Comments on: How to Upgrade the Hard Drive in a Amstrad Sky+ HD Box http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/ My thoughts, stored in bytes Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:54:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Dave http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Dave Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:54:55 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-280 Cracking set of instructions. Well done! Cracking set of instructions. Well done!

]]> By: May http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-10 May Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:09:45 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-10 Ah!Saw your reply to Ben. Just ignor my question.Silly me, always ask too fast Ah!Saw your reply to Ben. Just ignor my question.Silly me, always ask too fast

]]> By: May Rackham http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-9 May Rackham Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:57:58 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-9 Interesting, I always want to find out how to do this. Thanks for sharing this with us. There is also another problem bothering me. When I tried to connect my sky + box via the USB post, there is no output from it. Is there any way to get it to work? It will make life so much easier. Interesting, I always want to find out how to do this. Thanks for sharing this with us.
There is also another problem bothering me. When I tried to connect my sky + box via the USB post, there is no output from it. Is there any way to get it to work? It will make life so much easier.

]]> By: Ben http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Ben Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:11:14 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-7 Hi I have a DRX780 and just want to upgrade it to a 500gb hdd to avoid all the hassle of copy+, etc. Do you have an idea of which hard drive would work? I have already tried a Western Digital Caviar Green, which didn't work. Any assistance is much appreciated Ben Hi

I have a DRX780 and just want to upgrade it to a 500gb hdd to avoid all the hassle of copy+, etc. Do you have an idea of which hard drive would work? I have already tried a Western Digital Caviar Green, which didn’t work.

Any assistance is much appreciated

Ben

]]> By: JP http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-6 JP Mon, 22 Jun 2009 12:04:11 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-6 Are you wanting to pull files off of the internal hard drive, solely by plugging in a cable between your PC and your Sky box? At a guess, I'd say this is totally unlikely to happen officially, because all programs recorded on the HDD straight from the Sky broadcast. The programs remain encrypted on the Hard drive, and are decrypted as you watch them through use of your viewing card. Therefore there is no value to Sky in letting us, the humble public, access it. The SATA port is likely there to enable external storage to be plugged in at some point, and I can't imagine it can be used as a simple pass-through to the Hard Drive. The USB and Ethernet ports are probably there for future service offerings by Sky. (Ethernet for Video On Demand?). Plugging in an Ethernet cable shows a connection, but it doesn't request an IP address, and there's nothing in the setup menus which configures the network setting. So not yet I'm afraid - keep on looking, as will I! Are you wanting to pull files off of the internal hard drive, solely by plugging in a cable between your PC and your Sky box?

At a guess, I’d say this is totally unlikely to happen officially, because all programs recorded on the HDD straight from the Sky broadcast. The programs remain encrypted on the Hard drive, and are decrypted as you watch them through use of your viewing card. Therefore there is no value to Sky in letting us, the humble public, access it.

The SATA port is likely there to enable external storage to be plugged in at some point, and I can’t imagine it can be used as a simple pass-through to the Hard Drive.

The USB and Ethernet ports are probably there for future service offerings by Sky. (Ethernet for Video On Demand?). Plugging in an Ethernet cable shows a connection, but it doesn’t request an IP address, and there’s nothing in the setup menus which configures the network setting.

So not yet I’m afraid – keep on looking, as will I!

]]> By: Brian http://www.jpjones.co.uk/2009/05/how-to-upgrade-the-hard-drive-in-a-amstrad-sky-hd-box/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Brian Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:05:21 +0000 http://www.jpjones.co.uk/?p=20#comment-5 Just wondered if you have found a way to access the HD via the rear ports on the DRX780UK box? if so could you give me some pointers! Thanks Just wondered if you have found a way to access the HD via the rear ports on the DRX780UK box? if so could you give me some pointers!

Thanks

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