usb storage device for LG TV.

[Tim Lamb]

Still struggling to replace the switching transistor for the aerial input feeds on my Toppy:-( Surface mount in a limited access space.

[Fredxx]

Can you cut the legs with a small pair of cutters?

[Tim Lamb]

In message [e-mail]>, Tim Lamb [e-mail]> writes

Oops. Posted before finished!

My hard drive is nearly full anyway so mostly I am just re-watching recorded stuff.

Pressing the record button on my TV remote tells me I need to install a usb storage device.

Any recommendations/advice?

[AnthonyL]

We have a cheap and cheerful:

It sits in an empty tissue box as the flashing LED was annoying.

Works fine and I've dumped loads of photos, music and videos on it as well.

Note - you can only record the program you are watching - your TV doesn't have dual tuners I assume.

You can't watch the recordings on any other TV, even an identical LG.

What we use it a lot for is pause, rewind etc. Fortunately our Toppy is still working.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

AnthonyL formulated the question :

Or record when the set is otherwise off. I was a bit dissapointed by that lack of a second tuner, I wonder if you can record from sat, whilst watching Freeview? I never tested that possibility yet.

[Andy Burns]

possibly you can record other programmes on the same mux as the one you're watching.

[Tim Lamb]

In message [e-mail]>, AnthonyL [e-mail] writes

:-)

I was expecting that but needing to leave the TV switched on is a drawback.

OK

I'm a bit nervous of getting the transistor changed as the fault coincided with the masthead amplifier issue.

[T i m]

Sorry mate, we just haven't been out in the car since we last spoke and certainly not that far / direction. ;-(

If there was a day that looked like it wasn't going to rain and I bought my gear and folding table, I'd just need an extension lead in your back garden and the Toppy for a socially distanced repair. ;-(

<snip>

Cheers, T i m

p.s. Is this what it looks like?:

[Andrew]

Any memory stick will allow you to record/replay. A HDD is needed if you want to record/pause the current program.

We have a 64Gb memory stick. It fills up but if we haven't watched it by then it gets deleted.

[Harry Bloomfield, Esq.]

Tim Lamb expressed precisely :

The LG only needs to be on standby, at the appropriate time it will switch just the tuner on and record the program - or at least my LG does.

[Brian Gaff (Sofa]

How come the thread is called storage device but the message is about a topfield box. Brian

[John Rumm]

Also beware if you use a spinning rust HDD on a TV in a bedroom - they have a habit of waking up at various times and that will spin up the HDD for a few mins and then shutdown, which can be loud enough to be distracting in a quiet room.

[Tim Lamb]

In message <ri5rit$481$ [e-mail], Harry Bloomfield <?.?@harrym1byt.plus.com.invalid> writes

Ah. OK

[Tim Lamb]

Can't say I've noticed that with my desk top. Mind, my hearing is not

100%.

[Tim Lamb]

In message [e-mail], T i m [e-mail]> writes

This wasn't a complaint! My only experience of delicate outdoor soldering was on top of a London high rise office block. The window cleaner's platform hoist had lost an a/c switch. The pre-thermostatic soldering iron kept cooling off in the breeze:-(

Q14 is the kiddy. I also bought some 2N4404 as they come with legs but, even sharpened to a point, my tackle is too clumsy.

You could be as distant as you like in the old garage:-)

[Tim Lamb]

In message <ri5tgg$h7n$ [e-mail], "Brian Gaff (Sofa)" [e-mail]> writes

You need the second attempt for the rest of the story.