Anone modded their Sky+ box
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Anone modded their Sky+ box
Heard from a reliable source that it's a simple task of fitting a larger IDE HDD to the Sky+ box to increase the recording time...has anyone tried it?
Apparantly a power cycle and a few button presses on boot starts off a software download to prepare the new HDD so it can be used. Was gonna give it a go but wondered if anyone else has tried 1st
Apparantly a power cycle and a few button presses on boot starts off a software download to prepare the new HDD so it can be used. Was gonna give it a go but wondered if anyone else has tried 1st
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Done mine. Piece of cake and still working.
The dreaded 17min bug appeared on mine thought after filling it to 80%. Reformated from Sky box and ok again now. Think it happened when tried to record 2 programs whilst watching a 3rd and hit button to cancel one of the recordings.
There's a site somewhere with a table of HDD which are known to work. I used a 120GB Maxtor - a 6Y120P0 I think ?
Had to put it into a PC first to switch off write checking (this can cause problems if its enabled and you're working it hard i.e. recording 2 programs and watching a 3rd back) and put it into silent mode (as some of the Maxtors can be quiet noisey). Drive recommendations may have changed since I done mine so it's worth checking around for the web site I mentioned above.
Cheers
Mark
The dreaded 17min bug appeared on mine thought after filling it to 80%. Reformated from Sky box and ok again now. Think it happened when tried to record 2 programs whilst watching a 3rd and hit button to cancel one of the recordings.
There's a site somewhere with a table of HDD which are known to work. I used a 120GB Maxtor - a 6Y120P0 I think ?
Had to put it into a PC first to switch off write checking (this can cause problems if its enabled and you're working it hard i.e. recording 2 programs and watching a 3rd back) and put it into silent mode (as some of the Maxtors can be quiet noisey). Drive recommendations may have changed since I done mine so it's worth checking around for the web site I mentioned above.
Cheers
Mark
#7
Lots more info at Digital Spy forum. A great resoursce for Sky+.
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/index.php
Steve
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/index.php
Steve
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