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External hard drive for added DVR stoage space

I have the latest and greatest DVR which offers added record time by adding an external eSATA hard drive up to 1 TB(terra byte).

Yes I have IMG9 verified on the machine.

I have a Seagate 500mb USB hard drive hooked up w/ an eSATA to mini USB converter cable and the DVR does not recognize my Seagate.

Is is possible the eSata I/O port on the DVR is not hooked up internally?

Can't get it to work at all.

Anybody?

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jdmaxell1

Bet you it is the converter cable. The whole external hard drive is tempremental. Try enable more storage but use a esata drive with not type of usb\esata converter and see if it works. Esata external----Esata cable----DVR

TomNYC11

Just hooked up a Seagate 500MB (SATA) to my 7216 and it works great. Used a
VANTEC NexStar 3 Hard Drive Enclosure- 3.5” SATA to USB2, eSATA . Also tried a
ULTRA – 3.5” SATA to USB2, eSATA enclosure. Worked OK but had some fan noise (needs a new fan). Try TigerDirect for any of the above items.

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