MOXI DVR storage enlargement via USB hard drive

I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

The "settings" section of the MOXI doesn't have any "storage" or
"memory" indicator.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

Thanks

Bruce

wrote:
I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

The "settings" section of the MOXI doesn't have any "storage" or
"memory" indicator.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

Thanks

Bruce


I don't have one of these, but I believe that if you want to keep the
drive external, it ain't gonna happen.

You _may_ be able to hack it and install a larger internal drive, but
I'm guessing that no matter what, it won't record to the external hard
drive.

I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

The USB ports are reserved for the new HD units coming out later this
year. In the standard def units, they aren't even connected to
anything.

See:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/... 0&newsLang=en

The cable companies will be updating the the guts standard def units
customers exchange for HD units.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:18:43 -0700, Abe wrote:

I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

The USB ports are reserved for the new HD units coming out later this
year. In the standard def units, they aren't even connected to
anything.

See:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/... 0&newsLang=en

The cable companies will be updating the the guts standard def units
customers exchange for HD units.

Whoops. I misspoke. Obviously the USB ports are connected, but the FW
doesn't support external hard drives.

On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:21:17 -0700, Abe wrote:

On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:18:43 -0700, Abe wrote:

I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

The USB ports are reserved for the new HD units coming out later this
year. In the standard def units, they aren't even connected to
anything.

See:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/... 0&newsLang=en

The cable companies will be updating the the guts standard def units
customers exchange for HD units.

Whoops. I misspoke. Obviously the USB ports are connected, but the FW
doesn't support external hard drives.

An additional note. Charter is slowly rolling out version 4.1 of the
Moxie FW, which supports a single external HD via one of the back USB
ports.

See:
http://forums.moxi.com/topic.asp?TOP...24&whichpage=1

On May 23, 8:36 pm, Abe wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:21:17 -0700, Abe wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 20:18:43 -0700, Abe wrote:

I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized by the
MOXI DVR?

The USB ports are reserved for the new HD units coming out later this
year. In the standard def units, they aren't even connected to
anything.

See:
http://home.businesswire.com/portal/...sp?ndmViewId=n...

The cable companies will be updating the the guts standard def units
customers exchange for HD units.

Whoops. I misspoke. Obviously the USB ports are connected, but the FW
doesn't support external hard drives.

An additional note. Charter is slowly rolling out version 4.1 of the
Moxie FW, which supports a single external HD via one of the back USB
ports.

See:http://forums.moxi.com/topic.asp?TOP...24&whichpage=1


Thanks to all for your words...

Dish has been promising to activate this external harddrive feature for
years, it's a scam.
They never will.

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I have a MOXI "box" from Charter cable that tunes my HDTV and
records. With the hi def programs I get about 8 hours max. I
set up
a 320 Gb external hard drive and plugged it into one of the
two USB
ports in the back of the unit. Nothing was recognized that I
could
tell. There are also two USB ports on the front which are are
used
for putting images in memory, but those don't worth either.

The "settings" section of the MOXI doesn't have any "storage"
or
"memory" indicator.

Any ideas on how I can get the external hard drive recognized
by the
MOXI DVR?

Thanks

Bruce


I've two MOXI (Motorola) devices from TW, though one was
installed when they were Adelphia. NONE of the external,
non-analog, interfaces is active except HDCP-DVI. Also, the
Adelphia installer, who seemed quite savvy, said that this was
the case.

Needless to say, I/we can offload or simul-capture from the
device via S-Video - provided that the DVI interface is not in
use. HD material can not be offloaded digitally.