vip 622 ext hard drive (need help)

[lindenray]

I just got a wd 250 ext hard and wanted to transfer my recordings to it.I called dish to active this.but it seems not to work.can someone help me?

 

[KAB]

I just got a wd 250 ext hard and wanted to transfer my recordings to it.I called dish to active this.but it seems not to work.can someone help me?

Have you followed the on screen format instructions?

 

[lindenray]

do I need to reformat my drive?

 

[Pepper]

plug it in, if it pops up saying it will reformat the drive, the correct answer is "yes"

 

[lindenray]

its says that there is multimedia device connected.but I have the cable hooked up.is there something else to do?