Comments on: Bell launches external USB hard drive expansion option on ExpressVu 9242 PVR

By: Shawn Pennie

Shawn Pennie — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:05:28 +0000

I got a 1tb WD external hardrive with adapter and it has been formatting for the last ten hours. I realize 1000gb of memory is a lot but I never would of thought that it would take so long to format and while it does I can’t watch TV. So my question is has anybody else used a an attached External hardrive for the PVR option and if so how long did it take to format?

Thank You

By: sly

sly — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 22:05:52 +0000

Hi does anybody can tell me if is there a way that we can download a movie registered on the 9242 PVR hard drive to an USB key?

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 05 Jun 2010 16:25:50 +0000

Hi do you still have those 5900 receivers want to sell them?

By: don

don — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:01:27 +0000

you formatted the hard drive to lynx when you pluged it into the receiver.. When you plug it back into the computer it is there but will not show… go into computer management. You will see it under storage.. there will be 3 parts to the drive. remove the partition on them and you will just see the one.. then reformat it and you can use it with your computer…
If you plug it back in the receiver it will format to lynx again

By: Simon Cohen

Simon Cohen — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 06:01:49 +0000

Hi Rod,
in theory, yes, it *should* work. However I don’t know if Bell TV officially supports this use of an external drive, so don’t be surprised if they can’t help you (assuming it doesn’t work) Good luck, and let us know how it goes!

By: Rod

Rod — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:37:22 +0000

If I have a usb drive hooked up is it possible to move the drive to another receiver with the usb port so i can record shows on one receiver and maybe more the drive to another room on another receiver to plug in and watch?

Thanks
Rod

By: buges

buges — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:23:04 +0000

thanks for the tip, but no luck… its not working.

By: Simon Cohen

Simon Cohen — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:21:45 +0000

@buges:
Right, the Bell TV receiver won’t let you use an external HD on both it and a PC. However, some people seem to have had some luck getting their PCs to re-recognize an external drive using a program called TweakUI, which you can download here: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/tweakui
Now I’ve never used it, and I can’t give you any assurances that it will work, but it may be worth a shot.
If all else fails, contact the manufacturer of your drive, and see if they have any tips.

By: buges

buges — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:12:38 +0000

hi, i need some help her.
i plugged a hard drive to my hd reciver and now my computer does not recognizes the hard drive, so it doesnt even appear on my computer.
i cant reformat it and is useless if its not to record direct from the pvr.

i need that hard drive back to use with my computer but i can use it anymore.

HEEEEELLLPPPP!!!

By: Terry

Terry — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 04:00:19 +0000

There is a serious flaw with the USB drive option and the 9242. If the drive is near full and you attempt to copy programming that will exceed the USB HD limit, the system will reboot every time you try to access the USB HD. Twice now I have lost hundreds of hours of programming because of this flaw.

This is a pretty simple task to check prior to copying the files. Once again, Bell manages to mess things up. Remember the good old days when we had our DirectTV systems!