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Well I have finished the installation after some heartache........mainly
due to the supplier not putting everything in the box and not thinking about
other things I would require. I spoke to him before placing my order so he
was fully aware it was for a complete system installation. But hey it's up
and HD 1080i is running on my Tosh with excellent quality.

Would I do it again, well I suppose so now that I have one of those
direction meters........£9.75 from Curry's. If you are going to set up your
own, pop down to Curry's and buy one of these gadgets. Without it I tried
for 30 minutes to set up the dish before deciding to nip to my local outlet
and buy one. Once connected it took about 1 minute to find the signal.

The parts, including the meter, came to £100 so I saved about £50, but
gained much experience.

I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone down
the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits about 200mm
below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one does not really
notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it down a little.

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In article , Tom E
scribeth thus
Well I have finished the installation after some heartache........mainly
due to the supplier not putting everything in the box and not thinking about
other things I would require. I spoke to him before placing my order so he
was fully aware it was for a complete system installation. But hey it's up
and HD 1080i is running on my Tosh with excellent quality.

So what channels are you receiving then?...
--
Tony Sayer

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"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Tom E
scribeth thus
Well I have finished the installation after some heartache........mainly
due to the supplier not putting everything in the box and not thinking
about
other things I would require. I spoke to him before placing my order so he
was fully aware it was for a complete system installation. But hey it's up
and HD 1080i is running on my Tosh with excellent quality.

So what channels are you receiving then?...
--
Tony Sayer




it found 107 channels, to many to list immediately............I have yet to
experience them all. Over the next few days I will list the HD ones and my
thoughts.

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"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone down
the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits about 200mm
below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one does not really
notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no, but
the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare

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"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Tom E
scribeth thus
Well I have finished the installation after some
heartache........mainly
due to the supplier not putting everything in the box and not thinking
about
other things I would require. I spoke to him before placing my order so
he
was fully aware it was for a complete system installation. But hey it's
up
and HD 1080i is running on my Tosh with excellent quality.

So what channels are you receiving then?...
--
Tony Sayer




it found 107 channels, to many to list immediately............I have yet
to
experience them all. Over the next few days I will list the HD ones and my
thoughts.



HD one(s)...
HD One (BBCHD)
:P
ITV has some, but not a lot..
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD) should
still look great in comparision.

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"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits about
200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one does not
really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it down a
little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no, but
the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who share
remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece of
blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............

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"mr deo" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"tony sayer" wrote in message
...
In article , Tom E
scribeth thus
Well I have finished the installation after some
heartache........mainly
due to the supplier not putting everything in the box and not thinking
about
other things I would require. I spoke to him before placing my order so
he
was fully aware it was for a complete system installation. But hey it's
up
and HD 1080i is running on my Tosh with excellent quality.

So what channels are you receiving then?...
--
Tony Sayer




it found 107 channels, to many to list immediately............I have yet
to
experience them all. Over the next few days I will list the HD ones and
my
thoughts.



HD one(s)...
HD One (BBCHD)
:P
ITV has some, but not a lot..
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD) should
still look great in comparision.




yes, I was thinking programs, silly me and the Humax does say 1080i when on
such a channel so I assume it must mean the source.

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"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Tom E" wrote in message
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I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits about
200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one does not
really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it down a
little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no, but
the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece of
blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty red
glow :-)

Richard H

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In article ,
mr deo wrote:
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD) should
still look great in comparision.

What ITV HD progs have you seen?

--
*I yell because I care

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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"Hawkins" wrote in message
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"Tom E" wrote in message
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"Michael Chare" wrote in message
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"Tom E" wrote in message
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I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits about
200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one does not
really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it down a
little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece of
blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express :-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has just
said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do we
do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until next
time, when it will be lost to the world.

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"Dave Plowman (News)" wrote in message
...
In article ,
mr deo wrote:
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD)
should
still look great in comparision.

What ITV HD progs have you seen?

--
*I yell because I care

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

I had some source material that I saved on the pc, it was clearly better
quality, but I have heard lots of bad points about the ItvHD source..
The fact that some weeks they only have a single show on is a bit sad.


http://www.freesat.co.uk/index.php?p...son.HDschedule

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In article ,
mr deo wrote:
What ITV HD progs have you seen?

I had some source material that I saved on the pc, it was clearly better
quality, but I have heard lots of bad points about the ItvHD source..
The fact that some weeks they only have a single show on is a bit sad.

That's what I meant - they are few and far between. 'The Bill' has just
started production in HD so that at least will be a regular one.

--
*A woman drove me to drink and I didn't have the decency to thank her

Dave Plowman London SW
To e-mail, change noise into sound.

