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  • #39073
    Anonymous
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    grahamlthompson – 13 minutes ago  » 

    gambcl – 34 minutes ago ย ยปย 

    I tried to record Strictly Come Dancing (for the misses honest :-) on BBC One HD.

    I get a good signal on Freesat, and never had problems with my previous Humax HDR box.

    I browsed the Guide, clicked on the show and then selected Record, then Record All Series.

    I could see entries appear in the Planned section of Recordings, but it just never actually recorded them. It missed the main show on Sat, and the results show on Sun.

    Am I doing something wrong?

    I’m going to try a few more now that I’ve changed the Standby Power setting.

    Both recorded fine on my box. The sby setting is not relevant (All it does is save you money :-) ) Sounds like you did it correctly, is next weeks episodes now in your recording schedule. You should find this weeks in a folder and clicking on ir should now show both recordings,

    SWMBO recording was also fine (thankfully).

    #39074
    myhumax
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    grahamlthompson – 3 days ago  » 

    andygittings – 20 minutes ago  » 

    …oh and I know you’re still just getting set up (so no rush!) but they haven’t hidden an FTP server in there (like the HDR-FOX_T2) have they?

    No export capability at all yet, see the questions/queries thread.

    Is it time for a cable mod? ๐Ÿ˜†

    #39075
    grahamlthompson
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    son_t – 40 minutes ago  » 

    grahamlthompson – 3 days ago  » 

    andygittings – 20 minutes ago  » 

    …oh and I know you’re still just getting set up (so no rush!) but they haven’t hidden an FTP server in there (like the HDR-FOX_T2) have they?

    No export capability at all yet, see the questions/queries thread.

    Is it time for a cable mod? ๐Ÿ˜†

    Are you offering ? :-)

    #39076
    grahamlthompson
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    If Foxsat-hdr users are interested to see the HD version of iplayer in action from the catch up epg download this short demo zip file

    https://www.adrive.com/public/r3vbHQ/HDiplayer.zip

    Copy the 3 files to a usb stick and connect to your Foxsat front port. When the usb message comes up. Press Media Red Right to select usb1. Click OK to open usb drive and play back in usual way

    #39077
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago  » 

    If Foxsat-hdr users are interested to see the HD version of iplayer in action from the catch up epg download this short demo zip file

    https://www.adrive.com/public/r3vbHQ/HDiplayer.zip

    Copy the 3 files to a usb stick and connect to your Foxsat front port. When the usb message comes up. Press Media Red Right to select usb1. Click OK to open usb drive and play back in usual way

    Forgot to select HD will do another one.

    #39078
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    grahamlthompson – 56 minutes ago  » 

    grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago  » 

    If Foxsat-hdr users are interested to see the HD version of iplayer in action from the catch up epg download this short demo zip file

    https://www.adrive.com/public/r3vbHQ/HDiplayer.zip

    Copy the 3 files to a usb stick and connect to your Foxsat front port. When the usb message comes up. Press Media Red Right to select usb1. Click OK to open usb drive and play back in usual way

    Forgot to select HD will do another one.

    New version now uploaded

    #39079
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    So Graham, if you attempt to watch a previous program from the EPG even if its from BBC HD, you still have to separately select HD in the BBC player? Hmm. That’s strange because you don’t have to do that with the Humax YouView unit. If you go back in the EPG (catch up) and select a program that was originally shown on a HD channel such as BBC HD, its automatically played back in the player in HD. You don’t have to separately select it from the bottom icon in the player if it was originally shown in HD.

    #39080
    grahamlthompson
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    Humaximus – 19 minutes ago  » 

    So Graham, if you attempt to watch a previous program from the EPG even if its from BBC HD, you still have to separately select HD in the BBC player? Hmm. That’s strange because you don’t have to do that with the Humax YouView unit. If you go back in the EPG (catch up) and select a program that was originally shown on a HD channel such as BBC HD, its automatically played back in the player in HD. You don’t have to separately select it from the bottom icon in the player if it was originally shown in HD.

    Yes, so far not found a way to select HD by default :-)

    Unless you or anyone else knows how ? No experience of using the Youview unit.

    #39081
    Anonymous
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    I think the option to choose the definition is a good thing, anyone on Virgin Media who watches much HD from the iPlayer risks running foul of their traffic management!

    #39082
    Anonymous
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    Hi all … received my 1000S for a second TV in the house to supplement the FoxSat HDR which we’ve had for a couple of years. I’m very pleased with the function and user interface of the 1000S. However, I do have a couple of issues:

    1) How on earth do you get a signal strength/quality display ? If I go into the settings menu all I get is the ability to edit channel lists ! I’ve pressed every button on the remote (I think) but the only signal strength display was the one I got at installation time.

    2) When I play something in the past using iPlayer, it seems that the playback starts almost immediately with almost nothing in the buffer so I get a lot of stalling. This is different to iPlayer from Red Button on the FoxSat where it seems to waity a while before playing. I am on an ADSL connection of about 3 Mb/s downstream bandwidth. A workaround to this seems to be to press pause immediately to let the buffer fill up before pressing play. Is there any control over the buffer size etc ?

    Thanks

    Ron

    #39083
    grahamlthompson
    Participant

    Hi welcome to the forum.

    Signal strength is found in Settings – System Information – Signal Info. There is a peculiarity though, Signal Strength/Quality is only shown for active tuners, to display tuner 2 you have to force it to record.

    Sorry can’t really help with query 2, my broadband download speed is 20Mbps so buffering isn’t an issue.

    #39084
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks Graham

    Another question .. we have a load of recordings and schedules on the Foxsat and would like to move them lock stock and barrel to the 1000S so that the latter becomes our main box and the Foxsat is relegated to our family room. I *think* that files can be moved manually via USB but are there any shortcuts to my migration problem ?

    R.

    #39085
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    You may want to consider a DLNA solution to watching those recordings on a remote TV.

    #39086
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    With the custom firmware installed on the Foxsat. inclusive of twonky. you would be able to play the the SD recordings over the LAN on the HDR-1000S. HD recordings cannot be played other than on the Foxsat that recorded them, they are encrypted.

    #39087
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Had my HDR1000s for three weeks now and must say I should have purchased a Humax device previously. It does everything that it says on the tin and I find nothing negative to report. Exceptionally happy customer, who has no qualms or reservations in recommending this product to one and all.

    Phil

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