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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    Thank you Titanium, This is good information. Questions: Did you do the formatting of the WD or was it factory? What length of USB cable were you using, the one I used/am using is less than 1m and the one I used with the SeaGate Backup Plus was the one that came with it because it uses a...
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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    Thanks richyrich, I found the manual. It is an improvement, however not much new about the drive like I was hoping. I am sure that my wife will like the new manual though, she is the one I bought this system for and she uses it way more than I do.
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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    richyrich, The my drive issue has sort of been put on the back burner here, as I now have a bigger more pressing project (building a garage). However, I have attempted to get some information from GloryStar (that is where I bought this system) about how a person could go about utilizing a drive...
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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    OK Folks! I believe that I have discovered what was causing my problem with the receiver not recognizing the Seagate Drive. After getting nowhere with the Seagate I purchased a Sabrent external drive case and a 1 TB Seagate sata drive, installed the drive in the case and powered up the...
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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    Ok, I think that I follow your reasoning. I understand the drive part anyway. As to the current requirement, the .08 mA (and that is correct) was while it was connect to my desktop machine and functioning. My next question would be: Does the drive have to be formatted before the receiver can...
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    Geosatpro Hdvr1200 & Seagate Backup Plus Incompatible

    Ok, I am new here and if I am posting this in the wrong place would someone please point me in the right direction. I recently purchased a GloryStar system which came with the HDVR1200 receiver. After installation (which was way easier than I thought it would be) I started researching USB...