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ITV/Humax/FreeSat - Action please!
After the latest ITV debacle regarding their HD coverage of the football on 2/1/10 resulting in factory resets needed on Humax FoxSat HDR.........isn't it time something was done about this?????
Perhaps Freesat themselves need to bang heads together ..........ITV could help by not mucking up their HD coverage so regularly and Humax could issue a fix........?! How many boxes are being returned to retailers every time this happens ??.............. not everyone reads these forums and knows what to do each time .......... and even if you do losing your schedule each time and having to retune and apply some other settings is a pain in the backside
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As the problem also affected SkyHD boxes which Humax do not make - you can hardly blame Humax.
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After the latest ITV debacle regarding their HD coverage of the football on 2/1/10 resulting in factory resets needed on Humax FoxSat HDR.........isn't it time something was done about this?????
Perhaps Freesat themselves need to bang heads together ..........ITV could help by not mucking up their HD coverage so regularly and Humax could issue a fix........?! How many boxes are being returned to retailers every time this happens ??.............. not everyone reads these forums and knows what to do each time .......... and even if you do losing your schedule each time and having to retune and apply some other settings is a pain in the backside ![]() |
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There's no SKY HD users or Panasonic TV owner's complaining their boxes need resets.................I think you've missed my point ...........this IS a Humax issue as it's only the HDR that seems to need a reset when ITV HD goes tits up.......................the main issue is ITV here,I agree.....but Humax are culpable!
This post illustrates my point rather well http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...4&postcount=61 |
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You should not have needed a reset it was entirely ITV 1 HD's debacle and nothing whatosever to do with Humax and/or Freesat (all they are responsible for is the epg and nothing else)
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No reset needed for my HDR.
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For those saying that they didn't need to reset their boxes were you watching the game yesterday when ITV faulted. Could the crash have disrupted the stb?
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I did not watch the Liverpool game
I did watch the Man U game. No problems here. Humax HDR |
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I did not watch the Liverpool game
I did watch the Man U game. No problems here. Humax HDR ............... I little bit of history to explain my annoyance......... yesterday (Sat)about 20 mins into the game ITV HD goes blank ..... I assume it's the usual problem so do a factory reset .... however the problems at ITV continue til end of the game The games today (so far OK)........... the issue here is that you would have to have been watching the Liverpool game at the 20 min mark on an HDR to be needing a reset today ........... Has anyone watching at 20 mins into the Liverpool game on an HDR yesterday NOT needed a factory reset today to see today's games???? |
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I would not expect you to have any............
............... I little bit of history to explain my annoyance......... yesterday (Sat)about 20 mins into the game ITV HD goes blank ..... I assume it's the usual problem so do a factory reset .... however the problems at ITV continue til end of the game The games today (so far OK)........... the issue here is that you would have to have been watching the Liverpool game at the 20 min mark on an HDR to be needing a reset today ........... Has anyone watching at 20 mins into the Liverpool game on an HDR yesterday NOT needed a factory reset today to see today's games???? |
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Yes, I had to do a factory reset on my Humax after watching the Liverpool game. 20 mins in the screen went blank and I couldn't get HD again that day or the next until a factory reset.
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I was watching the Liverpool game and my screen went blank, I just used the channel down button to go down to BBC2, then went back to ITV and then back on to ITV HD, same thing happened again so I done the same only this time I didn't bother going on to ITV HD, I just watched the rest of the game in SD.
I watched both games Sunday on ITV HD with no problems or need to do a reset but I noticed the pq was not too brilliant, was Sunday's games upscaled? |
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Tonight and hour or so ago..
I switched to ITV HD and had no trouble watching and recording the Detective Serial. Stan |
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For those saying that they didn't need to reset their boxes were you watching the game yesterday when ITV faulted. Could the crash have disrupted the stb?
No reset needed. |
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I would not expect you to have any............
............... I little bit of history to explain my annoyance......... yesterday (Sat)about 20 mins into the game ITV HD goes blank ..... I assume it's the usual problem so do a factory reset .... however the problems at ITV continue til end of the game The games today (so far OK)........... the issue here is that you would have to have been watching the Liverpool game at the 20 min mark on an HDR to be needing a reset today ........... Has anyone watching at 20 mins into the Liverpool game on an HDR yesterday NOT needed a factory reset today to see today's games???? |
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My dad has had the same problem with his freesat box, only on ITV HD.
Funnily enough we were keep trying it to come on in HD while the Liverpool game was on because it all went wrong. Since then he could only get sound on ITV HD when he pressed the red button. Resetting to Factory defaults fixed it. |
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Anyone have any problems with Pierce Morgan programme last night.
Tried to record it in HD but checked half way through the programme and it was just a black screen and the recording had got stuck. I also couldn't watch any of the ITV football in HD at the beginning of the year. Do i need to do a factory reset as some are suggesting ? or is it just a case of waiting for ITV to fix the problems ? |
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Do i need to do a factory reset as some are suggesting ? or is it just a case of waiting for ITV to fix the problems ? If you could try this and let us know how it went, it would be of great benefit to other users. Failing this a factory reset should return the ITV HD function on the red button. |
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...try disabling the 'MHEG Test' option in the diagnostics secret menu and then re-enabling it...
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How do i get to the secret menu ? (or is it just too secret to disclose.)
Beware that some of the options will reformat your hdd without offering a chance to decline, so don't be tempted to have a curious peek..
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Ok, thanks for that gaseous.
I disabled it, then rebooted, then enabled it again, then rebooted again. Just have to wait for the football tonight to see if it worked. |
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Nope that didn't work so had to watch the footy in glorious ITV SD
![]() On the plus side Liverpool lost. (reckon its the end of the road for benitez) Can someone confirm, if i do a factory rest, I lose the schedule but not programmes already recorded ? is that correct ? Cheers |
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Anyone have any problems with Pierce Morgan programme last night.
Tried to record it in HD but checked half way through the programme and it was just a black screen and the recording had got stuck. I also couldn't watch any of the ITV football in HD at the beginning of the year. Do i need to do a factory reset as some are suggesting ? or is it just a case of waiting for ITV to fix the problems ? I recorded it last night and got a perfect recording. I am on a large dish though (85cm) and thus extremely weather resistant. |
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Nope that didn't work so had to watch the footy in glorious ITV SD
![]() On the plus side Liverpool lost. (reckon its the end of the road for benitez) Can someone confirm, if i do a factory rest, I lose the schedule but not programmes already recorded ? is that correct ? Cheers On the flip side, I thought the HD was quite good. Could have been better, but a lot better than the last time the SD was pants when the HD was also. Re the factory reset, you don't lose your recordings only the schedule. |
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Nope that didn't work so had to watch the footy in glorious ITV SD
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Can someone confirm, if i do a factory rest, I lose the schedule but not programmes already recorded ? is that correct ?
Cheers |
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