[Solved] - PVR-9150T - Recent recordings don't appear in list

[Owen Smith]

She prefers to use it because she knows it, and at 89 years old doesn't grasp new tech easily, but I will look at more recent Humax devices in the hope that the interface is similar enough for her to operate.

I suggest a used HDR Fox T2. They may be old, but they are HD and have HDMI video output, and unlike all other Humax devices we have the custom firmware allowing auto decryption of recordings etc. Also being the first HD model from Humax they're probably closer in interface to the 9150T than newer models.

 

[EEPhil]

Also being the first HD model from Humax they're probably closer in interface to the 9150T than newer models.

I don't know the HDR Fox T2 interface, but I do know the 9150T, 2000T, 5000T and Aura ones. There's some learning required for all of them. A quick skim through the Fox manual suggests the interface is closer to the 2000T than the 9150T.
The only new model currently available is the Aura, but...

She prefers to use it because she knows it, and at 89 years old doesn't grasp new tech easily,

...it is far too complicated. The 5000T is also a bit of a pain. On balance, if you are prepared to go for a used model I'd follow Owen's suggestion.

 

[Owen Smith]

Another thing in favour of the HDR Fox T2 is we have diagnosed two of the common hardware faults, know what symptoms they cause, and how to fix them if you can use a soldering iron. On top of that using the custom firmware you can run fixdisk on the box itself, no need to remove the drive and fix it on a separate unix box.