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Accoring to the DTG – The current versions of the Humax Satellite firmware end OTA transmission in 8 days time.
http://www.dtg.org.uk/industry/download_schedule.php
Barry any comment?
Yeah the change of end date was uploaded quite quickly (not of Humax making)
All I can say at the moment is watch this space 😉
Is it worth watching this space first?
gomezz – 1 day ago »
Is it worth watching this space first?
It’s one of my RSS feeds. 😉
Version 1.00.17 (Official Release) uploaded to beta site:
http://beta.humaxonline.co.uk/freesat-hd/Foxsat-HDR_1.00.17.zip?attredirects=0&d=1
Release note:
•EPG Reservation improvement
When accessing the EPG (Electronic Programme Guide) you are now able to set reservations without having to wait for the EPG to fully download.
After the reservation is scheduled the EPG download will commence again.
To full populate the EPG please allow for 45-60 seconds.
Thanks Barry.
REPASSAC – 4 hours ago »
Thanks Barry.
You are welcome, as can be seen from the timing of my post, uploads, and notification to me can happen at any time, not just a 9 to 5 job
First off – excellent news and thanks for the early visibility.
Can someone at Humax tell us why its important for the unit to try to update the EPG (and in the process cut audio/video) when the guide button is pressed rather than displaying a cached copy ? I note that with the new firmware the second I press OK on the EPG the AV is restored and if you press exit to go back to the EPG the AV cuts out once more.
Is there a good reason ? Does the unit update the cached EPG in the background when we are watching TV ?
swedish cook – 13 hours ago » Does the unit update the cached EPG in the background when we are watching TV ?
Yes, it does. (I’m talking about 1.00.15. I haven’t tried the new firmware yet.) I always press Schedule and Red to display the EPG, never Guide. But the EPG still gets updated in the background. However, it takes longer to update this way, so you might not be seeing the very latest version. And you won’t be able to see the EPG for seven day’s time if you’ve only just switched on for the first time today. I suppose the Humax designers wanted to make sure you would always see a fully up-to-date EPG.
Barry, can you confirm a OTA start date? The 14th perhaps?
REPASSAC – 1 hour ago »
Barry, can you confirm a OTA start date? The 14th perhaps?
Should be Thurs 13 from about 10am, but don’t hold me to that
Had a trawl through sone comments on other places, Forums, Blogs.
Not surprised to see the usual from some quarters, however there is also some misleading rubbish eg
1. Cannot get the unit to switch to a programme that is currently on air from the EPG – works for me.
2. Good one this, for the unit to update via OTA have to ensure that auto update is enabled in the menu?
Barry – 1 hour ago  » 1. Cannot get the unit to switch to a programme that is currently on air from the EPG – works for me.
This is an issue I have always had: Instead it offers to set a Watch timer then asks if I want to Watch the programme then goes blank. It seems to happen as often as it does not and I have not figured why sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t.
If you want to dismiss my experience as misleading rubbish then it is hard to know what else you say we can trust. 🙄
I have had the issue in the past (very infrequently) – but not for a long time – it found it just not possible to switch – had to use channel up/down. Might be something to do with the programme status changeing before it should?
gomezz – 12 hours ago »
Barry – 1 hour ago  » 1. Cannot get the unit to switch to a programme that is currently on air from the EPG – works for me.
This is an issue I have always had: Instead it offers to set a Watch timer then asks if I want to Watch the programme then goes blank. It seems to happen as often as it does not and I have not figured why sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn’t.
If you want to dismiss my experience as misleading rubbish then it is hard to know what else you say we can trust. 🙄
On .15 firmware I’ve also had it offer to set a watch timer when the EPG is showing that its half way through a long program, you can get around it and for me its very infrequent, but there is definitely a bug around this area.
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