Recent content by Mick

I've had the custom firmware on the box pretty much since the day I bought it - I'll give the diags a go; cheers. Mick

Good points - thanks. I've owned the box from new (over three and a half years now). It still has the original drive, although I'm happy to swap it out if the existing one is on its last legs. Mick

Well, the soft Acoustifeet arrived yesterday and yes, peace has resumed! We can still (just) hear the hard disc spinning but the irritating drone has completely gone. Thanks everyone who chipped in with comments and suggestions. Mick

Thanks for the replies, all. I've ordered a set of the soft AcoustiFeet pads - will see how I get on! Thanks again Mick

Hi - our HDR-FOX T2 sits on an open shelf beneath the tv, and there's a small amount of mechanical hum that comes from the box when it's on, possibly exacerbated by the glass shelf it sits on. This isn't that noticeable when watching programmes via the T2 but if it comes on to record during the...

I have an Apple TV and AirPlay the Prime videos to it from my iPad. Still somewhat clumsy but it avoids trailing cables, and the picture is fine. Mick

Quite possibly the cause. I've now deleted the file but did double check before doing so that the problem occurred at the same point each time so the recording was 'damaged', for want of a better word. Mick

Connections are ok, and the breakup was on a programme recorded on the beeb shortly before Christmas; I've definitely done a retune since then so if that was indeed the issue I'll probably never know. Basically, the picture froze for a moment, with it being broken up somewhat as well. It...

The test ran and found no errors, so would this possibly mean my handful of glitches were down to issues during broadcast? Mick

Well, I just kicked off the long test and it's estimated that it will take 218 minutes so that's fine with me. No need for interruptions as it should be done by morning, power cuts notwithstanding! Mick

Thanks af. I'd already decided to run it without interfering with it. Just need to find the right time... Mick

Thanks for that, Ezra. I haven't run it yet but a friend who also has the 1TB model started fix-disk on his one evening and it still had a fair way to go when he went to work the next morning, so I wanted to find a neat way to stop it if it became necessary to do so. Thanks again Mick

Hi all - as above - I very occasionally get picture breakup on recordings so I suspect that I may be getting HDD errors. I realise that fix-disk takes a long time to run; if I decide it's taking too long and need to use the machine, is there a 'nice' way to stop it? If not, will a power down/up...

Mine was bought August 2012 - 1TB model:- >>> Beginning diagnostic 4kalign Running: 4kalign --> This is a Standard Format drive. Model Number: ST31000424CS Logical/Physical Sector size: 512 bytes Nominal Media Rotation Rate: 5900 Disk...

Hi all - I've converted a series of DVDs to .mp4 files with Handbrake and, using [network-shares-automount], I view them across my network on my Humax HDR. However, one has out-of-sync audio when played on the Humax but is fine when played directly on a PC. Any ideas on why only one of several...