Firstly, my apologies in advance, as I'm sure all of my questions below have been covered elsewhere ......
Anyway, my mother-in-law (MIL), who already has a Humax Freeview box has decided that she wants to get into satellite, and the 'nice man in Currys' told her that a Humax Foxsat HDR was the way to go. She likes this idea because she already has a Humax Freeview box. The 'gotcha' however is that she only has one satellite point in her flat, so running the HDR in dual tuner mode is a non-starter. I've looked through the HDR manual and it seems that it's possible to run the box in this crippled way, albeit in one tuner mode. I explained this to the MIL, but she's adamant that this will be OK because Freeview is her main TV source.
With the above in mind .....
1) Can the box be operated in single tuner mode OK? I presume that this will limit the box to 'record one, watch one', like other single tuner boxes and that LNB 2 will need to looped-through from LNB 1.
2) Any issues running the box via scart for RGB output? The MIL wants a new HD-ready TV too - her current one doesn't have any HDMI inputs.
3) Can you add padding to recordings - say start 3 minutes early, finish 10 minutes after?
4) Any clashes with Humax remotes? The MIL has a 9300 Freeview box, as I recall.
I showed the MIL the Technisat HDFS that I have running with a USB HD, but she doesn't like the idea of lots of cables and boxes .....
Any advice what be appreciated, if only to stop the MIL pestering me! (It was a BIG mistake my wife inviting her for Christmas Day - I got grilled for a couple of hours on this DSAT stuff! Sheesh!)
Clem
Anyway, my mother-in-law (MIL), who already has a Humax Freeview box has decided that she wants to get into satellite, and the 'nice man in Currys' told her that a Humax Foxsat HDR was the way to go. She likes this idea because she already has a Humax Freeview box. The 'gotcha' however is that she only has one satellite point in her flat, so running the HDR in dual tuner mode is a non-starter. I've looked through the HDR manual and it seems that it's possible to run the box in this crippled way, albeit in one tuner mode. I explained this to the MIL, but she's adamant that this will be OK because Freeview is her main TV source.
With the above in mind .....
1) Can the box be operated in single tuner mode OK? I presume that this will limit the box to 'record one, watch one', like other single tuner boxes and that LNB 2 will need to looped-through from LNB 1.
2) Any issues running the box via scart for RGB output? The MIL wants a new HD-ready TV too - her current one doesn't have any HDMI inputs.
3) Can you add padding to recordings - say start 3 minutes early, finish 10 minutes after?
4) Any clashes with Humax remotes? The MIL has a 9300 Freeview box, as I recall.
I showed the MIL the Technisat HDFS that I have running with a USB HD, but she doesn't like the idea of lots of cables and boxes .....
Any advice what be appreciated, if only to stop the MIL pestering me! (It was a BIG mistake my wife inviting her for Christmas Day - I got grilled for a couple of hours on this DSAT stuff! Sheesh!)
Clem
