I think the instructions need to be updated. I have been trying to do that friggin KickStart62 on my Series3 for the last few hours with no success. However after reading some of the notes I noticed all the complaints about these eSata cables. I too bought that blue "LinkDepot" cable from Fry's for $9.99 and I noticed that it was so stiff that it wouldn't stay in the connector and didn't fit well. Believe it or not I was messing with it and the clip came right off the end of the damned thing and I had to carefully work it back in. I used a razor knife and trimmed about 1/4" off each end and they did fit a lot better. I fired up the TiVo and low and behold the thing was detected!!!! It asked me the warning questions and it worked! My drive is a Acomdata PureDrive 1TB for less than $200. Now I have 165 HD hours, and 1561 SD hours. So yeah, I'm covered and won't have to worry about deleting stuff again. My only fear is something going wrong with the drive and loosing everything!!! So far it's good, thanks!!!
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I have been trying to do that friggin KickStart62 on my Series3 for the last
few hours with no success.
However after reading some of the notes I noticed all the complaints about these eSata cables.
I too bought that blue "LinkDepot" cable from Fry's for $9.99
and I noticed that it was so stiff that it wouldn't stay in the connector
and didn't fit well.
Believe it or not I was messing with it and the clip came right off the end
of the damned thing and I had to carefully work it back in.
I used a razor knife and trimmed about 1/4" off each end and they
did fit a lot better. I fired up the TiVo and low and behold the thing
was detected!!!! It asked me the warning questions and it worked!
My drive is a Acomdata PureDrive 1TB for less than $200.
Now I have 165 HD hours, and 1561 SD hours.
So yeah, I'm covered and won't have to worry about deleting stuff
again. My only fear is something going wrong with the drive and
loosing everything!!!
So far it's good, thanks!!!