Recent content by jaymonkey

Black Hole, Hard drive is controlled by processor, if you switch of your unit and power it back on again you'll see that you get the 'start system' msg on the display then there will be a short delay before the drive spins up and then off again as the unit goes into power save (off) mode,

Black Hole, I dont suppose you have a source of processor boards, maybe i could send the unit to you. I'd be happy to pay ? Jay

Hi jack616 Thanks for your post and extensive suggestions. I've already been round with the freezer spray, nothing is unduly hot. The hard drive does not spin up, but that also sugest that the boot loader/cpu is not getting very far in the boot up process, usually the hard drive will not...

Hard drive is reconnected and have got a known working usb stick in te front usb slot, its the one i always use to load firmware ;-) Like i said no boot loader message either on front panel display or TV Jay

OK, I tried that, several times and some form of life has come back to the box :) Now the blue led lights up around the main button and the display reads 'START SYSTEM' then nothing, still nothing on the screen ( have tried HDMI & SCART) Its almost as if the boot loader is failing to...

Thanks xyz321, I'll give that a go, how many times was "many" :) Jay

Agreed, I fear that the processor board has died, unless anyone else has a better idea or knows of a 3rd party repair shop in the UK, I think the only thing i can do is be upfront with Humax and explane the situation and hope that they dont sting me too much in reapir costs. Jay

Hi grahmmlthompson, I just tried your suggestion of disconnecting the hard drive (power + sata) and powering up but the box still seems to be dead despite having power to the processor board. Cheers Jay

Not sure, as the box has been opened, and i've changed the caps, i'm guessing that Humax will say the warranty is invalid, also section 2 of the warranty conditions on the Humax site state :- 2. This warranty will be honoured only if the Warranty Certificate has been duly completed by the...

Hi , I bought a Humax HDR-Fox-T2 about 6 months ago on ebay, the 500Gb version. I have been really happy with the unit and once I found this site and installed the custom firmware it’s been the ultimate freeview box. However a few months ago, it started locking up, sometimes it would not...