Thank you for clarifying that.

Sorry Graham but you're wrong on that, 5A fuses are widely available:

eg. http://www.toolstation.com/shop/Elec.../sd2620/p84422

http://www.screwfix.com/p/5a-fuse-pack-of-10/78280

I've bought some myself recently.

Also, the purpose of the fuse as I understand it is to prevent the appliance being overloaded by a sustained over current and heating and catching fire as a result. The fuse acts as a current limiter and whilst it won't protect the equipment from being damaged by a sudden over current as it won't react quickly enough, it should protect it from being overloaded to the point of catching fire.

That's why its important to have the right value of fuse in the plug - so the appliance can draw its maximum rated current but if that is significantly exceeded, the fuse is there as a limiter to prevent that overheating occurring.

I would agree there are probably circumstances where technically the value in the plug is irrelevent, most notably where the manufacter fits an internal fuse on the power in socket in the appliance thereby limiting it there, and where the power lead's rating exceeds that of the fuse in the plug.

No you wouldn't, the warning should come up at the start of the look for AR signals from the broadcaster around 15 minutes or so before the scheduled time of the recording.

That's how the Freesat+/Freeview+ system has always worked, so nothing to fix.