Recent content by fm49218

probably overheated at some point because I think the unit has poor air circulation. That overheating has probably damaged the CPU. The heatsink on the CPU is cheap. But it works, and I’ve pushed it as much as I can i.e., recording every program for 5 hours and the CPU was only tepid. Just glad...

I had a couple of issues that were bugging me and made the unit useless. 1) the HDMI would go blank after a few hours of use 2) around 9:30 every night the unit would automatically switch HDMI port even in standby I reached out to Jeff Kim (President at Humax Europe). Although he got...

Frustrating there aren't more choices for freesat. I've used Edision, but the GUI is poor

Not now, but over the years I have repaired PACE units, Amstrad receivers, video recorders and all other kinds of products. I agree there are times when a manufacturer doesn’t want to release manuals and SKY were the same in the early days but eventually, they did. I have a garage full of...

I agree. I’m not looking for warranty support but just technical support. I don’t need a repair, just the service manual to allow me to fix myself. What I don’t expect is Humax CS to huff and puff, and sigh on the phone because their off-the-shelf response isn’t accepted. They say they will call...

thanks. there's actually a law which states that if its proven that a fault is the origin of a design fault (or there's a common part failure ) then the manufacturer may need to act and assist. I know because i was part of the purchase chain for a major European electrical retailer so your "is...

whats the relevance?

I called Humax twice, got a very arrogant fella on the phone, who quite frankly was a waste of time and didn’t care. Said he would call back but didn’t. I am in contact with the CEO as I believe they have a responsibility to help. Nevertheless…... A closer look showed that the unit isn’t off...

Agreed!

the boot loader is not store on the HDD as changing the HDD would brick the unit, and that’s not the case as I and others have changed the HDD with ease. if you think of the unit as a PC, and the bootloader is the bios firmware, then is this is corrupt its wont load and like a pc restoring...

I agree, but if he just needs to prove whether its the HDD or something else, any will do. A lower speed drive would be more suitable possibly a seagate skyhawk drive

easy to do. i just replaced mine this morning. Any SATA HDD works