The Pace Twin was very unreliable initially. Pace did a final OTA software update a year or two after they had stopped selling the Twin, basically to shore up their reputation. I had two initially, then ran one with an HDR Fox T2. The Twins finally became unusable on the switch from 2K to 8K carriers, they made an attempt to receive that but couldn't cope and ground to a halt.
I remember that. I had one of Pace's odd shaped set-top boxes with a space for a card to receive Top-Up TV. Once the 2K to 8K switch took place I had an expensive brick.
From a Freeview aspect it is a truly awful piece of kit. I uninstalled Freely within half an hour of receiving the box in order to make Freeview recordings work, but its function as a Freeview recorder is truly the worst I have experienced, despite recording more reliably than the original Humax Aura. It really is astonishing that in the 2026 media age such a piece of junk that is so hard to use and has such a poor human interface can be released onto the consumer market. I could allow for something this difficult to have been released in 1981, but not in 2026.
Yes, I keep recommending second hand HDR Fox T2s off ebay. The particular advantage of that model is the custom firmware on this forum and knowledge of the members about issues that might occur on the box and how to fix them.
Freely can easily be uninstalled and reinstalled. I can’t remember how I uninstalled it, but probably through the Menu then Device settings then Apps. This forces it to use the basic Freeview guide to set recordings, but all the channel numbers remain as Freely, so really irritating. I keep getting prompts to reinstall Freely so I’d say it’s very easy to do.
Do you still have it connected to the internet?
So did I... and I remember when the 7 day EPG finally arrived on Freeview, the Humax memory could only handle about 4 days worth. There was no 'accurate record' - so the last few mins of almost anything were missed... a frustrating machine but the build quality was reasonable (metal shell, power supply was built in, remote was quite responsive).I had a Humax 8000T which amply demonstrated the Humax lack of vision as it was not possible to watch a recording while it was still in progress - just like the VCR recorder which it replaced!
Yes.
Can't you return it to the seller as not fit for purpose and get a full refund?
I had boxes for kit which I'd already taken to the tip, until another recent purge. Still got all the rest though.
I never understand people who dispose of boxes instantly or before this point.
I always keep the boxes with the receipt in them.
Some larger items (eg. "white goods") the installers take the box. I suppose I could ask to keep it.
I put receipts in a safer place.
I read elsewhere in an article about Freely where ( I think it was referring to TV's) they said that if you removed it from the internet it would after a little while revert to being a Freeview TV. I wonder if the same would happen to the EZ and it would also revert to the guide showing the normal Freeview channel numbers, maybe you could give it a try and let us know please also did it still allow you to record, thanks.
I read that somewhere. Don't remember where or whether it was a reliable source.
More than likely the same article, I think I posted a link to it here
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rxtvinfo.com
Yes, depending on the print technology. I hate it, but letting retailers email your receipt is actually useful.