QTH163 not formatting HDD

[SheldonNatenburg 0]

I have a QTH163 in 2016. It it playing video in real time fine, but when I try to install an external hard drive, it does not seem to be working when I try to format the drive. I was able to format it to a exFAT on my PC, but I installed it in my DVR and it does not record. I also tried to click format again on the DVR and it does not format. What should I do? The HDD is good, its a WD Purple that I bought a week ago, its empty. 

[tomcctv 190]

8 hours ago, SheldonNatenburg said:

I try to install an external hard drive, it does not seem to be working

Hi.  I don’t think that unit has an external sata just usb

[SheldonNatenburg 0]

Hi, yes so what I did was yet a USB splitter, so that I could connect my external mouse to one USB port and the external hard drive to the 2nd. I have a rather old system, so 3 1080p cameras and 13 960h cameras. The bitrate for the mouse and the cameras should be fine to go through USB, at least according to some online calculators. I bought a seagate external hdd enclosure too, so it has a sata port inside for the HDD and a USB out. 

[tomcctv 190]

Hi. Ok I am confused on what it is your trying to do. 
 

what are you trying to connect a WD purple for what are you expecting it to do

you can’t write to it from the recorder

on the QSee usb is for thumb drive only and formatted at fat32

usb will not even see the WD drive

why don’t you install the second drive inside the DVR

[SheldonNatenburg 0]

On 8/2/2022 at 6:51 PM, tomcctv said:

Hi. Ok I am confused on what it is your trying to do. 
 

what are you trying to connect a WD purple for what are you expecting it to do

you can’t write to it from the recorder

on the QSee usb is for thumb drive only and formatted at fat32

usb will not even see the WD drive

why don’t you install the second drive inside the DVR

Thank you, i dont know why i didnt try that first, it worked.