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I have an experience of formatting a 1TB WD Mybook with the software PartedMagic. Below is someone's (Peter 佬) detailed instruction posted in Avbuzz.com on how to format a harddisk larger than 500GB to EXT2 by PC: -
First go to internet and search for "PartedMagic". Download the ISO file and burn it to a bootable CD-R.
"I just learn & exchange from others then try and share to the others, the common rule.
Just use the iso file. 用 Nero 或其他 program , 用 (將影像檔案燒錄至光碟) this function.
Use this iso file (影像檔案) create a bootable disk. Put in the disk reboot the computer.
After boot the PartedMagic. There are 8 icons on the right bottom. Please click the most left icon on the right bottom (not those empty icons on left bottom corner), it is a hard disk icon (it looks like a XBox). When you point to this icon it will show "GParted Ghome Partition Editor".
Window show up on the left up corner and showing message "scanning all devices", after you double click this icon. After that you may find /dev/hda and /dev/sda.
dev = devices, hda = internal hard disk, sda = external hard disk.
On right side of the icon command bar of that window, there are up and down arrows ↑↓, click it to change to the connected external hard disk. The horizontal bar below will show the how many G (???G) of your external hard disk. Right click this bar to place resize command, double click the √ command button to Apply All Operation. ( This resize command = create partition ) Right click this bar again to place format command, double click the √ command button to Apply All Operation.
Within 5 minutes format completed. After format completed it is no need to use window and check your hard disk again because window do not recognized EXT2/EXT3. Just disconnect it and connect it back to your MTV3000.
EXT2/EXT3 both are not window format ( This is why window always telling you the hard disk is not format ) but more steady and smooth. We do not use window NTFS because it do not recognized by our MTV3000. We do not use FAT32 because EXT2/EXT3 both are better.
MTV3000 can not help you to format a hard disk in EXT2 over 500G but MTV3000 can use a pre formatted hard disk over 500G. This is why we use PartedMagic to format because it help you to format over 500G.
If you find that both MTV3000 and your PC can read your Buffalo 640G ( I mean read the files inside the hard disk ), I doubt that you are using FAT32. ( Buffalo pre format as FAT32 before selling ).
Please connect you buffalo to your PC again make sure your window recognized your buffalo.
( I just mean to confirm the connection is OK and to find out there are one more hard disk icon in the “my computer”. It is no need to care window is telling you it is formatted or not. It is because if you had formatted that buffalo by MTV3000 in EXT2 window will tell you it is not formatted. )
Please put the bootable ParkedMagic disk in your PC, reboot your PC in ParkedMagic program environment then format the buffalo to 640G in EXT2/EXT3.
After format completed, connect it back to MTV3000 and please do not use Wondow operation System or MTV3000 to format that buffalo again." |
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Chris Yuen
又或者你用原裝買番黎既fat32，不過可能唔穩定 |
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Chris Yuen
我本身用緊buffalo 500GB，所以用MTV3000黎format，
如果你用1TB既話，的確要用電腦先format，
我就無經驗 formmat EX2/3，
其實你唔熟手，我就唔見議你自已黎，因為format既野，唔熟好易衰，
你睇下有無朋友識幫你搞，
或者我又研究下點做，大家交流下，
其實我覺得唔會太困難，可能你對電腦唔太熟，會唔會？
穩鎮既話，買640GB lor，而家2.06都support format 640GB |
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我想買WD的1BT去錄節目！現在用500G差不多滿了，希望指導我，我Download 了但開出內的畫面不同！  |
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Thank You Li On
熄左機後的Power再開機,真係可以Format到HDD
幾分鐘攪掂左,Format後有596G用,可以錄9X小時
反應仲比之前用電腦Format快左
之前每次開機要等2-3秒先load到dFile,依家一開機就load到
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Chris Yuen
你個硬碟有幾多 GB ar? |
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Gary hing, the "mute" does not function when Bitstream is On. 
regards,
Li On |
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Hi PMS,
I use 2.06 firmware and find out the mute function is not working properly.
Case:
connect hdmi video -> projector (system setting as hdmi audio: auto)
connnect coaxial -> Denon AMP
when I press the "Mute", the mute logo show up on screen but the sound can be heard. It is not a big problem, just note it is a bug.
Thanks for your great work, appreciate it.
