Recent content by Fredbloggs

I could be wrong, it was a while back but I seem to remember it sorted itself out after a few days. I'm pretty sure stand by didn't fix it, I'm fairly sure I would've tried a hard power off and on and that didn't do it. We got the new box, got that setup, I was about to chuck the old box and...

Black Hole Actually no, the fox started working again and it's currently used as a sort of archive, because it's nearly full, combined with the error it had and the worry it will go wrong again. Also mum has got used to being able to record 3 or 4 things at once on the new one.. It was 7...

Phil The 5000t was purchased new around 7 months ago. It didn't have the record issue for quite a while, then it happened once, we reset, and it was fine for another long while. It seems to be getting more frequent with time. I've no idea of the number of recordings or schedules but certainly...

I've checked and when the recording thing happens it's not because too many things are recording. It affects record now and trying to schedule another recording later. Record now just does nothing and if I go into the guide, pick a show, the record option simply doesn't work, it's unselectable...

I'm posting on behalf of my elderly mum. She had a fox t2 which was fantastic, for about a decade then it went wrong. We bought her a 5000t to replace as it seemed to be the new equivalent humax box. Omg this thing is a pain, 2 main issues 1) very frequently it just stops responding to...