Recent content by Tropi

Sorry, if it seemed rambling. I was trying to ensure that I did not omit anything critical. Everything that I did and could also recall was noted in the order it occurred. To clear up one apparent confusion, my first post said this It's hard to know how that could have been clearer. The old...

You had me quite worried there! But I just double checked again and Windows can definitely see the SD files, copy them to PC over ethernet or WiFi, edit them (VRD 5) and play them.

First of all, thank you both for such swift and helpful replies and my sincere apologies for not acknowledging them sooner while I experimented with this problem and attempted disk recovery, in between other obligations. There is a great deal to read and I feel sure that all the required info is...

I've owned a Humax HDR Fox T2 recorder (500GB) for about 8-9 years and I love it. About two years ago, I installed in it some firmware whose name I don't recall, that enabled it to copy HD files to a USB stick and, from the USB stick, to a PC for editing/archiving. Eventually, a few months...

I am a little afraid of messing with the firmware, just natural fear of the unknown and accidentally messing up an excellent machine that actually works remarkably well and has done for years. But I see you have a whole pile of extremely helpful looking links in your signature so I'd better...

My Foxsat is plain standard, though I have a 1 TB HDD that I intend to swap in at some point.

I have several individual episodes of several TV series stored on an external USB drive. I would very much like to re-organize this drive by collecting all the loose episodes into appropriately named folders on the same USB drive. It’s relatively easy to do this on the recorder’s own HDD but I...

Trev - many thanks for the direct links to your Dropbox. That is so much more efficient, reassuring and secure feeling than me thrashing around trying to ascertain which versions would be available, current (so much of the info is years old) and safe. I've done a lot of confusing research and...

Perhaps not quite so bl33ding obvious! My initial enquiry was quite specifically for some experienced opinion in selecting a larger compatible HDD replacement. The suggestion of Custom Firmware has only just arisen, so naturally I don't have either "the .zip file", or its ReadMe.txt file. Not...

Thanks for the helpful and encouraging input, Graham. I am comfortable with WIndows PCs and have no fear of swapping an HDD. But, (1) I have no experience of Linux and, (2) although I have 5 PCs wirelessly networked at home, the network's inconsistent behaviour and hiccups occasionally drives...

Martin - Ebuyer Delivery - the cheapest I can see on their comprehensive delivery list is £3.49 for mainland and that doesn't include the Scottish Highlands which are not actually off-shore! I guess £2.91 is the cheapest shipping without VAT, which brings it up to £3.49 in total. £15 extra is a...

I was driving myself daft with hour after hour of poking around and not finding anything to recommend a more recent HDD than the out of production Seagate Pipeline. So I determined to buy a 1TB version from E-Buyer at a reasonable £51.48. But that was instantly knocked on the head when I...

Thanks for the quick and helpful replies, gentlemen. Despite my reservations as to the true age since manufacture, I actually am presently inclined towards the Seagate 1TB Pipeline from Ebuyer, although I am still hoping that someone might report experience of WD Purple. I'll try to see the...

My Foxsat HDR is at least 10 years old and still faultless, despite being the exclusive tuning source for all my TV viewing. Given its 12-18 hours of 7-days a week of powered on-time (!) I would very much like to replace its 320GB Hard Drive with a 1TB before it starts to fail. Much research...

Just harking back to hard drives, I am a little surprised that no one has mentioned using 2.5" drives. I can confirm that I have successfully used a 40 GB IDE 2.5" bare drive, from a scrapped old laptop, using a USB/IDE lead, for Standard Def files. I can also confirm that, despite initial...