If I upgrade from max, how can I transfer old recordings to PVR's harddish?

heh... why la so many people here get so excited about recording the shows... (download je)

yeah, but most of us already have the new byond dish....so the 300 bucks is just for changing a new lnb and and additional 20meters of cable?

minus install fee of RM80, Rm220 for lnb +cable is still very expensive

I tried to plug in my Seagate Freeagent Go 320GB 2.5" HDD. The system will detect the drive and then come out with a warning:

Validation Failed: This USB device cannot be used.

same warning came out when i plugged my HDD into the front USB port, so i assume you dont have to use the back USB for the PVR. but of course, if you plug into the back, it looks a lot more neater.

So its confirmation. unless we use the exact drive ASTRO recommends, the system will not accept it. but the question is.. can we use the exact WD My passport AV model but 500GB, 640GB or even 1TB?

Hehehe... apart from sugar shortage, there will be a WD My passport AV 320GB in the market very very soon.

This post has been edited by edmundq: Jun 2 2010, 11:26 AM

No can do...kenot transfer...have to bear with it.


Confirm kenot use other size of the same model like 500GB or 1TB since verificcation is based on teh model number and model number changes acccording to the size as well.

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This post has been edited by sg999: Jun 2 2010, 12:24 PM

Ya, wonder why...Some more, the shows will repeat few times a day.

y cannot complain?
astro MONOPOLY
tha tis the only choice!
u so scare?
then u just diamdiam
noneed comment
then u 100% safe

This post has been edited by sg999: Jun 2 2010, 11:43 AM

of course they read our comments here in the forums and on facebook.

of course they pay others to read it and feedback to them.

I doubt u can ur Max goes all goes sorry !!!!! Same thing happen to me !

where is the link to this 500GB my Passport AV please

can we hack the higher capacity hard disk model number and force byond to recognise it

Perhaps enough for 1 year la....
But for me, I don't think so .... since I like to record & KEEP, somemore mostly HD channels.....

It is something like this:
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/ask_doctor/terabyte_backup
can put multiple terabytes HDD onto it ....some can even support 8 or 10 arrays .....
I also saw an external USB3 twin 3.5" hot-plug device, no need computer, can just slot-in one already recorded HDD in front, then slot-in another empty HDD at the back, press a button and it just copy, the speed is so much faster than using PC

That's how my friends share among themselves over there .....

Also, with broadband so cheap & HD channels so many over there,
http://www.netvigator.com/netvigator2003/f...anchorLocation=
no wonder there are so many BT sites in HongKong ...


This is really not positive news for those Max users who intend to upgrade .....

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Added on June 2, 2010, 12:03 pmHACK ?!

Hmmmm, R&D like how they do it for Xbox360 20G-->120G ?!

This post has been edited by klseet: Jun 2 2010, 12:03 PM

If Malaysia can be like HK (I mean in terms of Broadband), sure it will be good!
(Sorry, off topic)

WD My Passport AV model number is WDBABS3200ABK-NESN

This post has been edited by neb: Jun 2 2010, 12:42 PM

Just buy 2 or more hard drives then. There's no limit, as long as you only use 1 at a time.

there are two USB ports - can you hook up two hard drives at a time?

is there a USB port on the dual-tuner PVR unit, and (... you know what's coming next)

from PVR-FAQ
WD My Passport AV 320GB could be using this drive


This post has been edited by neb: Jun 2 2010, 01:06 PM

For those that already swapped their MAX to B.yond...

12. I have downgraded my PVR recording service and my PVR box has been since swapped to an Astro B.yond box. Can I upgrade back to a PVR?

Yes you can. However, you will have to pay for box swap installation and retrieval charges at prevailing rates at that time.

For those who doesn't want the B.yond PVR anymore...


10. Can I discontinue my Astro B.yond PVR recording function?

Yes, a one time switching fee of RM10 will apply and Astro will arrange for an installer to swap your Astro B.yond PVR box for an Astro B.yond box.

This post has been edited by azrin_kiko: Jun 2 2010, 01:15 PM