Losing patience with replacement foxsat-hdr

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    Anonymous
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    Losing patience with 2nd foxsat HDR, Guide is slow to respond, and also it says on the screen ‘no signal being received’ resulting in missed /failed recording!!! Turn it off/on at plug and the signal is good again. misses going mental as two ‘strictlys’ missed! Sometimes it even fails to record even though the red timer is shown on the guide once selected. Advice please as this is my second unit as the other used to freeze up whilst searching the guide. Tempted to return to ‘sky’ god forbid but their boxes are quick and reliable…

    #40478
    grahamlthompson
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    Hi welcome to the forum. If you press the schedule button followed by the red button you will get an instant epg from the hard disc cache.

    Can you tune to 407 FASHION ONE and then use diagnostics to check signal strength and quality and post the results.

    Can you also post what version of firmware your box has installed ?

    #40479
    Anonymous
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    Hi

    On channel 407 Strength is 85% and quality is 60%.

    Software version HPRSFC1 1.00.21

    and loader version is U7.53

    I think thats what you are after?

    Cheers

    #40480
    grahamlthompson
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    abirtwis – 43 minutes ago  » 

    Hi

    On channel 407 Strength is 85% and quality is 60%.

    Software version HPRSFC1 1.00.21

    and loader version is U7.53

    I think thats what you are after?

    Cheers

    Yep that’s the info. If you are in the UK that quality doesn’t give much of a margin for bad weather (Channel 407 is on the Freesat home transponder). This could explain your problems, mine in the West Midlands is 100/100. Your dish alignment may need tweaking a little.

    Can you download this file and open it in a browswer and check reception when tuned to one channel in each transponder block (cols 1- 4). Post any with low quality readings. Looking for a pattern indicating what may be the issue.

    https://www.adrive.com/public/t3jBkt/FoxsatStaticMK2_011.htm

    #40481
    Anonymous
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    Now you are losing me!!!Gonna ring Humax for replacement…. The fact that i lose signal when flicking channels and turn off at socket and back on again and all is fine untill next time tells me that its a faulty box????Enough is enough she says… Homeland and strictly come dancing missed again…. Un forgiveable!!!

    #40482
    grahamlthompson
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    Putting as simply as possible it looks like your dish alignment, its lnb or the coax cables are suspect. You won’t get any further with a Freesat box whatever one you get.

    Bit like saying my TV won’t work without an aerial connected.

    A sky box may work but you won’t get all the channels it should.

    The fact that you have had two ought to tell you the problem is elsewhere.

    Did you even look at the link I posted ?

    #40483
    Anonymous
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    All Sorted!! Turned out that one of the sat dish inputs was into the outlet instaed of inlet 2!!! Decorator/dog/ cat or kids- Not Sure??? Thanks for your help but one quick question…. What is the outlet for????

    Cheers again

    #40484
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    abirtwis – 10 minutes ago  » 

    All Sorted!! Turned out that one of the sat dish inputs was into the outlet instaed of inlet 2!!! Decorator/dog/ cat or kids- Not Sure??? Thanks for your help but one quick question…. What is the outlet for????

    Cheers again

    You can use both tuners on a single lnb by connecting tuner 1 out to tuner 1 in. Enables two tuner recording with some limitations.

    http://myhumax.org/forum/topic/what-can-i-record-and-watch-using-1-or-2-cables

    If you did a reset while connected like it was you need to repeat it as the box will have selected single cable mode.

    #40485
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Cheers again. No reset was undertaken so all should be fine. A quick check and i recorded two programmes together (But unsure if i can WATCH a third??) :?

    Ta

    #40486
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    abirtwis – 13 minutes ago  » 

    Cheers again. No reset was undertaken so all should be fine. A quick check and i recorded two programmes together (But unsure if i can WATCH a third??) :?

    Ta

    Start a instant recording on BBC1-HD. start a second on BBC-HD. You should now be able to still view any other channel and live pause it as well.

    #40487
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Yes all good

    Ta V.Much 4 help…

    #40488
    Anonymous
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    grahamlthompson – 1 month ago  » 

    Hi welcome to the forum. If you press the schedule button followed by the red button you will get an instant epg from the hard disc cache.

    Finally got round to setting up my Harmony 555 to replace all my other remote controls. Set up a Quick Guide soft key for the Foxsat. What I forgot was that if you press Schedule with some other display on screen then the results are not always as intended. Just changed the defined sequence to Exit, Schedule, Red to dismiss any other display first.

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