Connecting Your DCX3400 / DCX3400-M to Your External Drive ............9 Warnings ..............................10 Formatting the External Drive........................12 Recording Onto Your External Drive ......................5 Watching Recordings on Your External Drive ....................5 External Drive Utility ..................Error! Bookmark not defined. Troubleshooting ............................11 This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Your cable service provider must enable this feature in order for you to enjoy the additional storage capabilities. Cable Boxes that Support External Drives The use of external drives is compatible with a variety of Motorola DVR cable boxes. The following cable box models are capable of supporting the use of external drives: •...
Motorola, you may experience compatibility and/or performance issues. If an external drive is not compatible with your Motorola DVR cable box, you will be notified by an on- screen message after you connect an external drive to your cable box or during the external drive formatting process.
Storage Capacity Motorola’s DVR cable boxes are available with various sized internal hard drives. Check with your cable television service provider for availability. Estimated Recording Hours Internal Drive Size Standard Digital High Definition Channels Channels 160 GB 55 to 100...
Page 6
Only one external drive can be connected to your DVR cable box at one time. • Do not place your external drive directly on top of your Motorola DVR cable box. Placing your external drive directly on top of the cable box may result in overheating and damage the external drive.
Connecting Your DCT6412 P3 / DCT6416 P3 to Your External Drive Figure 1 – DCT6416 P3/DCT6412 P3 Connection Diagram 2 • Connecting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Connecting Your DCT3412 / DCT3416 to Your External Drive Figure 2 – DCT3412 / DCT3416 Connection Diagram 2 • Connecting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Connecting Your DCH6416 to Your External Drive Figure 3 – DCH6416 Connection Diagram 2 • Connecting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Connecting Your DCH3416 to Your External Drive Figure 4 – DCH3416 Connection Diagram 2 • Connecting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Connecting Your DCX3400 / DCX3400-M to Your External Drive Figure 5 – DCX3400/DCX3400-M Connection Diagram 2 • Connecting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
In order to use Motorola’s External DVR Storage feature, your cable service provider must authorize your account for use of this feature. If your account has not been authorized to use this feature, you will be notified by an on-screen message upon connection of an external drive to your Motorola DVR cable box.
Page 13
Your external drive can be reformatted for use with other devices, such as a computer or a different cable box. However, reformatting the external drive will erase any previously recorded DVR content. 3 • Formatting Your External Drive This document is uncontrolled pending incorporation in a Motorola CMS...
Formatting the External Drive 1. Connect your external drive to your Motorola DVR cable box’s eSATA port. A. If your external drive has not been previously configured for use with a cable box, Alert 01 will automatically appear on your television screen.