Joined forum specifically to comment on this issue. New FVP5000T owner and having had several Humax (And other) PVR’s over the years for me they have hit the sweet spot in terms of functionality and performance I couldn’t be happier. However there is an issue and I’m afraid it’s a deal breaker for me. The VERY noisy HDD. I’m not talking about whirring or mild background noise or boot whir while the disk spins up, I’m talking about loud and persistent chattering that the hard drive makes whenever you are watching TV through the box or whenever it is recording. Now I will admit this is intermittent and sometimes it is louder than others but it is always there to some degree. (Situated 12 feet from me in bedroom so creating a real issue)

I have read other forum pages where people say theirs is silent to other people complaining about noise and Richer sounds replaced my first box with no issue saying it must be a faulty unit. However the second box if anything is worse than the first. This is becoming a real issue for me and if I can’t get a resolution will need to return for refund….love the box but just can’t stand the noise it makes, even with TV on and sound turned up its intrusive, let alone in middle of night while trying to sleep. None of my other boxes (Virgin V6, Tivo, Panasonic or Prior Humax) have ever made such loud operation noise and its constant HDD chatter.

Does anyone have any suggestions please, loathe to try a 3rd unit and refuse to believe I got two Friday afternoon machines on the trot. (PS Unit on open shelf with no shielding, putting on soft feet or lifting unit makes no difference to noise emitted)

Thanks.