intrigue
07-10-14, 09:10
Hello
Installed HDD (500gb 5400rpm 16mb cache seagate) in to my box last night but it's making the box hum / drone, most notably when box is off as TV isn't masking it a bit. It's weird, as if I am sat on sofa or on the floor I can't hear it, but if I stand up I can hear at and it's annoying. Box is in a wooden tv unit. Didn't make this noise before install.
Could someone help me with some settings to stop it?
1) HDD standby / sleep - what should this be ideally? 1,2,5 minutes? What exactly does this do and what effects would it have being set at 1 rather than 5?
2) Timeshift - the wife loves using timeshift, but quite often will turn the tv off leaving the box in timeshift which really annoys me haha. Should I set timeshift to start automatically after 1 minute and is the best place to save it to the HDD or should I set timeshift to go to USB? If timeshift isn't set to run automatically I can't rewind off the bat if we want to go and re-see something.
Is there any way of setting timeshift so it stops after 3 hours or something so if she does just turn the tv off it's not just recording one whacking great file?
3) Should I be putting box in to standby or deep standby overnight. What is the difference? Does the EPG and ABM automatically wake the box to refresh the data as I have these set for early morning updates. Should I download EPGrefresh plugin or is this not needed with the VIX image?
Sorry for all the questions guys!
Installed HDD (500gb 5400rpm 16mb cache seagate) in to my box last night but it's making the box hum / drone, most notably when box is off as TV isn't masking it a bit. It's weird, as if I am sat on sofa or on the floor I can't hear it, but if I stand up I can hear at and it's annoying. Box is in a wooden tv unit. Didn't make this noise before install.
Could someone help me with some settings to stop it?
1) HDD standby / sleep - what should this be ideally? 1,2,5 minutes? What exactly does this do and what effects would it have being set at 1 rather than 5?
2) Timeshift - the wife loves using timeshift, but quite often will turn the tv off leaving the box in timeshift which really annoys me haha. Should I set timeshift to start automatically after 1 minute and is the best place to save it to the HDD or should I set timeshift to go to USB? If timeshift isn't set to run automatically I can't rewind off the bat if we want to go and re-see something.
Is there any way of setting timeshift so it stops after 3 hours or something so if she does just turn the tv off it's not just recording one whacking great file?
3) Should I be putting box in to standby or deep standby overnight. What is the difference? Does the EPG and ABM automatically wake the box to refresh the data as I have these set for early morning updates. Should I download EPGrefresh plugin or is this not needed with the VIX image?
Sorry for all the questions guys!