Comments on: Bell Expressvu – External Hard Drives

By: Barry Wheeler

Barry Wheeler — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:44:19 +0000

Shawn, the drives must have an external power source according to Bell.

By: Shawn Conely

Shawn Conely — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:38:45 +0000

I bought a Seagate Free agent Goflex portable hard drive USB 3.0, 1 TB. It does not have an AC source but is powered by the USB port. Will it work on a Bell Express Vu 9241 PVR receiver or do I have to get an external hard drive with a AC power source?

By: Gary

Gary — Sun, 15 May 2011 21:11:12 +0000

1. Can you connect an external drive to a 9200?
2. Is it possible to share an external drive between 2 receivers? ie record on one top play on another.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:26:22 +0000

We have a Bell ExpressVu 9241 PVR. We just bought 2 Lacie 1T drives and they work beautifully. Just like your posts — plug in and they format and you’re ready to go. And the drives were on sale at Best Buy for $59 which makes it a very cheap way to expand your PVR!

Thanks for the great info. Your posts set us in the right direction with good info and technical details.

By: jim

jim — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 04:19:31 +0000

Hi, love the blog.

Can you confirm that the 9200 model is not able to use an external drive. I read online you can plug a usb key into it to show photos (of no interest to me), but using a ext hd would be nice. Of course bell’s site reads as if they can only sell and service the 9241.

thanks