CLOCK SHOWING WRONG TIME ON NEW HUMAX 1000s

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CK26A1

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by REPASSAC:
“From memory that draws about 6 watts v < 0.5 watts in standby.”

I know, save energy and reduce carbon footprint etc, but I just like the look of the box better with the clock displayed ! Maybe I'll feel guilty soon and turn it off again !

paul1962

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“thx for that, i have a couple recordings to watch so will have them watched and then will do the deed and report back, hopefully will get it done tonight”

Just reformatted mine and it now boots in approx 35 seconds to picture and sound. Before the format it was 55-60 seconds.
So looks like there is something the o/s doesn't like but isn't clever enough to fix.

Quite why it even needs the 35 seconds I've no idea, I guess the downside of using an off the shelf o/s.

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by paul1962:
“Just reformatted mine and it now boots in approx 35 seconds to picture and sound. Before the format it was 55-60 seconds.
So looks like there is something the o/s doesn't like but isn't clever enough to fix.

Quite why it even needs the 35 seconds I've no idea, I guess the downside of using an off the shelf o/s.”

Excellent ill b doin mine soon.. How long did the format take

paul1962

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“Excellent ill b doin mine soon.. How long did the format take”

Didn't really pay much attention. Maybe 30 seconds, not very long.

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by paul1962:
“Didn't really pay much attention. Maybe 30 seconds, not very long.”

Ok thx. Gonna have t wait anyway till there's a way to transfer recordings off it. One on that needs keeping

grahamlthompson

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“Ok thx. Gonna have t wait anyway till there's a way to transfer recordings off it. One on that needs keeping”

You may be waiting for ever. Doubtfull it will ever happen.

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“You may be waiting for ever. Doubtfull it will ever happen.”

Would removing the drive and connecting it to pc work, or is there a way I could connect the freesat to my DVD recorder and re-record it so t speak

grahamlthompson

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“Would removing the drive and connecting it to pc work, or is there a way I could connect the freesat to my DVD recorder and re-record it so t speak”

Like most Humax boxes the HDD is formatted EXT3, unlike the others the video partition is itself encrypted so you cannot read the files even on a Linux booted PC. You can't even copy the existing recordings to a new HDD.

You can record the programmes using the TV scart to a DVD recorder, preferably one capable of RGB recording. HD in SD of course.

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Like most Humax boxes the HDD is formatted EXT3, unlike the others the video partition is itself encrypted so you cannot read the files even on a Linux booted PC. You can't even copy the existing recordings to a new HDD.

You can record the programmes using the TV scart to a DVD recorder, preferably one capable of RGB recording. HD in SD of course.”

Ahh I see.. So I could connect HDR to DVD recorder via scary cable, put DVD recorder on scary channel, press play on HDR and record on DVD and bob uncle so to speak

grahamlthompson

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“Ahh I see.. So I could connect HDR to DVD recorder via scary cable, put DVD recorder on scary channel, press play on HDR and record on DVD and bob uncle so to speak”

Indeed

and Fannys my aunt

Check to see if the DVDR will record RGB.

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Indeed and Fannys my aunt

Check to see if the DVDR will record RGB.”

Cheers and yep will do when get round doin it

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Well have connected the scart and have it playing/recording as I type, hopefully should work have it set to RGB on line 1 too

markdyer72

13-03-2013

Well copied prog onto DVD recorder and formatted HDR HDD and now starts up in just over 30 secs, so pretty much back to normal, happy chappy now

grahamlthompson

14-03-2013

Originally Posted by markdyer72:
“Well copied prog onto DVD recorder and formatted HDR HDD and now starts up in just over 30 secs, so pretty much back to normal, happy chappy now”

Good news, boot up is same as mine, 25 sec to audio, about 30 sec to video, 34 seconds to now/next.

markdyer72

14-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Good news, boot up is same as mine, 25 sec to audio, about 30 sec to video, 34 seconds to now/next.”

Yep that's about spot on, I lost 2 recordings but hey ho there's on demand and they are also repeated early hours fri/sat mornin so all in all nothin lost and even saved recording needed to keep by recording it to the HDD on DVD recorder

Faust

15-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“Good news, boot up is same as mine, 25 sec to audio, about 30 sec to video, 34 seconds to now/next.”

That's about same as mine too - I may be a couple of secs in front of you but hey who's counting?

grahamlthompson

15-03-2013

Originally Posted by Faust:
“That's about same as mine too - I may be a couple of secs in front of you but hey who's counting? ”

But I presume mine's bigger than yours

The HDD of course

Faust

15-03-2013

Originally Posted by grahamlthompson:
“But I presume mine's bigger than yours The HDD of course ”

Absolutely right, 1TB is big enough for my needs. I'm pretty obsessive about watching things up then deleting recordings. I rarely use more than 15% to 20%. I'm told size isn't everything.

REPASSAC

15-03-2013

Originally Posted by Faust:
“Absolutely right, 1TB is big enough for my needs. I'm pretty obsessive about watching things up then deleting recordings. I rarely use more than 15% to 20%. I'm told size isn't everything. ”

Can I suggest that this thread title is no longer and has not been for some time related to its title?

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