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1. Electricity blues... and greens, and reds...
  
  Don't know where the 5V is from. The forward voltage of a blue or white LED is 3V or so and in 12V lamps will usually be wired in strings of two or three LEDs in series. They'll then be current-driven, hopefully using a switching constant-current supply, but in low-power (<2W) ones I've seen...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #26
  
  Mar 7, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
2. Electricity blues... and greens, and reds...
  
  Philips do the WarmGlow line of dimmable LEDs that get 'warmer' as they're dimmed.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #25
  
  Mar 7, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
3. RM-F04 remote not working
  
  Coming in late on this, this has the feel of there being another pulsed IR source in the room. I've not read through this entire thread but it would be easy enough to check by testing the HDR in another room.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #17
  
  Feb 28, 2022
  
  Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
4. [CFW 3.13] Customised Firmware v3.13 released.
  
  Or use Firefox, which is fine with it here.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #57
  
  Jan 26, 2022
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
5. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  No problem with VM as they took the view I was making their job easier. Did have a bit of a problem getting the green conduit from the VM depot though - the jobsworth on the counter wouldn't let me have it although it had all been agreed and organised for me to pick it up. A quick call and a...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #331
  
  Jan 9, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
6. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  There's no BT/OR cable duct here - the copper line is in armoured under the drive. When I had VM I ran their cable under the porch in 25mm conduit then up and though the garage in 20mm, entering the house just above the first floor at the network cupboard. Two 90° bends, one slow and one a bit...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #329
  
  Jan 9, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
7. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  Ah. I assumed it was FTTP as it seems did others.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #326
  
  Jan 8, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
8. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  Been having a discussion about planning for future FTTP on another forum. Someone who does cabling professionally reckons OE can be pretty inflexible when it comes to how they get it into the house. What was your experience? {Edit] The fibre that is, not how they gain entry.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #313
  
  Jan 7, 2022
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
9. How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?
  
  They both played fine, with the local news one complaining about being interrupted by a loss of power.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #29
  
  Dec 11, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
10. How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?
  
  Just had a run of three crashes. The first two were the usual locked-up machine that had crashed after dealing with the queued auto-decryption etc. after 11pm so hadn't powered down at midnight and no record in crashlog. But the last was one I've not seen before. It looked like the front panel...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #27
  
  Dec 11, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
11. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  Didn't go wrong when I had VDSL enabled, having been with VM, but the email clearly said there was an appointment for an 'engineer' at my address at 2pm. Odd because it was a customer install so when no one turned up I went after them for a missed appointment. They tried arguing it meant at the...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #307
  
  Dec 10, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
12. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  My notes say scheduled time was 2pm, the line went dead mid-call at 2:24, I put my line monitor on and it came back at 2:34. So 10 minutes in my case in Jan '16.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #296
  
  Dec 7, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
13. Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband
  
  Never had ADSL here - went straight to VDSL due to the 6.5km of line to the exchange - but the ADSL should work up until the line is re-routed through your local VDSL cabinet by an OR tech. I'm typing this on a machine without access to my notes but AIRI the time my line was down wasn't that...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #295
  
  Dec 6, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
14. How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?
  
  I'd come to that conclusion.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #16
  
  Nov 23, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
15. How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?
  
  Mine lies. Says eight times since December 2019 and only twice this year, the last time in August. But it crashes say once every other month, and crashed and rebooted only last week.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #2
  
  Nov 22, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
16. Assume v. Presume
  
  Agreed. It does amuse when you see a US-sourced prog subtitle a mild UK regional accent when we seem to have no trouble with US ones without them.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #4,793
  
  Nov 10, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
17. [youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms
  
  Been meaning to mention it. I was using it via the Youtube-DLG GUI on a PC and found that the YT-DLP fork is, at least for the time being, unaffected*. It's supposed to respond to the Youtube-DL commands so I tried renaming it to would work with Youtube-DLG but it wasn't entirely happy. So I'm...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #415
  
  Nov 1, 2021
  
  Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
18. Media mistakes
  
  Just remembered there was something similar here when the local council were improving some play facilities nearby. One was a caged netball/football area that was stated as having IIRC 10" wide goals. I pointed out the error in a tongue-in-cheek way but they didn't respond.
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #444
  
  Oct 25, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
19. The Dash Away From (Natural) Gas
  
  That's progress for you. When the cylinder failed here there were a few days with no hot water until I could source the correct size SS one. A like-for-like wouldn't fit due to increased insulation thickness, or rather it would fit but there was no room to make the connections. Washing using...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #20
  
  Oct 25, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms
20. The Dash Away From (Natural) Gas
  
  Ah, OK. Conventional vented hot water cylinder here. I was thinking about a mains pressure one but the old copper cylinder failed unexpectedly so I had to put in a normal but stainless one in a hurry. On the list of things to do is re-route the pipes to/through the kitchen as the hot water...
  everthewatcher
  
  Post #18
  
  Oct 21, 2021
  
  Forum: The Hummy Arms

Electricity blues... and greens, and reds...

