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1. Media mistakes
  
  It's a HHGTTG reference. Have a look at the way the body and wings move.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #631
  
  May 21, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
2. Media mistakes
  
  Watch the birdie: click [Edit] Spot anything wrong?
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #627
  
  May 21, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
3. Copying HD file from neighbour's Humax
  
  Apologies. Looks like I skimmed that post too lightly.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #20
  
  May 5, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
4. Copying HD file from neighbour's Humax
  
  Has everyone forgotten the Windows offline decryption prog that ephil did four years or so back - here's the thread about it. Or am I missing something?
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #9
  
  May 4, 2023
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
5. What’s it worth
  
  Unlike the inside. The space between the keypad and PCB was filled with the largest amount of oily gunk that I've ever come across - it had got to the back of the PCB and almost dripped off. In the past this stuff has always been water-soluble but not this time. No damage once cleaned other...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #16
  
  May 2, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
6. What’s it worth
  
  SMART, run on a PC, reports 2075 days. 13k power cycles, 26k stop/start cycles and everything else fine. A long self-test comes back no errors too. I've replaced C3 in the PSU's snubber network with a physically bigger 100pF so that should head off that failure. CFW next.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #15
  
  May 1, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
7. What’s it worth
  
  A 500GB V1 popped up on FB Marketplace last night 10 miles away for £30 so I went and got it this morning. It's been opened but I can't see why. Remote, like the unit, is clean but the case legends around the joypad are worn but not the buttons, Stripped, cleaned, filter removed etc. and...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #13
  
  May 1, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
8. What’s it worth
  
  Good point - I'd forgotten I could look up last-time-seen.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #12
  
  Apr 30, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
9. What’s it worth
  
  Bump...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #10
  
  Apr 30, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
10. Media mistakes
  
  You were saying?
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #616
  
  Apr 30, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
11. What’s it worth
  
  Now it's my time to apologise. One thing led to another and preparing to replace a windowsill led to excavating floor inside the garden door to deal with the builder's messed-up DPM/DPC interface and its consequences. What would you be prepared to take for the HDR without disk - I've got a...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #9
  
  Apr 27, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
12. What’s it worth
  
  I have a vague memory of having to reformat it. [Edit] Mine that is.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #7
  
  Apr 26, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
13. What’s it worth
  
  Could be interested. An elderly neighbour replaced their old 4:1 CRT TV with a 32" Sony which only has HDMI imputs and no analogue tuner, so their old '9200T needs replacing. I've got a suitable HD here and no problem with custom f/w. FWIW they said they had stuff on the 9200T but it's empty...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #4
  
  Apr 26, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
14. Assume v. Presume
  
  But you might need one for sitting on something soft, as the front seats of my father's Renault R16 did.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #4,865
  
  Mar 9, 2023
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
15. Start Up Fails When HDD Connected
  
  That's what I intend doing on this OK DTR but there's something else on the bench ATM.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #219
  
  Dec 15, 2022
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
16. Start Up Fails When HDD Connected
  
  Indeed, assuming it's leakage and not something else. The other obvious option is the value dropping, which would affect the delay on power-down. But that would seem to indicate that something happens late in the shutdown which if missed stops it booting correctly, which sounds unlikely. So...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #216
  
  Dec 15, 2022
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
17. Start Up Fails When HDD Connected
  
  Ta for that. The delays are exactly as I expected - no delay on switching HDD +12V on but a 50-60ms delay on switching off. That cct appears on the DTR-T1010 PCB I have in front of me with a SOT-23 MOSFET marked 25D34, the NPN transistor has a 7k5 base drive with another 7k5 resistor...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #214
  
  Dec 14, 2022
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
18. Start Up Fails When HDD Connected
  
  ESR isn't going to be a relevent here - from the cct posted earlier it's got a 1k0 resistor in series with it after all and it's just slightly delaying the rise/fall of the +12V line. I've not been as involved in this thread as I perhaps could been and I'm now wondering why this cap is there...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #210
  
  Dec 13, 2022
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
19. Exploring a transmitter tower
  
  Put simply, the 1MW ERP is the power a simple dipole would need to radiate for a given signal strength at a receiver. But half the power would be radiated above the horizontal and be wasted, so the aerial array is designed to radiate power only where it's wanted, below the horizontal and also in...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #14
  
  Dec 11, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
20. Postcode problem
  
  Some years back my sister's road, a residential cul-de-sac built in the '30s, was for some reason given a new postcode. Caused all kinds of problems until databases were updated over the next year or so.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #4
  
