Way To Increase The Storage Ability Of Your TiVo Box.
If you wish to increase the recording capacity of your TiVo box, then check the ways to increase the storage ability of your TiVo box.
All TiVo users, Are you doing
well with your TiVo streaming box? The ultimate yet traditional TiVo streaming
box has been the key competitor in the section of all the streaming devices in
the global market. The old streaming device is a well-known name in the home
and market picture. With the quality features and fine services, the streaming
device is also the key entertaining source for all the worldwide users out
there. If you are just about to kick start your
streaming journey with the TiVo Box, then do head to TiVo Activate for easily
activating your digital streaming box properly.
In the lineup of all the features
and functions, the most appealing thing about the TiVo device is that it allows
to record all the shows and movies at your convenience
and also stream them in your spare time. Well, having such facility can make
easily make anyone stick to the streaming
box and continue the binge watching of all the recorded content in the whole
day. And for keeping the streaming flow going, it’s important to have large storing
capacity in the box to record all your favorites easily.
For increasing the storage
capacity, you can go for Western Digital My Book AV DVR
Expander for all the versions of TiVo boxes. After plugging the expander
into the eSATA port on the TiVo box, it
will get attached to that box. Apart from this, there is also a 1 TB expander,
which can add over 140 hours of HD recording space.
Check
out the compatible devices to use with the DVR Expander:
·
TiVo Premiere (all models)
·
TiVo BOLT®(all models)
·
TiVo Series3
·
TiVo HD (all models)
·
TiVo Roamio®(all models)
Important Note: You can’t use the Western Digital My Book AV DVR
Expander as a medium of the mobile
storage device to move all the shows from one TiVo box to another. In the case,
if a DVR Expander is delinked from the TiVo box and being formatted by another
TiVo box, then all the recorded content on the original TiVo box and the DVR
expander will get lost.
Now, check out the various steps needed to
increase the recording capacity-
1)
Linking to
the DVR Expander- For linking to the DVR Expander, the first
requirement is to have a compatible TiVo box listed above.
- Firstly head for the unplugging of the TiVo box
- Now, head on to link the eSATA cable between the TiVo box and DVR Expander. (Don’t head to use a USB cable).
- Now, head to plug the DVR Expander, you will get the LED power light.
- Just wait for up to around 15 seconds to let the hard drive warm up.
- After that head to plug the TiVo box back in and
- Lastly, head to follow out the instructions on the screen.
2)
Head to
detaching the DVR Expander on a temporary basis- Just
follow out the instructions at the time of temporarily delinking the DVR
Expander. Check out the steps below
Head on to unplug the TiVo box.
After that just delink the eSATA cable from the DVR Expander
Lastly, head on to the unplug of the DVR Expander.
CAUTION- Before heading for delinking the AC adapter, always head for the
unplugging of the power cord from the electrical outlet.
3)
Relinking
the DVR Expounder after the temporary delinking- Just
follow up the instructions to relink the DVR Expander after the delinking on a
temporary basis.
- Firstly, head on to relink the eSATA cable to the DVR Expander
- Now, head on to plug in the DVR Expander.
- After that, go for the plugging in the TiVo box.
CAUTION- Don’t head to relink the power to the TiVo box with the delinked DVR
Expander. Doing this will make you remove
the expander on the permanent basis and also to
lose out most of the recordings.
4)
Detaching the DVR Expander permanently- In the normal scenario, there is no strong reason to detach the DVR Expander. Once the expander is removed, you will not be able to play your recordings on another TiVo box. As every recording is distributed on an equal basis between the expander and the internal drive of TiVo box, you cannot take the benefit of the extra storage by accessing more than one DVR Expander. If you are not willing to use the DVR Expander anymore, then only you should head to remove it.
Detaching the DVR Expander permanently- In the normal scenario, there is no strong reason to detach the DVR Expander. Once the expander is removed, you will not be able to play your recordings on another TiVo box. As every recording is distributed on an equal basis between the expander and the internal drive of TiVo box, you cannot take the benefit of the extra storage by accessing more than one DVR Expander. If you are not willing to use the DVR Expander anymore, then only you should head to remove it.
- Firstly, head on to unplug the TiVo box and then delink the eSATA cable
- After that, head on to unplug and delink the eSATA cable from the DVR Expander
- Lastly, head on to plug in the TiVo box and just follow all the instructions coming on the screen.
Still, if
you have anything unclear regarding the ways mentioned above or any
other tech query, then just head to the TiVoSupport team for getting the professional help and guidance.
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