Powerstation Won't Record?

[Macman_ca]

I tried to do a recording last night on BuzzTv Powerstation 6 Unlimited and it kept failing. It couldn't see the internal storage or my WD NVME 2TB. I tried rebooting, I tried unseating the NVME no luck. The TV menu was also acting slow to go sideways. Any thoughts?

[nbs.]

Post your firmware and software versions

[Macman_ca]

Everytime I try to go onto settings/updates etc. the whole screen goes blue and kicks out to the default Home Screen. Can't tell. I do recall doing an update in the last week or so.

[Emporium]

Did you try removing the NVMe drive and see if the issues persist ?  Maybe try doing a recording to the onboard storage first and see if that works. 

Quite possible that the nvme is toast.  Would not be the first time

 

[Macman_ca]

it won't let me change where to record to. it freezes when I go to select storage. It isnt seeing the internal storage. I have to go back to main menu/guide. It is locking up for any recordings. Seems to be the box??

[nbs.]

Did you remove the drive?

[Macman_ca]

yes, I have taken it out and rebooted it. Nothing different with it in or out. 

[nbs.]

Reset your buzz

[Emporium]

Definitely odd.  

I just checked and I have internal showing and "android" which is a small 250GB NVMe I have installed in it.

And if you go to Settings->device Preferences->Storage you don't see the "Removable storage" ?

 

 

HAVE YOU UNPLUGGED the POWER for 10 seconds on the box, instead of just power off/power on ?

 

Edited 13 hours ago by Emporium

[Macman_ca]

when I go into device preferences, it shows internal storage of 242GB. if I go to updates, the whole screen blacks out and goes back to the home screen. when I put in the NVME it doesnt see it under device prefs. Did the box fry the NVME? since the box is acting weird??

 

how do I reset the box?

[Rudy Dominguez]

I had the same issue with screen blacking out and going back to home screen.  I did a factory reset and issue no longer happens 

[Emporium]

17 minutes ago, Macman_ca said:

when I go into device preferences, it shows internal storage of 242GB. if I go to updates, the whole screen blacks out and goes back to the home screen. when I put in the NVME it doesnt see it under device prefs. Did the box fry the NVME? since the box is acting weird??

 

how do I reset the box?

Hard Factory reset of P6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnzmXNyXcg

Maybe the NVMe is just corrupt.  May need to be completely reformatted.  I have an USB NVMe adapter and I typically format my drives on my PC before installing them on media players.

I have this one:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09XWLGD48

But there are many cheaper ones available, like this one, which is under CAD$20.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CSVT8KF1

Just curious, was in possibly formatted as internal "device storage" instead of "Portable storage" ?  Formatting as internal device storage can be a real pain in the b$tt.  Android should do away with that concept in 2026.  If it is formatted as internal device storage and then it gets corrupted somehow, it will corrupt the whole device.  As "Portable Storage" it runs independently of the internal storage.

 

[Macman_ca]

So I managed to do the factory reset and recording works to the internal storage. But it does look like my name is fried!!!

Firmare : P6L 256

V20250815

1.0.281

[Macman_ca]

11 minutes ago, Emporium said:

Hard Factory reset of P6

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bnzmXNyXcg

Maybe the NVMe is just corrupt.  May need to be completely reformatted.  I have an USB NVMe adapter and I typically format my drives on my PC before installing them on media players.

I have this one:

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B09XWLGD48

But there are many cheaper ones available, like this one, which is under CAD$20.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0CSVT8KF1

Just curious, was in possibly formatted as internal "device storage" instead of "Portable storage" ?  Formatting as internal device storage can be a real pain in the b$tt.  Android should do away with that concept in 2026.  If it is formatted as internal device storage and then it gets corrupted somehow, it will corrupt the whole device.  As "Portable Storage" it runs independently of the internal storage.

 

no It was WD NVME... I'll try the reader and see if I can reformat it. thank you!

[allaboutbuzz]

12 minutes ago, Macman_ca said:

no It was WD NVME... I'll try the reader and see if I can reformat it. thank you!

Certain WD NVME require a Firmware update, because they just disappear/get deleted from the BIOS at random

This happens on Windows even

Look up a firmware update for your model, as this could be the case for you.

WD released a Firmware update for this problem about a year ago
You will need to connect it to a PC or MAC to do the Firmware update though.