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I am the owner of Humax FVP-4KGTR/GB/1TB Freeview recorder which I bought 3 years ago. Not sure if anyone else owns this particular model as there seems to be many of them
richardalbon – 4 mins ago »
I am the owner of Humax FVP-4KGTR/GB/1TB Freeview recorder which I bought 3 years ago. Not sure if anyone else owns this particular model as there seems to be many of them
It is better known as the Humax Aura and a fair number of people here own one, me included.
Hi Martin, Over the last 18 months I have noticed that streaming freeview programs hang after a couple of minutes. I have struggled to fix this including reseting to manufacturers settings
If your TV has all the streaming apps you need, don’t bother with the Aura versions – they cause more trouble than they are worth. I don’t use any of them on my Aura, never connect it to the internet, never put it into deep standby and it’s pretty reliable for me. The ability to record 4 programmes simultaneously is the big plus for this device. The newly announced Manhattan T4-R still has only 2 tuners (record 2, watch a 3rd), so a complete no-no for me – what a missed opportunity, what on Earth were Manhattan thinking?
Geoff_W – 7 hours ago »
If your TV has all the streaming apps you need, don’t bother with the Aura versions – they cause more trouble than they are worth. I don’t use any of them on my Aura, never connect it to the internet, never put it into deep standby and it’s pretty reliable for me. The ability to record 4 programmes simultaneously is the big plus for this device. The newly announced Manhattan T4-R still has only 2 tuners (record 2, watch a 3rd), so a complete no-no for me – what a missed opportunity, what on Earth were Manhattan thinking?
Do you really need to record 4 channels at the same time?
Thats what catchup is for
I just want a reliable streaming and dont care if I cant record. An alternative to a smart tv is a laptop with a large enough monitor attached. I can garantee a reliable service that way
kr002
Do you really need to record 4 channels at the same time?
For me 4 is probably too many but 2 is definitely not enough.
richardalbon – 11 hours ago »
I just want a reliable streaming and dont care if I cant record. An alternative to a smart tv is a laptop with a large enough monitor attached. I can garantee a reliable service that way
If all you want is a streamer get an AppleTV/Firestick/Roku/Chromecast/Shield, IMO any of these will be better than the Aura.
I use an AppleTV and a Firestick for streaming and only use the Aura for recording Freeview, I found it far too unreliable with apps added.
kr002 – 14 hours ago »
Geoff_W – 7 hours ago »
If your TV has all the streaming apps you need, don’t bother with the Aura versions – they cause more trouble than they are worth. I don’t use any of them on my Aura, never connect it to the internet, never put it into deep standby and it’s pretty reliable for me. The ability to record 4 programmes simultaneously is the big plus for this device. The newly announced Manhattan T4-R still has only 2 tuners (record 2, watch a 3rd), so a complete no-no for me – what a missed opportunity, what on Earth were Manhattan thinking?
Do you really need to record 4 channels at the same time?
Thats what catchup is for
I quite often make full use of the three tuners. Catch up is OK if you don’t mind sitting through loads of ads, except BBC of course.
Help ! I am looking to buy amazon firestick, assuming it covers all the freeview channels for streaming. There is various options ordinary and lite etc. I was disturbed by the idea of talking to Alexa to control my TV. I just want to press buttons, or is that not an option on Firestick ?
All the main ones are certainly there and you don’t need to talk to it, I don’t talk to any of my kit.
EDIT – Assuming you mean catch-up apps and not live TV.
kr002 – 14 hours ago »
Geoff_W – 7 hours ago »
If your TV has all the streaming apps you need, don’t bother with the Aura versions – they cause more trouble than they are worth. I don’t use any of them on my Aura, never connect it to the internet, never put it into deep standby and it’s pretty reliable for me. The ability to record 4 programmes simultaneously is the big plus for this device. The newly announced Manhattan T4-R still has only 2 tuners (record 2, watch a 3rd), so a complete no-no for me – what a missed opportunity, what on Earth were Manhattan thinking?
Do you really need to record 4 channels at the same time?
Thats what catchup is for
That’s true, but sometimes 3 of the channels are commercial and I hate having to wait for those inane adverts to run (and you can’t skip them, either).
The Aura box will not open Apps BBC player etc just an error message
Oops… unable to connect properly, sorr
Code: FVP-03-023
My LG smart TV willopen apps and it is on the SAME network. There is NOT a problem with the internet just this Aura box.
Is ther a factory reset option?
Any help would be appreciated
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