Recent content by paul608085

@Black Hole In my experience, (over 40 years of maintaining electronic equipment), any recurring problem that takes time to appear, such as this problem, is likely to be temperature related. Perhaps the processor getting too hot because it is not being cooled properly? What I cannot explain is...

As the OP had linked this issue with a firmware update, I was thinking that the update might have inadvertently also stopped the fan from working afterwards? (It certainly isn't unknown for firmware updates to accidentally break something unexpectedly!). Regarding my own unit: After my...

@MartinLiddle @Black Hole Thanks for the replies. I have just made a small modification to my HDR-1000S, in case the problem I have is temperature related. My perception was that the fan was never coming on, even after I had tried stressing the hard drive by making two very long simultaneous...

I've been looking in to this a bit more today, and have found that the internal fan never seems to come on. I'm not measuring any voltage on the terminals on the PCB. The fan is label says 12 volts @ 0.11Amps, but the fan has 3 wires. I would guess that red should be +12 volts and black should...

Very true! We only have one AM portable now, (in addition to the "HiFi" and car radio), it is also very useful for tracing ADSL and VDSL broadband problems. I haven't actually used it for it's intended purpose for years, but I'm not getting rid of it :)

@Black Hole AFAIK, I don't have any "RF handsets". This is a method that I have been using successfully since I first became interested in electronics over 40 years ago - were RF handsets around then? One thing that I have realised that I didn't mention here, but did on the Digital Spy forum...

@Black Hole Thanks for the reply. I'm confident that the remote control handset(s) are working correctly because the fault happens with three different ones: two One4All types and also the Humax original. I use a similiar method for testing remote controls, but I use a medium wave radio tuned...

***UPDATE More in hope than expectation, I left the Humax switched on and periodically tried the remote. It seemed to work for a lot longer this time, but come the end of the film that I had got engrossed in, again the only thing that the remote control could do was turn it off. I would guess...

I've only just noticed your post after I was directed here from the Digital Spy Forums. I too am having this issue, though in my case the power button on the remote still functions even when none of the others do. I found this firmware version from 2013, but after trying to install it, the...

Thanks for the explanation.

I am confused. So how does YouTube via the Humax Portal work?

Is it possible to add BT Vision, (as an app), to the Customised Firmware for the HDR-Fox T2? As I understand it, when a new YouView box is connected to a broadband line that is BT Vision enabled, an app is downloaded and installed on the YouView box. Has anyone managed to get this app and...

Thanks, all seems to be working now, Paul

I have installed the custom firmware on my HDR-Fox T2. I can FTP and see the three "My" media folders and can transfer video to my PC from "My Video". However, when I put the Humax's IP address into a web browser as described in "Install Full Web Interface" I am asked for a Username and...