Gary |
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hi taimiu, please make sure the MTV3000 is using the latest 2.06 firmware. Please turn off the MagicTV from the back panel switch, and turn off the USB harddrive. Connect the USB cable, then turn On the MagicTV. After you see the MagicTV picture, turn On the USB harddrive. After a few seconds, the MagicTV should detect the USB harddrive, then format the USB harddrive in the MagicTV. If the process fail, please try again a few times.
regards,
Li On |
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一路用開2.5'250G DIY HDD,因己用得沒剩多少G
而且有時播播下會自己停,又試過2次將己錄的節目時間變成得番1秒
我見最新Firmware支援640G HDD,為求穩定及可以錄多D,於是買了Western Digital 3.5'640G MyBook
插入MTV3000試下錄同播都OK,跟手用MTV3000格式化硬碟,點知顯示錯誤,中止格式化
但見個HDD係FAT32格式,怕超個4G會有問題,於是插入電腦Format為EXT2格式
Format左幾個鐘頭,真係等到傻,我記得用MTV格式化一陣更就OK,點解用電腦耍甘耐
大功告成後Check下容量,大小總計596G,可用空間點解得373G,只錄得60小時,223G去左邊?
點Format法先會多番G出黎?
還是MTV是唔support640G?
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我抄了Partemagic, 請問有沒有網友告訴如何 Format 到 ext32 的步驟！謝謝！ |
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s1dragon hing,
An original name-brand external 3.5" USB HDD is recommended, in order for Magic TV standby to be able to spindown the HDD. If you use DIY USB HDD enclosure + 3.5" internal HDD, be aware that most DIY enclosures do not allow the HDD to spindown even after Magic TV goes into standby.
If you use a 1TB drive, you need to format it first in PC as EXT2 (or EXT3) format by using a third-party format utility such as freeware bootable CD from http://partedmagic.com |
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wisstar hing,
3.5" USB HDD with external power supply is required for Magic TV 3000 recording. Some very high speed USB thumb drives may work, but many will not. |
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magi hing,
In Magic TV, 100% for signal quality is essential. 99% or lower means you have a signal problem. Things you may try include using a TV signal amplifier, adjusting your antenna (if possible), talking to building management, etc. And make sure Magic TV is the first device that takes your TV signal input. |
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過往我用的MTV3000是連接320GB 3.5"HARD-DISK的, 但某些原因, 我要將此320GB HARD-DISK還給電腦用, 另外再買一個新的3.5"HARD-DISK.
我去腦場看過, 現在1TB 3.5"HARD-DISK都係$9xx, 32MB CACHE, 好似好抵咁, 唔知放在MTV3000中是可行嗎? 有沒有前軰可以給我一點意見呢? (當然我知要MTV3000可FORMAT 1TB HARD-DISK才可用盡空間, 有沒有經驗人仕呢?)
謝謝! |
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Chris Yuen 兄:
你只要將所需交換的 ts 和 tv 檔抄入相對的目錄(folder),最後緊記刪除主目錄內的 tv.db, 插回硬碟便可。
但 MTV5000 好似不能夠直接錄影至外置硬碟機, 要經內置硬碟抄出來, 你試試再告訴我吧! |
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Thanks a lot !!  |
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無人識答？  |
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點先可以張綠左的高清節目放入電腦?
我試過用mtv3000 format後放入電腦......但電腦無反應
我又試過用電腦format後放入mtv3000 ........但mtv3000反應
我係用mtv3000+buffalo 500gb
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You have to enable your PC to read ext2 format.
Search past posts (here or other sites). There had been many discussions and instructions on how to do it. |
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點先可以張綠左的高清節目放入電腦?
我試過用mtv3000 format後放入電腦......但電腦無反應
我又試過用電腦format後放入mtv3000 ........但mtv3000反應
我係用mtv3000+buffalo 500gb |
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Added: How to access (read/write) MTV3000 Formatted (EXT2 Format) USB harddrive in Windows PC? On the PC, please install a EXT2 driver for Windows, such as http://www.fs-driver.org/
Tomorrow (Friday), hopefully, We will try to release a firmware update for the MTV3000 with USB harddrive recording function, for user to have fun with recording over the weekend! This firmware will have some software bugs and may not function 100% perfect. Please treat it as a "beta" release!  After we collect feedback from users, we will release a update version ASAP. 
With the recording firmware, it can directly record to a FAT32 harddrive, or it can "format" a USB drive in EXT2 format up to 500G.
We suggest to use a USB harddrive with "auto Power On/Off" function. Some brand name USB harddrives we tested support the auto On/Off function, such as the Buffalo DriveStation, WD (Western Digital) My Book series, and Seagate FreeAgent series. If the USB harddrive support auto On/Off, then the USB harddrive should auto trun off when the MTV3000 finished recording and auto standby, and auto power on when the MTV3000 auto wake up when recording starts.
Generally we recommand a 3.5" USB harddrive with standalone power supply to use on the MTV3000. We also tested a few 2.5" USB harddrive size from 80G to 320G. Those 2.5" USB harddrives also work with the MTV3000 recording, with a "1 USB (harddrive) to 2 USB (MTV3000) cable" for the MTV3000 to supply enough power to the 2.5" USB harddrive. But we can NOT make sure all 2.5" harddrive can work on the MTV3000.
Please post any question about the upcoming MTV3000 recording firmware here! Thanks in advance. 
regards,
Li On
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