External hard Drive for Dish VIP 211K

wtmtnhiker wrote:
I have the WD Passport 1TB hooked up. Now if I disconnect it or lose power will it reformat and lose the recordings that are on it?

As jorbill2or stated, no issue. We typically loose power (due to travel) every week or two and never had an issue.

No it's "mated " to the receiver and expects to see it. If it becomes disconnected the reciever still works and when re connected it continues on recording and playing.

I have the WD Passport 1TB hooked up. Now if I disconnect it or lose power will it reformat and lose the recordings that are on it?

jorbill2or wrote:

gemert wrote:
Do you just plug it in or is there some programming involved?

After you pay the 40.00 one time fee to activate your receiver as ready to record , plug it in. The 211 will "see" it and ask if you want to format the drive .. answer yes and the drive is reformatted to "dish" wiping out any data index that might be on it and making future video recordings only readable by the 211. receiver. It's now mated to the recorder and ready to go. Easy

Sounds easy, thank you.

gemert wrote:
Do you just plug it in or is there some programming involved?

After you pay the 40.00 one time fee to activate your receiver as ready to record , plug it in. The 211 will "see" it and ask if you want to format the drive .. answer yes and the drive is reformatted to "dish" wiping out any data index that might be on it and making future video recordings only readable by the 211. receiver. It's now mated to the recorder and ready to go. Easy

If your 211 won't supply enough USB power for your HD, you can always use a Powered USB hub

Richard

gemert wrote:
Do you just plug it in or is there some programming involved?

You must call Dish and pay ~$40 before they'll activate the option. After that, ours set up itself.

Do you just plug it in or is there some programming involved?

The WD Passport should work fine. We used the similar WD "MyBook" HD for several years with our 211K until we upgraded to two Hoppers w/Sling DVR receivers.

Thanks to all for the replies. I have ordered a WD Passport 1TB and hope I can get it to work :^)