Don't know where the 5V is from. The forward voltage of a blue or white LED is 3V or so and in 12V lamps will usually be wired in strings of two or three LEDs in series. They'll then be current-driven, hopefully using a switching constant-current supply, but in low-power (<2W) ones I've seen...
- everthewatcher
- Post #26
- Mar 7, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Electricity blues... and greens, and reds...

Philips do the WarmGlow line of dimmable LEDs that get 'warmer' as they're dimmed.
- everthewatcher
- Post #25
- Mar 7, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
RM-F04 remote not working

Coming in late on this, this has the feel of there being another pulsed IR source in the room. I've not read through this entire thread but it would be easy enough to check by testing the HDR in another room.
- everthewatcher
- Post #17
- Feb 28, 2022
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
[CFW 3.13] Customised Firmware v3.13 released.

Or use Firefox, which is fine with it here.
- everthewatcher
- Post #57
- Jan 26, 2022
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

No problem with VM as they took the view I was making their job easier. Did have a bit of a problem getting the green conduit from the VM depot though - the jobsworth on the counter wouldn't let me have it although it had all been agreed and organised for me to pick it up. A quick call and a...
- everthewatcher
- Post #331
- Jan 9, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

There's no BT/OR cable duct here - the copper line is in armoured under the drive. When I had VM I ran their cable under the porch in 25mm conduit then up and though the garage in 20mm, entering the house just above the first floor at the network cupboard. Two 90° bends, one slow and one a bit...
- everthewatcher
- Post #329
- Jan 9, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

Ah. I assumed it was FTTP as it seems did others.
- everthewatcher
- Post #326
- Jan 8, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

Been having a discussion about planning for future FTTP on another forum. Someone who does cabling professionally reckons OE can be pretty inflexible when it comes to how they get it into the house. What was your experience? {Edit] The fibre that is, not how they gain entry.
- everthewatcher
- Post #313
- Jan 7, 2022
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?

They both played fine, with the local news one complaining about being interrupted by a loss of power.
- everthewatcher
- Post #29
- Dec 11, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?

Just had a run of three crashes. The first two were the usual locked-up machine that had crashed after dealing with the queued auto-decryption etc. after 11pm so hadn't powered down at midnight and no record in crashlog. But the last was one I've not seen before. It looked like the front panel...
- everthewatcher
- Post #27
- Dec 11, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

Didn't go wrong when I had VDSL enabled, having been with VM, but the email clearly said there was an appointment for an 'engineer' at my address at 2pm. Odd because it was a customer install so when no one turned up I went after them for a missed appointment. They tried arguing it meant at the...
- everthewatcher
- Post #307
- Dec 10, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

My notes say scheduled time was 2pm, the line went dead mid-call at 2:24, I put my line monitor on and it came back at 2:34. So 10 minutes in my case in Jan '16.
- everthewatcher
- Post #296
- Dec 7, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
Options for Domestic Wired Networking / Broadband

Never had ADSL here - went straight to VDSL due to the 6.5km of line to the exchange - but the ADSL should work up until the line is re-routed through your local VDSL cabinet by an OR tech. I'm typing this on a machine without access to my notes but AIRI the time my line was down wasn't that...
- everthewatcher
- Post #295
- Dec 6, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?

I'd come to that conclusion.
- everthewatcher
- Post #16
- Nov 23, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
How many crashes has your T2 experienced in a year/s?

Mine lies. Says eight times since December 2019 and only twice this year, the last time in August. But it crashes say once every other month, and crashed and rebooted only last week.
- everthewatcher
- Post #2
- Nov 22, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Assume v. Presume

Agreed. It does amuse when you see a US-sourced prog subtitle a mild UK regional accent when we seem to have no trouble with US ones without them.
- everthewatcher
- Post #4,793
- Nov 10, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
[youtube-dl] Download files from youtube.com or other video platforms

Been meaning to mention it. I was using it via the Youtube-DLG GUI on a PC and found that the YT-DLP fork is, at least for the time being, unaffected*. It's supposed to respond to the Youtube-DL commands so I tried renaming it to would work with Youtube-DLG but it wasn't entirely happy. So I'm...
- everthewatcher
- Post #415
- Nov 1, 2021
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
Media mistakes

Just remembered there was something similar here when the local council were improving some play facilities nearby. One was a caged netball/football area that was stated as having IIRC 10" wide goals. I pointed out the error in a tongue-in-cheek way but they didn't respond.
- everthewatcher
- Post #444
- Oct 25, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
The Dash Away From (Natural) Gas

That's progress for you. When the cylinder failed here there were a few days with no hot water until I could source the correct size SS one. A like-for-like wouldn't fit due to increased insulation thickness, or rather it would fit but there was no room to make the connections. Washing using...
- everthewatcher
- Post #20
- Oct 25, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms
The Dash Away From (Natural) Gas

Ah, OK. Conventional vented hot water cylinder here. I was thinking about a mains pressure one but the old copper cylinder failed unexpectedly so I had to put in a normal but stainless one in a hurry. On the list of things to do is re-route the pipes to/through the kitchen as the hot water...
- everthewatcher
- Post #18
- Oct 21, 2021
- Forum: The Hummy Arms