? Not powered thru the USB port?

It's USB powered. I've got a couple of recordings working so haven't done reset yet. Gonna try port on the front of unit.

 

[MarkL@DISH]

• It's USB powered. I've got a couple of recordings working so haven't done reset yet. Gonna try port on the front of unit.

  • The external hard drive must have its own power supply
  It won't work, as the Hopper doesn't have enough power thru the USB to make it work.

 

[olhardhead]

• • The external hard drive must have its own power supply
  It won't work, as the Hopper doesn't have enough power thru the USB to make it work.

Is this only with Hopper? Works with 211k just fine. Led on drive comes on.

 

[thomasjk]

Dish has always stated that a EHD must be self powered regardless of the receiver its attached to

 

[olhardhead]

Dish has always stated that a EHD must be self powered regardless of the receiver its attached to

Well, Dish says lots of things that are incorrect. See post above.

 

[thomasjk]

Proceed at your own risk. Dish does not support USB powered drives.