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Just as a final observation on the original symptoms - there has been a miracle! As previously stated, changing the caps, per OP there was no improvement in behaviour. However, on Mar 7 we (Sutton Coldfield transmitter) were prompted to retune - again!). It wasn't til a couple of days later...

OK - All done! F/W 1.03.02 now seems to be safely installed and Portal back! Thanks

A typo by omission of a digit! I'm currently browsing a long thread "TV portal can't connect!" from 2015/16 (sorry, can't insert link as I apparently haven't made 10 posts yet!) and also "Problem connecting to Humax Portal".

Thanx for that. Mine is on 1.02.28 and the latest on Humax site is 1.02.29 which is a whole 2 months "newer"! I'd already done some research and the "mods" have been referred to, so will have seek instructions to apply update (without bricking) but have downloaded the zip from your link.

For some time I have been unable to access the Humax Portal from my FOX HD T2 (S/W v 1.0.28). I have checked the internet settings and when Apply is selected it confirms that the internet connection has been established, However, when Portal is selected from the remote and error message is...

Changing the caps (Electrolytic 105deg from RS) made no difference to the symptoms (as decribed in OP) on mine. My feeling is that it could be the hdd - either moving to failure or because of fragmentation issues - but don't want to loose the backlog of recordings by reformatting at this stage...

Thanks again for the replies. This is an educational journey for me as well as practical!

Thanks for the replies. Yes there seems to be some correlation between capacitance, voltage, size, life expectancy and price (just look at RS filtered to 2200uf and 16v ot 25v)! Within that I've narrowed my choice to 16v 0r 25v both 20h x 10w which dimensionally about matches what's fitted...

Twas quite interesting that this article has coincided with my 9150T exhibitting the aforesaid symptoms! I ordered (ebay) the recommended caps but without taking into account the dimensions and prior to taking the lid of the machine. Consequently the 2200uf are too fat (16mm) and would...