For some reason I can’t find the thread about FVP-5000T firmware loaded onto FVP-4000T boxes any more, which is why I am posting here. Apologies if it’s the wrong place. I loaded the FVP-5000T firmware version onto my FVP-4000T two or three weeks back. All has seemed well until a couple of days ago, when the list view of recordings started getting obscured by large areas of white screen, which looked like giant portions of the channel logos, as one of the areas was ‘4’ shaped, and another was ‘5’ shaped. Switching to the grid view of recordings, the problem went away. One other thing is sometimes when pressing the stop button when watching a recording, it returns to live TV rather than bringing up the options to delete the recording, etc. I don’t know if pukka FVP-5000T owners have encountered these quirks, or if they are a ‘hybrid’ issue?

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That’s a very valid suggestion, thank you Graham. I now recall we had some fluctuating mains power a few days back. The lights flickered momentarily, but it was enough to reset the clock on the microwave. It may have been enough to corrupt the RAM without being of long enough duration to reboot the recorder. I have just removed power from the 4000T then reconnected, and thus far the screen overwrite hasn’t recurred. Thanks again.

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grahamlthompson – 1 hour ago  » You may have got some corruption in the box RAM. Photograph your recording schedule and do a reset to factory defaults.

Not seen anything like this on my FVP-5000T.

I saw the exact same thing on my 5000T all day yesterday. It was truly unbelievable. Huge white channel logos were floating about in the recorded programme list and when you selected a particular recorded programme the explanatory text was almost completely obscured by one of these monstrosities.

The logo was in the form of a giant white channel number – the distinctive Channel Four “4”, for example – and always corresponded to the channel of the recorded programme being viewed (which was why I thought it was probably a deliberate innovation rather than a software malfunction).

Unfortunately – or perhaps fortunately – I was too busy yesterday to photograph the phenomenon and post the rant against Humax’s stupidity that began to form in mind every time a recorded programme’s details were obscured by a floating numeral.

But I did check into the forum a couple of times and was amazed that no one else had complained (as UK customer services reps always claim).

Marius – 1 hour ago  » 

DerekJJ – 14 minutes ago  » 

Stu66

I had the same problem with my software upgraded FVP-4000T. Solved by doing factory reset Now OK.

I forgot to say that the problem is also gone for me now although I did nothing (apart from swearing at the TV).

To reinforce other reports(I am running 5000T software on 4000T) I also had this bizarre problem of large white characters within the program list. The software was obviously picking up on a specific part of the screen and enlarging the character.

I powered off at the plug, restarted and all OK now.

Applied the software update to my FVP4000T.

Definite improvement.

Like the list view in recordings, & schedule improvement.

Also like info on current airing program in guide, without changing to watching.

Recordings list view I think is 1s faster to show than grid view. (3s)

Any improvement in speed is greatly welcomed.

Speed of UI use is my major gripe, about a PVR that otherwise performs flawlessly in its main task, that of recording, sometimes 4 channels, whilst watching a 5th or a recording.

I doff my cap to peterobb, nice work.

SOoo glad I didn’t purchase a 5000T.

Was very tempted, as I thought surely it would offer the same or better functionality, but be slicker & faster in use.