I'll continue my thread here as the previous one seems to have been hijacked and is now too confusing.
Alan White - 7 hours ago »
Thanks for the explanation. Unfortunately I can't get past step 2. When I insert the stick and bring the box out of standby with the button pressed nothing happens except that BBC1 flashes up and then the box goes back into standby.
I note the suggestion to use a low-capacity USB stick (and Humax's recommendation to use one under 1Gb in size - heaven knows what century they're in). Perhaps that's the problem though why the size should matter I don't know. The only USB stick I have is 32Gb. I think my son has an ancient 1Gb stick: I'll ask him when he comes in and try again with that.
I tried again with my son's 2Gb stick and that worked fine. Obviously I need to buy a smaller USB stick - if they're still available!
Now I can see the EPG, schedule, recordings, etc which is good but what next? I guess I need to install some applications but which?