Hi Everyone
I will say sorry if all this seems a bit long winded, but I really am not sure what I’m doing and I don’t want to damage anything electrically by making the wrong connections, so I’m giving as much information as possible on the setup I have at the moment.
I’ve got an old Topfield video recorder which is connected to my TV via a ribbon cable.
Sometimes when the hard drive on the Topfield gets full, I’ve transferred some of the video recordings onto another external hard drive, namely a Seagate using a usb cable and a program on my laptop called Antares.
When space has become available on the Topfield I’ve copied the recordings back onto it using the same method as above.
I think the usb connection on the Topfield is no longer working because I can no longer copy from the Seagate back onto it even after buying a new usb cable.
I don’t think it’s a fault of the Seagate because I can watch the video recordings which are on it via my laptop using a usb cable for connection.
I’d like to watch the recordings which are on the Seagate via my Smart TV as it’s a much larger screen than the laptop.
I’ve been told I can’t simply connect the Seagate to the Smart TV using a usb cable as the TV will not recognise the format the recording are in, Iv’e further been told it can be done if I daisy chain connect the Seagate to the laptop using a usb cable and then run a cable from the laptop to the Smart TV.
Can someone confirm if indeed, I will have to daisy chain connect it???
If I do have to daisy chain connect, what cable/s will I need in order to make it work???
I’ve included some photos, hopefully from them someone out there can tell me what I need to do.
My thanks to anyone who can help
Clive
I will say sorry if all this seems a bit long winded, but I really am not sure what I’m doing and I don’t want to damage anything electrically by making the wrong connections, so I’m giving as much information as possible on the setup I have at the moment.
I’ve got an old Topfield video recorder which is connected to my TV via a ribbon cable.
Sometimes when the hard drive on the Topfield gets full, I’ve transferred some of the video recordings onto another external hard drive, namely a Seagate using a usb cable and a program on my laptop called Antares.
When space has become available on the Topfield I’ve copied the recordings back onto it using the same method as above.
I think the usb connection on the Topfield is no longer working because I can no longer copy from the Seagate back onto it even after buying a new usb cable.
I don’t think it’s a fault of the Seagate because I can watch the video recordings which are on it via my laptop using a usb cable for connection.
I’d like to watch the recordings which are on the Seagate via my Smart TV as it’s a much larger screen than the laptop.
I’ve been told I can’t simply connect the Seagate to the Smart TV using a usb cable as the TV will not recognise the format the recording are in, Iv’e further been told it can be done if I daisy chain connect the Seagate to the laptop using a usb cable and then run a cable from the laptop to the Smart TV.
Can someone confirm if indeed, I will have to daisy chain connect it???
If I do have to daisy chain connect, what cable/s will I need in order to make it work???
I’ve included some photos, hopefully from them someone out there can tell me what I need to do.
My thanks to anyone who can help
Clive
