Another DW world first, a technomate 5200USB reciever with both an internal hard drive AND the front mounted USB socket. You may be thinking 'whats the point?'
The USB allows you to connect a hard drive to record films etc, it also allows you to update the firmware via patches from a USB stick, which is really handy, no more unplugging everything, take the receiver to the PC, back to the living room, plug it all back in. Just pop a memory stick in and job done. When a hard drive is connected though, the front flap has to be open, and the cable for the hard drive then running from the front of your telly to the hard drive.
People have done modifications where they have relocated the USB socket to the rear of the receiver, handy for hiding the hard drive connection, still a pain when you have to drag it all back out and swap wires around to update.
In light of this, i thought id put a hard drive INSIDE the receiver, AND still have the front socket behind the flap for updates, i also thought id do this with no wires showing and no plugs to swap.
I then also thought id show you all how i did it, in case you fancied a go
Materials required:
1 Technomate 5000USB series receiver
1 USB slimline pocket external HDD (i used a 60G, these need no power supply)
2 DPDT switches
1 LED (optional)
2 small screws (i found PC case screws to be spot on)
1 HDD USB lead
Tools required:
a dremel and 3mm bit
tin snips
soldering iron and solder
multimeter
phillips screwdriver
insulation tape
superglue
sharp knife or file
small wire cutters
(apologies for the size of the pictures, i had to compromise between size and clarity on my phone lol)
The USB allows you to connect a hard drive to record films etc, it also allows you to update the firmware via patches from a USB stick, which is really handy, no more unplugging everything, take the receiver to the PC, back to the living room, plug it all back in. Just pop a memory stick in and job done. When a hard drive is connected though, the front flap has to be open, and the cable for the hard drive then running from the front of your telly to the hard drive.
People have done modifications where they have relocated the USB socket to the rear of the receiver, handy for hiding the hard drive connection, still a pain when you have to drag it all back out and swap wires around to update.
In light of this, i thought id put a hard drive INSIDE the receiver, AND still have the front socket behind the flap for updates, i also thought id do this with no wires showing and no plugs to swap.
I then also thought id show you all how i did it, in case you fancied a go
Materials required:
1 Technomate 5000USB series receiver
1 USB slimline pocket external HDD (i used a 60G, these need no power supply)
2 DPDT switches
1 LED (optional)
2 small screws (i found PC case screws to be spot on)
1 HDD USB lead
Tools required:
a dremel and 3mm bit
tin snips
soldering iron and solder
multimeter
phillips screwdriver
insulation tape
superglue
sharp knife or file
small wire cutters
(apologies for the size of the pictures, i had to compromise between size and clarity on my phone lol)
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