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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
I'm not sure if "surge" is the correct term, but some kind of "disruption" to the mains. I was trying to diagnose why my oven kept tripping the RCD, so I was working on it with it "live". During the process, something shorted to ground resulting in some sparks before the breaker tripped. After...- TonyC
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- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
Good question - I should have checked before I over-wrote it! In the end I installed standard software 1.02.29, which worked OK. I then installed custom firmware 1.02.31_mod_3.13, which also worked. So something of a mystery - but it's working now, which is what matters. Thanks to Black Hole...- TonyC
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
Yes, I've tried several mains power cycles.- TonyC
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
I've just bought a "new" HD-FOX to replace my old one that died. I have tried to put the custom firmware on but am not having much luck. The download and install seems to go OK, but when I press the power button to restart it just "hangs" at the initial startup screen, with the LED segments...- TonyC
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Seem to have lost bbc4 hd
Have you tried a complete power cycle? Turn off in the usual way, then when the blue ring turns orange and the HDD spins down, turn off the mains for a few minutes before turning back on? I've had some occasional reception issues that could be solved in that way, so it might be worth at least...- TonyC
- Post #20
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Hacking the on-board Encryption Chip...?
It's probably worth pointing out that, while not encrypting at all would be the ideal solution, it is also possible to decrypt afterwards on a PC (for example for watching on laptops / tablets). Stardust, I think you know about this already, but for the benefit of anyone else reading this...- TonyC
- Post #59
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HDR-Fox T2 upgrade - expert advice would be appreciated
In the first instance, I fixed up a PC case fan on the shelf the 'Fox lives on, behind it, blowing at the case on the hot spot. Now I have a hole cut in the lid above the tuners with a PC fan mounted in there, sucking air out of the box. In both cases the fan was powered by an old phone charger...- TonyC
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- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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HDR-Fox T2 upgrade - expert advice would be appreciated
I've had issues on my 'Fox in the past with the tuners getting hot and then the signal quality dropping right off. The back panel by the aerial socket got almost painfully hot. Adding additional cooling to the tuners solved the problem.- TonyC
- Post #42
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Windows version of offline decryption (HFODU)
Brilliant, thanks very much EEPhil for the "special case" option. Yes, I now see that the issue is that each character of the serial number would have to be entered as whatever character is ASCII 0 in order to create a 00h encryption key. Not easy! You're right that there is no actual need for...- TonyC
- Post #22
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Windows version of offline decryption (HFODU)
Looking good, thanks! However I have one question / possible update request (sorry!) I have changed the encryption key on my box to all zeroes, because it apparently makes decryption a little quicker and I could also easily do the same on my HD-Fox so it can read the unencrypted files. I had...- TonyC
- Post #16
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Recordings ending up in the Duplicates Folder
Are you using Sweeper? This seems like something a Sweeper rule could cause- TonyC
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Beta Offline decryption utility
Thanks very much. It would be great if you could do this - though it seems harsh to ask you to put effort into something you won't be able to use yourself!- TonyC
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Beta Offline decryption utility
Thanks to all (especially af123, of course) for this work. I've now set my HDR and HD to both use all-zeroes for the keys and it's great being able to watch HDR recordings on the HD without having to wait for them to be decrypted. I guess though that I would like to add my name to the list of...- TonyC
- Post #201
- Forum: Beta Packages
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Struggling to prepare USB flash drive for WebIf on HD-FOX
Update: now working Bought a new 16 Gb USB flash drive and plugged it in; rebooted into maintenance mode; converted drive to ext2; installed WebIf; all sorted. So I assume that 500 MB is too small for this purpose, even just for installing the WebIf I still don't know if the original 4 Gb drive...- TonyC
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Struggling to prepare USB flash drive for WebIf on HD-FOX
I've got an HD-FOX that has been working well for several months but has suddenly lost its WebIf. It threw an error when attempting to re-download the WebIf and an ext2 utility on my PC claimed the USB drive had no files on it. Presuming that the drive might have got corrupted, I tried running...- TonyC
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Hacking the on-board Encryption Chip...?
Agreed, but in the WebIf you can specify times when the auto-processing (including decryption) does and does not run. I have mine set not to run between 5pm and midnight, which is the time when (a) I watch TV the most and (b) it is most likely to be dual-recording. Avoiding encryption, and...- TonyC
- Post #17
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
I tend to agree. But it's been like this since I got it, I believe. And indeed the very first 'Fox I got - which I returned under warranty after a few days - also used to suffer loss of signal after being on for some time. I wonder if the later units (mine are from late 2013) are worse in this...- TonyC
- Post #9
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
HDD temperature was about 50 without any extra fan, 45 with the external fan and 35 with the fan in the lid. It's an interesting question as to whether the standard fan was actually broken - I confess I didn't check. But even so it seems it was the tuner module that was specifically the problem...- TonyC
- Post #4
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
I just wanted to share my recent experiences in the hope they might help others. I'd experienced a lot of issues with my 'Fox either crashing, or losing signal, several times a day. I noticed that the tuner module was getting very hot; so much so that it was uncomfortable to touch. I did think...- TonyC
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- Replies: 11
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Power Timer Unreliable
Just to complete the story: I did indeed buy a mechanical timer and set it to power cycle the Humax at about 5 am every day. Good job I did, because part way though day 3 of my 14-day holiday it stopped talking to Remote Scheduling and didn't come back until the next morning - so I'd have missed...- TonyC
- Post #19
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
I'm not sure if "surge" is the correct term, but some kind of "disruption" to the mains. I was trying to diagnose why my oven kept tripping the RCD, so I was working on it with it "live". During the process, something shorted to ground resulting in some sparks before the breaker tripped. After...- TonyC
- Post #16
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
Good question - I should have checked before I over-wrote it! In the end I installed standard software 1.02.29, which worked OK. I then installed custom firmware 1.02.31_mod_3.13, which also worked. So something of a mystery - but it's working now, which is what matters. Thanks to Black Hole...- TonyC
- Post #7
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
Yes, I've tried several mains power cycles.- TonyC
- Post #3
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Firmware update problem [ Solved ]
I've just bought a "new" HD-FOX to replace my old one that died. I have tried to put the custom firmware on but am not having much luck. The download and install seems to go OK, but when I press the power button to restart it just "hangs" at the initial startup screen, with the LED segments...- TonyC
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- Replies: 15
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Seem to have lost bbc4 hd
Have you tried a complete power cycle? Turn off in the usual way, then when the blue ring turns orange and the HDD spins down, turn off the mains for a few minutes before turning back on? I've had some occasional reception issues that could be solved in that way, so it might be worth at least...- TonyC
- Post #20
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Hacking the on-board Encryption Chip...?
