UPDATE

Unit now switches on ok.

BUT, when it's recording if I switch it on it will not switch on the picture.

The channel I want to watch comes up in the display window but it's just a blank screen?

anyone

If you then press say GUIDE do you see anything?
If not then it's possibly a HDMI signalling mismatch between the Humax and the TV. Try setting the TV to the HDMI input.

Try
1 turning the TV to a different input and back to the hdmi one.

or

2 cycling through the vformat options using the hdr remote

mine does this sometimes too. (mine goes through a sony amp which acts as a hdmi switch and then into a panny tv, which is know to have issues with the HDR).

my way around it is to have HDCP default set to disable in the menu. this seems to get round the problem most of the time, but now and again when it happens stll, and the way round seems to be, find the channel you are recording (if it doesnt work, turn your tv off and on again).

hope this helps.

nev

Disabling hdcp in the menus only affects SD channels. HD channels enforce hdcp so the setting is ignored

Pressed 'Guide' and that was displayed on the small screen but no picture!

I had to turn it off and on about 4-5 times and it came on.
The unit was still taping

Thank you.

The unit was professionally installed to HDMI1 I was told, don't know how to tune the TV to a different input I'm afraid as I'm age 68 and not that good understanding new technology

Has the installer not installed the unit correctly? if so I will get him back! or if it's not to hard will have a go myself

Thank you for your help

Kryton123 if you post on here the model number of your PanasonicTV we could have a look for the manual on-line and give you a more detailed answer to you problem. By the way in my post number 23 I suggested taking the HDMI lead and plugging into the HDMI 2 port on the panasonic. This will over come the handshake issue you are experiencing.

I have a Panasonic 42" Plasma, connected to the Humax HDR via the HDMI 1 input, and this happens to me. I switch the TV off and on and all's good again! Presume it's a handshaking problem, but I prefer to keep it on HDMI 1 as the Humax gets the most use. HDMI 2 doesn't have any auto switching.

I find scrolling through the HDMI inputs sorts the problem. Aux button (i think) on the remote then select to different HDMI inputs and back to HDMI 1 to get it working

Now that's what I thought should fix it, but not on my TV. Maybe mine's operating under Windows!

Doesn't always work first attempt sometimes switching through a few times is needed

TX-37 L Z D 81, I tried the HDMI2 port once but it did not work but when I switched it back to HDMI 1 it came on.

Thanks

What I suggest you do is put the lead back into HDMI 2 port and using the 'AV' button on your TV remote (it's the top right hand corner) toggle this until the menu displays 'HDMI 2'. You can either just repeatedly press this button or press it once and use the central up/down cursor buttons and press 'ok'. Once you are on this setting the output from your Humax should be available. To return to TVs own output press the 'AV' button repeatedly until it lands on 'TV'. You will need to repeat this process everytime you wish to watch from the Humax box.
Also don't get this confused with the 'TV' button as this just selects from the internal freesat tuner, the DVB tuner, the anologue tuner and the other satellite output.

UPDATE

Unit always comes on now (after removing the film!) but it will not come on if it's recording.

The only thing I can do is to switch it off at the plug and re-start then it comes on every time.

I would have thought there should be a software fix by now?

Try pressing zero on the remote several times.

Same here,what I usually do is just flick the hdr to another channel to get a pic then return to the channel I need.Connected to HDMI 2 btw.

Did that tonight and it didn't work!

Thank you

If the HDR is recording and you turn on the Panny, there will be no picture. Press power button on the HDR remote then press the top right button on the Panny remote and press it again and again until it goes all the way back to HDMI1, the picture will appear. job done

The top right on my Panny remote is the 'AV' button is this the one?

My picture is already on HDMI1?

Do I need to alter anything after the above to bring it back to standard setting?

Thank you

My Panasonic is setup so that the FOXSAT-HDR uses HDMI 2 and the HDR-FOX T2 uses HDMI 3. I have had no problems with either box whether or not they are on, in standby or recording in standby when the TV is switched on (and changed to HDMI 2 or 3). I very occassionally get a blank/green screen for a couple of seconds when switching inputs.

I did find that when they were connected to HDMI 1 that the Panasonic would automatically switch over to the HDMI 1 input when the boxes were switched on or a recording began with the box in standby (which obviously interrupted my viewing).

Can I ask a question about the Humax Foxsathdr-g.
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Just wondering if you could help.
A question related to the Humax Freesat HDR & the remote controls.

I have 2 recorders and remote controls, each recorder has a local TV and a remote TV, the remote TV is supplied by a Rimax 5.8Ghz sender unit.

Have only ever been able to use one of the remote controls to change stations via the sender from the 1st floor because if I had the 2 sender magic eyes in use when using Sky the remote would change both Sky boxes,.

Don't have Sky any more and had same problem with these boxes until I changed one of the remote codes to 5 after following the instructions in a post on another thread, which said press button '0' and buttong 'OK' together for 5 secs then follow instruction on screen,

I usually have a remote by each TV, but after changing the code of one of the boxes to 5, I now can only use 1 remote for the 2 TV's as I don't know how to change the code in the 2nd control without it being in sync with a Freesat box as it is still code 1.

Is there any way I can change the code in the remote to suit the code set in the box?.

Yes that is the button, the HDR has come out of standby and is recording so thinks it does not need to tell the Panny to look at the input from HDMI1. You press the power button on the HDR remote to tell it you want to watch a tv program. The Panny has been turned on with no input from HDMI1 so it ignors the signal from the HDR.
You see HDMI1 selected when you press AV once but you have to select another input then change back to HDMI1 before it will look again for a signal. I have owned a HDR and a Panny plasma for 2 years and this happens everytime we return home and the HDR is recording, but it is so simple to cure that I do not regard it as a problem.

Many thanks, I'll try that next time it's recording.

You can change the codes in the remote independently of the codes in the set top box. All you need to do is go through the actions as you would to change the codes for both, just move into another room so that the STB doesn't see the infra red transmitted by the remote. Knowing when to press the buttons is indicated by the flashing PVR button.