Recent content by Craig Ball

Mine seems to be working ok tonight, ITV, C4, Film4 & 4Music all without pixilation. Replaced the HDD>TV coax yesterday and hours of strategic cable routing. I performed initial installation with the Humax on standby. This was just an auto retune since still no option to manually retune or...

Ok, ITV & C4 are now reasonably stable when the Humax is in standby (only occasional pixilation). The weather has improved over the week and may be a factor, however still struggling with C55 (Film4 and 4Music). I tried a different coax tonight, again a good quality double screened cable, but no...

Yes, no tv reception at all when Humax power switch is off. Only loses ITV, C4 etc when on standby. According to the Humax settings, signal strength for the mux (C59) is 73%, signal quality is 100%. I just found that unplugging the coax from the telly, but holding it very close to (not...

Thanks for your help Black Hole. This has got me puzzled, tried all the suggestions above, besides manual tuning which does not seem to be a menu option on my (Loewe) telly. What I find frustrating is that I had no such issues with my old HDD. Whilst there are workarounds, I would like to...

Is there an internal splitter in the Fox T2 which will reduce reception quality? It is odd this is not an isolated case. I cant speak for the op but personally I was not expecting to compromise after upgrading my Sony HDD (which had no such issues).

Yes, 5V Antenna Power is off.

I read the articles, I do not have an amplified antenna therefore ruled out the antenna power setting.

Hi, I have exactly the same problem with my new Humax HDR Fox T2, i.e. weak ITV & C4 signal while HDR is in standby, also Winter Hill. I tried retuning the TV whilst the HDR is in standby mode and the tv picked up ITV Wales! Retuning the TV again with the HDR powered on finds ITV, but when...