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| Thread ID: 84405 | 2007-11-04 09:50:00 | Can I Upgrade HDD in sony Recorder | Scotty D (491) | Press F1 |
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| 608267 | 2007-11-04 09:50:00 | I currently have a sony 160GB DVD recorder, Can I open it up and throw in a new HDD? DO they take the same HDD as my PC (IDE or SATA)? I will wait until warranty expires.. but just wondering if anyone has heard of this possibility with any recorder. I have searched the web well the first couple of pages from google anyway.. Thanks |
Scotty D (491) | ||
| 608268 | 2007-11-04 10:22:00 | I can do that with my Pioneer DVR-540H hard drive recorder, (has a standard IDE drive), but the drive needs to be formatted in Pioneer's proprietary system using software usually only available to licenced repairers though I've seen some model/versions on the 'net; dunno about Sony though. | feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 608269 | 2007-11-04 18:27:00 | I looked into this when I got my Sony DVD HDD recorder -- there is a system menu you can get into to initialise a new HDD so the system will recognise it, but you can't put in a bigger one -- there's something "hard-coded" somewhere to say what the size of the thing is. I had visions of replacing the 160GB with a 400+GB drive, but stopped looking into it when I found that out! :waughh: So, the answer is a qualified "yes." |
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| 608270 | 2007-11-04 22:47:00 | Dam, thanks for that guys. | Scotty D (491) | ||
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