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I also have the 2000T and a 4000T and get the same signal loss on the TV with both of them during taking the box out of standby, or it about to record. Humax is the only make of PVR I have had that does this. Still it does not matter to us as we watch the PVR’s more than live TV.
bill63 – 1 day ago »
I also have the 2000T and a 4000T and get the same signal loss on the TV with both of them during taking the box out of standby, or it about to record. Humax is the only make of PVR I have had that does this. Still it does not matter to us as we watch the PVR’s more than live TV.
I had the exact same issue with my 2000T when using loop-thru, TV is a Panasonic. I would either get a blank screen or picture flash and momentary pixellation. That was via the TV’s own Freeview tuner when the box was coming out of standby to record the early evening news.
I employed a passive splitter from the aerial wall socket which immediately cured the problem – I think the splitter cost the princely sum of £1.64p – well worth the outlay.
Prior to the 2000T we had a Panasonic Freeview HDD recorder and this never once interfered with the TV picture in any way – definitely a Humax issue.
Yes Humax have been making PVR,s for years now, you would think they would have got it right by now. I have watched the Signal on the TV drop from 80% down to zero while the 2000T and 4000T boxes are warming up ether coming out of standby or getting ready to record. I have had, and still got other makes of PVR but never had this problem with the others. To me it seems it must be a power problem when the PVR’s start up.
bill63 – 2 minutes ago »
Yes Humax have been making PVR,s for years now, you would think they would have got it right by now. I have watched the Signal on the TV drop from 80% down to zero while the 2000T and 4000T boxes are warming up ether coming out of standby or getting ready to record. I have had, and still got other makes of PVR but never had this problem with the others. To me it seems it must be a power problem when the PVR’s start up.
More likely to be HDMI interfering with poorly screened rf leads. Fitting the splitter could have moved the coax away from the hdmi lead. Easy to prove – remove the hdmi cable completely, if the TV tuner is OK when the box is on you have the answer.
grahamlthompson – 39 minutes ago
More likely to be HDMI interfering with poorly screened rf leads. Fitting the splitter could have moved the coax away from the hdmi lead. Easy to prove – remove the hdmi cable completely, if the TV tuner is OK when the box is on you have the answer.
My HDMI cable was well separated from my RF coax so doubt it could be that. I’m inclined to think this is a problem with the way loop-through is handled. Anyway, splitting the signal has resolved the problem for me but I agree with the other posters this is something Humax should have sorted out.
I’m somewhat relieved to discover I’m not alone in this. I was beginning to think my box was faulty. TBH, Graham, I can’t be fagged to play around with it any more now I’ve got a setup that works.
We also have a brand new BT Youview box which is made by Humax and that works OK, no signal loss to the TV on start or when its recording. So I have got a splitter on the Arial one to the 2000T, and the out goes to the Youview then loop through to the TV which work great. The 4000T is in the bed room which is looped through to the TV so we do get signal loss when it starts recording or you take out of standby, but it don’t matter to us. But I can assure you all its nothing to do with the leads, it ether software or or the way its made.
During the time I had a 2000T, the loopthrough option was simply not available. Not sure when it was added but it doesn’t seem all that surprising if there are problems, since it was an afterthought.
That’s my feeling. I suspect they haven’t got it properly sorted.
When I had the issue I moved the box from under the TV and made sure the leads were completely separated i.e. no leads touch or near one another. It didn’t make one tat worth of difference. I also tried various leads too – again nothing.
The only thing that works and works reliably is not to use loop-thru with the 2000T, it simply isn’t 100% reliable and I suspect it’s due to the retro fit. Whoever it was that never thought to include loop-thru at point of manufacture should have got ‘plonker of the year’ award.
As said before a passive splitter costing less than a couple of quid solves the issue.
Faust – 11 hours ago »
I employed a passive splitter from the aerial wall socket which immediately cured the problem – I think the splitter cost the princely sum of £1.64p – well worth the outlay.
I have similar problems with picture breakup on 2000T connected to Sony tv with HDMI but not on the old CRT TV connected with scart. For that I used a passive splitter at the Humax input. So I’m wondering if I used it again but like you at the wall socket. Presumably one split goes to the Humas and another to the TV in. But do you also need a splitter at the TV to take the output from the Humax?
pseudonym – 12 minutes ago »
But do you also need a splitter at the TV to take the output from the Humax?
No; the output from the Humax is either HDMI or SCART.
Faust – 10 hours ago » As said before a passive splitter costing less than a couple of quid solves the issue.
….and that is exactly what I’ve ended up with. In my case the splitter is inserted at the end of the co-ax from the wall socket and then two short cables go to the Humax and the Panasonic HDD/DVD recorder which is then looped through to the panasonic TV.
You have to love a cheap and simple solution that actually works.
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