Query about the Humax F2 FOX T STB

Hi

I'm thinking of getting a Humax F2 FOX T to replace an ailing Setpal box. I
need high sensitivity as I live in a very poor reception area (advice about
aerial/cable/amp not needed thanks!) and from what I've read the Humax will
do the job.

I have some queries that maybe someone can answer...

1. The advertising blurb says '...up to 30 Freeview channels...'. Is that a
current restriction of the box or can it actually handle more Freeview
channels?

2.I believe many of the earlier boxes used to have a 'lip sync' problem. Is
this now fixed?

3. Apparantly the Humax 9200T PVR comes with a very poor (badly shielded)
SCART lead. Is that also true of the F2 FOX T?

4. Are there any alternative boxes anyone would recommend for a fringe
reception area?

Many thanks.

Steve

"Steve" wrote in message
...
Hi

I'm thinking of getting a Humax F2 FOX T to replace an ailing Setpal box.
I need high sensitivity as I live in a very poor reception area (advice
about aerial/cable/amp not needed thanks!) and from what I've read the
Humax will do the job.

It's very sensitive in my experience. Besides the Winter Hill muxes, it also
picks up a couple of Welsh ones as well.

I have some queries that maybe someone can answer...

1. The advertising blurb says '...up to 30 Freeview channels...'. Is that
a current restriction of the box or can it actually handle more Freeview
channels?

No, it can handle a lot more. The "Up to 30 Freeview channels" is just a
standard advertising blurb. I think the most it can store is 200 channels.
It also seperates the radio and TV channels and you can flip between radio
and TV modes. The only annoyance that I can find with the Humax is that it
stores the encrypted channels (somewhat pointless as the Humax lacks a
card/CA slot)as well as the FTA ones, but these can be deleted in the menu.

2.I believe many of the earlier boxes used to have a 'lip sync' problem.
Is this now fixed?

Mine doesn't have the lip sync problem, so it's presumably been fixed.

3. Apparantly the Humax 9200T PVR comes with a very poor (badly shielded)
SCART lead. Is that also true of the F2 FOX T?

I get a good picture from the supplied lead, although I have it set to
S-Video because the RGB socket on my TV is occupied by the Virgin Cable box
(fortunately my TV accepts an S-Video signal via the second SCART socket).
I've not seen any inteference caused by the supplied lead, and the picture
quality from the lead is very good.

Paul.

I sell many of these boxes and the supplied lead is very poor.

It depends on the TV as well. If the TV outputs its signals from Scart
1 you will usually see either considerable snow behind the digi
picture and menus or a floating picture.
Bring up the menu on the freeview box to check this out. It should be
sharp and clear with no background snow.

I always either supply a different scart lead (usually a short flat
ribbon one for neatness) or I cut wire 19 in the scart plug at the TV
end. This removes the composite video out from the TV into the scart
lead. This tends to confuse things later, though, as the lead is then
one way only and if the customer reverses it, it doesnt work.

Many thanks Paul and Widgett. Very helpfuk.

Steve


"Steve" wrote in message
...
Hi

I'm thinking of getting a Humax F2 FOX T to replace an ailing Setpal box.
I need high sensitivity as I live in a very poor reception area (advice
about aerial/cable/amp not needed thanks!) and from what I've read the
Humax will do the job.

I have some queries that maybe someone can answer...

1. The advertising blurb says '...up to 30 Freeview channels...'. Is that
a current restriction of the box or can it actually handle more Freeview
channels?

2.I believe many of the earlier boxes used to have a 'lip sync' problem.
Is this now fixed?

3. Apparantly the Humax 9200T PVR comes with a very poor (badly shielded)
SCART lead. Is that also true of the F2 FOX T?

4. Are there any alternative boxes anyone would recommend for a fringe
reception area?

Many thanks.

Steve

On Sun, 23 Sep 2007 19:14:14 +0100, "Steve"
wrote:

Hi

I'm thinking of getting a Humax F2 FOX T to replace an ailing Setpal box. I
need high sensitivity as I live in a very poor reception area (advice about
aerial/cable/amp not needed thanks!) and from what I've read the Humax will
do the job.


On this subject can anyone confirm that current models do not loose
the programme info plate once the EPG is populated.

There was a thread somewhere - a while ago - which I believe stated
that this bug has been fixed on new models.

The Humax website still states that it is a problem and the last
firmware update was 7 April 2005.

They clearly aren't too interested in customer support.

GrahamC

On this subject can anyone confirm that current models do not loose
the programme info plate once the EPG is populated.

I have just checked again to make sure, but there are no problems with
this now.