Apricorn DVR Xpander Hard Drive - 500GB ADVRX-500 Manual De Usuario

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1.  Turn  the  power  off  and  disconnect  the  power  cable  to  your  Scientific 

Atlanta 8300 series DVR.

2. Connect one end of the eSATA cable to the back of the DVR Xpander

3. Connect the AC adapter to the back of the DVR Xpander and then connect 

it to the AC cable.

4. Connect the other end of the AC cable to suitable power supply that will 

always stay on (like a wall outlet). Never connect the  DVR Xpander to the AC 

plug on the back of the 8300 series DVR. 

5. Verify that the DVR Xpander is turned off by observing the front panel. At  

this point there should not be any lights on the DVR Xpander.  

If there is a light glowing on the front of the DVR Xpander, push the power 

button to turn it off.

6. Now connect the other end of the eSATA cable to the eSATA port on the 

back of the 8300 series DVR.

7. Push the power button on the front of the DVR Xpander to turn it on. The 

LED light should start to glow. 

8. Reconnect the power cable to the 8300 series DVR and allow to the system 

to boot up. The boot up process may take a few minutes. 

Once your 8300 series DVR boots up and recognizes the DVR Xpander the following 

message should appear on the TV screen:

 

 

 

 

Attention

Format this external hard drive with this DVR?

Note: Any existing recordings on the external drive will be erased. 
If you press C cancel, the external storage device will not be available
A yes, Format 

 

 

 

 

 

C cancel

Press A to format the drive (Formatting will take several minutes)
 

 

Note: After it is complete you will get the message below

 

 

 

 

Attention

The external storage device connected works with this DVR.

NOTE: To safely unplug this device, first unplug power from the DVR, and 

then wait 10 seconds before disconnecting 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press Exit to close the banner
 

 

Note: Your DVR and DVR Xpander are now operational.