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I have had various problems like this from new and the eventually replaced it a few weeks ago. The replacement is even worse. I suspect they just recycle returns. This box refuses to start unless I pull the power and reboot. All the recordings show failed. It also takes for ever to change channels.
I have the impression that these problems have been going on for years. Similar problems reported on the 400T.
Does anyone have a box that works reliably?
I have had several Humax boxes in the past and they have all been reliable.
Try some new Batteries in the remote control,they might suprise you.They did me.
ranfurlyray – 49 minutes ago »
Does anyone have a box that works reliably?
Yes our FVP-5000T does not suffer from any of the problems you are reporting.
Thanks for the reply.
Good to hear. Gives me hope.
Just a thought. What size of disk do you have?
ranfurlyray – 2 hours ago »
Just a thought. What size of disk do you have?
2TB.
We have a 2 TB, and ours has been Dead reliable so Far.
Setup an off and on time on your box at some point in the early morning when you’re not likely to be watching, it sorts the guide population problem out and gives the box less to do at the point of powering on, you may find this helps.
RobK – 1 hour ago »
Setup an off and on time on your box at some point in the early morning when you’re not likely to be watching, it sorts the guide population problem out and gives the box less to do at the point of powering on, you may find this helps.
Not too early in the morning, during overnight housekeeping the cached epg is cleared (no idea what time). If you set the power on off time before housekeeping the data you download will be ditched.
Earlier this week I set a power off for 3 am and back on at 6 am
Still had the same problem today. It would not respond to the remote or the power button on the box. The led glowed purple?
The previous box seemed to be when it was recording that would’t come on.
I have now set it to stay on all the time to see if that works.
Very dissapointing, bought this with the H3 as a 2 room solution but am now having to record on 2 older boxes to ensure I the programs I want.
Thanks for the suggestions
My 5000T works perfectly (apart from its appalling slowness). I have “Automatic Power Down” and “Power Saving Mode” turned off, although I don’t know if that makes any difference.
I just turn it off with the remote at about 4 AM every night and it always starts recording news bulletins from 8 AM onwards, while I’m still asleep.
Marius – 1 day ago »
My 5000T works perfectly (apart from its appalling slowness). I have “Automatic Power Down” and “Power Saving Mode” turned off, although I don’t know if that makes any difference.
I just turn it off with the remote at about 4 AM every night and it always starts recording news bulletins from 8 AM onwards, while I’m still asleep.
What happens if you don’t physically use the box for a few days to a week?
Don’t know, I have never tried leaving it.
Having switched off all power saving it worked for about 24 hours and again froze last night with the Red LED on, refusing to respond to the remote or the power button. This morning I pulled the power cord and reinserted it and it restarted ok.
I am not sure if my wife powered it off last night before it froze or not but it should have restarted without a problem.
I have to think that they replaced my original box with a previously retuned faulty unit, which on quick inspection would look ok. I can’t believe that new boxes are like this.
Ive posted this before,try new batteries in the remote control,the supplied batteries with the Humax box are rubbish.Brand new Duracell bateries made my 5000 box work properly,I was on the point of dumping the Humax.I am not joking. Just because the light comes on on the remote conrol with a button pressed, do not assume all is well,try the battery change.What have you got to loose????You have spent over £200 on the humax the two batteries are what 30p each. A battery change worked for me the Humax is working better now than when I bought it some 3 months ago.
Ok
just changed the batteries ( New Duracell) and still no difference. Box stuck with purple leds indicating recording. This is after rebooting this morning.
The reason I didn’t try it before is that I usually use a Logitech rechargeable but I had tried that and the original HUmax.
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