FVP5000T OSG does not display correctly

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  • #14960
    Anonymous
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    My new FVP5000T has been working fine but today I can only see one screen of channels and shows Freeview play as soon as you try to move in the guide

    #47191
    Martin Liddle
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    timpars – 55 secs ago  » 

    My new FVP5000T has been working fine but today I can only see one screen of channels and shows Freeview play as soon as you try to move in the guide

    Try putting it into standby and when the hard drive has stopped spinning, turn off the mains power for 10 seconds. the restart it and see if the problem has gone.

    #47192
    Anonymous
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    That has not made any difference I’m afraid.

    #47193
    Martin Liddle
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    timpars – 3 mins ago  » 

    That has not made any difference I’m afraid.

    Next thing to try would be a reset to default settings; this will delete your schedule of future recordings and revert any settings you have changed to the original values but any recordings you have will be preserved.

    #47194
    Anonymous
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    Thanks Martin, this has done the trick, just a shame that it is not possible under these circumstances to save the schedule. I understand that channels may change but surely in this instance where the schedule will be the same and the channels will be the same after such a short time interval it would make sense to be able to recall the schedules. It’s very tedious having to reprogram all the schedules

    #47195
    Martin Liddle
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    timpars – 37 mins ago  » 

    I understand that channels may change but surely in this instance where the schedule will be the same and the channels will be the same after such a short time interval it would make sense to be able to recall the schedules. It’s very tedious having to reprogram all the schedules

    I agree it is tedious having to reprogram the schedule. Doing a reset to default settings is an unusual activity; I don’t think I have ever had to do one in the two years I have owned an FVP. The FVP does allow the schedule to be retained when a retune is needed which is an improvement on previous Humax boxes; however the implementation isn’t very good and often leads to problems.

    #47196
    Anonymous
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    Just for the record. I’ve had the 5000T less than a year and have needed to reset 3 or 4 times – possibly as a result of problems caused by accidentally pressing the Netflix button when my internet connection wasn’t live. I’ve only used the smart retune once – and it was so smart I had to do a proper retune and reprogram the schedule. Never again!

    #47197
    grahamlthompson
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    I photograph the recording schedule using a digital camera and display it on my laptop. Then by tapping in the channel number that moves to that channel in the epg at the current time near instantly. Even with a lot of recordings it doesn’t take very long to rebuild the schedule. Just move to the next recording time slot and repeat.

    However it should not be that difficult to restore the schedule from NVRAM or save it to file somewhere on the HDD. If you replace the HDD the existing schedule is still there. On other machines like the HDR-Fox-T2 with the custom firmware you can back up the schedule with a single button push and restore it after a reset with another single button push.

    #47198
    grahamlthompson
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    EEPhil – 41 mins ago  » 

    Just for the record. I’ve had the 5000T less than a year and have needed to reset 3 or 4 times – possibly as a result of problems caused by accidentally pressing the Netflix button when my internet connection wasn’t live. I’ve only used the smart retune once – and it was so smart I had to do a proper retune and reprogram the schedule. Never again!

    Who turns off there internet connection ? It should be live 24/7 assuming the isp hasn’t got problems. Many of the boxes rely on it being connected overnight to carry out essential house keeping. The box clears the cached epg overnight,

    A short wake up using a on timer and off timer with a 15 min gap. Reduces the first boot to a few seconds as the epg has already populated.

    #47199
    Anonymous
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    grahamlthompson – 26 mins ago  » 

    Who turns off there internet connection ? It should be live 24/7 assuming the isp hasn’t got problems.

    I do.

    Do you really think I’m going to leave PAYG mobile broadband connected via my laptop to the Humax all day and night? Not everyone has access to the equipment and broadband connections you have.

    #47200
    grahamlthompson
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    EEPhil – 1 hour ago  » 

    grahamlthompson – 26 mins ago  » 

    Who turns off there internet connection ? It should be live 24/7 assuming the isp hasn’t got problems.

    I do.

    Do you really think I’m going to leave PAYG mobile broadband connected via my laptop to the Humax all day and night? Not everyone has access to the equipment and broadband connections you have.

    I have unlimited download on 4G for £20:00/month (12 month contract) including Europe. suggest you need to find a better deal.

    However suggest payg is not really suitable for a PVR designed to use 24/7 IP access.

    #47201
    Anonymous
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    “Where angels fear to tread” GLT.

    #47202
    Anonymous
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    It’s not worth the effort Trev.

    #47203
    Anonymous
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    Where’s that ‘Love it’ button when you need it to save a post? :D

    Oh, it’s not there either.

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