The forum software that supports hummy.tv has been upgraded to XenForo 2.3!

Please bear with us as we continue to tweak things, and feel free to post any questions, issues or suggestions in the upgrade thread.

Search results

1. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  By all means take a bow. I'm glad it's fixed, too! One problem is that the initial symptoms were misleading (to me, at any rate). At first, the picture breakup was only on recordings made while we were away from home, and while the house was cold - hence the subject of the thread. It was only...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #114
  
  Apr 4, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
2. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  That's fine if you want to watch footage on a computer or something of similar intelligence. I'm not sure it helps in gettingt it to a humble TV though. WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #113
  
  Apr 4, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
3. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  I installed all the cables I thought I would ever need about 10 years ago during a house extension exercise. It would be a lot more difficult to run extra cables now. What I could possibly do is use a wireless video sender to carry the T2's recorded output to a TV in another room. WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #109
  
  Apr 4, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
4. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  He is talking about using an RF modulator - presumably taking its input from an analog output (phono or SCART). This would have to be set up to produce a modulated signal on a channel not used for Freeview - and the picture would have to be received using a remote TV's analog tuner. Even if I...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #107
  
  Apr 3, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
5. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  Now, there's an idea! I did, in pre-SCART days distribute analog recordings from a VCR in that manner, but I somehow think it would leave a bit to be desired if I tried to do it with HD. WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #104
  
  Apr 3, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
6. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  It did when it was the only thing connected to the aerial, but the reported signal strength was down towards the minimum level which Humax recommend. In order to share the aerial with other devices, I would have needed to insert at least a passive splitter (which I didn't have readily to hand)...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #102
  
  Apr 3, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
7. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  No, I was respondiung to what prpr had just written (as quoted in my post)! WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #98
  
  Apr 3, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
8. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  What evidence do you have that something upstream seems to have been overloaded? I'm in a pretty poor signal area - on the outer fringes of Sutton Coldfield's coverage area, and the DA provided a gain of only 6dB. The amp with which I have replaced it has a gain of 12dB, and the signal strength...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #96
  
  Apr 3, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
9. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  Fair enough. I spend a lot of time in text-based usenet groups where individual words are usually emphasised by enclosing them in asterisks. I haven't seen that done here, and the use of capitals to emphasise the odd word seemed like a possible way to go. [I think I have only once "shouted" a...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #89
  
  Apr 2, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
10. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  But the link says (as you quote in a later post): "If your aerial worked fine (to one point) on the lower power transmissions before switchover, the higher power transmissions after DSO should enable you to split the signal 4 or even 6 times and still end up with the same signal level at each...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #84
  
  Apr 2, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
11. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  So it seems! Apologies for not taking your advice earlier. All I can say in my defence is that I tried to make an assessment of which suggestions appeared the most likely to bear fruit - without knowing anything about the credentials of those making the suggestions. My judgement at the time -...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #81
  
  Apr 2, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
12. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  If you're referring to my line of caps proclaiming that the problem was fixed, I considered that that was justified because that bit could easily have been missed by someone speed-reading the overall message. WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #80
  
  Apr 2, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
13. Problem after Mendip Transmitter work on Wednesday
  
  Unless you're very quick, there's still a danger that it might find some unwanted channels beofre you stop it, if you're within range of any muxes on low UHF frequencies. that's why it's marginally safer to uplug the aerial. Also, it might put your channels of choice in the 800's - with gash...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #12
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
14. Problem after Mendip Transmitter work on Wednesday
  
  If you're in danger of picking up duplicates from multiple transmitters, the only safe way of proceeding is to tune manually, specifying the UHF channel (or frequency) of each of the muxes on your transmitter of choice. Before doing that, you need to delete all the existing stored channels by...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #9
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
15. Press Pause & Numbers Show what are they?
  
  I quite agree. In particular, every time the firmware is updated and new features added, the downloadable version of the User Manual should be updated to reflect the changes. AND, I can't understand for the life of me why the on-line version is in glorious monochrome. The screenshots MUST have...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #15
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
16. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  That would be fine if the aerial were dedicated just to the Humax. But it's part of a distribution system which distributes both UHF TV and VHF radio to various points around the house. If I were to use a passive splitter, I suspect that the signal strength would fall below the 30% minimum...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #74
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
17. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  And, in a later post, I said: The picture on my HDR-FOX-T2 keeps breaking up, sometimes to the point of being unwatchable. When this happens, the signal strength and quality bars on the i-plate (and the Signal Detection menu) indicate reasonable strength but dire quality.
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #73
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
18. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  Precisely. Until DSO - and the boosting of SC's muxes - I couldn't get a reliable Freeview signal at all. It would work at some time but not others - so I didn't bother to buy a PVR until after DSO. The four months to which I referred is just that. Everything worked just fine from September...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #68
  
  Apr 1, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
19. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  Looking at a map, you are probably a couple of miles further away from Lark Stoke, as a crow flies, than I am - just outside Warwick, so that's interesting. I imagine that reception might vary quite a lot from place to place within Redditch - 'cos its quite a hilly place. WT
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #64
  
  Mar 31, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
20. HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?
  
