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Hi,
I bought an FVP4000T 500GB Mocha a couple of days ago after my trusty HDR FOX T2 packed in (HDMI failure, so at least I can still access the recordings over DNLA).
This might be old news, although nothing came up in a forum search, but on my new box the position of the LED is on the underside of the unit in the centre position rather than on the right hand side of the front face. I also note that it uses a purple colour to indicate when it is recording rather than red, which seems to have been a common complaint in the past.
This minor redesign doesn’t seem to have been discussed so maybe it’s quite a recent thing?
Cheers,
Grant
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Thank you for that insight. Looks like they are now using the a similar casing as freesat products:
http://www.humaxdigital.com/uk/products/product.php?gid=618&pid=3
I find the LED next to useless in that position.
It does seem to be a curious design decision. Fortunately I have my Humax sitting on top of a shiny black Blu-Ray player and the reflection of the LED is clearly visible on that.
just out of interest,
which version of software is on the machine?
I’d always assumed the LED colour was software controlled, presumably it still glows red on standby and blue when switched on and in use?
Yes, that’s correct.
red = standby
blue = switched on & not recording
purple = recording
I’ll check the software version for you when I get home this evening.
Software version is UKTFAE 1.01.49
Barry,
Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
If the effect was down to software changes wouldn’t everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
David.
gfitzger – 15 hours ago »
Software version is UKTFAE 1.01.49
thanks for the confirmation,
I’d assumed the LED colour was software controlled as it has been on older models.
Clearly it’s a different design, it was just interesting to know which version of software just in case there was something in the pipeline
aciddad – 1 hour ago »
Barry,
Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
If the effect was down to software changes wouldn’t everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
David.
Can only assume the LED in ‘Mk 1’ units is 2 colour only.
Barry – 2 days ago »
aciddad – 1 hour ago »
Barry,
Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
If the effect was down to software changes wouldn’t everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
David.
Can only assume the LED in ‘Mk 1’ units is 2 colour only.
Usually purple is achieved by illuminating the red and the blue led’s together.
spitty – 1 hour ago »
Barry – 2 days ago »
aciddad – 1 hour ago »
Barry,
Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
If the effect was down to software changes wouldn’t everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
David.
Can only assume the LED in ‘Mk 1’ units is 2 colour only.
Usually purple is achieved by illuminating the red and the blue led’s together.
Er yes I think that it is somewhat obvious.
Barry – 11 hours ago »
spitty – 1 hour ago »
Barry – 2 days ago »
aciddad – 1 hour ago »
Barry,
Can you throw any light on the led colours? (pardon the pun)
If the effect was down to software changes wouldn’t everyone on 1.01.49 have purple for recording?
David.
Can only assume the LED in ‘Mk 1’ units is 2 colour only.
Usually purple is achieved by illuminating the red and the blue led’s together.
Er yes I think that it is somewhat obvious.
I think the point is that the Mk1 and Mk2 units both appear to have a blue LED and a red LED. If the Mk2 unit can illuminate both together for a purple recording indicator why can’t the Mk1? Wouldn’t the illumination of a single LED or both LEDs together be controlled by software?
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