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As soon as my Fox T2 starts recording its makes a chuntering type noise. It is a very new machine – arrived on Monday 23 Apr. I can hear the noise in the background when tv is on.
Believe you have a 1TB unit – there have been a few reports that these are noisy.
You could try re-format via the menu’s when convenient, otherwise raise your concerns with Humax Support, if for nothing else then to log the issue.
Yes I have the 1TB unit. Tried re-format – no change – still same noise. Will contact Humax Support.
Many thanks
Contacted Humax support. They said no reported problems of this kind and I should contact supplier.
Contacted supplier – sending replacement unit.
I await with anticipation!
I’ve got a 1TB unit and there has always been a mild cluttering type noise during disc activity. Not very loud but I can hear it above the TV (not on that loud usually). From experience with PC’s and broadcast equipment, to me it seems the drive is just noisy – hope it’s not going to fail (my box is about 4 months old)
I also have a Foxsat HDR and have no drive noise problems when it is recording. I don’t see why the drive should be noisy on my new Fox T2 1TB?
Depends on lots of things – make of drive, model, etc. Most of the problems people have had that have come down to drive problems seem to be mostly with the 1TB model. Hardly ever hear bad things of the 500GB ones.
Have replacement Fox T2 1TB and can happily report no excessive noise whilst recording. Thanks for your inputs.
Hi all,
Here’s my story. I purchased a 1Tb back in April. First box arrived and the hard drive noise was very loud. The standard hard drive chug chug (ie not faulty), but could be heard loudly over the TV. Totally unacceptable.
Humax Direct were helpful and changed to box straight out. Second box was fine for 5 months until it developed a fault (unrelated to drive, hdmi output kept failing). Third box finally sent out which cured the fault but the original hard drive noise is back.
Argh!Looking at trying to get a 4th box!
It’s driving me crazy. I thought I was being over sensitive but I cannot tolerate the noise. Previously I owned an EchoStar – that was silent, or near as. I have an Xbox 360 with hard drive (no issue), and NAS box (1Tb disc’s can’t be heard). Even the external 1Tb hard drive I use for backup I can’t hear, but the Humax is so so loud. A friend thought it was our central heating!
I’ve tried placing on a soft surface, placing on cardboard and blue tack under the feet but it’s the same.
Even if I hold the box in midair it’s still louder than the TV!
Beginning to lose faith. How will I know my 4th box will be a good one…
Cheers,
Scott
My update – pleased to report 4th time lucky. Replacement box is a vast improvement – and I’ve placed it on a rubber mat for pretty much total silence.
Just wanted to say that if you’re getting this issue don’t give up. I honestly thought I was being over sensitive, but it is a genuine issue and one that can be fixed.
Humax need to sort this asap – it must be costing them a fortune. I’d be interested to know if it happens in the YouView 1Tb box.
Also Humax need to work on their customer service – the whole experience from the last 3 months has been PAINFUL!
Cheers,
Scott
Hi.
First post.
Now it’s Nov 2015, bought my first 1 Tb Humax box 3 weeks ago but it had disc reading problems so returned it to supplier who changed it easily.
Sadly the 1 Tb box isn’t available anymore !
No worries, I settled for the 500 Gb box.
BUT
This new box has terrible disc noise which can be heard over the TV,
Looks like I’ll be returning this box. May ask for a refund, but which other box should I select?
Any ideas?
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