  Yes, Lark Stoke is a possibility - about 20% of my neighbours have their aerials pointing at it. It's nearer to me than Sutton Coldfield, but very much less powerful. It's also got a better line of sight - the SC signal gets pretty close to the ground a few miles from me when it skims over the...
  Watt Tyler
  
  Post #61
  
  Mar 31, 2013
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder

HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

By all means take a bow. I'm glad it's fixed, too! One problem is that the initial symptoms were misleading (to me, at any rate). At first, the picture breakup was only on recordings made while we were away from home, and while the house was cold - hence the subject of the thread. It was only...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #114
- Apr 4, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

That's fine if you want to watch footage on a computer or something of similar intelligence. I'm not sure it helps in gettingt it to a humble TV though. WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #113
- Apr 4, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

I installed all the cables I thought I would ever need about 10 years ago during a house extension exercise. It would be a lot more difficult to run extra cables now. What I could possibly do is use a wireless video sender to carry the T2's recorded output to a TV in another room. WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #109
- Apr 4, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

He is talking about using an RF modulator - presumably taking its input from an analog output (phono or SCART). This would have to be set up to produce a modulated signal on a channel not used for Freeview - and the picture would have to be received using a remote TV's analog tuner. Even if I...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #107
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

Now, there's an idea! I did, in pre-SCART days distribute analog recordings from a VCR in that manner, but I somehow think it would leave a bit to be desired if I tried to do it with HD. WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #104
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

It did when it was the only thing connected to the aerial, but the reported signal strength was down towards the minimum level which Humax recommend. In order to share the aerial with other devices, I would have needed to insert at least a passive splitter (which I didn't have readily to hand)...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #102
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

No, I was respondiung to what prpr had just written (as quoted in my post)! WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #98
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

What evidence do you have that something upstream seems to have been overloaded? I'm in a pretty poor signal area - on the outer fringes of Sutton Coldfield's coverage area, and the DA provided a gain of only 6dB. The amp with which I have replaced it has a gain of 12dB, and the signal strength...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #96
- Apr 3, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

Fair enough. I spend a lot of time in text-based usenet groups where individual words are usually emphasised by enclosing them in asterisks. I haven't seen that done here, and the use of capitals to emphasise the odd word seemed like a possible way to go. [I think I have only once "shouted" a...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #89
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

But the link says (as you quote in a later post): "If your aerial worked fine (to one point) on the lower power transmissions before switchover, the higher power transmissions after DSO should enable you to split the signal 4 or even 6 times and still end up with the same signal level at each...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #84
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

So it seems! Apologies for not taking your advice earlier. All I can say in my defence is that I tried to make an assessment of which suggestions appeared the most likely to bear fruit - without knowing anything about the credentials of those making the suggestions. My judgement at the time -...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #81
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

If you're referring to my line of caps proclaiming that the problem was fixed, I considered that that was justified because that bit could easily have been missed by someone speed-reading the overall message. WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #80
- Apr 2, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Problem after Mendip Transmitter work on Wednesday

Unless you're very quick, there's still a danger that it might find some unwanted channels beofre you stop it, if you're within range of any muxes on low UHF frequencies. that's why it's marginally safer to uplug the aerial. Also, it might put your channels of choice in the 800's - with gash...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #12
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Problem after Mendip Transmitter work on Wednesday

If you're in danger of picking up duplicates from multiple transmitters, the only safe way of proceeding is to tune manually, specifying the UHF channel (or frequency) of each of the muxes on your transmitter of choice. Before doing that, you need to delete all the existing stored channels by...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #9
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
Press Pause & Numbers Show what are they?

I quite agree. In particular, every time the firmware is updated and new features added, the downloadable version of the User Manual should be updated to reflect the changes. AND, I can't understand for the life of me why the on-line version is in glorious monochrome. The screenshots MUST have...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #15
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

That would be fine if the aerial were dedicated just to the Humax. But it's part of a distribution system which distributes both UHF TV and VHF radio to various points around the house. If I were to use a passive splitter, I suspect that the signal strength would fall below the 30% minimum...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #74
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

And, in a later post, I said: The picture on my HDR-FOX-T2 keeps breaking up, sometimes to the point of being unwatchable. When this happens, the signal strength and quality bars on the i-plate (and the Signal Detection menu) indicate reasonable strength but dire quality.
- Watt Tyler
- Post #73
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

Precisely. Until DSO - and the boosting of SC's muxes - I couldn't get a reliable Freeview signal at all. It would work at some time but not others - so I didn't bother to buy a PVR until after DSO. The four months to which I referred is just that. Everything worked just fine from September...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #68
- Apr 1, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

Looking at a map, you are probably a couple of miles further away from Lark Stoke, as a crow flies, than I am - just outside Warwick, so that's interesting. I imagine that reception might vary quite a lot from place to place within Redditch - 'cos its quite a hilly place. WT
- Watt Tyler
- Post #64
- Mar 31, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
HDR FOX T2 - does the tuner fall over at low temperatures?

Yes, Lark Stoke is a possibility - about 20% of my neighbours have their aerials pointing at it. It's nearer to me than Sutton Coldfield, but very much less powerful. It's also got a better line of sight - the SC signal gets pretty close to the ground a few miles from me when it skims over the...
- Watt Tyler
- Post #61
- Mar 31, 2013
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder