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I bought a Humax HDR 2000T last week, as an upgrade from my old Humax PVR, however, this new machine is noisey. It’s not the fan, it sounds like it’s a hard drive spinning (similar to what you get when your computer is loading a program). This noise is every few seconds & occurs whether the machine is recording a program or not. Any advice as to how to get rid of it or do I need to return the device? (I’ve tried placing the HDR on a soft placemat to absorb the sound but this hasn’t helped). Thanks.
Jprice – 1 hour ago »
I bought a Humax HDR 2000T last week, as an upgrade from my old Humax PVR, however, this new machine is noisey. It’s not the fan, it sounds like it’s a hard drive spinning (similar to what you get when your computer is loading a program). This noise is every few seconds & occurs whether the machine is recording a program or not. Any advice as to how to get rid of it or do I need to return the device? (I’ve tried placing the HDR on a soft placemat to absorb the sound but this hasn’t helped). Thanks.
You don’t is the short answer. A number of people, myself included have complained from the start regarding the noise this machine makes. It’s basically the platters moving back and forth across the drive. If I leave mine on without the TV and sit there quietly reading a book it can drive me to distraction. I suspect build quality has been sacrificed in favour of cost.
Thanks for your reply Faust. That’s disappointing. The whole reason we stuck with Humax as a brand was due to the fact we’d had our old machine for 8 years & had never had any issues with it.
The odd thing is we also have the HDR 1000s Freesat version and that is a much quieter machine. Having said that it was also more expensive.
I haven’t had any problems with the 2000T, it works impeccably, it’s just a somewhat noisy.
Just bought one and feel I have made a big mistake.
Ive owned an 800OT for ages so felt Humax would be a good buy again.
The picture and features are great but I cant get over the hard drive rasping and twittering every 6 seconds which seems very poor design or cost cutting.
I was thinking of sound damping but may have to return it as the noise feels too inferior to have in my home
Well I have the Humax 2000T and its very quiet, I have to put my ear right on it to hear the hard drive, mine do make a noise when I first put it on, then goes quiet.
Maybe you have just got unlucky to have one with a noisy hard drive in. I would try and get a replacement if it new.
Thanks. I will have to take it with a slight pinch of salt because different people accept different parameters.
Well I hear this and it makes me feel worse. Why are Humax putting different hard drive qualities in these units?
Theres no way any hard drive in a pvr should be making noise that can be heard from well away
It doesnt seem right to have a pot luck situation if they are using up old stock. I get the sense that they have a inferior hard drive specification batch which they are still using for financial reasons
It all seems so casual to say send it back. It may go back to the shop but before that I will be contacting Humax
bill63 – 1 hour ago »
Well I have the Humax 2000T and its very quiet, I have to put my ear right on it to hear the hard drive, mine do make a noise when I first put it on, then goes quiet.
Maybe you have just got unlucky to have one with a noisy hard drive in. I would try and get a replacement if it new.
When you say it’s quiet Bill, have you got your TV on at the time? Have you sat in the room with the 2000T switched on and have no other extraneous noise going on? If you do this and your hearing is good then I think you may find a very different situation, depending of course on the boxes location and geography of room.
Ours is sat on a glass stand under the TV in an open lounge and believe me if the room is quiet then I can certainly hear the platters going back and forth across the drive (no recording in progress). Takes me back to my old PC days. I can’t hear it when the TV is on or there is other noise in the lounge. By contrast our HDR 1000s is much quieter. Definitely been some penny pinching with the 2000T
Faust – 13 minutes ago »
When you say it’s quiet Bill, have you got your TV on at the time? Have you sat in the room with the 2000T switched on and have no other extraneous noise going on? If you do this and your hearing is good then I think you may find a very different situation, depending of course on the boxes location and geography of room.
I can’t speak for Bill but apart form the sitting down bit I have been in a silent room on separate occasions with 2 different HDR-2000Ts. The HDRs were both buffering a TV channel and with my ear on top of their cases could not hear anything or rather it was so quiet I was wondering if anything I could hear was just my imagination.
Even when recording 2 HD channels and watching a third in time slip mode it was very quiet in a quiet room. ‘It’ because I only tried making it as noisy as possible with the second unit.
If there is a next time I’ll add the DLNA server to the mix.
Hi all
So are we saying there are different grades of hard drive noise or is it down to individual perception? The clattery noise isnt low if I can hear it from 3 metres away. I wouldnt class it as a low noise and indeed think its amplified by the thin casework
I am technically minded and have a long history with a Humax 8000t. Yes I know thats standard definition but the low drone detected was in many ways better than a rasping twittering drive head going backwards and forwards too often.
I get the overall view that the 2000t is a cost cutting budget product but I expected more from Humax. Ive asked them if they have entered the age of throwaway products.
It may be acceptable if I just get used to being stuck with it. I would prefer to change the hard drive myself
However I do a lot of winding down when the TV has to be on quietly. I dont always want to listen through headphones but the annoying thing is that on a quiet scene, especially if Im recording something else I can hear it over the on ear headphones…yes even with lightish on ear headphones on!
