Pollensa1946 – 1 hour ago  » 

I’m pretty sure it’s not Germany. Either the Czech Republic or Slovakia as I recall. That in no way excuses Humax from what would appear to me to be a component sourcing decision driven by cost cutting. About a year after announcement the 1000S boxes dropped in price by around 25%, due I guess because they were not shifting at the original price. Hardware-wise they are grossly overpriced, the markup being driven probably by royalties to Freesat for use of the s/w and brand. The single reason for buying the Freesat boxes is the EPG.

My replacement is manufactured in Poland; whether Poland is the only factory I have no idea.

I agree that Freesat royalties are very likely adding to the price but the Freetime EPG with catch-up services is good and makes the package much easier to use than the vanilla satellite service on my TV.

Hello,

I have a Humax HDR-1000S 1TB which is just under 3 years old and for the the last 2 – 3 months I have been having the same problem that a lot of people on here have, and have had, namely recordings not being recognised, hard drive not there etc…..

So after reading on this forum I contacted Humax and complained and have a replacement coming on Thursday this week, (16/11/2017), but my ‘problem’ is that I turned it on this morning before disconnecting it and the hard drive and recordings are back again!

I’m just wondering that Humax are going to get my machine and go ‘There’s nowt wrong with this one he’s just trying to rip us off’, which I’m most certainly not attempting to do I must say as I am losing 5% of recordings of the wife’s that she’s not seen yet.

Sorry about the long post.

Thanks for any help.

whatdoidohere

Thanks for the welcome Barry, I’ve been ‘lurking’ on these forums since I bought the hummy but because I had no problems I had no need, I thought, to join and post anything, though I’ve learnt all sorts about the box and how to set it up and use it from within here.

And thanks again for the box working when they receive it, if it’s still doing, let’s just hope that the replacement lasts a long while with no problems.

Cheers for that.

whatdoidohere

I bit the bullet on my recent trip to UK and bought a new HDR1100S to replace my HD-faulty HDR1000S. (Taking the latter with me would have meant her-indoors being deprived of TV during my absence!) I intend taking the faulty unit back with me for a Humax exchange on the next trip. Can never have too much of a good thing!

Just a few observations after installing the 1100S. The first thing I noticed was how much smaller it is – about half the volume of the 1000S. I’m guessing that this means the latter’s 3.5in HD has now been replaced by a 2.5in. This must mean that the motherboard has been completely redesigned, so hopefully the components responsible for the failure of the HD functionality have been isolated and designed out! (I wonder how much pressure Freesat might have exerted to improve the reliability?!) The s/n label now specifies Poland as the country of manufacture, rather than ‘EU’ before. A second year’s warranty is conferred by registering the box online with Humax (make a note of the serial number before you tuck it away if your installation is likely to make turning it over difficult.)

The inclusion in the 1100S of a wi-fi network adapter is a useful enhancement – one less physical connection to make. (The RJ-11 is still there if you prefer.) The ‘front’ USB connector has moved to the RH side panel, whilst the alphanumeric display has disappeared completely from the front panel. Personally, I’m quite happy with this as I found it a little distracting, especially when scrolling with longer programme titles; all the information it provided is available on-screen anyway, at the press of a button on the remote. I haven’t quite fathomed out the new LEDs which project their light from beneath the front of the unit; blue is on, red is off, but sometimes they are both on together. ‘RTFM’, I guess!

alanf – 30 minutes ago  » 

I’m guessing that this means the latter’s 3.5in HD has now been replaced by a 2.5in. This must mean that the motherboard has been completely redesigned, so hopefully the components responsible for the failure of the HD functionality have been isolated and designed out!

Why would a change of hard drive size require a motherboard redesign?

alanf – 1 minute ago  » 

I don’t think I implied that the motherboard redesign was simply to accompany a change of HD form factor; a change of mounting hardware would achieve this.

However, I said in #577 above, the 1100 is half the volume of the 1000S (external dimensions 27x18x5=2430 cu.cm vs 35x23x6=4830 cu.cm); it would be difficult to shoe-horn a 3.5in HD into the new, smaller case.

The other changes I mentioned – addition of wi-fi network adapter inc. antenna, replacement of alphanumeric display with bi-colour led, change of USB port from front to side panel, etc. would also require a new mobo layout. A 2.5in HD requires less power than a 3.5in version, so it would make sense to reconfigure the power circuitry, and previous posts from those more knowledgeable than I, have suggested that this is the area of component failure which causes HD functionality to disappear, whilst the physical drives themselves remain OK.

The new FVP-5000T is tiny, it still has a 3.5inch internal HDD. The clue would be in the external power supply supplied. The power on G2 units is an external 12V unit. You could run any of them from a regulated 12V supply providing sufficient current. I can’t see that a new motherboard would be required, just a different drive mount. The data and power connections are identical.

Oh dear! My comments were intended as an observation of the differences between the newer 1100S and older 1000S, in case anyone has been thinking, like me, of paying £169 for a newer model in stead of £55 (plus £10-ish carriage) for an exchange older one.

What I did not anticipate, from a forum where members are characteristically courteous, polite and helpful, was your aggressive challenge to my comments: “Really; then your choice of language was unfortunate”.

I was stating an opinion (the clue is in the word “guessing”). Why have you decided to take a personal pop at me?

The 1100 has half the floor-space of the 1000; the latter’s mobo will not fit in the new box, ergo it must have been redesigned, by which I mean relaid out. I unreservedly retract my exaggeration “completely redesigned” and hope it makes you feel happier.