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Does anyone know if this known fault also affects the HDR-1100S? Or is it unique to the 1000? Mine just went again tonight. I noticed the rewind had become slow and unresponsive on the run up to this latest failure and the lyp sync kept drifting off but rectified when the box was put into...

Yes it is. And Humax just did a software upgarade OTA recently which suprised me given how old this box is and that the company are not in the Freesat market anymore. I wonder if the missing recordings might be software related.

This fault is intermittent but for long periods. My hdd became recognised again this week out of the blue. Pause and rewind live tv now functions and the recordings are visible once again. I read another thread somewhere where this happened to someone....then it failed again on his. It looks...

Turns out the drive is fine. I can see all my recordings and the data files on my linux pc. Looks like its definitely that common resistor/capacitor fault or whatever humax now say is the actual cause of the hdd not being recognised. Sending the box away for repair as per post No.4 seems the...

Hi Black Hole. Thanks for your kind offer. However I had already ordered prior to reading your post. I've ordered this adapter for £15 https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07G86M7KC/

Graham I will order a usb sata enclosure and try that first before sending it off to NI just incase it is a faulty drive. I know my linux pc has a program for checking hdds for bad sectors etc so i will run that assuming the drive is working/recognised. Thinking back now I did get a couple of...

How did I miss that? I must have read past it in haste. Certainly seems reasonable. I think I will give that a go. The guy at Humax was saying its not a resistor fault, they used to think it was but now they found its something else (he didn't say what, but he said the post I'd read was "very...

Had a chat to Humax today. No joy. Nice guy apologised and said he was sorry they can't help. I'll just keep using the box as a receiver rather than get rid. Lets hope the arris boxes get better as the thread linked above by Trev didnt fill me with enthusiasm and have me reaching for my credit...

I'm interested in these new Arris boxes but I think I'll need my 5yr old quad lnb changing to a six way wideband one? Regarding the faulty HDR1000S. I don't suppose Humax still do the £55 swap for a refurb now that they are dropping out of the freesat market? They might have some old stock they...

Thanks for the replies. This information in particular suggests I'm best not wasting my time, effort or money replacing the drive: https://www.myhumax.org/forum/topic/hard-drive-issues/page/53#post-60304 I've listened carefully to the unit and I'm sure I can still hear the drive spinning and...

I've got a linux pc. But without a usb hard drive enclosure its going to mean removing the case of the pc and attaching it to a sata cable inside. I'll have a go when I've got time.

I've had just over 5 years fault-free service from this machine (aside from some early sw glitches ironed out by subsequent updates) . Today I went to watch a recording and got an "unrecognised file format" error. Tried several other recordings and got the same error. Rebooted and all recordings...