Recent content by BarryJV

I finally got around to getting the lid off the device and finding the heat source and the only hot part was the device under the heatsink, which I assume is the processor, I've been a little busy so I didn't get it done as soon as I hoped. (All those that bet that I put my finger on the HV...

Latest update: New hard drive arrived and fitted - no improvement. There must be another heat source within the device, my suspicion is the power supply. I think my way forward is to open up the device and run it with the lid off to find the hot spot. Question is: Whether to try poking around...

I've been reading reviews of hard drives and a worryingly large number of reviews for current-gen Seagate drives listed sudden failures, so I'm quite comfortable with the choice of WD.

I searched the forum for old posts using my mobile during the day (before I read your reply) and found the old thread about replacing fans. (You might remember robustly expressing opinions about Maplin sales staff and the intelligence of people who trust them.) So I suppose it was you that...

I see you've moved the thread to the other section. Based on what I was told by Humax I thought the question would come down to whether a newer machine could cope better with current broadcast standards, I thought we'd be discussing the technical capabilites of the HDR Fox versus the 5000T, but...

Update from today: Double post removed.

Update from today: There was an old top-up TV card in the common interface, but removing it made no difference. The fan is working (I checked just in case). Even though the fan is working it is hot inside the case. I have no idea if that is normal. The heat is not extreme, but it's warmer that...

Certainly the fact that the signal quality is dropping even when the strength is not, is the problem. What I don't understand is why that would happen. I ran the maintenance mode fixdisk from the custom firmware, but the problem remains. I haven't tried disconnecting the HDD yet. On the...

86% Strength, 100% Quality on a SD channel. (49) 81% Strength, 100% Quality on an HD channel (58) when first switched on. Seems to remain there for a while. Then with the signal at 80% to 81% the quality drops to 5%. (Takes a few minutes). That seems very plausible - it might even explain why...

I have an HDR Fox T2 that is currently refusing to display HD channels. The symptoms are: When the device is first switched on, HD channels will play for a minute or two, then they start to jitter, then cut out completely. If I switch between HD channels during this time, the level of jitter is...