In a bit over a week, I'm having a Hopper installed to replace my venerable - and reliable (if scorchingly hot in the summer) Vip 622. I've had the same 622 for nearly 6 years now.
I've a couple questions about moving between the receivers. The first issue is saved programs. I presume, from what I've seen here, that the proper (only?) transfer method is via an EHD. I do have that feature activated on the 622, and I have one drive connected, but it is full. Can I buy or use a second EHD on my 622 (not connected at the same time as the other one) to move off the programs that are currently on the 622? I think I saw here that the Hopper can handle multiple EHDs connected at the same time via USB. Is this correct? I know I should buy a larger drive and move everything to that, but I'm trying to put that off for a while...
The second is about timers. Is there a way to transfer the timers from the 622 to the Hopper? It wouldn't be horrible if this can't be done, but with several shows I like on Hiatus, it's tough setting them up when the program is not on the air.
Thanks for all the help here. And a special thanks to MattG of DIRT for setting me up with the Hopper upgrade.
Oh - one more thing: If my old EHD has non-MPEG4 programs on it, will the Hopper have any trouble with them? Just curious...
I've a couple questions about moving between the receivers. The first issue is saved programs. I presume, from what I've seen here, that the proper (only?) transfer method is via an EHD. I do have that feature activated on the 622, and I have one drive connected, but it is full. Can I buy or use a second EHD on my 622 (not connected at the same time as the other one) to move off the programs that are currently on the 622? I think I saw here that the Hopper can handle multiple EHDs connected at the same time via USB. Is this correct? I know I should buy a larger drive and move everything to that, but I'm trying to put that off for a while...
The second is about timers. Is there a way to transfer the timers from the 622 to the Hopper? It wouldn't be horrible if this can't be done, but with several shows I like on Hiatus, it's tough setting them up when the program is not on the air.
Thanks for all the help here. And a special thanks to MattG of DIRT for setting me up with the Hopper upgrade.
Oh - one more thing: If my old EHD has non-MPEG4 programs on it, will the Hopper have any trouble with them? Just curious...
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