Humax 9200, post upgrade woes

make that 6 (or 7?): 1 on CP now working fine (plus 1 on Tacolneston but
that was also fine before the update)
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"Jim" wrote in message
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"Anth" wrote in message
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Once again, thanks to everyone for the input, at least I know now that it
was a problem with his receiver, perhaps the hard drive is beginning to
get a bit flaky?. time will tell. BTW I've noticed that IDE drives (from
my usual supplier Novatech at least) appear to be becoming rarer and more
expensive.




What not use a SATA drive?
Get one of these.
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=73288

Info can be found he
http://www.hummy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

Good luck


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine, also
the adapter adds circa £20.00 onto the cost of a new HDD, without any kind
of guarantee that it will work the same or as well as the original.
If all else fails it probably would be worth giving it a go, however having
said that I see a local discount store is selling a dual tuner 250 GB PVR
for £79.00, admittedly make unspecified, but I would imagine likely based on
some kind of Vestel clone, which would include a 12 months warranty.
Sad to say but irrespective of recession, it looks like when something goes
wrong with a piece of kit, in the majority of cases we're still locked into
a 'throw it away and buy a new one' society, for no other reason than it's
usually the cheapest option.

"Ivan" wrote in message ...


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine...


Incidentally, you can buy suitable replacement disks from Humax:

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product...102&cat=access

SteveT

In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim" wrote in message
.. .

"Anth" wrote in message
...

Once again, thanks to everyone for the input, at least I know now
that it was a problem with his receiver, perhaps the hard drive is
beginning to get a bit flaky?. time will tell. BTW I've noticed that
IDE drives (from my usual supplier Novatech at least) appear to be
becoming rarer and more expensive.




What not use a SATA drive?
Get one of these.
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=73288

Info can be found he
http://www.hummy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

Good luck


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine,
also the adapter adds circa £20.00 onto the cost of a new HDD, without
any kind of guarantee that it will work the same or as well as the
original.
If all else fails it probably would be worth giving it a go, however
having said that I see a local discount store is selling a dual tuner
250 GB PVR for £79.00, admittedly make unspecified, but I would imagine
likely based on some kind of Vestel clone, which would include a 12
months warranty.
Sad to say but irrespective of recession, it looks like when something
goes wrong with a piece of kit, in the majority of cases we're still
locked into a 'throw it away and buy a new one' society, for no other
reason than it's usually the cheapest option.







Well, next month you can throw away your 9200t, and buy the Humax
Freeview HD PVR.
:¬)
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Ian

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:54:18 +0100, Ian wrote:

In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim" wrote in message
. ..

"Anth" wrote in message
...

Once again, thanks to everyone for the input, at least I know now
that it was a problem with his receiver, perhaps the hard drive is
beginning to get a bit flaky?. time will tell. BTW I've noticed that
IDE drives (from my usual supplier Novatech at least) appear to be
becoming rarer and more expensive.




What not use a SATA drive?
Get one of these.
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=73288

Info can be found he
http://www.hummy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

Good luck


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine,
also the adapter adds circa £20.00 onto the cost of a new HDD, without
any kind of guarantee that it will work the same or as well as the
original.
If all else fails it probably would be worth giving it a go, however
having said that I see a local discount store is selling a dual tuner
250 GB PVR for £79.00, admittedly make unspecified, but I would imagine
likely based on some kind of Vestel clone, which would include a 12
months warranty.
Sad to say but irrespective of recession, it looks like when something
goes wrong with a piece of kit, in the majority of cases we're still
locked into a 'throw it away and buy a new one' society, for no other
reason than it's usually the cheapest option.







Well, next month you can throw away your 9200t, and buy the Humax
Freeview HD PVR.
:¬)

The cautious approach would be to encourage others to by it and report
their experiences.

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

On Wed, 30 Jun 2010 15:13:36 +0100, Peter Duncanson
wrote:


The cautious approach would be to encourage others to by it and report
their experiences.

Ooops! ...buy it...

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Peter Duncanson
(in uk.tech.digital-tv)

"Ian" wrote in message
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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim" wrote in message
. ..

"Anth" wrote in message
...

Once again, thanks to everyone for the input, at least I know now that
it was a problem with his receiver, perhaps the hard drive is
beginning to get a bit flaky?. time will tell. BTW I've noticed that
IDE drives (from my usual supplier Novatech at least) appear to be
becoming rarer and more expensive.




What not use a SATA drive?
Get one of these.
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=73288

Info can be found he
http://www.hummy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

Good luck


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine,
also the adapter adds circa £20.00 onto the cost of a new HDD, without any
kind of guarantee that it will work the same or as well as the original.
If all else fails it probably would be worth giving it a go, however
having said that I see a local discount store is selling a dual tuner 250
GB PVR for £79.00, admittedly make unspecified, but I would imagine likely
based on some kind of Vestel clone, which would include a 12 months
warranty.
Sad to say but irrespective of recession, it looks like when something
goes wrong with a piece of kit, in the majority of cases we're still
locked into a 'throw it away and buy a new one' society, for no other
reason than it's usually the cheapest option.







Well, next month you can throw away your 9200t, and buy the Humax
Freeview HD PVR.


No thanks, I have only recently bought the HD FOX-T2 receiver, which I have
to say I'm very pleased with, the HD quality is excellent and a very
unscientific test of mucking about with a Silver Sensor set top aerial,
appears to indicate that the T2 signal is a fair bit more resilient than the
now 'long in the tooth' DVB-T, by the fact that the HD signal hangs on
solidly when the PSB SD muxs have become unusable.
Now I'm just waiting for the promised OTA upgrade, which will allegedly
allow me to record to an external HDD, although if past form is anything to
go on then I will probably be waiting for a long time

"Ian" wrote in message
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In message , Ivan
writes

"Jim" wrote in message
. ..

"Anth" wrote in message
...

Once again, thanks to everyone for the input, at least I know now that
it was a problem with his receiver, perhaps the hard drive is
beginning to get a bit flaky?. time will tell. BTW I've noticed that
IDE drives (from my usual supplier Novatech at least) appear to be
becoming rarer and more expensive.




What not use a SATA drive?
Get one of these.
http://www.kikatek.com/product_info....ducts_id=73288

Info can be found he
http://www.hummy.org.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=5511

Good luck


Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine,
also the adapter adds circa £20.00 onto the cost of a new HDD, without any
kind of guarantee that it will work the same or as well as the original.
If all else fails it probably would be worth giving it a go, however
having said that I see a local discount store is selling a dual tuner 250
GB PVR for £79.00, admittedly make unspecified, but I would imagine likely
based on some kind of Vestel clone, which would include a 12 months
warranty.
Sad to say but irrespective of recession, it looks like when something
goes wrong with a piece of kit, in the majority of cases we're still
locked into a 'throw it away and buy a new one' society, for no other
reason than it's usually the cheapest option.







Well, next month you can throw away your 9200t, and buy the Humax
Freeview HD PVR.

As it will be as useful to me as a doorstop for the next two years, why
should I bother?

tim

"Steve Thackery" wrote in message
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"Ivan" wrote in message ...

Thanks Jim, but touch wood the Humax is apparently still working fine...


Incidentally, you can buy suitable replacement disks from Humax:

http://www.humaxdirect.co.uk/product...102&cat=access

The "Add to basket" button has been greyed out for some time.

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Max Demian

"Max Demian" wrote in message ...

The "Add to basket" button has been greyed out for some time.

Oh, damn! Sorry for giving a bum steer....

SteveT