It's probably worth pointing out that, while not encrypting at all would be the ideal solution, it is also possible to decrypt afterwards on a PC (for example for watching on laptops / tablets). Stardust, I think you know about this already, but for the benefit of anyone else reading this...- TonyC
- Post #59
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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HDR-Fox T2 upgrade - expert advice would be appreciated
In the first instance, I fixed up a PC case fan on the shelf the 'Fox lives on, behind it, blowing at the case on the hot spot. Now I have a hole cut in the lid above the tuners with a PC fan mounted in there, sucking air out of the box. In both cases the fan was powered by an old phone charger...- TonyC
- Post #44
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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HDR-Fox T2 upgrade - expert advice would be appreciated
I've had issues on my 'Fox in the past with the tuners getting hot and then the signal quality dropping right off. The back panel by the aerial socket got almost painfully hot. Adding additional cooling to the tuners solved the problem.- TonyC
- Post #42
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Windows version of offline decryption (HFODU)
Brilliant, thanks very much EEPhil for the "special case" option. Yes, I now see that the issue is that each character of the serial number would have to be entered as whatever character is ASCII 0 in order to create a 00h encryption key. Not easy! You're right that there is no actual need for...- TonyC
- Post #22
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Windows version of offline decryption (HFODU)
Looking good, thanks! However I have one question / possible update request (sorry!) I have changed the encryption key on my box to all zeroes, because it apparently makes decryption a little quicker and I could also easily do the same on my HD-Fox so it can read the unencrypted files. I had...- TonyC
- Post #16
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Recordings ending up in the Duplicates Folder
Are you using Sweeper? This seems like something a Sweeper rule could cause- TonyC
- Post #2
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Beta Offline decryption utility
Thanks very much. It would be great if you could do this - though it seems harsh to ask you to put effort into something you won't be able to use yourself!- TonyC
- Post #204
- Forum: Beta Packages
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Beta Offline decryption utility
Thanks to all (especially af123, of course) for this work. I've now set my HDR and HD to both use all-zeroes for the keys and it's great being able to watch HDR recordings on the HD without having to wait for them to be decrypted. I guess though that I would like to add my name to the list of...- TonyC
- Post #201
- Forum: Beta Packages
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Struggling to prepare USB flash drive for WebIf on HD-FOX
Update: now working Bought a new 16 Gb USB flash drive and plugged it in; rebooted into maintenance mode; converted drive to ext2; installed WebIf; all sorted. So I assume that 500 MB is too small for this purpose, even just for installing the WebIf I still don't know if the original 4 Gb drive...- TonyC
- Post #4
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Struggling to prepare USB flash drive for WebIf on HD-FOX
I've got an HD-FOX that has been working well for several months but has suddenly lost its WebIf. It threw an error when attempting to re-download the WebIf and an ext2 utility on my PC claimed the USB drive had no files on it. Presuming that the drive might have got corrupted, I tried running...- TonyC
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- Replies: 6
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Hacking the on-board Encryption Chip...?
Agreed, but in the WebIf you can specify times when the auto-processing (including decryption) does and does not run. I have mine set not to run between 5pm and midnight, which is the time when (a) I watch TV the most and (b) it is most likely to be dual-recording. Avoiding encryption, and...- TonyC
- Post #17
- Forum: HD/HDR-FOX T2 Customised Firmware
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
I tend to agree. But it's been like this since I got it, I believe. And indeed the very first 'Fox I got - which I returned under warranty after a few days - also used to suffer loss of signal after being on for some time. I wonder if the later units (mine are from late 2013) are worse in this...- TonyC
- Post #9
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
HDD temperature was about 50 without any extra fan, 45 with the external fan and 35 with the fan in the lid. It's an interesting question as to whether the standard fan was actually broken - I confess I didn't check. But even so it seems it was the tuner module that was specifically the problem...- TonyC
- Post #4
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Crashing and loss of signal solved by cooling
I just wanted to share my recent experiences in the hope they might help others. I'd experienced a lot of issues with my 'Fox either crashing, or losing signal, several times a day. I noticed that the tuner module was getting very hot; so much so that it was uncomfortable to touch. I did think...- TonyC
- Thread
- Replies: 11
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder
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Power Timer Unreliable
Just to complete the story: I did indeed buy a mechanical timer and set it to power cycle the Humax at about 5 am every day. Good job I did, because part way though day 3 of my 14-day holiday it stopped talking to Remote Scheduling and didn't come back until the next morning - so I'd have missed...- TonyC
- Post #19
- Forum: HDR-FOX T2 Freeview Recorder