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A phased roll out of version 3.00.31 starts today, with full roll out and OTA on Thurs.
No release note except to state changes to on demand, enabling future services to launch on the platform.
Will this include a fix for the HDD missing problem Barry ?
aty – 3 minutes ago »
Will this include a fix for the HDD missing problem Barry ?
No.
Does the HB1000S have a missing hard disk issue ? I thought it was confined to twin tuner models with internal HDD’s. HDR-1000s. HDR-1010S and HDR-1100S.
More than high time missing HDD issue for HDR-1000S was fixed.
aty – 1 week ago »
Will this include a fix for the HDD missing problem Barry ?
Aren’t all HB1000s models missing a HDD?
grahamlthompson – 1 week ago »
Does the HB1000S have a missing hard disk issue ? I thought it was confined to twin tuner models with internal HDD’s. HDR-1000s. HDR-1010S and HDR-1100S.
Agreed – I have not spotted a single post on the HB-1000S having any problems with their attached disks.
This could be the first one then.
I’ve had my Graded HB-1000S for about ten days. The first thing I did was upgrade the firmware. I connected a Seagate GoFlex hdd, which it found, formatted and asked if I wanted to set it for recording. It then immediately forgot the drive was there and asked me to connect a drive.
A few days later it also couldn’t see the drive.
It also won’t display crids (using the hidden system menu), but otherwise seems excellent value for £39.
David.
aciddad – 3 minutes ago »
This could be the first one then.
I’ve had my Graded HB-1000S for about ten days. The first thing I did was upgrade the firmware. I connected a Seagate GoFlex hdd, which it found, formatted and asked if I wanted to set it for recording. It then immediately forgot the drive was there and asked me to connect a drive.
A few days later it also couldn’t see the drive.
It also won’t display crids (using the hidden system menu), but otherwise seems excellent value for £39.
David.
Try a new usb cable. I have had a few faulty cables recently. I couldn’t figure out why some large .AVI capture files from a DV camcorder were being curtailed when I copied them to a 2TB USB 3.0 drive. Changing the cable fixed it instantly.
Has the Seagate drive got it’s own power brick or is it powered by the Humax? They are better if self-powered as the Humax will cut power to USB when in power saving mode itself? Also do these drives have firmware to control power saving. Both items can cause issues when used as attached storage to something like a PVR
Faust – 7 hours ago »
Has the Seagate drive got it’s own power brick or is it powered by the Humax? They are better if self-powered as the Humax will cut power to USB when in power saving mode itself? Also do these drives have firmware to control power saving. Both items can cause issues when used as attached storage to something like a PVR
I think unpowered are better for the reason you state – they are off when the HB-1000S is in standby. Providing a suitable low-power AV drive is used all should be well.
REPASSAC – 8 hours ago »
Faust – 7 hours ago »
Has the Seagate drive got it’s own power brick or is it powered by the Humax? They are better if self-powered as the Humax will cut power to USB when in power saving mode itself? Also do these drives have firmware to control power saving. Both items can cause issues when used as attached storage to something like a PVR
I think unpowered are better for the reason you state – they are off when the HB-1000S is in standby. Providing a suitable low-power AV drive is used all should be well.
How many people just attach any old drive though? Whilst these non-standard drives may work (in a fashion) they can be more trouble than they are worth.
I remember using a usb powered portable drive for my iMac TM backups some years ago now. The backups used to fail regularly with error messages. It appears the Mac would wake from sleep quicker than the portable HDD did so when the Mac tried to initiate a backup it couldn’t find the drive so it would fail.
I ended up buying a proper Time Capsule and never had an issue since.
I used a computer powered drive with a HD FOX T2 for years. The power was controlled by a computer energy saving power extension. The drive was turned on and off by simply plugging the extension usb control cable into a hub along with the drive usb data cable.
Some interesting thoughts there, thanks.
The Seagate GoFlex is a low-power consumption drive with its own dedicated cable. I have three and they have been used successfully on a Humax HD-Fox T2 and a Ferguson Ariva 102e sat receiver. They power up very quickly and auto shutdown about 3 minutes after not receiving data. Considering the first failure was immediately after formatting and setting as the recording device it must have been powered up properly. This suggests a bug of some sort.
Anyway. I just wanted to let REPASSAC know that it does happen.
Can anyone can shed any light on the crid problem?
David.
Funnily enough I have a Seagate FreeAgent portable HDD. I have tried using that on my Mac since posting about it here yesterday and as suspected this particular drive does no wake quickly enough for a TM backup.
If I do a full startup of the Mac it’s OK but not from sleep. Whether such a drive as this one would work with a PVR I wouldn’t like to say but it may be useful information for someone.
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