Recent content by Newcoppiceman

Have only dabbled a little with Arduino, not Raspberry Pi or Python so out of my comfort zone. My background is in hardware, not coding. 1 - Noted, but for the price of a MicroSDXC card worth a punt with the MS Surface Go 3 to kick things off. 2 - Principal aim is to protect against HDD...

I've been looking for an excuse to buy another Framework computer - maybe I've found it. I will investigate creating full backups using the FTP method. I have a Microsoft Surface Go 3 tablet (WIn11/64GB eMMC/1 x USB-C/1 x MicroSDXC) so I'll try that first, saving to a MicroSDXC card. My wife...

Looking at some other threads, it appears the USB transfer speed is around 2-10MB/s and limited by the PVR's SoC (System on Chip) so that would be an order of magnitude too slow to be practical.

Much will depend on how long it actually takes to copy (up to) 500GB to USB-connected storage. Do you know what the PVR's USB transfer speed is? Multiple full copies provide better security than just relying on one. If I did a daily full backup (to capture latest recordings) and that (a) took...

Worth considering, I suppose. This would be an incremental backup approach rather than making several full copies each week to different hardware which would provide more redundancy and might be simpler, albeit that it would take longer to execute. Thanks.

As our 15-year-old HDR-Fox T2 is still on its original 500GB HDD I've finally resolved to implement a scheme to regularly backup the folders/programmes it contains to external hard media on a regular basis. The HDD is currently about three-quarters full and its contents actively managed. I...

Our unit is still going strong more than three years after this repair, so certainly worth doing.

In my temporary care for investigation I have a relative's FVP-4000T and FVP-5000T. The reported problem with the 4000 was overheating, whereas the 5000 exhibits this losing-the-guide/no-programme-information problem. After checking the software was up to date and effecting a manual rescan of...

It's exactly a year since I first installed CF when I was trying to resolve a problem which turned out to be due to a faulty aerial amp PSU. It seems I was very unlucky that this caused all manner of problems. Pleased to report that the PVR has been working faultlessly for 5 months now after...

Main PVR has been working faultlessly since applying the system flush a week ago, so today I reinstalled Humax 1.03.12. Thread also retitled (from After 5 Months with CF, Removing for a While).

The CF was installed over the weekend of 12/13 Nov 2023 and problems first logged in my 15 Nov post, including the "melt-down" we had that evening (https://hummy.tv/forum/threads/faulty-preamp-psu-caused-humax-reception-problems-on-some-muxes.11086/post-170227). This was followed-up a couple of...

Well... It looks like the system flush and the re-creation of the R/W flash filesystems has done the trick. I won't make any further changes (like installing the Humax FW) until the PVR has been fault-free for at least a week and we can think about returning it to full service. Big thanks to...

So the order should be: RMA Reboot Standard Firmware System Flush (I omitted step 3 because I wanted to see if the system flush fixed the fault without making any other changes at the same time.)

Still fault-free at 1700. Will check once more before substituting the spare PVR for evening viewing.

Thanks. My reference for this work has been the Remove Modified Firmware Wiki; the glossary entry explains the origin of the term RMA (as I was manager, electronic maintenance at C4 for 7 years I was aware of this). The further and better particulars are welcome. In #64 you referred to...