Philips badged RTI95-500 (HDTP8530)
nvingo
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I hope it's OK to discuss this machine here as I expect experience/support to be more relevant here than in the Philips PVR subthread.
I have installed the Philips in my parents' living room connected to a Samsung fullHD TV and an aerial feed.
I understood there was an Export video facility but with an 8GB Fat32 USB stick attached (verified accessible through the Media Player for Import/export of USB sourced media) in the recordings library with an SD programme selected, pressing the action/red button there is no export option listed. Is this disabled on this model or is there a trick to get it working?
Since the 19/09/12 EPG shuffle I've had to work out how to retune the PVR.
Reception has been poor. Father had the living room fed from the higher-output socket on the aerial distribution amp.
After viewing the signal level screen and observing 100% level but reduced quality on most mux, he mentioned possibly possessing an attenuator. In the event he moved the feed to a standard-level output on the amp and we now observe <100% level but increased quality readings.
A factory reset and obligatory auto tune leaves us with some BBC channels from Belmont (our region/transmitter is Sandy Heath). As there is no facility to remove individual channels this outcome is unacceptable. I spent an hour this morning working through a procedure to ensure only Sandy Heath mux are tuned.
This is it:
Several times the box crashed at the start of the search (before the "channels found: 0" caption) and needed a power cycle before I could continue. It is not a fast box to boot from cold.....
I can find very little about these models online (other than the 1/2hour "reviews" which acknowledge the fine image quality and slow response), but are my findings typical of other users' experience?
I have installed the Philips in my parents' living room connected to a Samsung fullHD TV and an aerial feed.
I understood there was an Export video facility but with an 8GB Fat32 USB stick attached (verified accessible through the Media Player for Import/export of USB sourced media) in the recordings library with an SD programme selected, pressing the action/red button there is no export option listed. Is this disabled on this model or is there a trick to get it working?
Since the 19/09/12 EPG shuffle I've had to work out how to retune the PVR.
Reception has been poor. Father had the living room fed from the higher-output socket on the aerial distribution amp.
After viewing the signal level screen and observing 100% level but reduced quality on most mux, he mentioned possibly possessing an attenuator. In the event he moved the feed to a standard-level output on the amp and we now observe <100% level but increased quality readings.
A factory reset and obligatory auto tune leaves us with some BBC channels from Belmont (our region/transmitter is Sandy Heath). As there is no facility to remove individual channels this outcome is unacceptable. I spent an hour this morning working through a procedure to ensure only Sandy Heath mux are tuned.
This is it:
- Factory reset
- Begin the autotune procedure
- Immediately the HD channels are listed (HD mux for SH is UHF21) disconnect the aerial feed
- Allow the autotune to complete. Select the region and save the HD channels. Reconnect the aerial feed
- Now the manual tuning option is available, enter this (password required each time) and choose one of the SD mux frequencies and ensure DVB-T is selected
- Start the search then select region/save the channels. This dumps you back in viewing mode
- Repeat the last two steps until all mux have been scanned
Several times the box crashed at the start of the search (before the "channels found: 0" caption) and needed a power cycle before I could continue. It is not a fast box to boot from cold.....
I can find very little about these models online (other than the 1/2hour "reviews" which acknowledge the fine image quality and slow response), but are my findings typical of other users' experience?
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When I select BBC IPLAYER I get a blank (white) screen and nothing else. I have a sound Ethernet connection, with IP address allocated etc, however I can't seem to get it to work. I have tried rebooting and resetting to factory conditions.
I'll keep you posted of any developments.
anyone manage to sort this problem, i have white screen instead of iplayer and no info on net.
This is to confirm that the Philips HDTP does not offer any recording export feature. It is currently being investigated whether it can be added to the platform (via OTA broadcast), however, for the time being this can't be confirmed.
Unfortunately the iPlayer feature still has not been activated (as per the "catch up TV" sticker on the packaging) but as soon as it has been certified it will be activated via OTA software broadcast.
Further software improvements will contain speed enhancements (including a "quick boot" option) and a variety of usability enhancements.
Kind regards,
The guys from "Here to Help" ;-)
Thanks for that. Push on with it and keep us posted!
As my PVR is the Philips variant HDTP-8530 I'll post my findings in the Philips sub-forum starting here.
V 2.4.0
I put the file (SC604CF5) (2.4.0) on the usb from the Philips website. power off the unit, insert the usb, press the + button on front of unit. power up and the display counts up a %. then goes back to the time. when I then press the power on and check the version, its still v2.1.0.
what and I doing wrong? do I unplug it when it goes back to the clock??
somebody please help.
I was fortunate in that a broadcast OAD update was imminent and that worked without hitch.
IIRC at the last update there was hint of further enhancements to come, keep an eye on this page for notice.
Thanks for the link, I will keep an eye out for more updates.
Sorry what is IIRC ?? Do you now any ideas of the new features? Do you know any sites where u can keep unto date with news about this box?
Cheers
hopefully this stops my box lock ups (flashing red led)
will try the update tonight
Sagemcom discussion re 2.5.3
and v2.4.0
hmm what to do as the box crashes every night.