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SNIP
HD one(s)...
HD One (BBCHD)
:P
ITV has some, but not a lot..
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD) should
still look great in comparision.


Also Luxe HD is broadcast 24hr - though is not part of Freesat you should be
able to manually tune to it;
http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html
BTW it is cheaper to build a Home theatre PC form scratch than it is to buy
one of these freesat recorders. The PC can do all the usual record one watch
another, full EPG that is not limited to to Freesat etc - but in addition
does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.

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"Tom E" wrote in message
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"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
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"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits
about 200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one
does not really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it
down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece of
blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express :-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has just
said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do
we do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until
next time, when it will be lost to the world.


The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they came
with a good supply of lager!

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage is
repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that respect.

Richard H

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"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits
about 200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one
does not really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it
down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece
of blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express :-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has just
said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do
we do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until
next time, when it will be lost to the world.


The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they
came with a good supply of lager!

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage
is repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that
respect.

Richard H



yes the ruger was good especially as we beat the Frenchies and I enjoyed
Larkrise........

are you viewing with a HDR 320 and if so perhaps you could answer a Q.
Pressing i on the handset, the info plate pops up, along the bottom right
hand are 2 horizontal bands coloured red, amber and green. Are these the
signal strengths from both tuners. If so the top one of mine does not quite
cover the green, is that OK or can I adjust it somehow.

thanks

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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:50:38 -0000, "Tom E" wrote:


"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are using.
www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can tone
down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright digits
about 200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the picture one
does not really notice the brightness but it would be good to tone it
down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece
of blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express :-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has just
said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do
we do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until
next time, when it will be lost to the world.


The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they
came with a good supply of lager!

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage
is repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that
respect.

Richard H



yes the ruger was good especially as we beat the Frenchies and I enjoyed
Larkrise........

are you viewing with a HDR 320 and if so perhaps you could answer a Q.
Pressing i on the handset, the info plate pops up, along the bottom right
hand are 2 horizontal bands coloured red, amber and green. Are these the
signal strengths from both tuners. If so the top one of mine does not quite
cover the green, is that OK or can I adjust it somehow.

thanks

On my Humax HDR (320GB) the top bar is the signal strength and the
bottom one is the signal quality for the tuner providing the picture
currently on the screen.

Menu System Diagnostics shows two sets of bars - one for each tuner.

As far as I know, so long as the signal quality bar is in the green
there is no problem.

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"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Hawkins" wrote in message
...

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

"Michael Chare" wrote in message
...
"Tom E" wrote in message
...


I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are
using. www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can
tone down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright
digits about 200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the
picture one does not really notice the brightness but it would be
good to tone it down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece
of blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express
:-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has
just said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do
we do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until
next time, when it will be lost to the world.


The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they
came with a good supply of lager!

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage
is repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that
respect.

Richard H



yes the ruger was good especially as we beat the Frenchies and I enjoyed
Larkrise........

are you viewing with a HDR 320 and if so perhaps you could answer a Q.
Pressing i on the handset, the info plate pops up, along the bottom right
hand are 2 horizontal bands coloured red, amber and green. Are these the
signal strengths from both tuners. If so the top one of mine does not
quite cover the green, is that OK or can I adjust it somehow.


The top line is strength, the bottom line is the quality of the
programme/signal that you are watching

Press OPT+ and make a note of the frequency and polarity of the transponder
for the channel that you are watching.

Select Menu, Setup, Manual Tune and then select the transponder with the
frequency noted above.

You will then see the strength and quality of the signal that you are
receiving,

It is the quality rather than the strength that is important. In an ideal
world you would have 100% quality across all transponders.

If you search digitalspy you can see what others have achieved.

More signal strength/quality can be obtained mainly by using a bigger dish.


--
Michael Chare

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On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:48:48 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Tom E" wrote in message
...

are you viewing with a HDR 320 and if so perhaps you could answer a Q.
Pressing i on the handset, the info plate pops up, along the bottom right
hand are 2 horizontal bands coloured red, amber and green. Are these the
signal strengths from both tuners. If so the top one of mine does not
quite cover the green, is that OK or can I adjust it somehow.


The top line is strength, the bottom line is the quality of the
programme/signal that you are watching

Press OPT+ and make a note of the frequency and polarity of the transponder
for the channel that you are watching.

Select Menu, Setup, Manual Tune and then select the transponder with the
frequency noted above.

You will then see the strength and quality of the signal that you are
receiving,

It is the quality rather than the strength that is important. In an ideal
world you would have 100% quality across all transponders.

If you search digitalspy you can see what others have achieved.

More signal strength/quality can be obtained mainly by using a bigger dish.

Menu System Diagnostics shows the current details for both tuners:
transponder frequency, polarisation, etc. and signal strength and
quality.

