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Old 15-12-2008, 19:15
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Is digital text not available via ITV on Freesat as I cannot get that neither.
no its not stevieMac
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Old 15-12-2008, 19:25
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awo, the team working on DirecTV projects is an entirely different division. Humax has over 300 R&D staff, we allocate specialists for each project, product type and technology set. The team working on UK retail projects rarely work on PayTV. The project team is likely to remain working on this until Easter 2009 at the earliest, if we can keep finding something interesting for them to do we would like to keep them busy on this family of product forever.
Thanks, Bob_Cat, that's reassuring. I'm sure we can find things for them to do, if you like the ideas that come up in this forum.

[I could have come up with a facetious reply. I had one ready. Oh! I'll give it anyway just for the fun of it . Staff can be moved from one team to another as in, "I know your team has already been reduced to one man and a dog, but we could really do with the dog". That you said "entirely different division" makes this less likely .]
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Old 15-12-2008, 19:29
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Hopefully the red button services on the BBC etc. should become available before Easter 2009 then!
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Old 15-12-2008, 19:42
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Hopefully the red button services on the BBC etc. should become available before Easter 2009 then!
They are, to an extent.
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Old 15-12-2008, 19:49
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... if we can keep finding something interesting for them to do we would like to keep them busy on this family of product forever.
Here's an idea, inspired by some of the "problems" that have been reported. How about some smarts that figure out what the user meant to do rather than what buttons they actually pressed.

I'm only half joking. There should be some scope for collecting common mistakes (e.g. through your support line or this forum) and providing some "tips" when a possible mistake has been made. One idea that comes to mind is, if the software sees the user apparently browsing aimlessly through the menu without actually changing anything, it could offer some help. Could make for a faster learning curve (and fewer support calls) for what is a fairly complex machine.
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Old 15-12-2008, 19:56
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They are, to an extent.
Not all of the BBCi feeds though.

For example when the BBC do a "press red button to watch this concert", that never works.
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Old 15-12-2008, 20:05
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They are, to an extent.
Not all of the BBCi feeds though.

For example when the BBC do a "press red button to watch this concert", that never works.
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Old 16-12-2008, 07:59
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Hi,

Noticed another funny a few days ago... when reading the BBC news text pages late in the night (on several seperate occasions), I jumped to the next news item by pressing the 'right' button on the wheel (thing) - this often jumped two pages not just one, and it got quite uncontrollable.

Not sure what happened, but I only got the first 20+ minutes of The Merchant of Venice HD recorded via the schedule.

I'm not sure if it's been mentioned before, but if deletion while recording is going to be problematic for HDD I/O performance reasons, why not go halfway house and simply mark the recording to be deleted instead, then allow the PVR to delete the files when it is housekeeping. You could then potentially 'undelete' recordings that you didn't mean to delete, or someone else had deleted for you - plus point indeed.

Nice box - though unfortunately the remote's complexity has meant that I had to go out and get a FreeSat telly for the wife. We now use the TV for watching live programs, and the PVR just like a (dual channel) Video Recorder. One-button switch on, and volume change awkwardness caused mild rejection.

Keep up the good work - look forward for the updates and future features.

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Old 16-12-2008, 08:53
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New missed recording

I have been using series record on Neighbours 1.45--2.15pm on Five for a while without problems, but yesterday it missed the episode. The box stayed in its deep sleep mode.
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Old 16-12-2008, 09:47
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This is my contribution:
a) The Diagnotics display shows a signal for Tuner 1 when only Tuner2 is connected - and vice versa.

b) The Post Code shown on the Diagnostic dispaly is often wrong, the last character can be missing, or an extra character can be inserted at end.

c) It is not possible to start a recording from the EPG display after the programme itself has started.

d) The sound and background picture is suspended for the first 30 seconds when the EPG is entered. If the receiver needs to scan the EPG it should do this as a background activity when Tuner 2 is free.

e) The Time shift buffer is lost when the EPG is viewed.

f) The receiver should display what channels have been altered when it does an autotune after power on.

g) The diagnostic screen does not show what satellite the receiver is attempting to receive from

h) The receiver does not pass the channel name to the TV when connected by Scart/RGB. Channel 4 broadcasts its name, but not the BBC or ITV. My TV briefly displays the name when I select that scart socket.

i) Deleting recorded programmes takes to many button presses.

j) Box froze when left displaying EPG for some hours.

When in 'non-Freesat' mode the HDR:

a) Ignores any Freesat scheduled recordings,

b) Loses details of all Freesat scheduled recordings if a transponder is scanned.

c) Loses details of all Freesat favourites if a transponder is scanned.

d) Has poor channel management - no favourite list for example.

Switching between Freesat and non Freesat requires several button presses.

Entering the mode to scan the transponders of non Freesat satellites also requires several button presses. An option to make the advance features permanently available would be better.
a) Can't see why this is important

b) This is an operator error

c) Just use the instant record button!

d) Can't see why this is a problem - you loose it completely with Sky+

e) Can't see why this is important

f) Why is this important

g) Why would anyone want to know this

h) Why bother with scart if you have an HDMI

i) Preferable to Sky+ - with that one press and its gone



When in 'non-Freesat' mode the HDR:

a) What do you expect - it is either in Freesat mode or non-Freesat mode. There is not a third option - combined Freesat and non-Freesat!


I find all this nit picking very irritating - this is an excellent product. I think we need some realism and balance on here. And I do not work for Humax
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Old 16-12-2008, 10:15
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a) Can't see why this is important

b) This is an operator error

c) Just use the instant record button!

d) Can't see why this is a problem - you loose it completely with Sky+

e) Can't see why this is important

f) Why is this important

g) Why would anyone want to know this

h) Why bother with scart if you have an HDMI

i) Preferable to Sky+ - with that one press and its gone



When in 'non-Freesat' mode the HDR:

a) What do you expect - it is either in Freesat mode or non-Freesat mode. There is not a third option - combined Freesat and non-Freesat!


