I am in the process of going from DIRECTV using the HR20-700 and HR20-100 both with external eSATA Seagate 750 Gig drives to COX cable with two Explorer 8240 HDC units. I cannot get either Explorer 8240 to recognize either of the two Seagate drives. I have followed instructions about unplugging the Explorer 8240 HDC, connecting the eSATA cable, powering up the Seagate drive and then powering up the Explorer 8240 HDC. I have tried this many times and cannot make it work.

I have ordered from Amazon the IOMEGA Expander one terabyte drive that is suppose to work with the Explorer 8240HDC and will get it on Tuesday. I will see if it will work before ordering a second one for the other Explorer 8240HDC.

Anyone have any thoughts as to why the Seagate drives will not work? Could it be something the DIRECTV HDR20’s did to the drives that will not allow the Explorer 8240 HDC to recognize the drive?

I am running the SARA software on the Explorer 8240 HDC according to the diagram in the Weakness WEB site.
Mike