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"GTS" wrote in message
...
SNIP
HD one(s)...
HD One (BBCHD)
:P
ITV has some, but not a lot..
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD)
should
still look great in comparision.


Also Luxe HD is broadcast 24hr - though is not part of Freesat you should
be
able to manually tune to it;
http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html
BTW it is cheaper to build a Home theatre PC form scratch than it is to
buy
one of these freesat recorders. The PC can do all the usual record one
watch
another, full EPG that is not limited to to Freesat etc - but in addition
does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a
decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.



I have found that watching live streams of h.264 isnt an easy task :(..
possibly it's just me tho!...
There is actually a few Freesat EPG parsers out there if you build your own
theatre pc.
The other HUGE upshot of using a HTPC is that with a fast enough network,
you can set it up to give every TV/computer in the home a lower quality
(still HD) viewing box that will stream all of the source material (even
broadcast sat/dvb-t)..

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"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
...
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:48:48 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:


Menu System Diagnostics shows the current details for both tuners:
transponder frequency, polarisation, etc. and signal strength and
quality.


Indeed, however, as this screen can show a signal on Tuner 2 even when
nothing is connected (and the STB is configured for two LNBs), I have never
really trusted it!


--
Michael Chare

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sniped

thanks all, very good.

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The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they came
with a good supply of lager!


Wasn't a lot of fun here with a French missus who's a Rugby fan,,

TV was switched off at Half time in disgust;!...

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage is
repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that respect.

Richard H



--
Tony Sayer

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 01:17:28 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:

"Peter Duncanson" wrote in message
.. .
On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 22:48:48 -0000, "Michael Chare"
wrote:


Menu System Diagnostics shows the current details for both tuners:
transponder frequency, polarisation, etc. and signal strength and
quality.


Indeed, however, as this screen can show a signal on Tuner 2 even when
nothing is connected (and the STB is configured for two LNBs), I have never
really trusted it!

If it is finding a decent quality signal without a connection to an LNB
is it using telepathy? ;-)

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On Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:09:26 GMT, wrote:

On 15 Mar,
Peter Duncanson wrote:

On my Humax HDR (320GB) the top bar is the signal strength and the bottom
one is the signal quality for the tuner providing the picture currently on
the screen.

Menu System Diagnostics shows two sets of bars - one for each tuner.

Are they? I've never seen them different. I've heard that it is a bug that
they show only one tuner.

Ah. Right.

I'm awaiting a firmware update at some point,there hasn't been one since
November.


As far as I know, so long as the signal quality bar is in the green
there is no problem.

Doesn't seem to be a problem when amber either.

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GTS wrote:
SNIP
HD one(s)...
HD One (BBCHD)
:P
ITV has some, but not a lot..
Also, the source material may not be 1080, but BBC(HD) and ITV(HD) should
still look great in comparision.


Also Luxe HD is broadcast 24hr - though is not part of Freesat you should be
able to manually tune to it;
http://www.lyngsat.com/28east.html
BTW it is cheaper to build a Home theatre PC form scratch than it is to buy
one of these freesat recorders. The PC can do all the usual record one watch
another, full EPG that is not limited to to Freesat etc - but in addition
does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.



I just can't put up with MS in my living room, it stops and starts,
needs robooting, software patches because the OS has updated. You are
part of the operating system in a MS system, if you are not there it
will stop working after a few months.

Tony

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On Mar 15, 4:21*pm, "GTS" wrote:
does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.

Really? Can you share the spec of that, because at that sort of price
I would be sorely tempted to go down that route when my current PVR
dies.

Genuinely interested!

Matt

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I am going to buy some better quality F connectors though.

F connectors need to exactly match the particular cable you are
using. www.Satcure.co.uk is a good source



Just one Q for the Humax users. Is there a setting whereby I can
tone down the screen on the player itself. They are very bright
digits about 200mm below the screen. When concentrating on the
picture one does not really notice the brightness but it would be
good to tone it down a little.


If you are refering to the Humax HDR, then I think the answer is no,
but the subject has arisen in the digital spy forum.


--
Michael Chare


Yes thanks I am considering those from Satcure as I should have when I
bought the complete system by the look of it. The company I used, who
share remain nameless, were poor.

So hopefully the bright display may be a future software mod. A piece
of blue acetate behind the door for the moment then............



I took the glare right down on my Humax HDR by inserting a red sweet
wrapper film behind the drop down flap. It is still readable in a tasty
red glow :-)

Richard H



please can you specify the sweet and I'll nip down our Tesco Express
:-).

