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[Dimsumkid]

Do you have a problem losing connection to the USB drive? I have been having to put the box in standby to soft boot (red standby button) to make the box find the USB device again.

I've had this happen twice. I unplugged and powered off the hard drive and Mediasonic to reset the connection. I noticed the USB cable connection felt a little loose, so I replaced the USB cable and haven't had the problem since.

ERD - Just saw your msg re:firmware fix for the time issue and emailed them too. Thanks

 

[tmm99]

ERD,

I didn't know the box will still record while being it on standby.
I will try it. Thank you!


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[Dimsumkid]

I was perusing their forums, and found they have an update to fix this (only for those system versions with the problem). You need to email them for the file.

Mediasonic Forum • View topic - Timer recording-ERD50

ERD50, thanks for this info, I emailed them this weekend, got the patch and the install was less than 2 mins. The date problem is fixed!

 

[ERD50]

Another update on my Mediasonic HW-150PVR:

Amazon.com: Mediasonic HW-150PVR HomeWorx ATSC Digital TV Converter Box with Media Player and Recording PVR Function/HDMI Out (Black): Electronics

Earlier, I reported how I would get an occasional ~ 1 second 'glitch' in the recording, maybe 1-2 per half hour. I ruled out signal strength, it was no worse when I recorded a very marginal station with drop outs all through the recording - it just recorded the broadcast dropouts as well.

But... I bought DW one for Christmas, to put on the upstairs TV, with a bunch of my pre-recorded shows so she has a 'library' to draw from when 'nothing's on'. And I bought a brand new 1TB drive to put on our original PVR. I decided to set the new PVR to record some of the same shows, so I could determine if the dropouts were occurring at the same time on each.

After two weeks of monitoring, we didn't see a single glitch on the old PVR with the new Hard Drive. So I'm pretty sure it is either a buffering issue with the old drive, or maybe occasionally drawing more USB power than the PVR can deliver. I have not gone back to watch the recordings on the old drive with new PVR yet, to see if that combo has any glitches.

FWIW, this is the 'new' drive:

http://goo.gl/BlVrAd

It is USB3, but that's not it, the PVR is USB2, which is plenty fast enough - if the device buffers properly.

-ERD50