Can you hook up a USB external hard drive to this? null

You can record to a flash drive or an external hard drive. If you are wanting to record a lot of shows before watching, you will need a large hard drive. YOU CANNOT RECORD AND WATCH ANOTHER CHANNEL - UNLESS IT IS IN THE SAME NUMBERS. (i.e., you cant watch channel 10 and record channel 13). You can watch 10-1 through 10-???.

Haven't tried it yet but the manual says you can use a external HD or a thumb (flash) drive. The manual lists the different types of format (ie fat32 or NTFS) is needed for different types of drives. Seems like a nice feature.

These type pvrs are fussy with hard drives bigger than 2T (about 200 hours recording), so try it on ones you already have before buying a really huge one.

Yes, this unit supports USB storage devices.

Yes. USB hard drive or a thumb (flash) drive.

I saw that a USB external hard drive can be used but when I plugged in my 500 GB WD hard drive formatted in exFAT, it kept saying no disk. Eventually I inserted my 64 GB USB Thumb Drive and it worked perfectly.

I have a 1T Western Digital external hard drive. I have tired it formatted as NTFS and exFAT and neither one works. I am returning this unit and going to buy one that cost a little more. I guess when you buy a cheap one you get what you pay for.

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You can record to a flash drive or an external hard drive. If you are wanting to record a lot of shows before watching, you will need a large hard drive. YOU CANNOT RECORD AND WATCH ANOTHER CHANNEL - UNLESS IT IS IN THE SAME NUMBERS. (i.e., you cant watch channel 10 and record channel 13). You can watch 10-1 through 10-???.
Answered by Candie5601 6 years ago
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Haven't tried it yet but the manual says you can use a external HD or a thumb (flash) drive. The manual lists the different types of format (ie fat32 or NTFS) is needed for different types of drives. Seems like a nice feature.
Answered by Tech208guy 7 years ago
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These type pvrs are fussy with hard drives bigger than 2T (about 200 hours recording), so try it on ones you already have before buying a really huge one.
Answered by antineutron 7 years ago
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Yes, this unit supports USB storage devices.
Answered by CommunityAnswer 7 years ago
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Yes, it says it in the specs
Answered by Ace2130 7 years ago
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Yes. USB hard drive or a thumb (flash) drive.
Answered by Tech208guy 7 years ago
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I saw that a USB external hard drive can be used but when I plugged in my 500 GB WD hard drive formatted in exFAT, it kept saying no disk. Eventually I inserted my 64 GB USB Thumb Drive and it worked perfectly.
Answered by BestBuy39 5 years ago
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I have a 1T Western Digital external hard drive. I have tired it formatted as NTFS and exFAT and neither one works. I am returning this unit and going to buy one that cost a little more. I guess when you buy a cheap one you get what you pay for.
Answered by Michael 6 years ago
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