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Foxsat HDR and HD-FOX T2
io1901
01-11-2011
Does anyone know if the remotes of these two interfere with each other?
REPASSAC
01-11-2011
Originally Posted by io1901:
“Does anyone know if the remotes of these two interfere with each other?”

I do know it is possible for both those remotes to be set to one of several settings so that for example multiple HDR's can be used in the same room each controlled only by it's own remote.
oracle
01-11-2011
Press and hold OK and 0 together for 5 secs on handset and then message comes on screen and chose number between 1 - 6.
joshua_welby
01-11-2011
Originally Posted by oracle:
“Press and hold OK and 0 together for 5 secs on handset and then message comes on screen and chose number between 1 - 6.”

This is how my Remotes are programmed, because I too have both boxes in the same room
grahamlthompson
01-11-2011
And I do but it's a Foxsat-hdr and a HD-Fox T2.
io1901
02-11-2011
Thanks.
joshua_welby
02-11-2011
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“And I do but it's a Foxsat-hdr and a HD-Fox T2.”

That is what I have a Humax Freesat Foxsat HDR PVR and a Freeview HD Humax Fox-T2 box, Freeview HD without the recording facility
grahamlthompson
02-11-2011
Originally Posted by joshua_welby:
“That is what I have a Humax Freesat Foxsat HDR PVR and a Freeview HD Humax Fox-T2 box, Freeview HD without the recording facility”

The HD FOX T2 records Freeview to a usb connected drive. Mine has a 1TB recording drive attached.
io1901
08-11-2011
Have bought the HD FOX T2 to replace the Digihome PVR80 which died last week. I find the the Media player abilities of it are much better than the FOXSAT HDR but the interface isn't quite as nice. But the ability to stream content to it from other devices is great. I've installed a 320mb drive on it at the moment for recording as we only really use it when there are clashes on our one LNB Foxsat.
grahamlthompson
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by io1901:
“Have bought the HD FOX T2 to replace the Digihome PVR80 which died last week. I find the the Media player abilities of it are much better than the FOXSAT HDR but the interface isn't quite as nice. But the ability to stream content to it from other devices is great. I've installed a 320mb drive on it at the moment for recording as we only really use it when there are clashes on our one LNB Foxsat.”

Did you know you can record one of the HD channels on the HD FOX T2 and watch one of the other HD ones at the same time.? After the recording finishes you can even back up the timeshift buffer on the one you are viewing and record that as well.
io1901
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Did you know you can record one of the HD channels on the HD FOX T2 and watch one of the other HD ones at the same time.? After the recording finishes you can even back up the timeshift buffer on the one you are viewing and record that as well.”

No I didn't but I tend not to record a lot in HD fills the HD up to much! I do have a 1TB drive on order which should give me a bit more room. I also have a NSLU2 which has been "unslung" and runs Linux ,that was originally a print server for a HP1020 laser printer, I've installed Twonky media on that now and so can stream media from that to the FOX T2.
grahamlthompson
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by io1901:
“No I didn't but I tend not to record a lot in HD fills the HD up to much! I do have a 1TB drive on order which should give me a bit more room. I also have a NSLU2 which has been "unslung" and runs Linux ,that was originally a print server for a HP1020 laser printer, I've installed Twonky media on that now and so can stream media from that to the FOX T2.”

Same applies to any two SD channels that are on the same multiplex.
aciddad
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Did you know you can record one of the HD channels on the HD FOX T2 and watch one of the other HD ones at the same time.? After the recording finishes you can even back up the timeshift buffer on the one you are viewing and record that as well.”

Are you sure ? Mine (on ver 1.02.20 ) puts up a message warning that TSR will be terminated and recording will start from live.
grahamlthompson
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by aciddad:
“Are you sure ? Mine (on ver 1.02.20 ) puts up a message warning that TSR will be terminated and recording will start from live.”

Off to check now.

You are correct, you can use time shift during the recording, when you stop the background recording you lose the buffer so can only record from real time. I didn't get a warning though I had the buffer behind real time and pressed the record button. Electing to stop the existing recording simply takes you back to real time on the viewed channel and no buffered content. Shame it would seem at first sight a capability that should be easy to implement.
aciddad
08-11-2011
Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Off to check now.

You are correct, you can use time shift during the recording, when you stop the background recording you lose the buffer so can only record from real time. I didn't get a warning though I had the buffer behind real time and pressed the record button. Electing to stop the existing recording simply takes you back to real time on the viewed channel and no buffered content. Shame it would seem at first sight a capability that should be easy to implement.”

And while they are doing that they could give us dual recording (off the same mux, obviously). Humax please note!
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