HDR-2000 Questions
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Hi there,
I was going to post a few different threads, but thought I'd consolidate it into one to save space.
I recently swapped form a 9200T to a HDR-2000
I was reading in the manual that if you have a recording scheduled to start and you are watching another channel then a message will pop up informing you the recording is on soon. The manual said it will swap you over to this channel unless you cancel out. Is that right? If so, can that be turned off as it sounds very annoying. After all, I'm recording the program so I can watch it later. I'd hate to be out of the room when this happens, losing the program I was watching beforehand ( and any time-shift buffer that went with it)
Secondly, I have hooked this up to my wifi with the supplied dongle but keep getting messages that the TV Portal cannot be contacted. Is there anything extra I need to do to turn this on? The device has been assigned a DHCP address on my network, so it should be setup correctly.
Lastly, how does the Series Record work? If an episode is repeated later in the week does that also get recorded, or is the box clever enough to know it already has that episode?
Rob
I was going to post a few different threads, but thought I'd consolidate it into one to save space.
I recently swapped form a 9200T to a HDR-2000
I was reading in the manual that if you have a recording scheduled to start and you are watching another channel then a message will pop up informing you the recording is on soon. The manual said it will swap you over to this channel unless you cancel out. Is that right? If so, can that be turned off as it sounds very annoying. After all, I'm recording the program so I can watch it later. I'd hate to be out of the room when this happens, losing the program I was watching beforehand ( and any time-shift buffer that went with it)
Secondly, I have hooked this up to my wifi with the supplied dongle but keep getting messages that the TV Portal cannot be contacted. Is there anything extra I need to do to turn this on? The device has been assigned a DHCP address on my network, so it should be setup correctly.
Lastly, how does the Series Record work? If an episode is repeated later in the week does that also get recorded, or is the box clever enough to know it already has that episode?
Rob
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All of that info seemed to be correct. I didn't have much time to play with it last night, so I'll double check this evening. I assume it should 'just work' ?
Fab, thanks.
The only issues I have with it are:-
1.The lack of an aerial loopthrough. I have a Panasonic TV with an inbuilt Freeview HD tuner and to watch this I now have to have the 2000T switched on. So in that case, its just as well to use it instead!
Not a huge problem and I could use a splitter. But why? Why have Humax omitted something that has been part of all previous kit?
2.I cannot access the new VUTV service. Although there aren't great channels available, VUTV are currently doing a 14 day free trial. I thought I would give it a go only to see on the VUTV channel, 'you do not have a compatible receiver'!!!???!!!
I understood that the 2000T WAS compatible, so whats going on?
By the way, the 2000T is connected via ethernet to the internet.
Does anybody know if either of these issues will be sorted out? Although I would imagine number 2 must be!
Thanks.
It seems that as this model does not have a clock display they forgot about the option to enable rf loopthrough in sby.
Yes I am sure.
http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/hdr-2000t-no-loopthrough
Ok, I had another go of this last night.
When I first tried to access theTV Portal I was told that thre was no network connection.
I went back into the Settings for networking and I could see the details of my wifi network were already entered ( i.e. the SSID, encryption type and a starred out password) . I pr3essed the Accept or OK button ( sorry, I should have made a note) and it then attempted to reconnect., Note that I didn't change any of the stored wifi settings. The network connection was made at 54Mbps. I could then get into the TV Portal and was able to access IPlayer ok.
So, will I need to do this every time I want to use the Internet? Does the Humax box disconnect and reconnect the network on demand? The box is about three feet away from the wifi router, albeit with a brick wall in the way, so signal strength is good.
Rob
Rob
I'm not.
No need to re-enter anything once it’s been set-up as a one button press of the TV Portal button will reconnect instantly.
I aso suspect that the HDR-2000T does not recognise a wifi password if it includes a space (as the HDR-2000T is made by Humax).
Edit (additional thought!): If you still have problems connecting wirelessly, I'd seriously have a look at a pair of 200mbps or 500mbps Homeplug adapters. (wired networking using the mains wiring in the building) Far fewer hassles since I did the switch!
Config IP DHCP
IP Address 10.0.0.6
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway Address 10.0.0.1
DNS address 10.0.0.1
Thanks for keeping it simple so far!:D
Those don't look standard BT addresses?
I'm not on Homehub and suspect part of my problem may be the rather odd setup here. I am with Plusnet and have a Linksys ADSL2 gateway connected to the BT line. As this isn't Wireless, my Grandson connected a Netgear wireless router to one of the Linksys ports. Now comes the difficult bit - OK it works fine but I haven't a clue how to access the settings for the Netgear and am already thinking about starting again with a proper 4 port wireless jobbie!:D BTW, the Netgear thing is a bit unreliable' drops out occasionally.
The Humax tells me I am connected at 54Mb/sec.
That all looks OK. Have you tried putting the Humax into standby; waiting for about a minute until the disk stops spinning and then bringing it out of standby and trying again?