[jhb] Re: Off Topic

  • From: "Denis Ripley" <dripley@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 12:29:29 -0600

Is there a USB port on the back? If there is, try plugging that into your computer and see what comes out. My HDPVR box has one. 


Denis
----- Original Message ----- From: "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx> 
To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 10:47 AM
Subject: [jhb] Re: Off Topic



I'd be interested to know if this works. If you can bang the HD into an
external casing and connect by USB without any problems it should give you a 
spare external drive.

I guess the real question is what format the data is in..

bones
bones@xxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 15 June 2009 17:44
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] Re: Off Topic

I just asked the techie but he says Sky have gone out of their way to
try to prevent it. If I connect to another TV, then it won't allow a DVD
write unless connected to the Satellite dish and then it would be seen
as an unauthorised second set.

However, I asked if it would work if I just remove the HD and hook that
up to a PC, copy across, remove the HD and burn a DVD from the PC. He
thinks that should work. A job for a rainy day!

Gerry Winskill

Fossil wrote:

Have you got a spare TV you can plug the old Sky box into? If you do and

can

bring up the menu system then you should be able to burn to DVD. The

trouble

is that I don't know if the menu is only activated with a live feed..

bones
bones@xxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf 
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 15 June 2009 15:11
To: JHB Restricted
Subject: [jhb] Off Topic

It's a long time since I last used this title!

Anyway, the knowledge is probably out there, somewhere.

The TV techie had to be called in, last week, as our Satellite channels
were playing up. Sound would continue but picture lock up. Then we
started to get "no satellite signals detected". He eliminated the dish
end of the setup, since he was getting good signals. That left the HD+
unit. It's a Sky supplied box and he was quite scathing about the
quality and poor life of the units. So, he's coming back later to instal
a replacement. No problems so far.

However, it's just dawned on me that the existing unit's HD is about 50%
full, with recordings that SWMBO wants to keep and that I've never got
round to recording to DVD. With the old unit removed, is there a way of
downloading the recorded material to this PC, so that I can move to DVD,
when time and inclination permit?

Gerry Winskill










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