Humax Foxsat HDR – continually scrolling through channels – now dead – help!

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  • December 4, 2011 at 8:45 am #12523
    Anonymous
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    When I powered up the FoxSat this morning it acted very oddly.

    Firstly, it was continually scrolling through the channels on it’s own with nobody touching the remote. I managed to get the menu option open but it was just scrolling through that too.

    I switched off the box at the power switch. Let it have rest. But now it won’t power back on – the blue light comes on for a moment then goes back to red.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks

    December 4, 2011 at 8:52 am #28636
    Anonymous
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    I would check your remote control as a starter. See if there is any key stuck down, like the Programme+-, and then I’d change the batteries, as low battery levels can yield strange things from remotes sometimes.

    December 4, 2011 at 8:58 am #28637
    Anonymous
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    Thanks for the advice. Tried that to no avail. Can’t actually power on the box at the moment even if I use the button on the machine itself. Just stuck with the red light.

    December 4, 2011 at 10:15 am #28638
    Anonymous
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    Now getting the Humax screen with the words ‘Updating…’ and ‘Press Stand By Button to Restart’. But this has no effect when done.

    December 4, 2011 at 12:40 pm #28639
    grahamlthompson
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    Ypu don’t by any chance have a usb stick in one of the ports with a .hdf file on it do you ?

    December 4, 2011 at 12:59 pm #28640
    Anonymous
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    No, no usb stick.

    December 4, 2011 at 1:04 pm #28641
    grahamlthompson
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    Have you tried reflashing the firmware from a usb stick ?.

    December 4, 2011 at 1:10 pm #28642
    Anonymous
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    No, would it be possible for you to point me in the direction of some instructions on how to do that? thanks.

    December 4, 2011 at 1:30 pm #28643
    Anonymous
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    http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/support/downloadcenter_model.aspx?category_seq=65

    Follow the “download instructions” for instructions.

    December 4, 2011 at 3:28 pm #28644
    Anonymous
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    Firmware update via usb worked! Very relieved to say the least. Thank you so much for your help.

    December 4, 2011 at 3:45 pm #28645
    grahamlthompson
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    EMcG – 16 minutes ago  » 

    Firmware update via usb worked! Very relieved to say the least. Thank you so much for your help.

    Excellent news, bit like getting your best friend back :-)

    December 7, 2011 at 7:57 am #28646
    Anonymous
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    By the way, Humax support got back to me and said that the message ‘Updating…’ and ‘Press Stand By Button to Restart’, could not have been generated by the Humax box itself. Well, it was there. So it seems I have a ghost in the machine.

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