I find all this nit picking very irritating - this is an excellent product. I think we need some realism and balance on here. And I do not work for Humax
I agree it's a bit nit picking, but you can't dismiss all of these just like that and some of them are valid. For example:

b) is NOT operator error

c) may not be important but logically should be allowed

e) would be very nice. It's extremely irritating with Sky that if you accidentally hit TV Guide or similar, you can't then rewind. Same with the Humax - it would be nice if the buffer wasn't lost unless you actually changed channels.

I could go on. But you get my point - your criticism was in itself "picky".
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Old 16-12-2008, 14:00
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Watching BBC 1 o'clock news today on chase play, (25mins behind live play), when the bloomin' thing jumped to Doctors, (starts at 1.45pm), which my wife set up to record. Why can't it just continue on when on same channel, or at least allow me to go back to where I left off? Live pause resets to starting point of new recording. I don't even like doctors, BBC or Real ones.
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Old 16-12-2008, 14:29
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b) is NOT operator error

I could go on. But you get my point - your criticism was in itself "picky".
Initially this was a problem for me but when I went back in I realised that the error was due to how I input the postcode. So I am satisfied it is an operator error.

Am I being “picky” – no. As I said before I am trying to inject some realism and balance.
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Old 16-12-2008, 14:43
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Initially this was a problem for me but when I went back in I realised that the error was due to how I input the postcode. So I am satisfied it is an operator error.
that says maybe but the post from machare was the first pointing out that he believed it to be a bug not your subsequent post that claimed it was down to his operator error.

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...&postcount=429
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Old 16-12-2008, 14:50
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I find all this nit picking very irritating
Me too! There are far more serious problems of missed recordings and power-offs to worry about!
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Old 16-12-2008, 15:17
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With regards to whoever said that it jumped to the start of another programme when you were doing chase playback, these does seem to be a problem.

If you're watching something and recording it at the same time then as soon as the recording finishes (or I assume as soon as another starts) it jumps straight to live tv.
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Old 16-12-2008, 17:31
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They are, to an extent.
No they aren't. The only video is sport!
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Old 17-12-2008, 12:09
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Initially this was a problem for me but when I went back in I realised that the error was due to how I input the postcode. So I am satisfied it is an operator error.
You can be as satisfied as you like, but you are wrong.

My postcode shows up OK now, but it didn't before and I haven't re-entered anything.

So unless the Humax changing your postcode on it's own is expected behaviour, it's not operator error, is it.
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Old 17-12-2008, 20:20
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The postcode thing is definitely a bug. Just gone into diagnostics 3 times, once it displayed it OK, the other twice it appended a random letter on the end (an "o" and a "D").
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Old 17-12-2008, 20:28
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The postcode thing is definitely a bug. Just gone into diagnostics 3 times, once it displayed it OK, the other twice it appended a random letter on the end (an "o" and a "D").
I like to think of it as just a quirk the old non hdd did the same, it's perfectly harmless..
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Old 17-12-2008, 20:28
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a) The Diagnotics display shows a signal for Tuner 1 when only Tuner2 is connected - and vice versa.
Yes this is a bug and although some people don't see it as being important or relevant isn't this the whole point of the thread

As an aside I'd like to know what the relative strength and quality both tuners are reporting and hope it gets fixed.
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Old 18-12-2008, 07:59
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I have had this twice now but cannot pin it down to anything yet.

Whilst not recording or doing anything in particular, the box becomes very slow to respond to button pushes. The video decoding has noticeable glitches although the sound is OK.
Just like the CPU is VERY busy doing something.
I went into the menu/diagnostics and neither tuner displayed a signal although the (jerky) picture returned afterwards.

A (soft) power-off/on cycle restored normality.

02 software with 2x LNB connected.

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Old 18-12-2008, 11:29
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Hi, after having the Foxsat-HDR for a few weeks, I have noticed there are a number of small issues. Could other users please post any problems they have had? I have had these problems:

-The box fails to output an HDMI signal after coming out of stand-by, so a reset is required.

-There is no sound after coming out of standby, this can be fixed by taking the HDMI lead out of the back and reinserting it.

-The EPG fails to record a program or notice that it’s in HD.

-The box can freeze and reset.

-Recordings can fail for an "Unknown Reason".

-Items in the planner that have been set to recorded, are recorded, but still remain there in the list.

-HD recordings can have pixilation, but are still watchable.

-The sound can be out of sync.

-The front display can freeze and not display any new data.

These faults are not major; the box is great and way better than Sky+. I hope Humax can erase these problems very soon!
Wow, that's quite a list, I've had mine for a few weeks also and only come across one bug...as posted earlier.
None of those problems have occured with mine

It sounds to me that you may have a faulty box or possibly a poor signal problem....cableing/connections or dish alignment.

Bob.
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Old 18-12-2008, 12:06
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Hopefully the red button services on the BBC etc. should become available before Easter 2009 then!
I'm wondering when we are likely to get CH4 HD?
I have to switch to my HDCI-2000 to watch that, but can't record it of course
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Old 18-12-2008, 12:11
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Watching BBC 1 o'clock news today on chase play, (25mins behind live play), when the bloomin' thing jumped to Doctors, (starts at 1.45pm), which my wife set up to record. Why can't it just continue on when on same channel, or at least allow me to go back to where I left off? Live pause resets to starting point of new recording. I don't even like doctors, BBC or Real ones.
This has been reported several times, and is a bug, hopefully it will soon be fixed with an update of software.
Bob.
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