Please can someone help me?
I have been having problems with my HDR-FOX T2. The current issue I have is that I cannot get it to stay on so it is inoperable.
It constantly powers off and then immediately reboots and then again immediately powers off again and again .....
I have found that if I remove the aerial that it will stay on and it will let me access the items I have already recorded and it will let me watch them and delete them but obviously as it has no aerial I cannot watch any program's or record them so pretty useless really.
I would like to know what is likely to be causing this? I know that I have a very dodgy HDD and I know I need to replace it but I don't want to buy a new HDD and find out that I have something seriously wrong with the memory/motherboard etc. Otherwise I might as well just go out and buy a brand new Recording Unit.
I think the problems I now have, have been caused by something I have done myself! My initial issue was with the recurring deleting problem. I have had this issue before and thought I could fix it, which I appear to have succeeded in doing but have now created another problem!
I corrected it by loading custom firmware and by using Telnet to do various maintenance work including using the Fixdisk option, this found numerous corrupt blocks which were mostly corrected although some areas had to be forcibly rewritten. I left the FixDisk running for well over 12 hours but for the last 4 it stayed stuck on the same thing and did nothing I eventually came to the conclusion that it had got stuck so disconnected the power. It is obvious that I do have an HDD which is very much on its way out, but I think I may now have caused myself another problem? Although it would be nice if this was also being caused by the faulty HDD. But I think I may have caused a problem by loading Custom Firmware which was dated to early. Hopefully someone can tell me one way or the other?
I loaded 1.02.20, but after giving it more thought I now believe that I purchased my Humax in late 2012, unfortunately after the date of 1.02.20. Could this be causing some kind of clash in the system? I have now subsequently reloaded the latest firmware and have managed to do a factory Reset but this does not solve the constant rebooting powering off issue I now have. When I load the latest custom firmware it lets me search for channels and it finds them, it then lets me save them but the unit then immediately powers off before you get to the final bit when it lets you select the region and press 'finish'. I have managed to get round this by reloading the firmware again and after I have saved the channels, I remove the aerial and then it lets me select the area and press finish, but as soon as I put the aerial back it it powers off.
Have I somehow corrupted the memory board by loading too early dated custom firmware, or do I somehow have a clash with tv channels or could this be caused by a faulty HDD?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated?
P.S. I have just got to go out for 3/4 hours but will be back later to reply to any questions. Thanks
Tina
I have been having problems with my HDR-FOX T2. The current issue I have is that I cannot get it to stay on so it is inoperable.
It constantly powers off and then immediately reboots and then again immediately powers off again and again .....
I have found that if I remove the aerial that it will stay on and it will let me access the items I have already recorded and it will let me watch them and delete them but obviously as it has no aerial I cannot watch any program's or record them so pretty useless really.
I would like to know what is likely to be causing this? I know that I have a very dodgy HDD and I know I need to replace it but I don't want to buy a new HDD and find out that I have something seriously wrong with the memory/motherboard etc. Otherwise I might as well just go out and buy a brand new Recording Unit.
I think the problems I now have, have been caused by something I have done myself! My initial issue was with the recurring deleting problem. I have had this issue before and thought I could fix it, which I appear to have succeeded in doing but have now created another problem!
I corrected it by loading custom firmware and by using Telnet to do various maintenance work including using the Fixdisk option, this found numerous corrupt blocks which were mostly corrected although some areas had to be forcibly rewritten. I left the FixDisk running for well over 12 hours but for the last 4 it stayed stuck on the same thing and did nothing I eventually came to the conclusion that it had got stuck so disconnected the power. It is obvious that I do have an HDD which is very much on its way out, but I think I may now have caused myself another problem? Although it would be nice if this was also being caused by the faulty HDD. But I think I may have caused a problem by loading Custom Firmware which was dated to early. Hopefully someone can tell me one way or the other?
I loaded 1.02.20, but after giving it more thought I now believe that I purchased my Humax in late 2012, unfortunately after the date of 1.02.20. Could this be causing some kind of clash in the system? I have now subsequently reloaded the latest firmware and have managed to do a factory Reset but this does not solve the constant rebooting powering off issue I now have. When I load the latest custom firmware it lets me search for channels and it finds them, it then lets me save them but the unit then immediately powers off before you get to the final bit when it lets you select the region and press 'finish'. I have managed to get round this by reloading the firmware again and after I have saved the channels, I remove the aerial and then it lets me select the area and press finish, but as soon as I put the aerial back it it powers off.
Have I somehow corrupted the memory board by loading too early dated custom firmware, or do I somehow have a clash with tv channels or could this be caused by a faulty HDD?
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated?
P.S. I have just got to go out for 3/4 hours but will be back later to reply to any questions. Thanks
Tina