Would this work to connect an external hard drive with USB 3.0 (but no eSATA) to a Tivo Roamio via eSATA? Does the cable work in both directions?
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I don't think so. I bought this for the same thing, except to my connect it to my computer. My computer didn't even recognize it.
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The cable has a standard USB connector on one end and eSata on the other. It is a 2-way path and I am using it for an external hard drive backup. It should work in your configuration.
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Mine has only a USB 3.0 jack. I'm not familiar with "eSATA"; I assumed it referred to the internal SATA interface where the drive itself plugs into the case.
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I was able to use it on my 500BG Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex which only had a 2.0 USB adapter originally. No problems. It does not come with cables though.
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I have a brand new laptop with an esata port. This enclosure does recognize my external drive via the USB connection, but won't recognize by esata cable. I followed the instructions to use the USB cable for power, and even tried plugging in to a second USB port as suggested, in case one port wasn't supplying enough power.I'm trying to get through to their online support page, but so far no luck. So I'm up in the air for now.
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I have read on a couple of TiVo forums where people have installed the WD AV-GP 3 TB drive in the My Book expander and it worked fine. I know the RED drives will not work with the tivo. I've tried three of the RED drives and none have worked. Hope this helps.
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I have not tried it as the ESATA had a different number of pins. My neighbor said to plug I. All three connectors. The ESATA port on the back of my gadget, the USB port in front of my gadget and the other USB into the external hard drive I was trying to set up.
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I have not tried it, but there is no reason why it would not. Right now I use it as one internal connected to my SSD OS drive, and one esata connected to my external backup. Everything is working great.
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Hmm.. not sure.. theoretically it should work but I didn't want to chance it. So I took my separate external 2TB drive and connected it and it works perfectly
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The eSata port is only for power. The supplied USB 3 Cord is also backward compatible with USB 2 and USB 1. This peripheral was found to be a very good investment.
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If you use the eSATA connection, you will need to make sure you have an eSATA port. As for the USB, I've only ever used it on a USB 2.0 port, but it has worked flawlessly for me.
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eSATA cable does not come with the drive. You can buy one separately for about $20. Figure that into your cost.
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Maybe? I am using a laptop that has powered eSata port, and I'm using an eSatap cable that I got from Amazon, separate from the enclosure. Sounds like you have a similar setup. otherwise you will probably have to power the device from USB, but be connected to eSata first and perhaps the connection will be established on eSata. This is how some other enclosures function.
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You probably need to check with Panasonic and or your cable/satellite provider. If this recorder is used as your primary DVR from a cable provider, some external drives will work and some will not. The external hard drive you use, with most cable/satellite providers, needs to be a eSATA drive and I'm not sure if this particular Seagate is eSATA or not. My DirecTV DVR recommends certain Western Digital external hard drives. Sorry I couldn't be more help.
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Nope this is for smaller 1.8inch drives and you can tell that the eSATA connections won't line up. Try looking for a USB to 2.5 inch mSATA cable.
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No it has to be the other way around....the HD's need to be Esata, and the port has to be USB.
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Tivo 3 should support just about any eSATA driveTivo HD will only support the WD DVR Expander out of the box. They can be hacked to use any drive, but it voids the warranty.There is supposedly a file limitation with Tivos that doesn't allow them to read more than about 1.2TB of space. Whether this will be updated is unknown.The SA 8300HD supports regular eSATA drives, but there are some models that just don't work.
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It the device has an esata port, and the computer has a USB 3 port, it should work.It worked for me, my MSI notebook has dual USB 3 ports, my 500GB Seagate Free Agent Xtreme backup drive has both esata