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hgchgc – 1 hour ago »
Now I have a HDR-1800T that has only one scart socket. I put one scart lead from TV to new Humax box. I put another scart lead from DVD player to TV and get nothing. On two occasions I have had the SONY symbol come up on my TV when I switch the Humax to standby and the DVD player on.
Any suggestions on how to get the connections right?
The connections sound right to me. I think you will have to use a source (or whatever Sony call it) button on the TV remote to select the appropriate input.
Bazza12 – 29 minutes ago »
BBC iPlayer is a thought but I don’t want to watch on a small PC screen – can iPlayer be channelled through my PC to the Humax/TV?
Which Humax box do you have (I don’t recognise PT 1800). Most of the recent Humax boxes have BBC iPlayer built in. You should be able to connect your PC to the TV but it will depend on whether the outputs provided by the PC are compatible with the inputs on the TV.
Millerj – 4 hours ago »
I have checked signal strength and quality on several channels and I get 89% to 95% for Strength, the best is BBC the lowest was ITV Channel 10, ITV3.
100% for quality.
One possibility is that your signal strength is too high. If there is any amplification in your aerial system then try turning it down or removing it; alternatively fit a variable attenuator to the aerial feed. We had a similar problem with an HDR-2000T which was resolved by fitting a variable attenuator and reducing the reported signal strength below 80%.
Millerj – 4 hours ago »
I have checked signal strength and quality on several channels and I get 89% to 95% for Strength, the best is BBC the lowest was ITV Channel 10, ITV3.
100% for quality.
One possibility is that your signal strength is too high. If there is any amplification in your aerial system then try turning it down or removing it; alternatively fit a variable attenuator to the aerial feed. We had a similar problem with an HDR-2000T which was resolved by fitting a variable attenuator and reducing the reported signal strength below 80%.
Millerj – 17 minutes ago »
The signal is over 90% and we don’t have any problems with the old version of this model.
Does the 90% refer to signal strength or signal quality?
HamsterCaster – 3 hours ago »
Earlier in the thread I saw someone talking about a custom firmware for this unit, does one exist already?
No and it will not be trivial to do.
J_Oz – 2 hours ago »
And of course, it does only happen if I’m watching the same program I’m recording, which says to me it is a fault.
It isn’t a fault it is a design decision that you don’t like. Unfortunately only Humax could change the design and the chance of that happening is pretty much zero. Graham has explained there is a workaround and it just becomes second nature after a while.
adon30 – 1 hour ago »
I think it was 5 multiplexes in the end. I tried with 4 initially but it didn’t have CITV for the kids so had to add the extra one.
Was it any better when only four multiplexes? Is so is there a different multiplex you could drop?
I just ran the program as ‘humaxrx’ from the directory it was stored in using the command line.
This is a command line utility and you need to give it arguments: type humaxrw -h
to get a full list of arguments.
Try starting with
humaxrw 1: -l
If that doesn’t work try changing 1: to 2: etc .
If you go into the disk management you can see it. Other forums have suggested initialising it so that windows can see it. But I don’t want to do that, do I?
Which Forum has suggested letting Windows initialise it? The thing you most definitely should NOT do is initialise the disk. It is recoverable but certainly will stop humaxrw accessing the disk until fixed.
adon30 – 1 hour ago »
Well I’ve tried a manual tune and it still had slow responses and lock ups.
How many multiplexes did you tune in? The usual fix for the slow response problem is to omit one or more multiplexes ( to reduce the amount of data the Humax has to process).
So trying to copy all the data off the hard drive. However I can not get Humaxrw to work with my current setup.
I’m using a IDE to USB convertor and it shows as working correctly. Running Humaxrw directly just flashes up then vanishes. When running from a command prompt it just says Humax disk not found. What am I missing…..??
What command line are you using when running humaxrw from the command prompt? What version of Windows are you using?
grahamlthompson – 16 minutes ago »
Not having a MAC I could be wrong, but afaik Samba is a Windows/Linux file server. I don’t think IOS is supported.
I am not a Mac user either but Link to Apple support suggests that Samba is supported.
davejb – 2 hours ago »
When we watch live TV it is viewed going through the internal tuner.
The current signal strength is 97% Quality 100%, a few nights back I checked and it was 98% & 99%
Your problem is most likely too high a signal strength. Fitting an attenuator in the aerial lead should resolve the problem for a few pounds eg Link to variable attenuator on ebay. I would aim for a signal strength around 80%.
davejb – 2 hours ago »
They programmes start at say 9pm, the first 5 mins of the programme are missing, the start, the credits/introduction.
The channels we use most are the major channels BBC1, BBC2, ITV and C4 and it happens on all of them.
Something not right. Any other recordings taking place due to finish at 9pm?
davejb – 1 hour ago »
EG – A programme starting at 9pm won’t start recording until 9.05pm.
For the sake of clarity did the program actually start broadcasting at 9pm. What channels are you having problems with? The default setting on the Humax is to use accurate recording which means the Humax will wake up 15 minutes before the scheduled start and then wait until the program actually starts. This works very well for us on the main channels (not a 100% but better than 99%) but minor channels can be more challenging.
davejb – 1 hour ago »
I originally let the player auto tune, but have since manually retuned the player to ensure the proper channels are being used, but still the problem persists.
The first question for this sort of problem is always what is the signal strength AND quality as reported by the Humax on the channels where you have problems?
Bughtlin – 4 minutes ago »
Barry the issue needs to be investigated further.
So provide a list of specific programs that are giving you problems. Other people can then check and establish whether this is a general problem or something specific to your setup.
