RandyHuggins75
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- My Satellite Setup
- Arris FREESAT UHD-4X Smart 4K Ultra HD Digital TV Recorder - 500 GB
- My Location
- Brackenll, Berkshire
Hi All,
I’m hoping that somebody might be able to help me with my Arris Freesat UHD-4X-500?
I’ve had this Freesat box since March last year so it’s well out of warranty.
Yesterday I kept getting a hard drive warning whenever it was switched on, I followed the instructions & deleted the recordings on the hard drive/reset the box without success numerous times.
At first I thought it was down to the very hot weather, but after looking into it I would have seen a warning message & the shutting down of the box which never happened.
It lived on the sideboard with nothing blocking the vents & nothing placed above/below the box.
I then opened the box to check the cables & connections with the same results.
I’ve noticed that the hard drive was not spinning up so decided to hook it up to my PC via a hub & came to the conclusion that the HD was as dead as a Dodo!
So, my question is, if I was to get hold of another 500 or 1000GB HD would I be able to swap the drives out & if so, would it work?
Would I need to format it as exFat or NTFS? Or would the box recognise the new HD?
Cheers in advance!
Keith (Randy!)
I’m hoping that somebody might be able to help me with my Arris Freesat UHD-4X-500?
I’ve had this Freesat box since March last year so it’s well out of warranty.
Yesterday I kept getting a hard drive warning whenever it was switched on, I followed the instructions & deleted the recordings on the hard drive/reset the box without success numerous times.
At first I thought it was down to the very hot weather, but after looking into it I would have seen a warning message & the shutting down of the box which never happened.
It lived on the sideboard with nothing blocking the vents & nothing placed above/below the box.
I then opened the box to check the cables & connections with the same results.
I’ve noticed that the hard drive was not spinning up so decided to hook it up to my PC via a hub & came to the conclusion that the HD was as dead as a Dodo!
So, my question is, if I was to get hold of another 500 or 1000GB HD would I be able to swap the drives out & if so, would it work?
Would I need to format it as exFat or NTFS? Or would the box recognise the new HD?
Cheers in advance!
Keith (Randy!)