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Received my first Humax 9200TB/320G on Tuesday. It practically set itself up
and all seems good but one complaint and two questions.
Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just ended
and only records for a minute.
Question 1: Can I make the display on the front panel brighter?
Question 2: How do you open the flipping flap for the cam card?
Derek.

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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Received my first Humax 9200TB/320G on Tuesday. It practically set itself
up
and all seems good but one complaint and two questions.
Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has
started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just
ended
and only records for a minute.

I haven't noticed this. I usually set up recordings in the EPG.

Question 1: Can I make the display on the front panel brighter?

No.

Question 2: How do you open the flipping flap for the cam card?

Pull it down from the RHS. (It has a magnetic catch.)

--
Max Demian

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"Max Demian" wrote in message
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"Derek F" wrote in message
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Received my first Humax 9200TB/320G on Tuesday. It practically set itself
up
and all seems good but one complaint and two questions.
Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has
started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just
ended
and only records for a minute.

I haven't noticed this. I usually set up recordings in the EPG.

With a VCR you press the record button and it records until you tell it to
stop.

Question 1: Can I make the display on the front panel brighter?

No.

Shame it is rather faint.

Question 2: How do you open the flipping flap for the cam card?

Pull it down from the RHS. (It has a magnetic catch.)

Thank you.

Derek.

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Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has
started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just
ended
and only records for a minute.

When it is recording, press the Record button again. It pops up a window
showing you its planned stop time. If it's wrong, you can alter it (in ten
minute steps, I think) using the up arrow button.

Of course, it isn't ideal that you should have to do that. I suppose the
algorithm to stop recording automatically has to decide when to stop, and
"the end of the current programme" seems reasonable. It gets caught out in
the circumstances you describe.

It happens quite rarely, in my experience, but I pretty well always press
Record a second time, just to check when it intends to stop.

SteveT

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Question 1: Can I make the display on the front panel brighter?
Shame it is rather faint.

I hope you won't take offence but have you removed the protective film
from the display?

--
Robin

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"neverwas" wrote in message
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Question 1: Can I make the display on the front panel brighter?
Shame it is rather faint.

I hope you won't take offence but have you removed the protective film
from the display?

--
Robin

I tend to leave protective films on things:-) I took it off and it is really
no brighter.All our other set top boxes and VCR's have extremely bright
displays
Derek.

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"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has
started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just
ended
and only records for a minute.

When it is recording, press the Record button again. It pops up a window
showing you its planned stop time. If it's wrong, you can alter it (in
ten minute steps, I think) using the up arrow button.

Of course, it isn't ideal that you should have to do that. I suppose the
algorithm to stop recording automatically has to decide when to stop, and
"the end of the current programme" seems reasonable. It gets caught out
in the circumstances you describe.

It happens quite rarely, in my experience, but I pretty well always press
Record a second time, just to check when it intends to stop.

SteveT
My wife watches and records Home and Away on 5 Live and it invariably
starts over a minute early
Derek

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"Derek F" wrote in message
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"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
...
Complaint: Press instant record as a programme starts and if it has
started
a bit early it assumes that you are recording the programme that just
ended
and only records for a minute.

When it is recording, press the Record button again. It pops up a window
showing you its planned stop time. If it's wrong, you can alter it (in
ten minute steps, I think) using the up arrow button.

Of course, it isn't ideal that you should have to do that. I suppose the
algorithm to stop recording automatically has to decide when to stop, and
"the end of the current programme" seems reasonable. It gets caught out
in the circumstances you describe.

It happens quite rarely, in my experience, but I pretty well always press
Record a second time, just to check when it intends to stop.

SteveT
My wife watches and records Home and Away on 5 Live and it invariably
starts over a minute early
Derek

Five arn't transmitting the Freeview Playback accurate recording metadata
yet. They do play to do this but I can't remember when.

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On Fri, 1 Feb 2008 09:26:12 -0000, Derek F said...

"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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It happens quite rarely, in my experience, but I pretty well always press
Record a second time, just to check when it intends to stop.

My wife watches and records Home and Away on 5 Live and it invariably
starts over a minute early

Does the Hummy allow you to commit the current contents of the buffer to
a recording? If yes, you could just wait until after the official start
time before pressing record.

--
Mark Myers
usenet at mcm2007 dot plus dot com
I call that a radical interpretation of the text.

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Does the Hummy allow you to commit the current contents of the buffer to
a recording? If yes, you could just wait until after the official start
time before pressing record.

Indeed it does, although it is slightly clumsy. You have to rewind over the
material to the point where you want to start recording, and then press
record. Then you can fast forward to the end of the buffer and carry on
watching in real time.

SteveT