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Old 19-04-2009, 12:35
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Mine's fixed now as well after doing a re-scan. I've noticed before that when new channels have been added to the EPG and I have told it to scan later that I have also been unable to download an updated EPG until I have let it update its channel lineup. Me thinks there's a bug here somewehere!
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Old 19-04-2009, 12:48
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Thanks for the prompt replies guys.

There have been some issues by a change on the Sky platform.

In the EIT (The bit that sends the EPG) a number called the transport stream ID has been changed. As this different from the transport stream being recieved the box doesn't show the EPG.
& I suppose the costs are still Sky High.

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Old 20-04-2009, 08:48
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I've had this but got mine to update by doing another Freesat Channel Scan. Nothing else was added but after saving it, when I went to the EPG it finally updated.

One word of caution, the Freesat Channel Update Scan hangs around 71% (just leave it and the scan will complete).
Thanks very much for the tip. That fixed my machine.
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Old 20-04-2009, 10:12
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Although I thought the problem had gone away, it came back again. The freesat tune trick solved it for me. I delayed doing it because I had deleted a number of channels, and doing a manual freesat tune meant that I had to delete them all over again .

Another minor issue with the HDR that has crawled out of the woodwork. I wonder how many more there will be. [Although presumably triggered by something in the freesat EPG stream, it appears to be a something that has only upset the HDR.] Many of the issues with the HDR are minor, but the key word in that statement is "many". Many minor issues can aggregate into a major irritation.
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Old 20-04-2009, 11:11
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Although I thought the problem had gone away, it came back again. The freesat tune trick solved it for me. I delayed doing it because I had deleted a number of channels, and doing a manual freesat tune meant that I had to delete them all over again .

Another minor issue with the HDR that has crawled out of the woodwork. I wonder how many more there will be. [Although presumably triggered by something in the freesat EPG stream, it appears to be a something that has only upset the HDR.] Many of the issues with the HDR are minor, but the key word in that statement is "many". Many minor issues can aggregate into a major irritation.
Although by the sounds of it this particular issue does not appear to have been an issue with the box but something else changing that impacted on the box.
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Old 20-04-2009, 13:01
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Although by the sounds of it this particular issue does not appear to have been an issue with the box but something else changing that impacted on the box.
Yes, but it seems to have only impacted on the HDR. There were no reports in the freesat forum of this problem occuring with other freesat boxes, and it was reported above that it did not affect the Foxsat HD.
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Old 21-04-2009, 13:30
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Yeah the update problem is back again. I haven't tried a Freesat scan again yet, lets just hope it still provides a workaround until Freesat / Humax can work out what has gone wrong with the transmission.
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Old 21-04-2009, 13:46
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Yeah the update problem is back again. I haven't tried a Freesat scan again yet, lets just hope it still provides a workaround until Freesat / Humax can work out what has gone wrong with the transmission.
Mines ok, maybe as I've done a manual freesat scan this morning for the channel updates to the EPG
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Old 21-04-2009, 14:04
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Same issue again here.

The freesat scan fixed it again.

I trust that this was due to the original issue being resolved and that is it all fixed now. Time will tell !!
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Old 21-04-2009, 15:09
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It's not affecting all HDR's though. Mine hasn't had a problem with the EPG updating in the usual time, before, during, or after the recent channel changes/auto-scans.

Rgds.

Les.
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Old 21-04-2009, 15:50
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Why does the HDR not cache the EPG onto disk?
Surely the only time it needs to download further is if you go to the end of day 8?
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Old 21-04-2009, 15:54
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Why does the HDR not cache the EPG onto disk?
Surely the only time it needs to download further is if you go to the end of day 8?
It needs to be able to catch changes to the current programme schedules and to adjust itself accordingly.
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Old 21-04-2009, 16:07
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Why does the HDR not cache the EPG onto disk?
Surely the only time it needs to download further is if you go to the end of day 8?
It does cache the EPG, if you press the schedule button and then the red button this displays the cached version, however if you press the guide button this updates the cached version
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Old 21-04-2009, 21:26
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I've had this but got mine to update by doing another Freesat Channel Scan. Nothing else was added but after saving it, when I went to the EPG it finally updated.

One word of caution, the Freesat Channel Update Scan hangs around 71% (just leave it and the scan will complete).
I didn't get this problem until an hour ago but your fix has cured it.
Thanks.

Just y'day my favourite wife wondered why I spent so much time on this forum.
Today she saw this problem start,
She saw me buzz the forum,
She saw the problem finish.
Thanks again counsellor.

Have you guys ever considered how boring it would have been if there were no problems.

David
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Old 21-04-2009, 21:36
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Have you guys ever considered how boring it would have been if there were no problems.
No concerns on that score. If their weren't any problems we would invent them and then spend our time debating whether they were indeed problems or not. We can at least be grateful to Humax for saving us from that.
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Old 21-04-2009, 21:39
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No concerns on that score. If their weren't any problems we would invent them and then spend our time debating whether they were indeed problems or not. We can at least be grateful to Humax for saving us from that.
Hey awo THATS BORING !
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Old 21-04-2009, 21:46
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Hey awo THATS BORING !
No real offence meant PLEASE call off the "string quartet"

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Old 21-04-2009, 22:18
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No real offence meant PLEASE call off the "string quartet"
I'm so sorry, the contract was placed just a couple of minutes before your retraction . I've tried to call it in, but they have their professional pride .
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