Have the bolt and looking at the expansion options for storage. Check the recording space on your digital video recorder dvr. Tivo claims that the only drives they support are listed below. Is there specific instructions from bose to connect and set up this added dvr expander.
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The dvr models are the qip7216 and qip6416, neither of which supports any form or internal or external capacity expansion. You can find your dvr expanders firmware version on your tivo dvrs system information screen. Sparklight is not responsible for the results of any attempt to add an unsupported external storage. Wd intros my dvr expander with usb interface may 15 macnn. The mybook design isnt one that wed say was innately lounge room friendly. When i sent it back for rma, they sent me a 2 tb version of the my book av dvr expander. Western digital announced tuesday a new my book av dvr expander that works with a large selection of dvrs. Among other things, is the addition of a usb port, to the already existing esata port.
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