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Can you supply a replacement HDD for a Bell 9242 satellite TV
receiver or know where I could find one?

April 18/11 I just canceled my 10 years of Satellite TV with Bell today as one of our receivers (10 years old) gave up the ghost and when we called about getting a new one it was like $60+ for refurbished over $200 for a HD and one priced in between. I went to Telus, they have given me 3 receivers, 1 PVR and charging me 1/2 the price (less than half for the first ...

In the post Upgrade Bell Receiver with an External Hard Drive, leopold talked about adding an external hard drive to your Bell Expressvu 6141 HD receiver to activated the PVR functionality of the receiver. I followed instructions in that thread and I have been very happy with the PVR functionality that this has added.

However, last night I tried to watch one channel and record another. After all that is part of the functionality of ...

In a previous thread I have written about adding an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 6141 receiver. In several messages I have been asked about adding an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 9242 HD PVR Plus Receiver. Here is their question:

Is it possible to add an external hard drive to a Bell Expressvu 9242 HD PVR Plus Receiver using the same method described for the Bell Expressvu 6142 receiver?

The ...

Why buy the Expressvu 9242 PVR Plus Receiver for $699 when you can buy the much cheaper Expressvu 6141 HD Receiver for $299 and turn it into a PVR for under $100. Let me explain.

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During one of the Boxing Day sales I purchased a 46″ Sony Bravia 1080P HDTV and upgraded my Bell Expressvu Satellite receiver to a Bell Expressvu 6141 HD receiver. My choices in Expressvu HD Receivers ...

We are having trouble with the volume of the sound from program on difference stations. Some stations the volume is quite loud and we only have to set
our volume control to 20. Other channels the volume is so low we have to put the volume control to 47. can you help us? Both our tv's are doing this.
I have checked with others in this area who use Bell Express and they are having ...

We recently had a Bell dish installed at our cottage - Richard Point Road, Augustine Cove, PEI.
We are having trouble finding the channels we want to view. Please e-mail us a list of the stations that
are available to us based on our package. Thanks.

We are considering buying a used HD LCD TV & HD Bell Express box and
satellite dish which we would need installed on Hornby Island. Please contact us
regarding services and costs.

We currently have a satellite tv dish (bell express vu) and I would love to
know how to use my VCR to record a show. Could you please help?

Jodi

In the last several years, the amount of high definition programming on television has exploded but unfortunately the storage capacity of HD PVR’s has remained virtually unchanged. To deal with the problem, companies like Bell TV have resorted to offering consumers the ability to connect an external hard drive (EHD) to their HD receivers.

While the ability to add additional storage to your Bell HD PVR is a nice feature, it can sometimes cause headaches ...