As my HDR-FOX T2 has been playing up I though I would try replacing it with the FVP-4000T. assuming that at some or all the grumbles discussed here might have been addressed by the latest firmware.
How wrong can you be?
My gear is located in the attic (who needs physical media anymore) so I have been up and down that ladder at least a dozen times in 2 weeks.
The first problem I encountered was not coming out of standby after automatic power down. Easily fixed by disabling power management - but what's the point in a low energy device running 24/7?
Next, was the crash and burn pressing text - a screen full of snow followed by a Humax logo did not go down well with the first coffee of the day.
This was followed by problems picking up an IP address when wired.
On 3 occasions the FVP-4000T failed to renew it's IP address using DHCP and ended up with a 169.xxx address (APIPA address). 1st sign of trouble is pressing on-demand and getting a connect to the internet or similar message.
Configuring a static IP still gave no internet access and as I'm using the same cable and router port that kept my Fox happy for years - I can only conclude that the FVP-4000T lan port may flakey.
Final straw was tonight. As a test I started copying some recordings to an external drive at 5 am. Not a vast amount - maybe 10% or 50GB. I came home to find the FVP-4000T not responding to any of my remotes, the new Humax FVP remote, the old Humax FOX remote (same codes) nor the OFA remotes programmed to control all my gear.
Up the ladder again to find the hard drive flashing away - the copy was still in progress and the box would not respond to anything. Possible it would have recovered when the the copy completed, but rather than wait nnn hours - it was power cycled.
As many others have reported - the GUI leaves a lot to be desired - I could live with the GUI, and the sluggish response but I draw the line a power cycling a brand new box so often just to get it to work.
So it's going back to Argos.
GtG
How wrong can you be?
My gear is located in the attic (who needs physical media anymore) so I have been up and down that ladder at least a dozen times in 2 weeks.
The first problem I encountered was not coming out of standby after automatic power down. Easily fixed by disabling power management - but what's the point in a low energy device running 24/7?
Next, was the crash and burn pressing text - a screen full of snow followed by a Humax logo did not go down well with the first coffee of the day.
This was followed by problems picking up an IP address when wired.
On 3 occasions the FVP-4000T failed to renew it's IP address using DHCP and ended up with a 169.xxx address (APIPA address). 1st sign of trouble is pressing on-demand and getting a connect to the internet or similar message.
Configuring a static IP still gave no internet access and as I'm using the same cable and router port that kept my Fox happy for years - I can only conclude that the FVP-4000T lan port may flakey.
Final straw was tonight. As a test I started copying some recordings to an external drive at 5 am. Not a vast amount - maybe 10% or 50GB. I came home to find the FVP-4000T not responding to any of my remotes, the new Humax FVP remote, the old Humax FOX remote (same codes) nor the OFA remotes programmed to control all my gear.
Up the ladder again to find the hard drive flashing away - the copy was still in progress and the box would not respond to anything. Possible it would have recovered when the the copy completed, but rather than wait nnn hours - it was power cycled.
As many others have reported - the GUI leaves a lot to be desired - I could live with the GUI, and the sluggish response but I draw the line a power cycling a brand new box so often just to get it to work.
So it's going back to Argos.
GtG