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Hi all – after weeks of not being able to load any catch-up apps, now my Aura seems to be switching itself off and rebooting in the middle of recordings!! Has anyone dumped their Humax and found a reliable replacement? I make loads of recordings and I really can’t be resetting all the time and losing them…
Have you tried getting a replacement?
Manhattan are about to release their new T4-R box, although not a lot is known about it yet, and has been delayed a few times.
I was looking to wait and see this myself, but couldn’t wait in the end.
james_uk – 3 hours ago »
Have you tried getting a replacement?
Manhattan are about to release their new T4-R box, although not a lot is known about it yet, and has been delayed a few times.
I was looking to wait and see this myself, but couldn’t wait in the end.
No I haven’t tried to get a replacement, it’s several years old now so I’m sure way out of warranty, and I don’t think it’s a hardware issue, seems to me Humax released this and then went on holiday and have never came back! No updates ever, and of course the apps keep updating and the damn thing can’t cope…
So what did you go for in the end?
Don,t hold your breath, the new manhattan will not be released until sometime in the new year according to the makers
If you are about to give up on it have you thought of doing a full reset (not just Freeview) including formatting the hard drive?
Maybe worth a try as there isn’t anything else out there currently with three tuners.
If mine was to pack up today I would happily go straight out and buy another as I seem to be one of the lucky ones with a good reliable machine with just a couple of oddities which I am happy to accept.
As a replacement the only real option at the moment in my mind is a secondhand BT TV Pro. Trouble is it looks like everyone else is going down the same route. CEX are now out of stock and the prices on ebay are rising.
I gave up using the Aura with apps ages ago and its now stable, all be it with a couple of minor issues.
So another option is buy a 4K firestick, with the gen 2 just out grap yourself a cheap gen 1 for apps and delete all the apps you can and disable the ones you can’t on the Aura then just use it as a PVR till the Manhatton comes out.
As Harters has said at the moment, now I’ve got it stable, with no alternative out there I would probably also buy another Aura if it broke tomorrow. But I have a Firestick and an AppleTV for streaming.
Dave480 – 2 hours ago »
I gave up using the Aura with apps ages ago and its now stable, all be it with a couple of minor issues.
So another option is buy a 4K firestick, with the gen 2 just out grap yourself a cheap gen 1 for apps and delete all the apps you can and disable the ones you can’t on the Aura then just use it as a PVR till the Manhatton comes out.
As Harters has said at the moment, now I’ve got it stable, with no alternative out there I would probably also buy another Aura if it broke tomorrow. But I have a Firestick and an AppleTV for streaming.
Well I use my Samsung TV for the apps now, so are you saying deleting or somehow disabling the apps improved reliability?
In addition to my post, below are the Apps I successfully use on the Aura
SmartTube
iPlayer
Plex
Jellyfin
Proton VPN
NBC
AirScreen
ITVX occasionally
Others installed, but rarely used.
are you saying deleting or somehow disabling the apps improved reliability?
It did in my case.
As well as some of what Harters is using I had Prime, Disney and some others I can’t remember now and suffered with random crashes and freezes regularly.
So I uninstalled everything I had put on (doing a factory reset will clear all those out) and then went into Apps and clicked on each one that remained, it opens a box that gives you the option to either Uninstall or Disable the pre-installed apps like YouTube.
After doing this my Aura became stable and I can’t remember the last time I had a crash or freeze, except when using ITVX (see ITVX Crashes thread) as I did leave the Freeview Play Apps (I now watch ITVX on the Apple). Also if the broadcasters move things around it can crash shortly after startup but a quick rescan sorts that out.
Do be careful when doing this especially if you go into System Apps (I think I left everything in there alone) as some apps are required for the Aura to work, its generally obvious which ones to leave.
So all we’re left with is intermittently jumping back to start when fast forwarding, not remembering the position of a part watched program and the waking up from Deep Sleep every few days, which we live with as there is no alternative at the moment.
That’s interesting
ok I’ve done the same and we will see! Like I say I use my TV for the apps anyway, started to do that when the Humax just wouldn’t load any – it’s much faster and reliable. I’ve got loads of recorded programmes so a reset is out of the question, unless I could get them off somehow?
A reset does not delete recordings but it does clear app data as well as the app giving a clean start.
I’ve read there is an option to delete recordings but never come across it, although never really looked.
In fact it sounds like you have never done a reset (or you would know it doesn’t delete recordings) so I would advise doing one, this will give the Aura the best chance of a fresh start.
Dave you are right, every time I have considered a reset I read here it will delete recordings… ? Now then I don’t wish to disbelieve you but I am sure when I went to reset the machine actually said it would delete all user settings including scheduled recordings?
The problem is there are numerous ways to get to the settings, plus various different settings menus on mine, it took me ages to find the ‘reboot’ for instance the other day as in some settings it wasn’t there, I think I eventually found it under Freeview?
timiambeing – 12 mins ago »
Now then I don’t wish to disbelieve you but I am sure when I went to reset the machine actually said it would delete all user settings including scheduled recordings?
Scheduled recordings are whose events that you have selected to record but not yet recorded.
It is warning you that after a reset you would need to re-enter your recoding schedule.
timiambeing – 1 hour ago »
That’s interesting
ok I’ve done the same and we will see! Like I say I use my TV for the apps anyway, started to do that when the Humax just wouldn’t load any – it’s much faster and reliable. I’ve got loads of recorded programmes so a reset is out of the question, unless I could get them off somehow?A Freeview orFactory Reset will not delete your recordings.
Freeview buttob on the remote > Settings > Freeview Play Preferences,
scroll down Backup User Preferences, then go to either Freeview Reset or Factory Reset, read which each do.
Select the one you want to perform, when done Import User Preferences.
If you are are doing a Factory Reset you will need to make a note of any Google IDs and passwords you use for
apps.
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