Hidden menu found on Thomsons :)

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leeboy22001

04-02-2006

That menu is the goly grail of menus!

why didn't thomson have this menu in as an "advanced" menu for experienced users only from day one.... would have sorted out the yld a long time ago! I always new the yld would have been something to do with corrupted EPG data... and giving the user the ability to delete it and get on a use the box even with limited now and next would have been brilliant. I understand that these tools are powerful, like format HDD etc... and in the wrong hands you could loose all your recordings etc.. hence why product managers probably decided to remove the menu, but you can do more damage with a PC and loose more important stuff!

By the way my unit temp is 33degC, HDD 100degC!

nwg

18-05-2006

Originally Posted by ATFBKP:
“Is there anything worth changing? I switched error correction to macroblocks from freezeframe... I'll wait for a moped to see what happens.”

Originally Posted by Edward Drexel:
“Having changed this too, I've found that rather than "skipping" through interference on recordings, it now plays through at normal speed, just with some colourful patterns on the screen instead (although it will still skip really bad sections).”

Has anyone worked out any more what exactly this macroblock/Freeze Frame on video error is? Is Freeze frame the same as the box crashing and freezing the picture?

slimgym

18-05-2006

It's the boxes action on receiving an errored frame, either to freeze the last good frame (I frame) ignoring the updates then starting again with the next good I frame or to continue displaying the errors in the predictions to that I frame. I expect they left it as an engineer option to see the result in the field and gauge the viewers reaction, letting errors though is probably easier on the eye but might give the impression of a faulty box.

MPEG sends a full picture (I frame) and then predicts how the picture will have changed by the next frame (sending differences to the prediction!). Ignoring the predictive frames means you lose picture until the next I frame is sent in full, letting them through means you see the errors.

{ph[oe]nix}

30-05-2006

Originally Posted by rekall:
“Dudes

One of my work colleagues told me about this the other day - he used to work for 4TV so knows a few things about the DHD4000.

Hidden menu:
You need to go to the technical info menu (you know, the one that displays the tuner info and SW version number) and type 2,8,4,6 (within 5 secs).

Loads of logging tools, hard disk temperature stuff and the ability to format your HDD all within the UI.

Pretty cool.

Be careful with some of the items though!”

Does this still work with the latest firmware, I'm having no luck

TrevorPH

30-05-2006

It's now 1004 not 2846.

{ph[oe]nix}

31-05-2006

Originally Posted by TrevorPH:
“It's now 1004 not 2846.”

ahh, cool. Thank you

I love my new PVR

Carpathian

02-06-2006

Originally Posted by TrevorPH:
“It's now 1004 not 2846.”

Cheers !

I now know my two temperatures are 40degC - is that good or bad and what are the ideal ranges ?

Ta in advance !

Hooloovoo

02-06-2006

Originally Posted by Carpathian:
“I now know my two temperatures are 40degC - is that good or bad and what are the ideal ranges ?”

Well I don't know specifically for the DHD4000 but for a PC, which is basically what a PVR is, those temperatures are quite reasonable.

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