How to Record Programs with the Kiwisat Receiver.
The current receiver that Kiwisat is shipping is the "MICO-P6Plus". These instructions are for that one.
I finally have this working. I could find no information anywhere on how to do this so I had to "play" for awhile and finally have it figured out.
Here are the things I learned.
Any type of USB compatible memory stick or portable hard disk drive will work - USB 3.0 interface is standard.
Most of the Windows 10/11 compatible external portable hard disk drives you buy won't work out of the box and need to be reformatted to the older and more universally used "FAT32" file system. Windows 10 will only allow you to format to either the NTFS or exFAT (extended FAT) file systems. The Kiwisat receivers won't work with either. I had to use my PC with a 3rd party formatter to get the drive reformatted.
Big capacity hard drives will work. The Toshiba 2TB portable USB disk drive I just bought came pre-formatted to the NTFS file system. The receiver recognized it and indicated I could store 99 hours of HD programming - but I couldn't record to it. I tried reformatting to the exFAT file system, but the receiver would not even see it. Once I reformatted it to FAT32, it worked right away.
Recording Procedure
The receiver only has one tuner so you can only record from one channel at a time.
You can start recording what you are watching live at any time by pressing the button that has a red circle (beside the SAT button).
When you have a compatible storage device attached, you can see the program listings for 7 days in the future when using the EPG button.
You can record a future program by going to the channel that carries the program, hit the EPG button, toggle to the day (on the left of the screen), the program (on the right of the screen) and press F! (the red coloured key).
To watch a program that you have already recorded, go to the Media menu and toggle down to PVR player and you will see a list of your recordings. Select the one you want to playback and hit the OK key.
To delete a recording, go to the PVR menu, select the program and follow the on screen instructions.