My wife has a HD 5000 satellite receiver and I would like to connect a Samsung M3 external usb hard drive for pvr. Does anybody know how I should format or prepare this disc to work with the receiver?
Formatted the disc to Fat32 and still no luck, a message comes up on the screen saying 'A disc not usable by Cyfrowy Polsat has been connected' (or something like that. Any other suggestions?
What about NTFS? And maybe the disk isn't getting enough power from the receiver? If it's larger than 500GB it may be the problem. Have you tried with regular flash drive stick?
Now I see that you need the 'genuine' hdd compatible with the hd5000 - it's DTU 320 - go to the nearest Cyfrowy Polsat distributor (if you're in Poland) and ask for it. Addresses:
cyfrowypolsat.pl/oferta/telewizja-cyfrowa/gdzie-kupic.cp Price - about 210PLN
It's not easy to get such disk online unfortunately. It appears on allegro sometimes. Recently this one: allegro.pl/dysk-twardy-dtu-320-cyfrowy-polsat-i4702503490.html Unluckily unavailable already.