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Just joined today so your help would be appreciated.
I am on my second HDR1100S and still not sure whether the boot process is working correctly.
The first box was returned as faulty as it would only boot correctly after turning off at the mains. If this was not done the boot process ended up with just a bright purple screen and with picture behind.
The second box boots without having to turn off but goes through the following sequence.
Standby light red-
standby light out-
Standby light red-
after about 10 seconds- purple light (recording)
Then turns blue (play) with picture.
This all takes about 35-40 seconds.
If rebooted within a few minutes, the boot process is -standby red and then directly to blue which I assume is correct.
Perhaps you could let me know how yours boots.
Many thanks
Tpost – 24 minutes ago »
Just joined today so your help would be appreciated.
I am on my second HDR1100S and still not sure whether the boot process is working correctly.
The first box was returned as faulty as it would only boot correctly after turning off at the mains. If this was not done the boot process ended up with just a bright purple screen and with picture behind.
The second box boots without having to turn off but goes through the following sequence.
Standby light red-
standby light out-
Standby light red-
after about 10 seconds- purple light (recording)
Then turns blue (play) with picture.
This all takes about 35-40 seconds.
If rebooted within a few minutes, the boot process is -standby red and then directly to blue which I assume is correct.
Perhaps you could let me know how yours boots.
Many thanks
I don’t have your unit but a model with the same firmware and may be able to clarify things.
These units take a few mins to enter full standby.
Also if within 15 mins of a scheduled recording the unit will not be in full standby but waiting for a start signal.
In both these conditions boot will be much faster.
The boot from power loss is also different and it will reboot just to set it’s clock and then return to standby.
and 35 seconds from full standby sounds about right.
Apolagies for bumping this!
Thanks for your reply REPASSAC and Reffub.
However I am still concerned about the boot sequence from standby after about 30 minutes.
As it progresses through the sequence it appears that it is looking for data such as DVB ,wide screen mode, hdmi and others. Then just before the picture appears a flash goes across the screen.
It does eventually produce a satisfactory picture.
If you have recently bought an HDR1100 perhaps you could have a look at the light sequence on booting and post here to put my mind at rest!
Many thanks
Can’t help you there but I would suggest you set a fixed picture output resolution (I use 1080-P) as several different resolutions are used for boot during logo display and finally picture, before I did this each resolution change took about a second with a white screen. Now no re-sync needed by the TV at all.
Have returned my 1100 so can’t answer specifically, however I do seem to think it was red followed by red and blue together (purple) then blue when the unit was on. 30 secs sounds about right.
When yours goes to standby (red light only) can you still hear the unit? I know in my other post you said you couldn’t hear the faint whistle that mine has but surely you can hear the fan spinning and the constant click/click seeking of the hard drive.
They do seem a bit flaky these new boxes. You’re on your 2nd, and of the few reviews I’ve read, a few people have had no luck with their first one.
Many thanks to all for feedback regarding the LED sequence.
Mine is obviously OK. Phew!
Yes the led is red the purple then blue
Purple when recording as well. The first screen that says freesat and humax is a lower resolution.
Boot up time seems about right from low power standby. The only issue I had once was it wouldn’t show a 1080p picture rebooted the box and has never happened since. Dont forget you should get two years warranty if you have registered the box with humax.
woodz – 3 years ago »
Dont forget you should get two years warranty if you have registered the box with humax.
How do you register the box with Humax? There was no info about it in the box the box came in.
Also, do you have to hold down the power button on the remote till the light turns blue, or will it still come on if you just give it a quick press?
Grinny – 2 hours ago »
Also, do you have to hold down the power button on the remote till the light turns blue, or will it still come on if you just give it a quick press?
Quick Press. It might take 20 -30 seconds before you see anything on the TV. It’s booting from a very low power condition (unless it’s recording at the time (less than 0.5W). If it’s recording or about to record it will be much faster.
Thanks. That’s a relief. Holding that button down for ages plays havoc with Arthur Itis
Grinny – 22 minutes ago »
Thanks. That’s a relief. Holding that button down for ages plays havoc with Arthur Itis
So far luckily enough not met Arthur (74 yrs old).
Just think of the money you are saving compared to say a Sky-HD box during the 2-30 seconds it takes to boot. A Sky-HD box uses around 60 times the amount of power compared to a G2 box when it’s in sby and not actually recording anything.
A Sky-HD box uses around 60 times the amount of power compared to a G2 box when it’s in sby and not actually recording anything.
Except stuff that Sky think you might just want to watch
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