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Old 02-04-2012, 11:10
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I've been considering buying one of these to replace another Freesat device which has gone belly-up.

I've been reading through the Humax instruction manual online, and find it doesn't quite answer some of the questions in my head. I hope someone can help with these:

1. I see reference to a facility for connecting a USB device to copy files. The manual is extremely vague as to whether files can be copied in both directions, and whether there are any restrictions on file types that can be copied. Can you copy video files from the internal drive onto a USB drive? And if so, can the files be used anywhere else, or are they encrypted?

2. On my previous Freesat device, I was able to connect one of the LNB connectors to an old Sky dish, and the other LNB connector to another dish which picks up Hotbird. Would the Humax be able to cope with this, or is it strictly capable of dealing with the Freesat channels?

Thanks.
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Old 02-04-2012, 11:35
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I think the answers are.

1. Yes, with certain restrictions.

2. Yes, it has a non Freesat mode which i'm fairly certain can cope with other satellites.

But you'd be better asking in the specific forum.
http://forums.digitalspy.co.uk/forumdisplay.php?f=199
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Old 02-04-2012, 11:38
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You can copy all recordings to a usb drive. HD recordings are encrypted so will only play back on the box that recorded it. You can get round this by using the box in non-freesat mode where it record HD manually (no timers) without encryption. File larger than 4GB (most HD) require the usb device to formatted in a Linux FS format.

Uploading or playback from usb of non native video is possible but you need a bit of free software to create the required support files (AV2HDR)

Using the above mentioned non-freesat mode the box supports diseqc switching. This allows multiple lnb's to be connected via the switch. The box automatically selects the appropriate lnb for the channel you want to watch.
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Old 05-04-2012, 10:51
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How do you format a usb in linux fs?
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Old 05-04-2012, 11:18
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How do you format a usb in linux fs?
Easiest way is use the free version of Easeus Partition Manager.

http://www.partition-tool.com/personal.htm

A USB HDD needs EXT3 (I am told EXT2 works on usb sticks).

To read the drive on a PC you will need a Linux FS driver.

http://www.ext2fsd.com/
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Old 05-04-2012, 17:00
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Thank you for the reply graham but that looks far too complicated for me
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Old 05-04-2012, 17:02
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Thank you for the reply graham but that looks far too complicated for me
It's not any harder than formatting a drive using Windows File Explorer.
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Old 05-04-2012, 17:33
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I managed to use it to format the external USB drive I have attached to my Foxsat. Only thing to watch for it takes a while if you are used to the way Windows formats things.
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Old 07-04-2012, 11:49
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problem for me Graham is i dont even know what a windows file explorer is
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Old 07-04-2012, 12:31
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problem for me Graham is i dont even know what a windows file explorer is


Click start - bottom left, click on computer in the right hand list.
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Old 07-04-2012, 12:46
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Will the Foxsat not offer to format the external drive for you?
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Old 07-04-2012, 13:18
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Will the Foxsat not offer to format the external drive for you?
No only the Freeview-HD boxes will format usb drives for you.
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Old 07-04-2012, 15:19
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problem for me Graham is i dont even know what a windows file explorer is
It is actually called just Windows Explorer but was formerly called File Mangler.
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Old 07-04-2012, 16:21
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It is actually called just Windows Explorer but was formerly called File Mangler.
I love the typo . Please don't change it
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Old 07-04-2012, 16:22
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It was no typo. Everyone who suffered at its hands called it that.
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