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Does the upgrade work with RTV5xxx units?

April 26, 2017rtv5xxx units upgrade

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Does the upgrade work with RTV5xxx units?

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Yes, support for the RTV4xxx units was added in January 2002 and this version also works with the newer RTV5xxx models as they both use the same hard drive layout. Note that the RTVPatch software reports “4000” for both 4000 and 5000 units since the two are identical as far as RTVPatch is concerned. The older versions of RTVPatch (e.g. March 2001) do not support the 4xxx or 5xxx series units. • Does the upgrade work with RTV4xxx units? Yes, support for the RTV4xxx units was added in January 2002. The older versions of RTVPatch (e.g. March 2001) do not support the 4xxx series units. • Does the upgrade work with RTV20xx, RTV30xx, and ShowStopper units? Yes, with version 3.x software on the ReplayTV. RTVPatch version 2.1 and higher should work with version 1.x or 2.x software too, but that hasn’t been tested or confirmed! • Can I use really, really big drives (larger than 137GB) in an ReplayTV? Yes, for the RTV4xxx and RTV5xxx series, the version 4.1.1 and higher software update has added