How to Install and Setup Hard drive On U5

[Ryu]

c/p

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59OVjPKt-VU

[4me2c]

let's help set up and install a hard
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drive on your buzztv u5
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first get your u5 a 2.5 inch sata hard
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drive and included adhesive foam pads
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use the center of the thicker foam piece
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and stick it to the front of the hard
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drive as shown
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the rear cover of the u5
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take note of the pins on the hard drive
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and u5
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make sure the front of the hard drive is
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facing the bottom of the u5 and insert
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it as shown
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next put back the bottom cover as shown
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this may require a little pressure to
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get back into place
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next plug in and power on your u5 and tv
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once you go through your initial setup
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you will arrive at the home screen
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from here we will format the hard drive
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for use on your u5
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first open your settings
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then go to device preferences
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then storage
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here you will see the internal memory as
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well as the hard drive
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click on the hard drive
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next choose setup as removable storage
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next click erase and format as device
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storage
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now you should see the external storage
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under your device storage
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this means your hard drive is formatted
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and ready to use
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follow these next steps to make sure
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your downloads and recordings
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automatically save to your hard drive
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first open your buzz tb5 app
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press the menu button on your remote
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next click on pvr
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and finally pvr options
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from here set your recording storage
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location to external it may also be
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listed as android
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go down to timeshift and turn it on
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time shift cache storage
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and download storage to utilize your
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hard drive
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you can also adjust your time shift
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cache size to increase the length of
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time shift
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thanks for watching

[12icer]

I have one question about the hard drives on these, I was looking at the higher capacity drives and they are all multi disk and are 2.5 x 15 mm,,

The common laptop type sata is 2.5 x 7mm so will the 15 mm fit these you can get a 15 mm in 6TB for about 150 dollars.

The 2TB 7mm goes for about 60 so you could have 3 and get the same capacity for a little more with the 7mm.

Samsung makes some large solid state capacity 7mms for about 200 to 300 dollars may get one later when I get all of it worked out.

[Ryu]

You can not fit 15mm. I have one does not say what is the mm size but I looked in Google and it shows that drive I got is 15mm and I tried to insert and it does not attach. Even if you find that may attach but you won’t be able to close the cover. Hope this will help.
So I’m sure you can not but I maybe wrong since my drive does not says mm size and I’m bad with measurements lol 😂

[big mac]

Get SSD not SATA.

[12icer]

Thanks for the info It is good to have a place to come and get the sticky on these things,, !!!

You Rock!!! IPTVTalk rocks the TV world!!!!

[12icer]

I got this one WD Blue WD20SPZX 2TB 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive.


Be here tomorrow more when I get it and try it out.

[big mac]

I got this one WD Blue WD20SPZX 2TB 5400 RPM 128MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 2.5" Internal Notebook Hard Drive.


Be here tomorrow more when I get it and try it out.

Keep it in a ventilated area and if possible use a fan.

[Marley]

ssd piece of cake can do it in min

[12icer]

Thanks

I always put them up on 1" x 1/2 strips of oak corner finish I never have had one get hot, But I may have some aluminum tubing strips with the foam since the cover is solid.

I checked the ssds and found some 4TBs that looked good for about 180 to 250 If this WD Blue doesn't do the job I am gonna try them they have a really good transfer rate.