Recent content by Born cynic

Doh. Apologies to all and thanks to prpr, who was correct, I had installed the standard (Humax) FW, which I didn't even think I had. Downloaded 3.13 from here, installed, and in the process of setting up the WebIF, or maybe do that tomorrow. It's been a long week, and I've also discovered that...

Not sure what prpr means by the 'standard firmware image'. I'm using the same one I downloaded some time ago and successfully installed on two previous boxes. I may have made a mistake in the earlier description. The problem box is stating FHTCP 1.03.13, loader a7.31 and an update date of 04 Feb...

I've put version 3.13 on two previous boxes with no problems. I've just bought another, to be my 'new' spare, as I'm now using my 'old' spare, as my original box, which I bought refurbished and had for over 8 years has died. It was killed by a lightning strike hitting the nearest phone pole...

Doh, and thanks. I had bought a second hand HDR-FOX from eBay, which I had put 3.13 onto, and also took the front panel off (as it had been damaged during delivery) to glue it, taking the opportunity to remove the orange film from the display. I did put a number of packages on it, including fan...

Excuse my ignorance, I've just recently update the custom firmware on my machine (to 3.13) and this is the first time I've had the sysmon package installed. I was then taken aback when the unit display starting flashing 'too hot' at me, which I understand happens at 50oC (though following the...

Hold on to your butts, got a response, within the '20 working days' stated. "Thank you for contacting us again about the sound glitching problem. I'm happy to confirm our engineers did locate the source of the problem to a faulty card at the coding end of the broadcast chain. It was eventually...

The issue appears to be resolved, which I have informed the BBC about through an update to the complaint. But I also asked then whether this is something they have fixed knowingly i.e. identified the cause and then modified, or whether the 'fix' is something they were unaware of doing, in which...

Famous last words, but the hour or so of BBC1 Scot HD that I watched, live or recorded, appeared to be free from the audio glitches. In any event, as it happened with the TV tuner also, it doesn't look like this was anything to do with the Humax box. Before coming to this thread, I can across a...

I got the same response on both multichannel and stereo with the Humax box, but the same glitches are evident on the TV tuner and it's own speakers

This was their response: Website Technical Fault - Case number CAS-5707719-C9M1G1 Hi there, Thanks for getting in touch about the BBC website. We’ve forwarded the details to the relevant team, and if it’s something they can correct they’ll do so as soon as they can. We’ll be in touch again if...

I've also noticed this, possibly for a few weeks. It's on both recordings and live TV, whether from my HDR-Fox T2 through the TV (Toshiba 40L2863DB) via HDMI, or using the TV tuner. This seems to be purely BBC1 Scot HD (I receive from the Angus transmitter). All the other (main) HD channels seem...

Maximum power usage is quoted as 26 W, with standard (including power saver with no display) as 0.9 W. So depending how long it would be on rather in standby each day, a rough estimate seems to be approximately £20 a year for the extra electricity. Potentially a price worth paying. As there...

Unfortunately, replacing the capacitors may not be the solution after all. The box did get through all of November and December, including lots of Xmas recording, but re-booted itself on the 3rd Jan. However, it could have been that my soldering wasn't up to the job (especially around one fairly...

Regarding the self re-booting, I had the same problem, and may have solved it. Not my solution, but one I read on another site (can't remember exactly which one at the moment). The self re-booting was gradually becoming more and more frequent, even a couple of times a week. So, following this...