Thank you for your replies, I read some where that the HD content only is encrypted, can anyone confirm this.
Also in one review on Amazon that the USB is for backing up:
(Good workhorse, with a couple of minor issues that may or may not irritate you., 12 May 2015
By P. Chadwick
Verified Purchase(What is this?)
This review is from: BT Youview+ Set Top Box (500Gb) Recorder with Twin HD Freeview and 7 Day Catch Up TV - no subscription (Electronics)
Plus points
Very easy to use.
Works fine with an external WiFi adapter connected over the ethernet port.
The way you can use the guide to go back and watch on-demand stuff is very intuitive and easy.
Recording seems to be faultlessly reliable and easy.
In general it all just works, which is good.
minus points:
The USB socket doesn't do anything except allow backups of recordings and provide 5V power e.g for your WiFi adapter, so you can't play music, view photos etc from the box.)
This is a snapshot of the full review, is this guy making assumptions?
Any comments please.
The DTR-T1***s only encrypts HD and I've been presuming that the DTR-T2***s would be the same. I can find references from owners saying that their DTR-T1*** models are OK for SD but haven't seen any for any of the DTR-T1*** models.
By "
Works fine with an external WiFi adapter connected over the ethernet port" I read that as using an ethernet wifi bridge device. There have been other reviews were this hasn't been so successful.
Unlike my TalkTalk Youview recorder, my DTR-T2100 was NOT reliable when I first got it. Its failed recordings were identical to what happens on a Humax freeview+ box if 2 of the commercial muxes were sourced from an alternative transmitter. I ran a series of test and could predict with 100% accurately which recordings would fail and which would be OK. Since retuning using aerial in/out to force it to retune from just one transmitter it has been very reliable for TV programmes. Youview very recently announced that they are now aware that Humax Youview recorders have a tuning issue which could cause recordings to fail due to multiple transmitters (and they also stated that this does not apply to TalkTalk Youview boxes). Considering that the latest software for the HDR-2000T still hasn't fixed its auto-tune multi-transmitter issues I wouldn't rely on Humax ever sorting out thee auto-tune issues in their Youview boxes.
For recording radio programes all youview boxes are unreliable. This is due to the youview boxes having no manual option for setting up timers. Even when I was trying to use my DTR-T2100 as my prime device I had to keep my HDR-FOX T2 fully running in parallel for radio programmes.
The USB socket takes a keyboard. I use this for a mini-keyboard so that I can easily enter searches. The only advantage of the mini keyboards is that none of them have an'insert' key, which when connected to a YouView box is equivalent to pressing the info button on the remote.
Regarding other comments in that review:
I have a slightly newer Sony Brava TV and can't recall a single issue with handshaking (unlike my HDR-2000T). HDMI handshaking for me is as sold as with my HDR-FOX T2s (1.03.12 and 1.02.20).
What the review does not mention concerning IPTV channels is that it picks up very few of the 225-260 IPTV channels that are in the freeview guide and those it does take a very long time to switch over to. There are also some channels that have additional streams via the same type of mechanism e.g. 4Music - and these are also missing. I suspect that the reviewer is not aware of the existence of some of these streams. But what is does have is the connected red button for BBC content. (My refurbished £40 Vestel twin recorder picks all these up fine, just a shame that the most pertinent word for my experience of the Vestel is 'unreliable'.)
The youview menus have separate options for eco-mode and RF pass through. But as the reviewer said turning on eco-mode will stop the RF pass through. Oddly the TalkTalk youview box that I've got (DN372T) the settings work independently, apart from a 9 seconds period each time it is restarted from stand-by when in eco-mode.
