I am wondering whether my 9200 is behaving as it should do. It takes a long time to come out of stand-by and the HDD is rather noisy. For the rest it seems to be 'normal': love the functionality , hate the bugs , hope Humax fixes them soon !

There have been a few posts in various threads in which start-up times were mentioned, varying from 9 seconds to 20 seconds (and much longer for faulty boxes). But I have no idea how accurate those timings were. I am thinking that an extraordinarily long start-up time may be an indication of a faulty HDD?

So, I would like to ask you to measure, using a timer or stopwatch, how long it takes for your 9200 to come out of stand-by? With this I mean how many seconds pass from pressing the on/off button on the remote until you have sound coming out of your speakers (sound is the last thing in the start-up sequence of my 9200: press button - nothing for a few seconds - software loading bar - blank screen for a few seconds - picture on screen but no sound - finally sound 'arrives'). With my box, this whole sequence takes 24 seconds, which seems a bit long. How long does yours take?

Several people have reported this and it seems to vary from box to box. Mine takes 'ON AVERAGE' 14 seconds.

I say 'average' because it does vary a little either way, which seems to depend on which channel it's tuned to during start up. This leaves me to suspect the problem may be signal based. A weaker signal may cause the box to be slower to start. In my case I have an excellent signal on all muxes so maybe that's why my start up is good.

My 9200T starts up in 16 seconds and EPG is fully populated after about 10 mins (hopefully the EPG can be stored to HD in future).

Thanks!
I hadn't considered signal strength; I think you have a point there. My 9200 reports a signal strength of 60-65%. What is yours? If people could report both start-up time from a certain mux and the signal strength of that mux, we can figure out whether the start-up time from stand-by is a function of signal strength.

My startup time is pretty normal it seems - around 10-15 seconds.

My signal strength is only ~52%.

I would really appreciate to get a few more readings on this to find out whether my box is faulty. Please report how much time it takes your box to get from stand-by to picture and sound being received by your television, and also the signal strength on the mux you are viewing. Thanks in advance! (I have emailed Humax to ask them but no reply).

16 seconds, 60%.

17 seconds and 69 %

10 seconds. EPG : 15 - 30min (FULL)

I have tested two boxes in the same house; one takes up to 1 minute to begin to show any signs of life, the other is quick enough that I didn’t bother timing it. Signal strength is 65-72% depending on which room I use.
I spoke with Humax tech support and they suggested trying a ‘Default Installation’ from the menu. That didn’t make any difference, so they are know saying that the box is faulty and needs to be replaced.

15 seconds and 69%.

15 seconds / 50% (some 46% like ITV & Chan4)

18 seconds and 74%