I did the same with a bedside radio/clock............oh the wife has
just said she has some Blue Velum.............nice.

how are you finding the HDR, I really enjoyed the rugby yesterday and it
does make a lot of difference to the watchability......IMHO...that is.

anyone living in Winchester want to hire a Sat meter.............what do
we do with it after use............bung it in a drawer somewhere until
next time, when it will be lost to the world.


The rugby today was a hell of a lot better than yesterday's :-)
I had some neighbours round to share the enjoyment. Great game and they
came with a good supply of lager!

The Sat HD experience is great, there is however a great big but at the
moment. There is so very little actually broadcast and a high percentage
is repeats or previews. Oh well so not much difference from SD in that
respect.

Richard H



yes the ruger was good especially as we beat the Frenchies and I enjoyed
Larkrise........

are you viewing with a HDR 320 and if so perhaps you could answer a Q.
Pressing i on the handset, the info plate pops up, along the bottom right
hand are 2 horizontal bands coloured red, amber and green. Are these the
signal strengths from both tuners. If so the top one of mine does not
quite cover the green, is that OK or can I adjust it somehow.

thanks

I did not recognise the 320 description at first. I changed the hard drive
in my foxsat to 1 tera byte a while back. Works like a dream.
It was easy to copy forward from the old drive to the new one all the
programmes that I still want to access from the Media button.

Richard H.

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I did not recognise the 320 description at first. I changed the hard drive
in my foxsat to 1 tera byte a while back. Works like a dream.
It was easy to copy forward from the old drive to the new one all the
programmes that I still want to access from the Media button.

Richard H.



Interesting, what make do they fit as original and what make did you fit.

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wrote in message
...
On Mar 15, 4:21 pm, "GTS" wrote:
does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a
decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.

Really? Can you share the spec of that, because at that sort of price
I would be sorely tempted to go down that route when my current PVR
dies.

Genuinely interested!

Matt

Ah well - at the time they had these on Ebay for £42;
http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=41015
I got one and it works a treat - wish I had bought more now...
A rough from memory of the rest:
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147879 £25 Case
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142347 £66 Mobo
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/142376 £17 Mem
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/130826 £48 HDD
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/140713 £55 CPU
Total £252
But a quick look at tuners now and I can't see anything that comes close...
Software is GBPVR (free), EPG is from XMLTVGUI (Free)
All the 780G boards can handle the 1080i HD channels fine - have not tried
1080p Blue-Ray though!

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On Mar 16, 8:31*pm, "GTS" wrote:
wrote in message

...
On Mar 15, 4:21 pm, "GTS" wrote:

does all the other lovely things a PC can do! Last time I priced up a
decent
spec HTPC with dual DVB-T and dual DVB-S tuners (i.e. record three watch
one) it came to £250.
Really? *Can you share the spec of that, because at that sort of price
I would be sorely tempted to go down that route when my current PVR
dies.
Genuinely interested!
Matt

Ah well - at the time they had these on Ebay for £42;http://forums.gbpvr.com/showthread.php?t=41015
I got one and it works a treat - wish I had bought more now...
A rough from memory of the rest:http://www.ebuyer.com/product/147879£25 Casehttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/142347£66 Mobohttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/142376£17 Memhttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/130826£48 HDDhttp://www.ebuyer.com/product/140713£55 CPU
Total £252
But a quick look at tuners now and I can't see anything that comes close....
Software is GBPVR (free), EPG is from XMLTVGUI (Free)
All the 780G boards can handle the 1080i HD channels fine - have not tried
1080p Blue-Ray though!

Thanks - but presumably you'd still need an OS too, so that's another
£90+ to the bill - or is there a GBPVR running under Linux? Plus I'd
want a nice case too, and silent running, so perhaps closer to
£400/£450 sounds more likely.

Cheers!

Matt

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"Tom E" wrote in message
...
I did not recognise the 320 description at first. I changed the hard
drive in my foxsat to 1 tera byte a while back. Works like a dream.
It was easy to copy forward from the old drive to the new one all the
programmes that I still want to access from the Media button.

Richard H.



Interesting, what make do they fit as original and what make did you fit.

Original drive Seagate SATA 320GB Pipeline. Replaced with WD SATA 1 Terabyte
WD 10 EVCS. The drive is formatted by the box to Linux EXT/3 if you want to
know about these things.
There is a DIY guide here
http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/forums/s...d.php?t=940956
I used a USB 2.0 to SATA adaptor to transfer recordings I wanted to keep
longer term and access easily to the new drive.

Even though one cannot play encoded HD programmes from an external USB drive
they transfer back to the box OK.
Memory sticks and other usb devices can transfer Video, stills and music to
the foxtat box or they can be played direct from the USB socket.

The box will recognise FAT 32 files but not NTFS ones. I use the Linux EXT/3
format because it does not have the file size limitation of FAT 32

Richard H