Comments on: Expressvu (Bell) 9241 / 9242 HD PVR Plus Receivers – External Hard Drive Options

By: jack

jack — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 04:04:23 +0000

Donna,

It is not a duh question. Bell had to add the answer to their FAQ for the 9242:

Materials that are recorded and stored in the PVR can be transferred to an external hard drive. They cannot be copied or transferred to any other digital system.

Follow these steps to transfer recordings from your HD PVR Plus to an external hard drive:

1.Press the MENU button on your remote control.
2.Press 4 or select Multimedia from the Main Menu screen.
3.Press 3 or select External Hard Drive from the Multimedia menu.
4.Press 2 or select Archive Recordings from the External Hard Drive menu.
5.Highlight the recordings you would like to transfer and press the SELECT button on the remote
6.Select Archive to start the transfer.

By: Barry Wheeler

Barry Wheeler — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:44:55 +0000

Mark, I’m using one that I found at Walmart – “Retail Plus”. It’s an older drive but works great.

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:54:50 +0000

Can you please tell me the brand of external hard drive that you used.

Thanks

By: Donna

Donna — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:27:04 +0000

I have a 9241 PVR and have successfully added an external drive. Could someone explain in simple steps how to transfer recordings to EHD. I just cannot figure it out. I know I will go duh afterwards but I am so frustrated at the moment.

By: Lloyd Osten

Lloyd Osten — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:12:04 +0000

short answer: no
Sorry

By: Grant

Grant — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 01:12:35 +0000

I’m getting a new 9242. Is there a way I can save my programs that I currently have on my 9200 hard drive to an external hard drive (EHD) and then reconnect to my new 9242? Will the EHD have to be reformatted to the 9242 thus erasing my programs from my old 9200?

By: Mark

Mark — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 03:28:17 +0000

Is it possible to connect an external hard drive to a PVR 9200 system ?

By: Paul Mahabir

Paul Mahabir — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:59:04 +0000

Patel, stay away from the 9242 model. I went through 6 units from Bell in the last two years all returned to them because of electrical problems. The longest without a problem was one year then it died. They just replaced the last unit with a new 9241 as they no longer are making the 9242. This is too bad as I loved the PIP feature.

By: D Tuomi

D Tuomi — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 05:30:19 +0000

Oct. 27, 2011 I recently added 2TB external hd to bell 9241 pvr, no problems, pvr re-formatted new drive with onscreen prompts. Drive must be 7200 rotation speed, single drive with no sleep mode(cannot power down when idle), plug into AC power outlet and USB 2.0 . This gives 267 hrs of HD storage.

By: graeme

graeme — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 11:50:55 +0000

any still …. how much