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dufusuk – 10 mins ago »
If Windows doesn’t see the disk as a drive, how can I format it, do I need a specific disk utility ? CrystalDiskInfo can’t see the humax disk either.
Doesn’t sound good to me.
If the panel is showing 4 dashes, is it even trying to boot off the disk, or is stuck in a firmware loop ?
Try starting the Humax with no drive installed. It should boot up and function as a set top box and would demonstrate the problem is with the hard drive.
Try starting the Humax with no drive installed.
It should boot up and function as a set top box and would demonstrate the problem is with the hard drive.
The Humax does start up and work as a setup box, the channels are showing.
Is this correct:
1. The disk has a Humax format. It can’t be seen by the Humax or Windows, so it’s fried.
2. i need a new disk, format it in windows, then install it in the Humax, and format it again on the Humax. What’s the max disk size for the pvr900t, please ?
dufusuk – 40 mins ago »
The Humax does start up and work as a setup box, the channels are showing.
Is this correct:
1. The disk has a Humax format. It can’t be seen by the Humax or Windows, so it’s fried.
Hard to be sure but that seems a plausible interpretation.
2. i need a new disk, format it in windows, then install it in the Humax, and format it again on the Humax. What’s the max disk size for the pvr900t, please ?
You should be able to just put a different drive in the Humax and it will format it. I think in practical terms 300GB is a sensible limit but I have known people fit drives as large as 750GB. Be careful about the drive you choose; the 9200T is quite fussy about which drives will work (I tried a Western Digital drive and the box wouldn’t boot up reliably). The safest choice would be a Seagate drive designed for PVR usage. I doubt that you will find any brand new IDE drives and in my experience it is a bit of a lottery buying secondhand or reconditioned drives.
You might consider replacing the 9200T; a secondhand HDR-FOX T2, which is a much better PVR, can be picked up secondhand for less than £50 if you look around.
2. i need a new disk, format it in windows, then install it in the Humax, and format it again on the Humax. What’s the max disk size for the pvr900t, please ?
You should be able to just put a different drive in the Humax and it will format it. I think in practical terms 300GB is a sensible limit but I have known people fit drives as large as 750GB. Be careful about the drive you choose; the 9200T is quite fussy about which drives will work (I tried a Western Digital drive and the box wouldn’t boot up reliably). The safest choice would be a Seagate drive designed for PVR usage. I doubt that you will find any brand new IDE drives and in my experience it is a bit of a lottery buying secondhand or reconditioned drives.
You might consider replacing the 9200T; a secondhand HDR-FOX T2, which is a much better PVR, can be picked up secondhand for less than £50 if you look around.
Thank you all, so much for your help. I have a plethora of humax boxes bought over the years, which I will cannibalise to get the 9000t working.
Whilst on the HDR_Fox T2, is there anyway of getting the Apps on the ‘TV Portal’ updated, or working ? Youtube stopped as it went to https, and iPlayer stopped too.
I also have a question on the Mocha, for which I’ll start another thread.
Thanks Martin for your prompt replies, and considered help
dufusuk – 2 hours ago »
Whilst on the HDR_Fox T2, is there anyway of getting the Apps on the ‘TV Portal’ updated, or working ?
Which Humax firmware version are you using on the HDR-FOX T2? Last time I tried iPlayer was working with 1.03.12 (but not with early versions) but that will be a few months ago.
Quote:Which Humax firmware version are you using on the HDR-FOX T2? Last time I tried iPlayer was working with 1.03.12 (but not with early versions) but that will be a few months ago.
The T2 is on FHTCP 1.03.12, update 07/02/2014 Nicomm Version 9.3, loader Version a7.33
The TV Portal takes ages to load, hangs on with a grey letter box, been like that for over a couple of years.
dufusuk – 1 day ago »
The T2 is on FHTCP 1.03.12, update 07/02/2014 Nicomm Version 9.3, loader Version a7.33
The TV Portal takes ages to load, hangs on with a grey letter box, been like that for over a couple of years.
Sorry for delay in replying, been away on holiday so couldn’t test on my box. Now back home and as I thought iPlayer works fine. First thing to check is that the Internet connection is OK, if it is then try a reset to default settings.
Quote:Sorry for delay in replying, been away on holiday so couldn’t test on my box. Now back home and as I thought iPlayer works fine. First thing to check is that the Internet connection is OK, if it is then try a reset to default settings.
Quote:That’s great, that worked! Reset the box, and logged in again.
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