The drive came NTFS formatted. I reformatted it with SwissKnife, full 500 GB, one partition. I understand that now I must reformat it with the DVR1100c, then activate Time Machine on it. From that I understand that Time Machine is not a separate partition but a special file in the primary...

That did it. Thank you. Now I wonder why, and dow often I'll have to do this. I'd hate to lose video in the middle of a downlink or recording.

I'm preparing a new 500 GB drive to attach to a DVR1100c receiver. I want both 4 GB Time Machine and (remaining space) programmed recording capability. How should I format the drive, and where? Only in the DVR1100c? Only on a PC (with SwissKnife)? First on a PC then in the DVR1100c? Format...

I'm using the GeosatPro DSR200c, loaded with the latest OTA update, satellite, channel, and transponder data. We were watching a program yesterday when it suddenly went to a black screen saying only No Video. (Audio still comes through clear, and signal strength reads normal.) It's still that...

Wondering why video ceased mid-morning today (July 9, 2011) and was still not working by evening. Audio is OK. We want to downlink live content later this week and need it working.