Upgrading Sky+ V2

Some Basic Instructions For Increasing The Storage Capacity Of Sky+.
Note: No PC Is Required For This Upgrade, Just A Brand New Hard Drive
(The Drive Does NOT Need Any Preparation / Formatting, Etc.)
Visit The Copy+ Website For An Excellent List Of Drives
Also If You Wish To Transfer All Your Recordings From Your Old
Drive To Your New Drive Also Visit The Copy+ Website
(The Standard 40Gb Drive Fitted In Sky+ V2 Is A Maxtor 2F040L0)

Do This Upgrade At Your Own Peril!

Before you start, Press Services, Select SKY+ Setup and set "Instant Rewind" to "Off" and "Save New Settings".
Make a note of all your series links as these must be re-entered unless you are using Copy+.
Put Sky+ in standby and disconnect the power cable. Also, if you've got the patients, allow 15 minutes
for the old drive to cool down.
Unplug all other cables, remove the lid, it slides back (T10 Torx-Type Security Bit Required) (Screwfix Direct) or (Maplin Code GU60Q)

Unscrew and remove (else they will fall out) the four screws in the rubber mounts either side of the hard drive.
Lift up and carefully unplug the IDE and 4 Pin power cable from the hard drive.
Remember to take all necessary precautions to prevent damage by static discharge

Make note of the four thermal transfer pads (one out of site as IDE cable is in shot).
Make sure these line up well with the main chips on the underside of your new drive.

Take the hard disc assembly to a suitable clean antistatic work surface.
Slide out the four shock absorbent / ant vibration feet.
You can now remove the two plates from the sides of your old drive (Philips screwdriver required)
and mount them on your new drive.

Set the new drives jumper to make it "Cable Select" as per the drive you removed.
Slide the four shock absorbent / anti vibration feet back into position and refit
the drive in your box again taking care re the alignment of the four
thermal transfer pads.

Once your box is fully assembled, power it up, wait two minutes and press the Sky Key.
Perform A "Full System Reset" (Press Services,4,01 Select,8 Housekeeping)
And Wait For Box To Restart (normally < 3mins for a 120Gb drive and < 45mins for a 250Gb drive), Again wait two minutes and press the Sky Key.
Test for correct operation, re-enable "Instant Rewind" and re-enter your Series Links.

Tip
If you find the drive noisier than the original you may wish adjust its acoustic management. In order to achieve this the drive will have to be connected to the controller of a PC with an IDE controller. Click here for details.

Page Created 15 September, 2003 19:20 +0100
Last Updated 05 March, 2007 13:22 -0000