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Technomate 5200 USB, HDD problems . . .

  • 28-02-2010 10:49pm
    #1
    LordSutch
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,078 ✭✭✭✭


    Recently got a Technomate 5200 USB receiver (which is great)! but . . .

    Anyone else having problems with attaching a HDD? specifically a WD My Passport Essential? cos i'm having a real pig of a time (yes I have had it refommatted to FAT32) on an Apple Mac, but i'm still having a pig of a time with it & the Technomate (just trying to record and watch progs)! i've tried Drive C,D,E, i've formatted the damnd thing every which way, & its now even locking the Technomate's other non-recording facilities > so now I just pull out the WD plug after 'trying' to use it.

    I suspect its a small formatting issue with the WD Passport, but now after a week of ill fated attempts to use the bloody thing, i'm losing my patience . . .:mad:

    Anyone else got tech probs with the Technomate/WD My Passport marriage?


Comments

  • #2
    steveon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,905 ✭✭✭steveon


    If you goto Technomates website you get the details required in order to use a drive with the 5200
    http://www.technomate.com/downloads/man/189.zip

    I dont know if you can use this on a mac...but I have used it no problem on PCs.

    I had a 5200D but changed it to a 5200 Super + as the 5200d does not allow you to fastforward or rewind any recordings, where as the Super version does.

    I would suggest not using a very big drive with the box as they tend to slow the box down when switching the box on, you can also use a Usb flashpen to do short recordings or use a pen for playback of mp3s and jpg pictures.

    I personally highly rate the Technomate Series of boxes.


  • #3
    stevethesatguy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 196 ✭✭stevethesatguy


    you need to format the harddrive while it is connected to the Technomate, the technomate needs to format the harddrive to understand it, all other info on the dive will be deleted in the process, suggest you restrict the drive size to 320GB max


  • #4
    tryfix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭tryfix


    Had the same problem with a new 1tb WE hdd , i formatted it from NTFS to FAT 32 on a windows xp computer . You may need to make the partitions 32 kb or smaller to work on your technomate 5200 d . I used rhesus partitions to format the drive it only took seconds , everything worked perfectly from the on .


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