Humax PVR-9150T White Screen Issue on ITV and Channel 4

[EEPhil]

I've just re-tested and it throws up a few things. Here's the data:

Interesting!
Either my memory is failing or the airwaves are so full of carp [sic] that the situation has changed. I brought my 9150T back into service and found that, after clearing and then scanning for channels, the EPG never populated properly before I got bored (30 minutes). Slightly better when watching BBC1 rather than U&Dave. A days worth of full EPG was the best it would do. On BBC1 the EPG for PSB1 had filled up by the time I exited the menu. On Dave, it couldn't even get Com5 populated (Dave itself very sparse).
Pruning the channels appeared to make no difference. In all cases, ITV1 filled up but C4 and C5 didn't, TPTV and Rewind TV very sparse. I suspect lack of available memory could be the cause. If I could be bothered I could try scanning for multiplexes one at a time - better things to do! Unable/can't be bothered to test on other Humax models.

This is all a complete waste of effort. The thread is highly suspicious, and the OP hasn't been back anyway.

Well quite! As it appears I might have been talking rubbish or mis-remembering things, it is a complete waste of everybody's effort.

 

[Luke]

Interesting!
Either my memory is failing or the airwaves are so full of carp [sic] that the situation has changed. I brought my 9150T back into service and found that, after clearing and then scanning for channels, the EPG never populated properly before I got bored (30 minutes). Slightly better when watching BBC1 rather than U&Dave. A days worth of full EPG was the best it would do. On BBC1 the EPG for PSB1 had filled up by the time I exited the menu. On Dave, it couldn't even get Com5 populated (Dave itself very sparse).
Pruning the channels appeared to make no difference. In all cases, ITV1 filled up but C4 and C5 didn't, TPTV and Rewind TV very sparse. I suspect lack of available memory could be the cause. If I could be bothered I could try scanning for multiplexes one at a time - better things to do! Unable/can't be bothered to test on other Humax models.

Well quite! As it appears I might have been talking rubbish or mis-remembering things, it is a complete waste of everybody's effort.

Too complicate the analysis, back in 2010 the software was updated from taking 2 rounds of the epg carousel on a multiplex to take longer than that. That update was the same one that introduced caching the epg to disk when put into standby, when previously the epg was being built up from scratch every time the recorders were brought out of standby. The issue had been that on the 9150T and 9300T there were frequent lags in responding to the remote for up to about 3 seconds while the epg was populating, (for the 9200T the freezes were a lot worse.) The aim of the deliberate extended length of time it took, plus the caching, was to ease the pressure on the processing required whenever it came out of standby.
Then in 2012 the number of epg events exceeded the limit that the 9150T/9300T/9200T/native-Topfield could cope with, which is somewhere in the region of 14,000.

 

[Pitstop]

Hey all,
I recently purchased the Humax PVR-9150T, but I’m facing an issue When accessing the Electronic Program Guide , ITV and Channel 4 are showing "No Information Available," and shows only blur white screen while all other channels display their schedules without any problems. I have already checked the antenna connection, which seems secure.

Could it be a regional broadcasting issue, or might the PVR need a software update? Any troubleshooting tips or advice to resolve this white screen issue!

Hi,
I have a FVP-4000T and had the 'no programme information' issue repeatedly. There is a solution as follows: Go to Settings and the Channel Selection option. Select 'Edit Channel' list then select about 6 channels you never watch by clicking OK to them on the list. The press '+' to get the next menu, select delete and then exit where you will be prompted to 'save' the deselections. Thats it - leave it ten minutes or so and problem is solved. I had to do this twice and got rid of about a dozen channels in total. One week on I have not had that problem since.

 

[Black Hole]

I find it staggering that an FVP-4000T should run out of memory for EPG storage when an earlier model (HDR-FOX) doesn't.

 

[Pitstop]

I find it staggering that an FVP-4000T should run out of memory for EPG storage when an earlier model (HDR-FOX) doesn't.

Hi,
It doesn't run out of memory, its associated with some channels not having data for peg and holds up the downloading process for other channels - according to the man in Kosovo who I spoke with (Humax rep).

 

[Pitstop]

that was epg not peg - prompt working its best !!

 

[trog]

So in a PVR-9150T thread started by a suspected bogus member a member who has just joined minutes before instantly posts about his FVP-4000T?.

 

[Pitstop]

Well Trog, I am the new member (that joined years ago but have nothing much to say) and posted the solution to an on going problem when I had confirmed the solution was viable. I have no background knowledge of the suspected bogus member or indeed how to spot one, my post was to help others find a solution to a common problem.

 

[Pitstop]

On the issue of 'New member' status; I remembered joining years ago but my log in did not work so I registered again. On registration confirmation the forum recognised me but still classed me as'New'. I don't really care how I'm classified as long as its not 'Bogus' which I think Trog is implying.

 

[trog]

Well Trog, I am the new member (that joined years ago but have nothing much to say) and posted the solution to an on going problem when I had confirmed the solution was viable. I have no background knowledge of the suspected bogus member or indeed how to spot one, my post was to help others find a solution to a common problem.

you do not need to be Sherlock Holmes
"Black Hole said:
This is all a complete waste of effort. The thread is highly suspicious, and the OP hasn't been back anyway."

Followed by a post from the site administrator agreeing,
also several people had already said deleting channels will not work. However making several posts raises a members status and that then allows them to post links and images and spam the site.

 

[Black Hole]

Hi,
It doesn't run out of memory, its associated with some channels not having data for peg and holds up the downloading process for other channels - according to the man in Kosovo who I spoke with (Humax rep).

Yeah? Well that's bollox, otherwise your suggested solution wouldn't work.

 

[prpr]

some channels not having data for epg and holds up the downloading process for other channels - according to the man in Kosovo who I spoke with (Humax rep)

That's bullsh!t from the Humax rep. at any rate, as DVB SI doesn't work like that.
In any case, all services that have the flags set that say they have Now/Next and Schedule info. actually do transmit it all.
Anything that doesn't have the flags set obviously doesn't, and can't be expected to.