  Nov 22, 2022
  
  Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder

Media mistakes

It's a HHGTTG reference. Have a look at the way the body and wings move.
- everthewatcher
- Post #631
- May 21, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Media mistakes

Watch the birdie: click [Edit] Spot anything wrong?
- everthewatcher
- Post #627
- May 21, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Copying HD file from neighbour's Humax

Apologies. Looks like I skimmed that post too lightly.
- everthewatcher
- Post #20
- May 5, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Copying HD file from neighbour's Humax

Has everyone forgotten the Windows offline decryption prog that ephil did four years or so back - here's the thread about it. Or am I missing something?
- everthewatcher
- Post #9
- May 4, 2023
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
What’s it worth

Unlike the inside. The space between the keypad and PCB was filled with the largest amount of oily gunk that I've ever come across - it had got to the back of the PCB and almost dripped off. In the past this stuff has always been water-soluble but not this time. No damage once cleaned other...
- everthewatcher
- Post #16
- May 2, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

SMART, run on a PC, reports 2075 days. 13k power cycles, 26k stop/start cycles and everything else fine. A long self-test comes back no errors too. I've replaced C3 in the PSU's snubber network with a physically bigger 100pF so that should head off that failure. CFW next.
- everthewatcher
- Post #15
- May 1, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

A 500GB V1 popped up on FB Marketplace last night 10 miles away for £30 so I went and got it this morning. It's been opened but I can't see why. Remote, like the unit, is clean but the case legends around the joypad are worn but not the buttons, Stripped, cleaned, filter removed etc. and...
- everthewatcher
- Post #13
- May 1, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

Good point - I'd forgotten I could look up last-time-seen.
- everthewatcher
- Post #12
- Apr 30, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

Bump...
- everthewatcher
- Post #10
- Apr 30, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Media mistakes

You were saying?
- everthewatcher
- Post #616
- Apr 30, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

Now it's my time to apologise. One thing led to another and preparing to replace a windowsill led to excavating floor inside the garden door to deal with the builder's messed-up DPM/DPC interface and its consequences. What would you be prepared to take for the HDR without disk - I've got a...
- everthewatcher
- Post #9
- Apr 27, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

I have a vague memory of having to reformat it. [Edit] Mine that is.
- everthewatcher
- Post #7
- Apr 26, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
What’s it worth

Could be interested. An elderly neighbour replaced their old 4:1 CRT TV with a 32" Sony which only has HDMI imputs and no analogue tuner, so their old '9200T needs replacing. I've got a suitable HD here and no problem with custom f/w. FWIW they said they had stuff on the 9200T but it's empty...
- everthewatcher
- Post #4
- Apr 26, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Assume v. Presume

But you might need one for sitting on something soft, as the front seats of my father's Renault R16 did.
- everthewatcher
- Post #4,865
- Mar 9, 2023
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

That's what I intend doing on this OK DTR but there's something else on the bench ATM.
- everthewatcher
- Post #219
- Dec 15, 2022
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

Indeed, assuming it's leakage and not something else. The other obvious option is the value dropping, which would affect the delay on power-down. But that would seem to indicate that something happens late in the shutdown which if missed stops it booting correctly, which sounds unlikely. So...
- everthewatcher
- Post #216
- Dec 15, 2022
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

Ta for that. The delays are exactly as I expected - no delay on switching HDD +12V on but a 50-60ms delay on switching off. That cct appears on the DTR-T1010 PCB I have in front of me with a SOT-23 MOSFET marked 25D34, the NPN transistor has a 7k5 base drive with another 7k5 resistor...
- everthewatcher
- Post #214
- Dec 14, 2022
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Start Up Fails When HDD Connected

ESR isn't going to be a relevent here - from the cct posted earlier it's got a 1k0 resistor in series with it after all and it's just slightly delaying the rise/fall of the +12V line. I've not been as involved in this thread as I perhaps could been and I'm now wondering why this cap is there...
- everthewatcher
- Post #210
- Dec 13, 2022
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Exploring a transmitter tower

Put simply, the 1MW ERP is the power a simple dipole would need to radiate for a given signal strength at a receiver. But half the power would be radiated above the horizontal and be wasted, so the aerial array is designed to radiate power only where it's wanted, below the horizontal and also in...
- everthewatcher
- Post #14
- Dec 11, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Postcode problem

Some years back my sister's road, a residential cul-de-sac built in the '30s, was for some reason given a new postcode. Caused all kinds of problems until databases were updated over the next year or so.
- everthewatcher
- Post #4
- Nov 22, 2022
- Forum: FOXSAT-HDR Freesat Recorder