How to add, setup and format a external hard drive or usb drive for use with the Technomate TM6800 or TM6900 receivers. Useful for its PVR functions, time shifting, pausing/recording TV etc.
guide on fitting a external hard drive to a technomate tm-6800 or tm-6900 receiverHow to setup the external drive (Tm-6800 or Tm-6900)
1-connect via USB to your pc first
2-go to my computer and click on right hand mouse
3-select manage
4-go to disk manager
5-see info of the hard disc on the screen
6-right-hand click again
7-delete partition
8-make new partition { it has to be primary }
9-Do not format
10-make the partition active
11-connect to your tm-6900 go to management and format it.
it will formatted for 500 gb of fat 32 by this time
you only do this once.
Not my work !!!
guide on fitting a external hard drive to a technomate tm-6800 or tm-6900 receiverHow to setup the external drive (Tm-6800 or Tm-6900)
1-connect via USB to your pc first
2-go to my computer and click on right hand mouse
3-select manage
4-go to disk manager
5-see info of the hard disc on the screen
6-right-hand click again
7-delete partition
8-make new partition { it has to be primary }
9-Do not format
10-make the partition active
11-connect to your tm-6900 go to management and format it.
it will formatted for 500 gb of fat 32 by this time
you only do this once.
Not my work !!!