I may have to go for a model higher up the range and I have asked Humax which models dont make this noise
Luke – 11 minutes ago »
Faust – 13 minutes ago »
When you say it’s quiet Bill, have you got your TV on at the time? Have you sat in the room with the 2000T switched on and have no other extraneous noise going on? If you do this and your hearing is good then I think you may find a very different situation, depending of course on the boxes location and geography of room.
I can’t speak for Bill but apart form the sitting down bit I have been in a silent room on separate occasions with 2 different HDR-2000Ts. The HDRs were both buffering a TV channel and with my ear on top of their cases could not hear anything or rather it was so quiet I was wondering if anything I could hear was just my imagination.
Even when recording 2 HD channels and watching a third in time slip mode it was very quiet in a quiet room. ‘It’ because I only tried making it as noisy as possible with the second unit.
If there is a next time I’ll add the DLNA server to the mix.
I would say mine is nosier when it isn’t recording than when it is. When it is idle I can hear the platters moving to what I imagine is the centre of the disk where they bump into the centre ring then go back to the outer edge where the whole thing starts again. It has always done this, it’s just something generic with these boxes and has been widely reported by others on this and the hummy forum before.
It doesn’t spoil the experience of the box. If the room is quiet I would liken it to that of a ticking clock, i.e. if the box is on you become aware of it, though it’s not something that particularly annoys me, just like a ticking clock doesn’t annoy me – in fact I find that soothing.
P.S. I don’t mean the box makes a noise like a ticking clock before anyone asks.
Yes the trouble is Ive not researched and largely ignored the general disquiet about it.
My Humax brand loyalty won and I think Ive made a mistake.
The problem for me is that its not soothing like a familiar ticking clock. I just think electronic products should be quietly doing their thing and I dont have noisy hard drives in my games consoles or computer….well I cant hear them making that sort of racket.
This is beyond borderline for me and I hope Humax dont just give me empty platitudes
Give it 12 months and you will barely notice it.
Minstrel SE – 22 minutes ago »
So are we saying there are different grades of hard drive noise or is it down to individual perception?
It is probably both. My 2 HDR-200Ts experience were so quiet that if they were left on I would walk into the room and not realise that they were on until I noticed the blue light. The reason that I original put my ear to an HDR-2000T was I thought it may be fault as it was too quiet compared to almost anything else.
They were definitely as quiet, and probably quieter, than my old PVR-8000Ts
Minstrel SE – 35 minutes ago »
I get the overall view that the 2000t is a cost cutting budget product but I expected more from Humax.
Graham North Commercial Director
New HDR-2000T HD PVR, Warranty extension & Happy Birthday
Dear Humax user,
Having the same functionality as the Freeview HDR-FoxT2 but in a smaller form factor and with the front display removed to reduce cost, the HDR-2000T is the perfect addition to our PVR range, please click on the image below for further details.
(Ignore the ‘same functionality’ as that easily arguable as not being the case.)
Minstrel SE – 43 minutes ago »
However I do a lot of winding down when the TV has to be on quietly. I dont always want to listen through headphones but the annoying thing is that on a quiet scene, especially if Im recording something else I can hear it over the on ear headphones…yes even with lightish on ear headphones on!
I may have to go for a model higher up the range and I have asked Humax which models dont make this noise
I suspect that it just pot luck on how noisy the drive is.
How easy would it be to approach the shop for an exchange and a chance of different luck with the same model?
My noisiest recorder is now a DTR-T4000. It has a fan which I am attempting to get used but I doubt if that is possible as it is just so peaceful when it is fully off. As I use 2.4ghz for the remote instead of IR and so it can be behind the TV to try and dampen the sound. One to avoid. (It’s youview and so a bit short on features anyway.)
I decided that I didnt need youview so thought the 2000 ideal in price and function.
I have already registered the 2 year guarantee…perhaps this is to appease us and get me to stick with the issues?
I sense a pot luck and refurbishment chain. I cant be sure but that doesnt seem acceptable to me. Are you sure its not just removing the fan that makes people think its quiet? I know there were fan noise/ fan always on complaints in the past
Problem is I dont like the shop because they already tried to pass a heavily marked used, thrown in a box unit off on me….luckily I checked instantly and complained.
I dont even want to go back there so noise issues give me more of a sinking feeling. I may have to stick with it and get used to it as faust suggests. Its not a disaster purchase but it just seems a bit iffy in hard drive noise.
I cant chance a pot luck swap which is why Ive contacted Humax
Im certainly not the only one that has noticed it on the review sites.
The 8000T had a hum which will need rubber washers or something more suitable in the drive mount. Placing the whole box on sorbothane pads etc is useless Thats a job now its briefly laid up before taking on radio duties. Still it was a very good unit for what it was
However I feel that was fine compared with this 2000t head noise
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