Having a good efficiency rating means the adapter doesn’t waste much electricity when it’s plugged into a wall socket but not power a device. The power adapter has an efficiency rating of level V which is currently the most efficient rating on the scale. Highlight power save mode and press select to toggle the sleep mode on, or off. To enable or disable sleep mode press the settings button on the remote and access the timers tab. When enabled sleep mode activates after 4 hours of inactivity. In sleep mode power usage drops down to about 18 watts. I was surprised to see that this cable box uses such a low amount of power. Using a watts up power meter I measured an actual draw of about 20 watts while the DVR was powered up. The maximum power output from the adapter is 36 watts (12V * 3A). Power for the DVR is provided by an external power brick manufactured by LiteOn, part number 4035345. The Explorer 8742HDC is an Energy Star qualified STB. 12V DC Input – The AC/DC power adpater connects to this port.Firewire (1394) – Used for sending video output to a firewire device.The DVR I examined had this port disabled through the firmware image. eSATA – This port can be used for connecting an external eSATA hard drive to expand the storage capacity of the device.
This is the best available connection on the 8742.
To activate a feature you can simply touch the text labels. You’ll find no buttons on this unit, instead the front panel is completely smooth. One of the cool features of the 8742 is the touch panel on the front of the unit. A little searching on Google turned up a brief article that indicated Time Warner has just started testing the 8742 DVR in the field.
I wasn’t able to locate a users manual or even anything that mentioned the 8742 on Cisco’s website. I did a quick search of Samsung’s website and I couldn’t find any product info for the SMT-H3270, or SMT-H3272 anymore so I believe they may have been discontinued but I haven’t been able to confirm this.Ĭurrently there is very little information available regarding the 8742HDC cable box. When the Time Warner technician arrived I expected he would replace the box with an identical model but instead he left me a Cisco 8742HDC box. My Samung cable box recently stopped working and had to be replaced.