I would use my Harmony One to control it, so its not really important what the remote looks like or performs.

List very helpful; but as far as i can tell there are no diseqc options so you are stuck to 28.2/5E for non-freesat.

Hmmmm interesting feedback guys.

Have (or could) you guys perform some testing to see if it recovers from a power cut i.e. after power restoration does it record the next scheduled porgram without any user intervention?

If possible kill the power under the following circumstances:-

1. Standby (not recording).
2. Viewing a live channel (not recording).
3. Standby (recording a channel).
4. Viewing a live channel (and recording one).

and do nothing following the restoration of power and see if it records the next scheduled program OK.

I know its a basic check that all PVR manufactures should perfom but it seems Humax don't and do not appear to think this is an issue as they don't seem to respond to any queries concerning the HDR's inability to recover following a power cut.

Looking at the PDF manual on the goodmans site page 13 shows the library window and this appears to show programs that have been recorded and viewed, recorded but not viewed, currently recording and scheduled recordings. Isn't this what you are after?

I can confirm that scheduled recording stay intact on power cut shut down, for option 1&2.

Just discovered you can record from buffer by rewinding back to start of film then press record at that stage you can go back to live view.

What the poster wants to know is if the stb recovers by itself from a power cut. Set a recording to take place in about 30 min time. Then turn off the power to the stb for about 5 mins. Now turn on the power to the box and do nothing else. Does the recording take place as scheduled ?

Very handy and a feature which I have used on other PVR's a few times where I have returned and realised that an interesting program is on and the start of it is in the live buffer and I have been able to record it in its entirety for watching later. Another plus over the Humax - getting very tempted to jump ship and sell it.


Yes thats it Graham. I still can't believe Humax made such an oversight - I would be ashamed to release a PVR with a bug like that.

Your following my thoughts Richard. Had there been the choice of Goodmans' Grundig and Humax at the same time in Freesat PVR's I certainly would have gone with either the Goodman's or Grundig.
I think I am going to buy the Grundig (prefer its looks) and then sell the Humax Foxsat.

GG

Richard I sorted this out on my hdr with a programmeable remote control that has a timer function. If I am away I simple send an on and off command seperated by 5 mins late at night and early morning every day.

How reliably does this work? I sometimes have to press the on button twice to get the HDR to come out of standby and other times I only have to press it once. Surely a double press confuses it if the first press switches it on?

Just programme the remote to do three zeros. the humax turns on from the numerical key presses and 000 won't force it to change channel should any recordings be scheduled, although your not likely to be recording at a time you've selected to be you 'reboot' time.

As GC says programme a macro to a button I send a power toggle and 3 zeros from the button the on timer selects and just a power toggle for the off button which always seem to work first time. To be certain I leave the flap open. Tested the timer about a dozen times after first turning of the power. So far touch wood 100% success. I made the change after buying a Harmony remote and using GC's excellent idea although it did seem to work fine on test using just a power toggle

Cheers guys. Never new you could bring it out of standby by just pressing a number.