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    Connecting HDR-1800T to internet

    Buggrit! Motors TV has now abandoned freeview (and channel 240) altogether. However, when I now try to use BBC teletext with the dongle in, I get some sort of BBC 'red button' facility that doesn't include the traffic facility. I can get the old teletext if I unplug the dongle, however it's...
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    Connecting HDR-1800T to internet

    Tenda W311U+ just turned up and seems to be working straight out of the box. I can see lots of apps via the portal and have accessed a couple. Bonus is freeview channel 240 (motors TV) that had previously gone internet only. I now need to have a play to see how the record facility works. Many...
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    Connecting HDR-1800T to internet

    Sorry to leave this for a while, but got tied up with other matters (Austin 7 engine and decorating mainly). I don't understand how a dongle on the PVR will communicate with my PC. I can see the PVR will be in contact my router via the dongle, but how will a TV program be transferred from my PC...
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    Connecting HDR-1800T to internet

    With the removal of BBC3 from freeview, I'm looking at connecting my 1800-T to the internet (PVR connected to CRT TV by SCART). Does it have to be by ethernet cable (difficult as PC upstairs and telly down) or will a dongle work? If a dongle's required, will any old one do, or does it have to...
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    Radio stations

    Nope, they're not there. I've re-installed it and it says it's found 116 TV stations, 25 radio stations. There's just one station in the 700 range and that's a TV station.
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    Radio stations

    I've just bought a HDR-2000T to replace my 9300 that died. I've set it up, but can't find radio stations anywhere. I saw it find numerous during the tuning procedure, but they're not anywhere in the channel list. The old 9300 had them in the 700 range and a separate TV/radio button to select...
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    Loading new software

    This machine's been limping along for over a year, but now I think it may be terminal. It became very slow to respond to remote instructions (20 sec or more), then it lost all its recordings and it lost the 'record' function in the menu. Wouldn't pause and setting record in the EPG would only...
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    Loading new software

    It did it again this morning, two or three times and then behaved. It's never done that before, it either works fine or continually resets itself. I put it on standby overnight and in the morning switch to radio to listen to R4 as is my normal habit. I did notice once that when it was on...
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    Loading new software

    I didn't think to try it with the aerial out, nor was it suggested. I don't know if it was re-booting, I assumed it was powering down then up from the sound of what I assumed was the cooling fan, although it may have been the HDD. What is the whirring noise you can hear on initial start up?
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    Loading new software

    In defence, it seems the damn thing was powering down before it could complete a reset to default settings. I didn't realise. Anybody want to buy a couple of RS232, 9-pin, female - female leads. One straight, one null?
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    Loading new software

    I've had another play and it would appear to have been doing it's power down-up before it could complete a return to default setting. I observed it carefully and after it had completed a power up and as soon as it would allow me to open its menu I went to default setting. It appeared to go...
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    Loading new software

    Yes, It's back to default setting AND I've re-formatted the HDD. Neither made any difference.
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    Loading new software

    Thanks for the 'bodge'. I've ordered a new null lead, they're less than a couple of quid. I can wait, the PVR's been practically unusable for a couple of weeks. I tried re-formatting the HDD as a first step and everything's back to default. I reckon it's a component fault that's breaking down...
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    Loading new software

    The cable I've got is wired 'straight'. Pin 2 to pin 2 Pin 3 to pin 3 And moulded ends. Looks like it's back to ordering another. Thanks for the replies.
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    Loading new software

    I've a problem with my PVR (it powers itself off and on about once a minute). Humax technical support have suggested loading new software and sent me a couple of links. I get so far and hit a wall, email them and they send me a bit more information which moves me another step forward, a...
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