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roni – 4 hours ago »
Hi Martin, Apologies for confusion. I saw a post from a moderator suggesting using a download from a blog. Anyway I had already got the one you suggested and have that in the blank half of my computer hard drive (drive D).
If you scroll down that blog you would find humaxrw there, sorry if it caused confusion.
Try copying humaxrw.exe to the root of the
drive.Then if you are using Vista or Windows 7 then click on the “start” button and type cmd into the search box but do not press enter. You will see cmd.exe listed above. Right click on that and select run as administrator. Otherwise humaxrw will not have the necessary permissions. This is not necessary using XP though.
Then enter
Code:D:
humaxrw 1: -r -lIf you get a partition table not recognised error then change the 1: to 2: and so on repeating just the humaxrw line until you see a listing. Note that you can press the “up”arrow to reload the last command and edit that to save retyping the whole line.
Edit: deleted Martin’s duplicate post
Biggles – 7 hours ago »
countryman – 2 hours ago »
Padding is set to apply to all recordings.
You can pad timers individually from the recording list menu if you want to be sure of a single programme.
Since posting, I have gone over to Accurate Recording and test recordings seem fine and so I will stick with that. Downside is, of course, if the broadcasters overrun but without amending the End signal time.If a (if I understand the way these things works correctly).
As far as I can remember I have never had a recording stop before the end of the programme when using Accurate Recording on a channel that supports it. My experience from tests and everyday recording is that a recording stops at the start of the following programme.
I have had missing ends of programmes particularly on BBC in December not just on the hummy but also on my VM Tivo with padding set!
where the only way to get the end was to resort to BBC iPlayer
Welcome to the forum
Could you confirm the firmware version of your 9200t and whether you’re area is pre or post DSO (digital switch over) If the latter the signal strengths have been boosted not only for your local transmitter (TX) but also nearby ones.
As Biggles says it is important that you are only receiving from one TX. have you channels in the 800s? If so it’s a sign you are receiving from more that one TX. However that normally only affects series links and accurate recordings not manually padded ones. Is your extra 10 minutes set for every recording (in time settings) or just added to Top Gear manully? Padding is dropped for some consecutive recordings.
To check if both tuners are working Ok tune to 2 channels from different mutiplexes using PIP eg BBC1 and Dave.
If you were watching a third channel from a different multiplex (MUX) as Biggles posits then I would have expected you to have seen a “channel restricted due to recording message” as soon as the second recording was due to start. See FAQ item Which Channels Can I Watch While Recording 2 Others?
or
Why do I get Channel Restricted due to Recording(link)
I should point out that humaxrw is also available from our blog pages here (link)
good luck
The HD TV’s should also have scart sockets so your existing humax should still work using that (assuming you meant 9200t). 😉
Should you wish to retrieve your programmes there are a few different ways dependent on how comfortable you are with disassembling your humax. See the blog pages here (link) for some of the programs.
HumaxMediaController and Elinker do not require any disassembly/ modification whereas the rest rely on a direct connection to the drive (or USB-IDE) {applies to 9200t only}
Welcome to the forum
Perhaps if you tell us which model you have someone will be able to assist you further.
I have used a passive splitter to connect 2 devices to 1 switch/router input (when I bought my net enabled TV). Both devices could access the rest of the network but not each other and they were’nt in use at the same time. I have now replaced it with a switch relegated from use as a router.
Welcome to the forum
Are you on the latest firmware version (1.00.26)?
If not you need to upgrade – the next transmission for 9300t is this Friday 27th to Sun 29th.
The remote-control-has-stopped-working thread applies to you by the sound of it.
If you cannot upgrade via the OTA method you would need to use a null modem lead.
Welcome to the forum
Are you on the latest firmware version (1.00.26)?
If not you need to upgrade – the next transmission for 9300t is this Friday 27th to Sun 29th.
The remote-control-has-stopped-working thread still applies to you by the sound of it.
If you cannot upgrade via the OTA method you would need to use a null modem lead.
StevieP – 2 hours ago »
As a newbie to the Humax (though used PVR a lot before) what exactly is a mux (multiplex) and why can you view from the same mux but not outside of it (when recording two other channels). I know a bit about channels etc but I can’t get my head round this one !
Steve
A multiplex is just a combination of channels transmitted on one frequency (similar to a cinema mutiplex having several screens in one building). Old analogue channels equated to just one frequency whereas using a process called QAM (I’m not going to attempt to explain that one 😉 ) several bitstreams, either TV, radio or both are combined before transmission on each MUX and decoded by the PVR or IDTV into LCNs (logical channel numbers)
Take a look at the FAQ item Which Channels Can I Watch While Recording 2 Others (link) for the second part of your query.
rkm_hm – 2 hours ago »
You wouldn’t be very impressed if you bought a new car whose gearbox had been upgraded to 6 gears, but the driver manual only told you about five of them! OK, it’s not an entirely fair comparison, but you’ll see what I mean.
WT
I think I’ve had one of those 😉 – certainly had an estate whose manual was for the saloon and one whose manual for the radio was for the generic version not the one with touchscreen sat-nav etc.
It’s important that at launch the manual should have the relevant details but features which are added later can adequately be covered in addenda. I do agree with you though in that such addenda should be included with new units which ship with the latest firmware rather than having to look online for them.
Hi and welcome to the forum
Please try and avoid typing in all capitals. It makes it hard to read and is considered shouting in online forums.
In case you accidentally hit the caps-lock key half way through then please do check and edit the post if necessary.
To be fair to Humax your contract under the sale of goods act is with the supplier not Humax.
When the goods are found to be faulty it is the suppliers responsibility to replace them and /or deal with any queries.
You can have both plugged in at once if you have a quad LNB and 4 feeds from the dish. (or use both in single cable mode)
You cannot receive the sky channels on the humax box as you would need a CAM slot.
You can still receive the sky channels on the sky+ box (subject to LNB capability).
You can have both connected to the TV at the same time subject to available sockets.
The humax cannot record from the scart socket, only from broadcasts. If you can get the recordings from the sky+ box to your PC you may be able to convert them for upload to the humax. see the blog posts here (link)
graham has answered your other query.
